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Daily student struggles and perceived vulnerabilities at the UBC Vancouver campus during extreme weather events Chong, Eric; Fontana, Giovanna; Lafave, Tessah; Burrows, Yasmin; Kimoto, Yuiko
Abstract
The issue of climate change is becoming more prevalent due to its effects increasing in intensity as extreme weather events are on the rise and will continue to heavily impact the lives of future generations globally. This leads us to examine the understanding of climate change risks and vulnerabilities for human health on the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus to strengthen climate resilience through planning and policy initiatives. Previous literature noted climate change’s influence is posing risks for transportation systems due to extreme weather events. Given that many UBC students rely on transportation infrastructures, we wished to examine students’ experience with transportation to and from campus, as well as accessibility on the UBC Vancouver campus when an extreme weather even occurs. We conducted a survey and gathered personal accounts from Reddit to understand students perceived risks and vulnerabilities relating to extreme weather events when it comes to transportation and accessibility. This research found that UBC students reported inadequacy with UBC’s current initiatives to aid student transportation and accessibility experience, calling for stricter guidelines and planning initiatives relating to extreme weather events. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
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Daily student struggles and perceived vulnerabilities at the UBC Vancouver campus during extreme weather events
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2023-04-20
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The issue of climate change is becoming more prevalent due to its effects increasing in intensity as extreme weather events are on the rise and will continue to heavily impact the lives of future generations globally. This leads us to examine the understanding of climate change risks and vulnerabilities for human health on the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus to strengthen climate resilience through planning and policy initiatives. Previous literature noted climate change’s influence is posing risks for transportation systems due to extreme weather events. Given that many UBC students rely on transportation infrastructures, we wished to examine students’ experience with transportation to and from campus, as well as accessibility on the UBC Vancouver campus when an extreme weather even occurs. We conducted a survey and gathered personal accounts from Reddit to understand students perceived risks and vulnerabilities relating to extreme weather events when it comes to transportation and accessibility. This research found that UBC students reported inadequacy with UBC’s current initiatives to aid student transportation and accessibility experience, calling for stricter guidelines and planning initiatives relating to extreme weather events. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
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eng
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2023-09-07
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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10.14288/1.0435792
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Unreviewed
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Undergraduate
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