Climate Change and Resulting Floods: Using Social Capital to Strengthen Community Resilience in Eastwick, Philadelphia a known floodplain

Authors

Natasha Bagwe, MD, MPH, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Richard Pepino, PhD, MSS, University of Pennsylvania
Erin Johnson, MPH, MSN, RN, Drexel University
Julie Becker, PhD, MPH, University of the Sciences

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Description

• Climate change will produce intense weather events like increased precipitation and flooding

• Based on climate projections, Philadelphia will be hotter and wetter, and will experience more frequent and intense weather events (OOS, 2016)

•Floods are the second most common hazards in our city (OEM, 2017)

• Vulnerable population such as children, people of color, elderly population and people with disability are severely impacted by climate change

Poster presented at AHPA conference in Atlanta Georgia, United States.

Publication Date

11-4-2017

Keywords

Climate Change and Resulting Floods: Using Social Capital to Strengthen Community Resilience in Eastwick, Philadelphia a known floodplain, Climate Change, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson College of Population Health

Disciplines

Public Health | Public Health Education and Promotion

Recommended Citation

Bagwe, MD, MPH, Natasha; Pepino, PhD, MSS, Richard; Johnson, MPH, MSN, RN, Erin; and Becker, PhD, MPH, Julie, "Climate Change and Resulting Floods: Using Social Capital to Strengthen Community Resilience in Eastwick, Philadelphia a known floodplain" (2017). College of Population Health Posters. 13.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/jcphposters/13