Advances in Social Justice and Resiliency in Water Resources

Session ID#: 123632

Session Description:
Globally, hydrologic risks such as flooding, climate change, water scarcity, and poor water quality tend to disproportionately affect women and low-income, indigenous, and racially marginalized communities. Understanding these risks and mitigation strategies can increase resiliency, but these communities have historically been underrepresented in past research efforts. Partnerships between hydrologists, biogeochemists, and social scientists are creating novel and creative approaches to enhance the understanding and interconnection of both ecological and social resilience. Transdisciplinary research and inclusion of these communities are needed to co-produce potential solutions. This session welcomes abstracts from diverse geographic areas and research topics that includes but is not limited to urban water management, global change, food security, and resource allocation.
Index Terms:

0499 New fields (not classifiable under other headings) [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1803 Anthropogenic effects [HYDROLOGY]
1880 Water management [HYDROLOGY]
6349 General or miscellaneous [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]


Primary Convener:  Abigail Tomasek, Oregon State University, Crop and Soil Science, Corvallis, OR, United States
Conveners:  Sara Kristen Winnike McMillan, Purdue University, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, West Lafayette, IN, United States, Rachel Scarlett, Purdue University, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, West Lafayette, United States and Fushcia-Ann Hoover, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, Annapolis, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Abigail Tomasek, Oregon State University, Crop and Soil Science, Corvallis, OR, United States
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