Health and Medical Lifelines Flood Exposure Analysis
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Provided by: Rutgers Climate Institute|Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- This video presents an analysis of the flood risk for hospitals, EMS stations, nursing homes, and other healthcare "lifelines" in New Jersey, which was completed by Tracy Glova, a graduate student at Rutgers University.
- The analysis uncovered hundreds of health and medical "lifelines" that are currently in flood zones, which will affect the state's ability to respond effectively during a disaster.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Geography, Health
Authors: Rutgers Climate Institute
Region: New Jersey
Languages: English
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Positives
- This video shows how climate change research can be used to mitigate future effects by influencing public policy and city planning.
- Students in New Jersey are probably unaware of this issue facing their state.
Prerequisites
- The analysis in this video only includes New Jersey.
- Students should already be familiar with flooding and its connections to climate change.
Differentiation & Implementation
- In a civics course, students can be tasked with researching and proposing changes in public policy or city planning that would mitigate the flood risks presented in the video.
- This video can be used in a geography course to demonstrate how human-induced climate change will affect city planning and land use and how coastal regions will have to adapt to changing flood risk zones.
- Students can perform their own mini-analysis based on the video by locating "lifeline" facilities near their home or school and determining their flood risk.
- The video Why Chronic Floods Are Coming to New Jersey is a New Jersey-specific resource about flooding that pairs well with this video.
- Other resources related to flooding include Solutions Can Protect Coastal Communities and Google Earth - Sea Level Rise and the Fate of Coastal Cities.
This video presents research work conducted by Tracy Glova, a graduate student from Rutgers University, mapping the impact of climate change on medical facilities and lifelines. Using 100-year and 500-year floodplain projections, the study is important to mitigate current and future flood risk on medical facilities and to build climate resilience on the health outcomes of vulnerable communities. This is recommended for teaching.
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