Extreme Weather, Health, and Communities: Interdisciplinary Engagement Strategies - Couverture souple
Synopsis
Introduction.- Extreme Weather and the World.- The Purpose of the Book.- The Power of "Interdisciplinary".- Superstorm Sandy: a Game Changer?.- Introduction.- New Jersey at a Glance.- Historic Mid-Atlantic Storms.- Tropical storms and hurricanes.- Nor'easter.- Historic storms.- Recent storms.- Sandy's Fury.- Genesis and early days.- New Jersey prepares.- New Jersey in the cross hairs.- Storm day: Monday morning.- Storm day: afternoon.- Storm day: evening landfall.- Sandy's Aftermath.- Lessons learned.- Seemingly slight differences can have major consequences.- Storm conditions do not change at a steady pace.- Storms stronger than Sandy are within the realm of possibility.- Do not fully rely on storms of the past to provide a look to the future.- Heed weather forecasts.- Regional infrastructure is too vulnerable in severe storm conditions.- Messaging needs improvement.- Do not rely solely on lessons from Sandy.- Conclusion - A Game Changer?.- Extreme Weather: Politics and Public Communication.- Introduction.- Blizzards Bring Cooperation.- The Interconnectedness of U.S. Government Agencies.- Politics and Extreme Weather: Historical Context.- New York City.- Chicago.- Denver.- Fort Worth.- Extreme Weather Campaign/Political Influences.- Tornadoes and Politics.- Contemporary Public Communication Methods: The Role of Social Media.- Public Communication Theories.- Knowledge Gap Theory.- Uses and Gratifications Theory.- Conclusion.- Best Practices for Extreme Weather Communication.- Dust Storms, Human Health and a Global Early Warning System.- Global Dust-Health Early Warning System (D-HEWS) - The Motive.- Meningitis.- Asthma.- Valley Fever.- Interviews with Valley Fever Sufferers.- Acquired Insights for a Valley Fever Early Warning System.- This Chapter's Focus on Airborne Dust and Human Health.- The Dust-Health Challenge.- Dust-Health Early Warning System - The Means.- Atmospheric Dust Modeling.- Model Forecast and Simulation Verification.- Satellite-based Remote Sensing.- Surface-Based Remote Sensing and In-Situ Observations.- Upward Looking Remote Sensing.- In-Situ Dust Measurements and Monitoring.- Global Partners in Public Health Applications: Dust-Health Early Warning System - The Opportunity.- A Conceptual Framework.- Global Dust Movement.- Regional and Local Dust Exposure.- Transdisciplinary Information Exchange (TIE).- Implementation.- Conclusions: Best Practices in Technology Transfer, Capacity Building, Training and Education.- Interdisciplinary Engagement of People and Place around Extreme Weather.- Introduction.- Extreme Weather and Changing Patterns.- Religious Leaders Note Environmental Changes.- Extreme Weather and Places.- Extreme Weather Community Health Model.- Description of Extreme Weather Community Health Model.- Model Flow.- Extreme Weather Interdisciplinary Community Engagement.- What is engagement?.- Why Interdisciplinary?.- Place.- Sociospatial Strategies for Place-Based Policy.- Understanding People Community/Culture.- How Context (Space or Proximity) Influences Outcome.- Knowledge about the Local Environment.- Geographies and Community Type.- Importance of community engagement.- Interdisciplinary Teaming for engagement.- Place-based Interdisciplinary Approaches for Extreme Weather Engagement.- Navigating local geographies.- Interaction, Establish Consistent & Ongoing Interaction.- Know your Culture/Community.- Understand General Population and Sub-populations.- Establish Trust.- Engage Using Interdisciplinary Teams with Different Sectors of the Community.- Create Two-way Place-Based Communication.- Choosing A Reasonable Plan for Stakeholders.- Conclusion.- Engaging Communities to Assess the Health Effects of Extreme Weather in the Arctic.- The Setting: The physical landscape.- Climate Change in Alaska: Observed and Expected Changes.- Rising Temperatures.- Warming Oceans.- Decreased Freshwater Ice and Snow Cover.- Thawing Permafrost.- Changes in Extremes.-
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