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DOI	10.1007/s13753-024-00548-8
	Extreme Weather Disruptions and Emergency Preparedness Among Older Adults in Ohio: An Eight-County Assessment
	Rao, Smitha; Doherty, Fiona C.; Traver, Anthony; Sheldon, Marisa; Sakulich, Emma; Dabelko-Schoeny, Holly
发表日期	2024
ISSN	2095-0055
EISSN	2192-6395
起始页码	15
结束页码	2
卷号	15 期号:2
英文摘要	The disproportionate risks and impacts of climate change and extreme weather on older adults are increasingly evident. While especially true in disaster-prone areas, human-caused climate change introduces an element of uncertainty even in previously identified safe regions such as the Midwestern United States. Using a cumulative disadvantage and vulnerability-informed framework and descriptive statistics from multiple data sources, this article provides an overview of climate impacts, vulnerabilities, and county-level characteristics, focusing on older adults living in Central Ohio. A comparative multiple-case study methodology was used to triangulate regionally representative primary and secondary data sources to examine state and county-level measures of vulnerability, emergency preparedness, and disruptions caused by extreme weather among older adults across eight counties in Central Ohio. Seventy-eight percent of older adults in the sample reported being prepared for emergencies per Federal Emergency Management Agency guidelines. Older adults in Union County reported the highest rates of preparedness, while those in Fayette County reported the lowest. County-level rates of disruption of life activities by extreme weather ranged widely. Among the most rural in the region, Fayette County emerged as uniquely disadvantaged, with the lowest median income, the most vulnerable across multiple social vulnerability dimensions, and the most reported disruptions to life activities from extreme weather. County profiles offer a snapshot of existing vulnerabilities, socioeconomic conditions, special needs, preparedness, and current disruptions among older adults in the region and can inform resource mobilization across community and policy contexts.
英文关键词	Disaster preparedness; Extreme weather; Midwestern United States; Older adults; Regional assessment; Social vulnerability
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Geology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences ; Water Resources
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences ; Water Resources
WOS记录号	WOS:001196877300001
来源期刊	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK SCIENCE
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/289731
作者单位	University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; University System of Ohio; Ohio State University
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Rao, Smitha,Doherty, Fiona C.,Traver, Anthony,et al. Extreme Weather Disruptions and Emergency Preparedness Among Older Adults in Ohio: An Eight-County Assessment[J],2024,15(2).
APA	Rao, Smitha,Doherty, Fiona C.,Traver, Anthony,Sheldon, Marisa,Sakulich, Emma,&Dabelko-Schoeny, Holly.(2024).Extreme Weather Disruptions and Emergency Preparedness Among Older Adults in Ohio: An Eight-County Assessment.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK SCIENCE,15(2).
MLA	Rao, Smitha,et al."Extreme Weather Disruptions and Emergency Preparedness Among Older Adults in Ohio: An Eight-County Assessment".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK SCIENCE 15.2(2024).