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EIJ Fall 2022: Group 15 Combo Disaster Case Study (Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences, San Diego County)

This case study report was developed by students at the University of California Irvine for the undergraduate class, “Environmental Injustice,” taught by Kim Fortun, Margaux Fisher, Gina Hakim, Pre

EIJ Fall 2022: Group 19 Slow Disaster Case Study (Franklin High School, San Joaquin County)

This case study report was developed by students at the University of California Irvine for the undergraduate class, “Environmental Injustice,” taught by Kim Fortun, Margaux Fisher, Gina Hakim, Pre

EIJ Fall 2022: Group 16 Slow Disaster Case Study (Jefferson Elementary, Fresno County)

This case study report was developed by students at the University of California Irvine for the undergraduate class, “Environmental Injustice,” taught by Kim Fortun, Margaux Fisher, Gina Hakim, Pre

EIJ Fall 2022: Group 15 Fast Disaster Case Study (SHERMAN ELEMENTARY, SAN DIEGO COUNTY)

This case study report was developed by students at the University of California Irvine for the undergraduate class, “Environmental Injustice,” taught by Kim Fortun, Margaux Fisher, Gina Hakim, Pre

EIJ Fall 2022: Group 22 Slow Disaster Case Study (Slover Mountain High, San Bernardino County)

This case study report was developed by students at the University of California Irvine for the undergraduate class, “Environmental Injustice,” taught by Kim Fortun, Margaux Fisher, Gina Hakim, Pre

EIJ Fall 2022: Group 6 Slow Disaster Case Study (Huntington Park Senior High School, Los Angeles County)

This case study report was developed by students at the University of California Irvine for the undergraduate class, “Environmental Injustice,” taught by Kim Fortun, Margaux Fisher, Gina Hakim, Pre

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Newark residents say garbage incinerator poses health risks

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What kinds of information relevant to a community's vulnerability or resilience are unavailable or inaccessible?

seeing that dump trucks and more are being transferred the newark as a dumping ground. This causes a lot ofharmful chemicals to appear.

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The Morning After In Newark and Lyndhurst: Hurricane Sandy

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What forms of precaution were exercised regarding the hazard(s)?

After the storm, In Newark, people from different communities helped out to rebuild their city and improve it to make sure that the next strom will not do any more damage.

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PATH Trains to Resume 24-Hour Service

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What vulnerabilities affect the community?

After the storm, transportation was little to no opporational when it comes to families trying to get somewhere safe.

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Picturing Justice

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What are the sources of resilience (capital, networks, local knowledge, etc.) ?

The source of resilence was local knowledge and community that wanted to see a difference from companies dumping trash in the water.