Dr. Sara Shneiderman is a co-investigator on a major new initiative that focuses on enhancing campus resilience in response to climate hazards, aligning with the Campus Vision 2050 Plan.
The project’s multi-disciplinary research and operational team will contribute to campus resilience planning for climate-related emergencies, specifically focusing on the idea of Resilience Hubs. A resilience hub is a community amenity with a dual purpose – in an emergency, it could serve as a cooling centre and provide emergency food and water; in non-emergency times, it is designed to build social connection, enhance well-being, and promote hazard awareness.
“The network facilitates transdisciplinary research between faculty, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate students from a diversity of units at UBC including Civil Engineering; Community and Regional Planning; Architecture and Landscape Architecture; Geography, Anthropology; Law; Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; and Forestry; in conjunction with external partners who are practitioners in the disaster resilience field.”
The team will develop new knowledge about physical infrastructure resilience (focusing on transportation and water), the emergency support needs of unique campus population groups (such as international students, campus neighbourhood residents), changes in physical and social vulnerability from today to 2050, emergency management governance arrangements, and pathways for collaborative emergency management and indigenous engagement.
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