Climate change causes both fast and slow disaster: Climate change has led to increasing incidence of extreme weather (hurricanes, catastrophic flooding, and dams breaking, for example) and also to slow, less dramatic but still very threatening changes -- in water availability, agricultural productivity, disease incidence, and so on. This is why we refer to climate change as a “combo disaster.”
These case studies focus on combo disaster and environmental injustice in settings across California.
The case study reports address a series of ten questions that draw out local details in a manner that encourages comparison with other places.
The research has been done quickly (within the constraints of a quarter-long undergraduate class) so is limited to and points to the need for further research and community engagement. The goal is to help build both a body of research on environmental injustice and a network of researchers ready to help conceptualize and implement next-generation environmental protections.
Group 5: Darren Vu, Akshita Akumalla, Chun Hsun (Jennifer) Liu, Aashi Singh, Aaron Orth, Christina Muller, Johan Bautista, Herry Fang, Cristina Chau
Group 3: Jenna Beining, Giselle Garcia, Anisa Johnson, Oluwadara Ogundiwin, Emily Orth, Gwen Smith, Jessica Wojtowicz, and Mei Zhong
Group 11: Roya Akbari, Ari Brelig, Cameron Cheng, Mya Gyden, Emma Hartwick, Marcus Kobe Herrera, Anton Nguyen, Daniel Wang
Group 22: Kendall Lankford, Arrington Mata, Nicole Lu, Ivie Velasco, Ryan Vu, Taina Araujo, Anthony Polanco, Alex Truong, Yusen Wu, Tian Sun, Jeremiah Andrade, Zarif Hossain, Andrew Liu
Group 21: Jerry Tran, Adriana Sierra, Kassandra Romero, Paul Cuatecontzi, Justin Tran, Junyan Huang, Rishab Dalai, Sikyeong Kim, Ryan Roth, Joel Venegas
Group 2: Emma Giffin, Sarah Kelly, Mion Learned, Soham Lokhande, Michael Nguyen, Steven Nguyen, Noah Vierneza, Makaia Villegas
Group 16: Yun Chen, Brianna Chizhevsky, Connor Clemens, Katie Do, Abraham Duran, TJ Golobic, Akiva Griffin, Brenda Herron, Bent Leuchten, Udayan Mandal, Esteban Rea-Bautista, Langston Redfield, Abdelrahman Sallam, Jason Sekhon, Dylan Vanek, Hao Yuan
Group 17: Beatriz Bazua, Chelsea Ajanel, Michael Nguyen, Jaden Torres, Marissa Carreón, Lillian O’Rourke, Samantha Mendonca, Salvador Gomez, Alex Goncalo, Daniela Ramos, Jessica Tan, Alyssa Park, Amorette Correa, Ella Chung, Raymond Yan
Group 9: Ariana Rezvani, Sahar Kabiri, Ruby Shih, Erica Orozco, Caitlin Vu, Jack Manalo, Adeline Zylla, Jaden Kim, Joshua Faith, Harsh Lakhani
Group 24: Joseph Canevaro, Kimberly Quintero, Sophia Vo, Aline Huang, Jaden Anderson, Heidi Eckl, Alexis Ponce, Claire De Zan , Isabel Ortega, Sage Wuu, Hans Chang, Troy Pagkalinawan
Group 20: Ashley Ibrahim, Cassandra Mar, Anthony Pulido, ZhiYuan Wang, Gavyn Saechao, Danica Kwan, Emily Rivera, Alexander Carranza, Kevin Liu, Tatiana Lanfranchi, Huan Huu Tran, Junhong Xie
Group 18: Ali Ahsan, Susan Khanpour, Katelyn Tang, Makyla McLeod, Giselle Lin, Adelaide Hong, Kathleen Pham, Marc Ono, Alexander Nienhuis, Devin Saechao
Group 14: Mia Williams, Amber Martinez, Jamie Sampson- Lizotte, Jessica Garcia, Ozzie Froelich, Edgar Alegria Olvera, Jessica Pham, Tatiana Lanfranchi
Group 1: Jade Bixler, Angela Dongon, Joshua Escalada, Stephanie Galvez, Victor Huynh, Jenna Lukowiak, Laisa Marquez, Kevin Parfien
Group SGV: Elizabeth Kondo, Kayleigh Ott, Jazmín Romero, Evelyn Tapia, Shani Trieu, Sophia Zajic
Group 23: Alia Kim Munn, Aneela Mocherla, Avyel Leyva, Emily Huyen, Tran Tran, Hailey Victoria Schaffer, John, Daniel Norombaba, Liana Malentsyan, Nadine Cornejo, Nikita Swatek, Samantha Kathryn Park, Santiago Palomares, Sean Bolokowicz, Sophia Nguyen, Teresa Tam Nguy
Group 4: Lorenzo Bartalotti, Evan Gelsinger, Vivian Ha, Kevin Luu, Joann-Matthew Means, Dayana Ortega, Niyati Reddy, Logan Sim, Raul Vargas, Michael Yeh
Group 28: Karley Forgatsch, Meslyn Galeana, Natasha Herrera, Sujal Bobba, Peggy Lee, Emma Hingco, Jammal Bola-Akindele, Fernando Nieto, Qiaochu Wu, Xinzi Wang, Boyang Sun, Rose Guadian, Min Khant
Group 13: Ally Avidan, Aiden Browne, Carmen Broadnax, Maximillian Einstein, Vin Kanno, Ilya Kulikov, Matthew Le, Julianne Lim, Anissa Marosy, Neha Muvvala
Group 19: Eric Palermo, Eric Pedley, Emily Perez, Krystal Negri, Maria Galindo, Stefan Beskin, Reema Heydari, Violet Meyer
Group 6: Rachel Soo, Cameron Romeis, Sriskandha Kandimalla, Seth Kalia, Katelyn Nguyen, Michelina Baudino, Matthew Carbonell, Nayeli Oseguera, and Samantha Alphonso
Group 27: Conner Danskin, Kaitlynrose Kailonn, Juniper Yu, Angelique Lorenzo, Sean Lee, Carlos Daniel Perez Pacheco, Beatriz Leal, Andrea Vergara, Joseph-Iann Wong, Cristopher Castillo, Gilberto Puga.
Group 25: Allyson Farfan, Sydney Green, Scott La Tour, Kayla Masangya, Ali Alshuwaikhat, Gabriel Diaz, Hakob Harutiunian, Justin Woo, Edwin Padilla, Ecson Hsu, Eliya Khajeie, Simran Kaur
Group 29: Ryan Tran, Jonamie Ordonez, Bachhan Nguyenphan, Wilson Su, Nelson Tran, Stephanie Le, Yicheng Ding, Cameron Smith, Joshua Levering, Chenhan Lyu, Emely Rivera, Michelle Serrano Tula, Roberto Salazar, Nayeli A Carcamo, Wendy Bullard, Christina Jiang
Group 12: Addie Aubley, Gabriel Hanks Camacho, Nate Hillyer, Cameron Kraft, Noe Martinez, Kevin Nguyen, Evelin Rodriguez, Calvin Tran, Yessenia Vargas, Laneigha Zeiler
Group 26: Nathan, Yang; Kevin, Vo; Nyah, E. Beck; Rachel, Lee; Julianna, Jones; Cierra Pringle; Leannah Jackson; Gabriel Le; Max, Fasano; Veronica, Medrano
