Compounding Disasters in Gulf Coast Communities 2020-2021: Impacts, Findings, and Lessons Learned

by Gulf Research Program, Gulf Health and Resilience Board, National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine

Experiencing a single disaster - a hurricane, tornado, flood, severe winter storm, or a global pandemic - can wreak havoc on the lives and livelihoods of individuals, families, communities and entire regions. For many people who live in communities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico region, the reality of disaster is starker. Endemic socioeconomic and health disparities have made many living in Gulf of Mexico communities particularly vulnerable to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309707161
• ISBN13: 9780309707169
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 296 Pages