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Responding to a Changing Climate

其他書名	An Investigation of the Psychosocial Consequences of Climate Change and Community-based Mental Health Responses in High River
出版	University of Toronto, 2019
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=hh5PzwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋This dissertation explores the psychosocial consequences of climate change and psychosocial adaptation opportunities in High River, Alberta. Influenced by the theoretical approach of Political Ecology, I investigate community impacts and community-based mental health responses in High River following the 2013 Southern Alberta floods. Research methods include: a desktop climate change and health vulnerability and adaptation assessment that includes over 116 data sources; telephone interviews with key informant health and social services leaders (n = 14); four focus group sessions with front-line health and social services workers (n = 14); and, semi-structured interviews (n = 18) with a sample of community-members exposed to the 2013 flood and who self-identify in any one or more ways: female, youth, elderly, non-white, someone living in a low socio-economic status, someone with pre-existing health concerns. A total of 46 participants were recruited in this research. Results of the empirical investigation in High River are showcased in three manuscripts. The first manuscript, informed by critical Political Ecology, is an investigation of sociopolitical conditions that influence health inequities and adaptation opportunities (or lack thereof) in a changing climate in High River. The second is an empirical exploration of the long-term psychosocial consequences of the 2013 flood, relating these consequences to the broader issue of climate change and psychosocial health. The third manuscript is an exploration of how the long-term psychosocial risks and impacts of the 2013 flood are being addressed via response interventions and connecting these lessons-learned to the broader topic of climate change and psychosocial adaptation. This research suggests that a Political Ecology lens can support a critical analysis of what the environment means and to whom, with a particular focus on what adaptation to our changing climate means and to whom. Further, findings from this empirical research suggest that there are a range of psychosocial outcomes related to the 2013 Southern Alberta flood, and these outcomes continue to affect the psychosocial wellbeing of High River residents, particularly those most marginalized, five years post-flood. Findings also suggest that there are lessons-learned from High River about actions to support or enhance psychosocial adaptation to a changing climate.