The unequal vulnerability of communities of color to wildfire

Submitted by hcasesc2 on Fri, 11/30/2018 - 11:13
Type: 
Literature
Publication: 
Davies IP, Haugo RD, Robertson JC, Levin PS (2018) The unequal vulnerability of communities of color to wildfire. PLoS ONE 13(11): e0205825. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205825
Year Published: 
2018
Organization: 
PLoS ONE
Description: 

"Globally, environmental disasters impact billions of people and cost trillions of dollars in damage, and their impacts are often felt most acutely by minority and poor communities."

Category: 
environmental disasters, minority communities, community health, wildfire, preparedness, fire vulnerability

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Website: 
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0205825