  Stormwater has immense impacts on urban flooding and water quality, leaving
the marginalized and the impoverished disproportionately impacted by and
vulnerable to stormwater hazards. However, the environmental health concerns of
socially and economically marginalized individuals are largely underestimated.
Through regression analysis of data from three longitudinal surveys, this
article examines if and how an individual's race, gender, and education level
help predict one's concern about and willingness to participate in stormwater
management. We found that people of color, women, and less-educated respondents
had a greater willingness to participate in stormwater management than White,
male, and more-educated respondents, and their concern about local stormwater
hazards drove their willingness to participate. Our analysis suggests that
physical exposure and high vulnerability to stormwater hazards may shape an
individual's concern about and willingness to participate in stormwater
management.
