How can communities dodge future disasters from Mother Nature before she has dealt the blow? Researchers are taking a unique approach to the issue and gaining input and support from community stakeholders. Daniel Murphy, a University of Cincinnati assistant professor of anthropology, will present findings on March 20, at the 74th annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SFAA) in Albuquerque, N.M. The presentation reveals an innovative, interdisciplinary research technique for approaching climate change vulnerability thats called Multi-scale, Interactive Scenario-Building (MISB). The project focuses on two geographic case studies: Big Hole Valley in Montana -- a high-altitude ranching valley -- and Grand County in Colorado -- a resort community west of Denver and south of Rocky Mountain National Park. The researchers conducted a series of one-on-one interviews at those sites to get an array of community contributors thinking and planning for future ecological hazards, and to consider the impact of those decisions. Researchers take on fighting disastrous consequences of extreme changes in climate before they occur (18 Mar 2014) sciencedaily/releases/2014/03/140318093724.htm
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