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Using an intersectional approach to advance understanding of homeless persons’ vulnerability to disaster.

Author:

Vickery, J.

Date:

2018

Language:

English

Region:

North America

Country:

United States of America

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.

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