2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
5/25/2021 | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Participation in the Urban Riverscape: An Exploration of the Role of Rivers’ Rhythms | Virtual Platform
Participation in the Urban Riverscape: An Exploration of the Role of Rivers’ Rhythms
There is increasing awareness that urban areas are hotspots of environmental change and that these changes have detrimental impacts on stream ecology. The reciprocal relationship—how dramatic changes to ecological processes subsequently influence local human communities and their adaptation to new ecologies— is seldom explored. The complexity of this relationship increases when accounting for the disproportionate impacts of impaired water quality, flooding, and infrastructure failure on deeply marginalized communities who bear the brunt of risks associated with rapid environmental degradation. Recent studies have suggested that people’s environmental experiences, like the flooding of their homes, influence their sociopolitical engagement in water management. However, there is a lack of attention on the interaction between environmental experiences and the historical marginalization of communities, which simultaneously define people’s shared experiences of urban waterways and their subsequent actions to adapt to environmental changes. Here, we discuss how urban flooding and water pollution disproportionately impact socially and economically marginalized communities. Additionally, we explore how inequitable environmental experiences can inform people’s participation in water management. Our study will provide critical insights into how ecological and sociopolitical processes interact to reshape urban water management.
- Equity
- Interdisciplinary
- Conservation
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Rachel Scarlett
(), Purdue University, rscarlet@purdue.edu;
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Sara McMillan
(), Purdue University, mcmill@purdue.edu;
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Zhao Ma
(), Purdue University, zhaoma@purdue.edu;
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