Social science for EPA resilience tools: flooded homes website & environmental resilience tools wizard
Citation:
Maxwell, K. AND C. Milhollin. Social science for EPA resilience tools: flooded homes website & environmental resilience tools wizard. Science for Disaster Reduction meeting, NA, OH, July 07, 2022.
Impact/Purpose:
Helping families clean up and repair homes affected by flooding is a critical resilience step. Flooded homes present indoor air quality and other environmental health risks. Developing effective risk communication about what these risks are and how to address them requires both technical and social science research. This project uses disaster anthropology and human-centered design to develop a website that contains how-to videos, graphics, and other content that meets people where they're at (socially, emotionally, financially) after a disaster. It is intended to help homeowners, renters, and volunteers safely clean out and repair flooded homes. It may be of interest to emergency management, environmental, and public health agencies.
Description:
Helping families clean up and repair homes affected by flooding is a critical resilience step. Flooded homes present indoor air quality and other environmental health risks. Developing effective risk communication about what these risks are and how to address them requires both technical and social science research. This project uses disaster anthropology and human-centered design to develop a website that contains how-to videos, graphics, and other content that meets people where they're at (socially, emotionally, financially) after a disaster. It is intended to help homeowners, renters, and volunteers safely clean out and repair flooded homes. It may be of interest to emergency management, environmental, and public health agencies.