Unequal social vulnerability to Hurricane Sandy flood exposure.

ABSTRACT: Disparities exist in post-disaster flooding exposure and vulnerable populations bear a disproportionate impact of this exposure. We describe the unequal burden of flooding in a cohort of New York residents following Hurricane Sandy and assess whether the likelihood of flooding was distributed equally according to socioeconomic demographics, and whether this likelihood differed when analyzing self-reported or FEMA flood exposure measures. Residents of New York City and Long Island completed a self-administered survey 1.5-4.0 years after the storm. Multivariable logistic regressions were performed to determine the relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and flood exposure. Participants (n = 1231) residing in areas of the lowest two quartiles of median household income experienc

SUBMITTER: Lieberman-Cribbin W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9039878 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature