Article: Manufactured housing communities and climate change: Understanding key vulnerabilities and recommendations for emergency managers.
Journal of emergency management (Weston, Mass.)
2024 Volume 22, Issue 7, Page(s) 87–99
Abstract: Manufactured housing communities (MHCs), commonly referred to as mobile home parks, provide an estimated 2.7 million American households with largely unsubsidized, affordable housing. Climate change threatens those who call these communities home by ... ...
Abstract | Manufactured housing communities (MHCs), commonly referred to as mobile home parks, provide an estimated 2.7 million American households with largely unsubsidized, affordable housing. Climate change threatens those who call these communities home by exacerbating known structural and social vulnerabilities associated with this housing type-including but not limited to increased risks to flooding, extreme temperatures, high winds, and wildfires. Climate change requires emergency managers to understand the diverse, integrated, and complex vulnerabilities of MHCs that affect their exposure to climate change risk. This article presents findings from an integrative literature review focused on the climate-related vulnerabilities of these communities described at three levels of scale: household, housing structure, and park community. It then draws on 15 years of engagement and action research with MHC residents and stakeholders in Vermont, including several federally declared flooding disasters, to distill key recommendations for emergency managers for assisting MHCs to prepare for and respond to emergencies. As climate change accelerates, emergency managers can increase efficacy by learning about the MHCs in their jurisdictions by leveraging the best available data to characterize risks, integrating MHCs into planning and mitigation activities, and engaging in conversations with stakeholders, including MHC residents and their trusted partners. |
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MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Climate Change ; Housing ; Communication ; Disasters ; Floods |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2024-04-04 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Review ; Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 2799989-0 |
ISSN | 1543-5865 |
ISSN | 1543-5865 |
DOI | 10.5055/jem.0845 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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