Hazard Resilient Coastal Communities LaDon Swann, Director NOAA’s Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium and Auburn University Marine Center

Nine Consortium Members USM is fiscal host.

Sea Grant Focus Areas Safe and Sustainable Seafood Supply Hazard Resilient Coastal Communities Sustainable Coastal Development Healthy Coastal Ecosystems

Yearly, more people die from this natural hazard than all others combined 1.Hurricanes 2.Lightening 3.Earthquakes 4.Tornadoes 5.Heat 6.Tsunamis 7.Volcanoes

Question One How does your organization communicate the health and social impacts of natural and man- made disasters, including those that may be associated with changes in climate? What should that communication include? – – MASGC communicates directly to constituent groups and our messages are grounded in the most credible science available. – – MASGC uses community based social marketing – – Regional Climate Community of Practice (CoP)

Hazard Resilient Coastal Communities A Community of Practice is a group of professionals who aim to achieve common outcomes. By working together, they can learn from one another and develop a set of effective common approaches that can be refined over time.

Question Two What mitigation or adaptation strategies should be adopted by health and social service agencies, in collaboration with other agencies involved in emergency response and/or coastal resilience? – – Peer Listening for mental health issues Everyone needs it during a time of crisis Everyone needs it to help mitigate against the longer term repercussions from a disaster. – – Medical screening for at-risk groups – – Long-term longitudinal studies using a suite of well-being indicators

Question Three How should the health and social aspects of coastal community resilience be measured – – Million dollar question….. – – The answer should be determined by a diverse group of people and led by health professionals – – The metrics may not always be the ones that are routinely collected, but they serve as a very good starting point What are the best indicators of well-being? – – Mental health metrics are, in my opinion, too often overlooked – – Metrics should have a historical baseline so far comparisons can be made Measuring PAHs, for example, were little more than a snapshot in time because there was little historical data from our region

Political Climate Social Networks  in provisioning Socio-Economic Valuation Policy Actions Non-policy Driven Factors Advocacy Groups NGOs/INGOs Not-for-profit Organizations Decision Support Policy-Driven Factors Environmental Regulation Economic Regulation and Reform Social Programs Access to services Altruism Clean environment Economic growth Ecosystem condition Education Health Leisure time Life satisfaction/ happiness Nutrition Public Infrastructure Safety and security Shelter Social cohesion Spiritual and cultural fulfillment Topophilia and biophilia Wealth Well-Being Domains Freedom and Choice Ecosystem Services Water Quality Regulation Air Quality Regulation Natural Hazard Protection Food & Fiber Recreation and Aesthetics Atmospheric Regulation Soil & Sediment Quality Regulation Pest & Disease Regulation Water Quantity Regulation Social Services Healthcare Public Health Financial Assistance Family Services Activism Justice Labor Claimed Civil Liberties Emergency Preparedness Education Public Works Communication Community & Faith Based Initiatives Economic Services Labor Market Stabilization Government Budget Interest Rates Redistribution of Income State of the Economy Social Conditions Good governance Societal Welfare Human Well-being Societal Well-being Environmental Well-being Economic Well-being Subjective Well-being Basic Human Needs State of the Environment Smith, L.M. et al Ecosystem services and human well-being: Integrating existing measures of well-being into a conceptual framework . In review. Ecology and Society.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Can everything be distilled down to this?

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