
Using an intersectional approach to advance understanding of homeless persons’ vulnerability to disaster.
Author:
Vickery, J.
Editor:
First
Date:
2018
Region:
North America
Theme:
Gender, Disaster and Intersectionality
Language:
English
Publisher:
Routledge
Full Harvard Reference:
Vickery, J. (2018). Using an intersectional approach to advance understanding of homeless persons’ vulnerability to disaster, Environmental Sociology, Vol. 4(1): 136-147
This paper uses an intersectional lens to analyse the experience of homeless people during the 2013 Colorado floods. It shows that the homeless population is not a homogenous group and their intersecting social identities create differentiated impact and experience of disasters. An intersectional perspective is further needed to highlight the processes of environmental injustice experienced prior to disaster and design better, more inclusive, responses.