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Knowing Your Own Community: Strategies for Community Vulnerability Assessment

Knowing Your Own Community: Strategies for Community Vulnerability Assessment. Session 23. Session Objectives. Understand how U.S. Census data can be used to determine a region’s general risk level Understand the value of Community Vulnerability Assessments (CVAs)

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Knowing Your Own Community: Strategies for Community Vulnerability Assessment

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  1. Knowing Your Own Community: Strategies for Community Vulnerability Assessment Session 23

  2. Session Objectives • Understand how U.S. Census data can be used to determine a region’s general risk level • Understand the value of Community Vulnerability Assessments (CVAs) • Describe what should be included in a Community Vulnerability Assessment • Expand Societal Analysis to include an examination of the social institutions and networks within a community

  3. Dimensions of Social Vulnerability (Cutter model) • Personal wealth and poverty • Age structure • Development of the built environment • Single sector economic reliance • Housing stock and tenancy • Race and gender • Ethnic immigrants • Native American homelands • Ethnicity • Occupation • Economic resilience • Education

  4. Most Vulnerable Counties • Manhattan, NY • Dade County, FL • Los Angeles, CA • Kings, NY • Benton, WA • San Francisco, CA • Bronx, NY • Duval County, FL • Clayton, GA • Shannon, SD

  5. Community Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) • Brings together information about a community’s hazard risk and vulnerabilities • Involves collecting and making an inventory of hazard risk data over time • Some look at contextual factors as well • Most models today use GIS to map high-risk areas in relation to critical facilities

  6. Uses of a CVA • Provides systematic inventory • Establishes a baseline for mitigation • Locates hazardous areas in relation to vulnerable populations • Provides basis for establishing priorities • Involves a variety of parties in process • Increases community awareness • Can also inventory community capabilities

  7. Community Vulnerability Analysis

  8. What is a disaster-resistant community? • Solid economic base • Social and economic equity • Proactive initiatives to help the most vulnerable • Strong community institutions • Good family support systems • Good coordination among groups • Effective leadership • Effective government across jurisdictions • Community awareness about hazards and mitigation • Good land use planning

  9. Some Social Factors Affecting Disaster Resistance • Political climate • Governmental coordination • Economic inequities • Minority representation • Leadership • Planning process • Others?

  10. Answer questions about: • Community organizations • Government agencies • NGOs • Private organizations • Volunteer organizations • Religious organizations • Representation • Coordinating bodies • Participation in political process • Local government(s) • Power structure? • Key players? • Land use planning • Mitigation • Emergency and disaster services • Mitigation programs • Others?

  11. Sources of Data • Interview community leaders • Consult community directories • Social services • Churches and religious groups • Volunteer service organizations • Check announcements in local newspapers • Look for intra-governmental agreements • Others?

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