Natural Disasters Are Prejudiced Against Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Populations: The Lack of Publicly Available Health‐Related Data Hinders Research at the Cusp of the Global Climate Crisis

Natural Disasters Are Prejudiced Against Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Populations: The Lack of Publicly Available Health‐Related Data Hinders Research at the Cusp of the Global Climate Crisis

Abstract Natural disasters often affect the most vulnerable countries/communities around the world. However, within the same countries/communities, the impact of natural disasters is far greater on disadvantaged populations. We investigate how wildfires affect asthma prevalence in different populati...

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Main Authors: Omid Mazdiyasni, Amir AghaKouchak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2020-01-01
Series:GeoHealth
Subjects:
climate change
health
natural disasters
climate impacts
social impacts
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GH000219
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spelling doaj-77f6aed98efd4558b14cd077130d54f12021-09-22T07:50:33ZengAmerican Geophysical Union (AGU)GeoHealth2471-14032020-01-0141n/an/a10.1029/2019GH000219Natural Disasters Are Prejudiced Against Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Populations: The Lack of Publicly Available Health‐Related Data Hinders Research at the Cusp of the Global Climate CrisisOmid Mazdiyasni0Amir AghaKouchak1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of California Irvine CA USADepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of California Irvine CA USAAbstract Natural disasters often affect the most vulnerable countries/communities around the world. However, within the same countries/communities, the impact of natural disasters is far greater on disadvantaged populations. We investigate how wildfires affect asthma prevalence in different populations across California. Our results indicate that although there is no discernible relationship between wildfires and asthma prevalence for California's population as a whole, wildfires and asthma prevalence in Black and senior populations have a strong relationship. We believe there is an urgent need to make high‐resolution health‐related data publicly available for in‐depth analyses of climate change impacts on society and disadvantage communitieshttps://doi.org/10.1029/2019GH000219climate changehealthnatural disastersclimate impactssocial impacts
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Natural Disasters Are Prejudiced Against Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Populations: The Lack of Publicly Available Health‐Related Data Hinders Research at the Cusp of the Global Climate Crisis
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climate change
health
natural disasters
climate impacts
social impacts
author_facet Omid Mazdiyasni
Amir AghaKouchak
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title Natural Disasters Are Prejudiced Against Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Populations: The Lack of Publicly Available Health‐Related Data Hinders Research at the Cusp of the Global Climate Crisis
title_short Natural Disasters Are Prejudiced Against Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Populations: The Lack of Publicly Available Health‐Related Data Hinders Research at the Cusp of the Global Climate Crisis
title_full Natural Disasters Are Prejudiced Against Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Populations: The Lack of Publicly Available Health‐Related Data Hinders Research at the Cusp of the Global Climate Crisis
title_fullStr Natural Disasters Are Prejudiced Against Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Populations: The Lack of Publicly Available Health‐Related Data Hinders Research at the Cusp of the Global Climate Crisis
title_full_unstemmed Natural Disasters Are Prejudiced Against Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Populations: The Lack of Publicly Available Health‐Related Data Hinders Research at the Cusp of the Global Climate Crisis
title_sort natural disasters are prejudiced against disadvantaged and vulnerable populations: the lack of publicly available health‐related data hinders research at the cusp of the global climate crisis
publisher American Geophysical Union (AGU)
series GeoHealth
issn 2471-1403
publishDate 2020-01-01
description Abstract Natural disasters often affect the most vulnerable countries/communities around the world. However, within the same countries/communities, the impact of natural disasters is far greater on disadvantaged populations. We investigate how wildfires affect asthma prevalence in different populations across California. Our results indicate that although there is no discernible relationship between wildfires and asthma prevalence for California's population as a whole, wildfires and asthma prevalence in Black and senior populations have a strong relationship. We believe there is an urgent need to make high‐resolution health‐related data publicly available for in‐depth analyses of climate change impacts on society and disadvantage communities
topic climate change
health
natural disasters
climate impacts
social impacts
url https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GH000219
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