Citizen science and stakeholders involvement
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Epistemic negotiation
Stakeholders (indigenous groups, activist, scientist, scholars, etc)
Mutual Aid/Best Practices vs Local Practices
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This image reminds me of how mutual aid and communities keep each other fed, and safe, and how local practices are actually best practices. My own research， although not immediatley related to the specific public health concern of COVID, will focus on Indigenous food soverignty, particularly the right and autonomy to ferment and distribute alcohol (紅糯米酒) within the Amis community, and their current fight with the local health department on declaring whether or not their alcohol is "safe" for public consumption and distribution.
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Richard.OppongManuA new 'switching site' was build to ensure less people would lose power in a disasterous storm like Hurricane Sandy.
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The Jersey shore especially was vulnerable to a storm of this capcity, and showed how unprepared for the storm they were after the clouds settled. The boardwalk itself was obliterated and homes and roads were floodded. In New York, most train tranporttaion was halted as many of the lines had to undergo maintenance to bring it back to operating status.
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They have worked to improve the city of Newark in their resilience to server storms.
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The communities of New Jersey was not ready for this powerful stomr that knocked power out widespread across the state. They were vulnerable to all things as no agency took the natural steps to protect its people who were hit by the storm.
Hurricane Vulnerability/Resilience in Newark
In this PECE essay, there are numerous articles that discuss New Jersey's, mainly Newark's, vulnerabilities and resilience to hurricanes.
The Morning After In Newark and Lyndhurst: Hurricane Sandy
"Hurricane Sandy: Morning After in Newark and Lyndhurst", shows nearly 12 hours after the storm the immediate look on the major New Jersey cities of Newark and Lyndhurst.
The Red Cross Spending $310M on Recovery of Hurricane Sandy
The Red Cross in their 2 year later report on October 28, 2014 showed how they spent 99% of the $311.5M donated for recovery efforts.