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Eugene -Springfield Area Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan <br />4. Risk and Vulnerability <br />Table 4-12 Climate Change Social Vulnerability Factors <br />Cate ry <br />Vulnerability Factor(s)/Vulnerable Population <br />References <br />Low Income <br />1,2, 3, 4, 5 <br />o' <br />0 <br />oPeople <br />of color (ethnic minorities) <br />3, 5,7 <br />v� <br />0 <br />Women <br />5 <br />Elderly <br />5 <br />Children <br />5 <br />Home renters <br />4 <br />ou <br />" <br />a <br />0 <br />0 <br />Flammable roof, vegetation within 10 meters of home <br />8,9 <br />0 <br />xo <br />Language ability/linguistic isolation <br />10 <br />a <br />o <br />Isolation from public agencies for fear of interacting with <br />10 <br />°public <br />agencies <br />0 <br />y <br />Geographic isolation <br />11 <br />o health insurance <br />12 <br />o vehicle <br />13 <br />i <br />Y <br />s <br />pDisabled <br />(or family member disabled) <br />5, 13 <br />Institutionalized populations <br />11,14 <br />References <br />1 <br />Bolin, R., and P. Bolton. 1986. Race Religion and Ethnicity in Disaster Recovery. <br />Monograph No. 42. Boulder: University of Colorado, Institute of Behavioral Science. <br />2 <br />Fothergill, A., and L. Peek. 2004. "Poverty and Disasters in the United States: A Review of <br />Recent Sociological Findings." Natural Hazards 32:89-110. <br />3Blanchard-Boehm, <br />D. 1997. Risk Communication in Southern California: Ethnic and Gender <br />Response to 1995 Revised, Upgraded Earthquake Probabilities. Research Report. Boulder, <br />Colorado: Natural <br />azards Research and Applications Information Center. <br />4 <br />Collins, T. W., and B. Bolin. 2009. "Situating Hazard Vulnerability: People's Negotiations <br />with Wildfire Environments in the U.S. Southwest." Environmental Management 44:441- <br />55. <br />5 <br />Hajat, S., K. L. Ebi, R. S. Kovats, B. Menne, S. Edwards, and A. Haines. 2003. "The Human <br />Health Consequences of Flooding in Europe: A Review." Health San Francisco 30: 185— 196. <br />4-18 January 2020 <br />