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Mapping Community Risks of Oil Industry Accidents

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 : 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM

Jakob Rosenzweig , Thalweg Studio, New Orleans, LA
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
Jakob Rosenzweig is a cartographer and Creative Director of Thalweg Studio in New Orleans. He graduated from Tulane University School of Architecture in 2006. His innovative maps illustrate the risks to communities during and after disasters. Mr. Rosenzweig’s easy to understand maps have communicated important information to communities, including the location and proximity of hazardous waste pits and oil industry emissions during storms and hurricanes.

Learning Areas:

Communication and informatics
Environmental health sciences

Learning Objectives:
Identify how mapping visualizations can illustrate community risk and inform community action after oil industry disasters.

Keyword(s): Environmental Health, Environmental Justice

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have worked to create multiple maps illustrating the risks to communities after natural disasters and oil industry accidents. I am a trained cartographer, graduated from Tulane University School or Architecture in 2006 and have experience designing maps to increase community knowledge of petrochemical accidents.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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