Enhancing the Resilience of Seniors in Your Community
Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 – 12:00 -1:15 PM EDT
Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 – 12:00 -1:15 PM EDT
1.25 AICP CM credits pending
This webinar will focus on the safety and well-being of seniors within the context of climate change. Using a collaborative adaptation project in Bridgeport, Connecticut as a case study, the presentation will describe seniors’ unique vulnerability to climate change and will share specific recommendations to enhance their resilience.
Additionally, the presentation will discuss the participatory process itself to illustrate an approach for engaging seniors and other vulnerable groups directly in adaptation planning. As part of the presentation, these issues will be considered through a municipal lens with an eye toward safeguarding seniors and other vulnerable groups within the context of city wide emergency preparedness efforts. Throughout, the presentation will balance site-specific insights with broadly applicable frameworks and will illustrate how considerations and techniques may be adapted to differing contexts.
Participants will leave the webinar with:
- An understanding of the key factors contributing to seniors’ vulnerability;
- Specific recommendations for enhancing seniors’ resilience;
- A structured process for engaging seniors and other vulnerable groups in participatory adaptation planning;
- An awareness of considerations when integrating efforts aimed at safeguarding seniors within the context of broader municipal emergency preparedness efforts;
- Insight into how and why to develop municipality-university collaborations to protect seniors and other vulnerable groups.