Description:

Hydrometeorological extremes (e.g. droughts, floods, landslides, etc.) have the potential to exacerbate existing social inequalities and vulnerabilities that strongly impact marginalized communities. These communities disproportionately inhabit hazard-prone areas and often have limited access to coping mechanisms, increasing their vulnerability and potentially decreasing their resiliency. It is crucial then for all scientific disciplines to engage with these communities and consider the social dimensions at play in order to improve resiliency and mitigate the potential harms of natural hazards, particularly in the face of intensification of risk due to anthropogenic climate change. Addressing the intersection of hydrology, extremes, and society - particularly centering around the impacts disproportionately placed on marginalized communities - requires reaching beyond any one discipline. In this session, we especially welcome abstracts that take a multi-disciplinary, convergent, and/or community-engaged approach to understand the complex linkages between hydrology, water resources, extreme events, risk analysis, adaptation strategies (including policy tools), and hazard mitigation.