This past semester, the students graduating with the Design Strategies Certificate were tasked with breaking out into four groups, each of which worked with the organization Planet Texas 2050 to tackle and find opportunities related to Climate Change in Texas. Texas is a state that has many different regional areas and is affected by many different types of disasters such as flooding, drought, and forest fires. 

 

My group, self-named the "Texas Disasters" decided to focus our research specifically on disasters in Texas and what peoples' feelings and actions are when they are notified that a hurricane or other disaster is headed their way. What are their steps to prepare for a disaster, and after a major disaster, such as Hurricane Harvey which rampaged the southern coast in 2017, what are their major grievances?

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Our guiding project statement for this semester of work became...

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"We seek to understand how Texans experience disasters and prepare for the increased likelihood and impact of natural disaster caused by climate change."

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Below, is our final slide deck presentation which was given through Zoom (due to Covid-19). This slide deck walks through our process step-by-step.