California Accepted Papers Paper:
Minding the Gap: On Developing an Equity Framework in Disaster Relief
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stakeholders (e.g., taxpayers, responders, survivors, etc.) before, during, and after a
disaster most often neglect to consider issues of equity (i.e., equality of outcomes) for
disadvantaged communities, who lack the basic resources or conditions necessary to
survive and move on from disaster2 (See for example, Besser, 2014; Palay, 2019;
Hersher & Benincasa, 2019; Frazee, 2019; Ratcliffe et al., 2019). In order to tackle this
issue of inequity in disaster relief, we focus on a cross-sectional study of disasters and
their disparate impacts on disadvantaged communities, taking into account existing
disaster response infrastructure, budgetary constraints, and community fabrics,
amongst others. Based upon our findings, our study will conclude with a
recommendation for systematically integrating a framework for equity in disaster relief.
