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Flooding and the Poor in South Africa: Analyzing Urban Environments Using the CDC's Social Vulnerability Index

Event Type

Lecture

Sponsor

Center for African Studies

Location

Room 101; International Studies Bldg.; 910 S.Fifth St., C

Date

Sep 18, 2019   12:00 pm  

Contact

Terri Gitler

E-Mail

tgitler@illinois.edu

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Dr. Lance Larkin (CERL, UIUC), an anthropologist, will discuss the challenges of fitting research on the personal experiences of impoverished urban South Africans into projects generally driven by the insights of quantitative research.