New publication connects neighborhood connections to adaptive capacity to flooding

Events like the recent Hurricane Ida and other cyclone activity in the Atlantic and Pacific only remind us that the impacts of flooding to property and well-being are ever present and dangerous. Increasing adaptive capacity to flood events is critical. Especially in socially and economically vulnerable communities. Our research demonstrates the important effect of social capital – the networks, cohesion, and trust – within one’s neighborhood for increasing mitigation behaviors.