Populations Vulnerable to Climate Change in New Jersey: Update of a Statistical Analysis
- Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to characterize and locate populations vulnerable to climate change in the state of New Jersey. To do so, a quantitative study examined the demographic and location attributes of socially vulnerable groups and their relation to an environmental hazard associated with a changing climate, using flooding as an example of the potential risks posed to these groups. An earlier study with similar objectives was completed in December of 2013; the methodology that formed the basis of the original study has since been updated (Bickers, 2013; NOAA, 2014; Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute, 2013). While the updated data and method used for this revised analysis has not yielded substantially different findings, the December 2013 analyses is updated in this paper using the updated data and methodology.
- Resource Type
- Report
- Authors
- Kelly M. Pflicke Michael Greenberg Jennifer Whytlaw Jeanne Herb Marjorie Kaplan
- Date
- June 2015
- Institution
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey: NJ Adapt
- Organization Type
- Academic
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Flooding
- Region
- Northeast
- Other
- Vulnerability assessment