Cadeyrn J. Gaskin|Davina Taylor|Susan Kinnear|Julie Mann|Wendy Hillman|Mark Moran
Factors Associated with the Climate Change Vulnerability and the Adaptive Capacity of People with Disability: A Systematic Review
Central Queensland University|Central Queensland University|Central Queensland University|Central Queensland University|Central Queensland University
abstract people disability experience multidimensional inequalities heighten vulnerability climate change understanding vulnerability adaptive capacity people disability gained considering fared types events associated climate change droughts floods heat waves hurricanes wildfires systematic review conducted identify factors associated climate change vulnerability adaptive capacity people disability papers sourced 12 electronic databases google search engine websites 21 organizations reference lists included papers 34 papers relating 28 studies met selection criteria studies located united states almost half focused hurricane events factors contributing vulnerability included personal factors eg female gender uncoupled living alone nonwhite ethnicity low income environmental factors commonly limited practical support government agencies disability organizations bodily impairments cognitive impairments hearing impairments progression impairments relapseexacerbation symptoms thermoregulation difficulties activity limitations participation restrictions limited preparedness difficulties evacuation difficulties reassembling individual accommodations repairing replacing adaptive equipment factors relating adaptive capacity included personal factors eg formal education environmental factors practical support mainstream organizations disability organizations family friends activities participation emergency planning keeping emergency pack seeking information people disability vulnerable climate change largely due inequalities exclusion adaptation mitigation efforts