Journal
FRONTIERS IN WATER
Volume 3, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/frwa.2021.752307
Keywords
floods; recovery; social vulnerability; disaster assistance; federal disaster programs
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- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [H21679CA]
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This article synthesizes empirical knowledge of population disparities in access to flood disaster assistance and recovery outcomes, identifying renters, low-income households, and racial and ethnic minorities as populations facing the most barriers. The analysis explores the drivers of these inequities and concludes with a focus on the performance of disaster programs in addressing unmet needs, recognizing intersectional social vulnerabilities in recovery analysis, and gaps in data availability and transparency.
Disaster recovery spending for major flood events in the United States is at an all-time high. Yet research examining equity in disaster assistance increasingly shows that recovery funding underserves vulnerable populations. Based on a review of academic and grey literature, this article synthesizes empirical knowledge of population disparities in access to flood disaster assistance and outcomes during disaster recovery. The results identify renters, low-income households, and racial and ethnic minorities as populations that most face barriers accessing federal assistance and experience adverse recovery outcomes. The analysis explores the drivers of these inequities and concludes with a focus on the performance of disaster programs in addressing unmet needs, recognition of intersectional social vulnerabilities in recovery analysis, and gaps in data availability and transparency.
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