Project Description

This study was part of an interdisciplinary effort to assess disaster preparedness and identify the roots and repercussions of preparedness disparity across socioeconomic groups in Connecticut by juxtaposing the results of ethnographic interviews with Emergency Managers in four counties in Connecticut with survey data collected among CT residents examining issues of trust, preparedness, and information sufficiency in regards to local emergency services. The results highlight the ways in which state-level systems of disaster management may be exacerbating preparedness disparity and leaving Connecticut towns ill-equipped to manage the growing threats of climate change induced disasters facing southern New England. This applied research sought to provide guidance on the types and form of hazard-related information most desired and sought after by residents, particularly minoritized and impoverished residents, for policy-makers and state, regional, and municipal disaster management personnel; as well as underling the needs of increasingly overburdened emergency management directors across the
state.

Project Timeline: June 2024 - June 2025

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