Event Title
Panel: Integrating Environmental Justice in Economics of Resiliency Decisions
Start Date
13-11-2015 1:30 PM
Description
When examining the economic realities of responding to sea level rise and recurrent flooding, relying on a cost-benefit analysis that looks at 'the biggest bang for the buck' may well ignore the interests of disenfranchised, minority, and other socially vulnerable communities. How do we factor environmental justice considerations into economic decisions?
Panel: Integrating Environmental Justice in Economics of Resiliency Decisions
When examining the economic realities of responding to sea level rise and recurrent flooding, relying on a cost-benefit analysis that looks at 'the biggest bang for the buck' may well ignore the interests of disenfranchised, minority, and other socially vulnerable communities. How do we factor environmental justice considerations into economic decisions?