Fast Disaster (Hazardous Waste)
Fast disasters are environmental hazards that erupt quickly, that often require an emergency response.
Slow Disaster (Asthma)
This indicator represents an asthma rate. It is an estimate of the number of emergency department visits for asthma per 10,000 people over the years 2015 to 2017.
Community Assets (AHS)
At the school there are various community assets.
Indigenous Past/Present Tongva Tribe
There is one main indigenous group that settled in Azusa. They are called the Tongva Tribe.
Eric Arguelles Biographical Profile: UCI EcoGovLab Internship Program Azusa 2023
Eric Arguelles talks about his academic and career interests, where he sees himself in 2050, his interest in environmental issues.
Omar Pérez: Submarine Roots, Resisting (un)natural disasters
omarperezI am interested in seeing how social ties and networks have been used to cope with (un)natural disasters. My research focus on places under disasters conditions such as Puerto Rico after hurricane Maria, in which social ties have made the difference between life and death. Furthermore, “natural” disaster has been used to approved austerity measures and unjust policies to impoverished communities like in New Orleans after Katrina. These policies were not new, as they are rooted in structures of power to preserve the status quo. Yet, people have resisted, “through a network of branches, cultures, and geographies” that has stimulated a reflective process of looking within for solutions rather than outside. As often this outside solutions are not only detached from community’s reality but can perpetuate social injustices and inequalities.
McKittrick, K., & Woods, C. A. (Eds.). (2007). Black geographies and the politics of place. South End Press.
Bullard, R. D., & Wright, B. (Eds.). (2009). Race, place, and environmental justice after Hurricane Katrina: Struggles to reclaim, rebuild, and revitalize New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Westview Press.
This is a powerpoint slide on Spatial Representation.