Different Hazards, Different Responses: Assessments of Flooding and COVID-19 Risks among Upstate New York Residents
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and extreme flooding events have recently taken enormous tolls. Drawing on research into differential risk responses across hazards, the authors examine how different social processes surrounding risk from flooding and COVID-19 shape how people respon...
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| author | John Aloysius Zinda James Zhang Lindy B. Williams David L. Kay Sarah M. Alexander Libby Zemaitis |
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| description | The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and extreme flooding events have recently taken enormous tolls. Drawing on research into differential risk responses across hazards, the authors examine how different social processes surrounding risk from flooding and COVID-19 shape how people respond to each hazard. Data from a household survey of 498 residents in two cities in the northeastern United States reveal that levels of concern and protective measures vary across the two hazards. Whereas climate polarization does not appear to influence flood risk responses, COVID-19 responses appear strongly polarized. However, having a known risk condition can offset Republicans’ doubts about COVID-19. In addition, whereas people of color express greater concern about flooding, white people take more protective measures, and women are more likely than others to take protective measures against COVID-19. Contrasting stakes, immediacy, dread, and polarization surrounding flooding and COVID-19 intersect with social inequalities to produce differing patterns of risk response. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-981f7880eebc48fab356597b8bc5f3d12022-12-21T19:33:10ZengSAGE PublishingSocius2378-02312022-01-01810.1177/23780231211069215Different Hazards, Different Responses: Assessments of Flooding and COVID-19 Risks among Upstate New York ResidentsJohn Aloysius Zinda0James Zhang1Lindy B. Williams2David L. Kay3Sarah M. Alexander4Libby Zemaitis5Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USACornell University, Ithaca, NY, USACornell University, Ithaca, NY, USACornell University, Ithaca, NY, USACornell University, Ithaca, NY, USAHudson River Estuary Program, New York State Department of Environmental Protection, New Paltz, NY, USAThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and extreme flooding events have recently taken enormous tolls. Drawing on research into differential risk responses across hazards, the authors examine how different social processes surrounding risk from flooding and COVID-19 shape how people respond to each hazard. Data from a household survey of 498 residents in two cities in the northeastern United States reveal that levels of concern and protective measures vary across the two hazards. Whereas climate polarization does not appear to influence flood risk responses, COVID-19 responses appear strongly polarized. However, having a known risk condition can offset Republicans’ doubts about COVID-19. In addition, whereas people of color express greater concern about flooding, white people take more protective measures, and women are more likely than others to take protective measures against COVID-19. Contrasting stakes, immediacy, dread, and polarization surrounding flooding and COVID-19 intersect with social inequalities to produce differing patterns of risk response.https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231211069215 |
| spellingShingle | John Aloysius Zinda James Zhang Lindy B. Williams David L. Kay Sarah M. Alexander Libby Zemaitis Different Hazards, Different Responses: Assessments of Flooding and COVID-19 Risks among Upstate New York Residents Socius |
| title | Different Hazards, Different Responses: Assessments of Flooding and COVID-19 Risks among Upstate New York Residents |
| title_full | Different Hazards, Different Responses: Assessments of Flooding and COVID-19 Risks among Upstate New York Residents |
| title_fullStr | Different Hazards, Different Responses: Assessments of Flooding and COVID-19 Risks among Upstate New York Residents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Different Hazards, Different Responses: Assessments of Flooding and COVID-19 Risks among Upstate New York Residents |
| title_short | Different Hazards, Different Responses: Assessments of Flooding and COVID-19 Risks among Upstate New York Residents |
| title_sort | different hazards different responses assessments of flooding and covid 19 risks among upstate new york residents |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231211069215 |
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