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Hazard Resilient Coastal Communities LaDon Swann, Director NOAA’s Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium and Auburn University Marine Center
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Nine Consortium Members USM is fiscal host.
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Sea Grant Focus Areas Safe and Sustainable Seafood Supply Hazard Resilient Coastal Communities Sustainable Coastal Development Healthy Coastal Ecosystems
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Yearly, more people die from this natural hazard than all others combined 1.Hurricanes 2.Lightening 3.Earthquakes 4.Tornadoes 5.Heat 6.Tsunamis 7.Volcanoes
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Question One How does your organization communicate the health and social impacts of natural and man- made disasters, including those that may be associated with changes in climate? What should that communication include? – – MASGC communicates directly to constituent groups and our messages are grounded in the most credible science available. – – MASGC uses community based social marketing – – Regional Climate Community of Practice (CoP)
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Hazard Resilient Coastal Communities A Community of Practice is a group of professionals who aim to achieve common outcomes. By working together, they can learn from one another and develop a set of effective common approaches that can be refined over time.
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Question Two What mitigation or adaptation strategies should be adopted by health and social service agencies, in collaboration with other agencies involved in emergency response and/or coastal resilience? – – Peer Listening for mental health issues Everyone needs it during a time of crisis Everyone needs it to help mitigate against the longer term repercussions from a disaster. – – Medical screening for at-risk groups – – Long-term longitudinal studies using a suite of well-being indicators
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Question Three How should the health and social aspects of coastal community resilience be measured – – Million dollar question….. – – The answer should be determined by a diverse group of people and led by health professionals – – The metrics may not always be the ones that are routinely collected, but they serve as a very good starting point What are the best indicators of well-being? – – Mental health metrics are, in my opinion, too often overlooked – – Metrics should have a historical baseline so far comparisons can be made Measuring PAHs, for example, were little more than a snapshot in time because there was little historical data from our region
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Political Climate Social Networks in provisioning Socio-Economic Valuation Policy Actions Non-policy Driven Factors Advocacy Groups NGOs/INGOs Not-for-profit Organizations Decision Support Policy-Driven Factors Environmental Regulation Economic Regulation and Reform Social Programs Access to services Altruism Clean environment Economic growth Ecosystem condition Education Health Leisure time Life satisfaction/ happiness Nutrition Public Infrastructure Safety and security Shelter Social cohesion Spiritual and cultural fulfillment Topophilia and biophilia Wealth Well-Being Domains Freedom and Choice Ecosystem Services Water Quality Regulation Air Quality Regulation Natural Hazard Protection Food & Fiber Recreation and Aesthetics Atmospheric Regulation Soil & Sediment Quality Regulation Pest & Disease Regulation Water Quantity Regulation Social Services Healthcare Public Health Financial Assistance Family Services Activism Justice Labor Claimed Civil Liberties Emergency Preparedness Education Public Works Communication Community & Faith Based Initiatives Economic Services Labor Market Stabilization Government Budget Interest Rates Redistribution of Income State of the Economy Social Conditions Good governance Societal Welfare Human Well-being Societal Well-being Environmental Well-being Economic Well-being Subjective Well-being Basic Human Needs State of the Environment Smith, L.M. et al. 2011. Ecosystem services and human well-being: Integrating existing measures of well-being into a conceptual framework . In review. Ecology and Society.
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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Can everything be distilled down to this?
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“Normal” Person’s Interpretation Seafood Resilient Home Insurance Curry Sleep Water Whiskey
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