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For all environmental hazards, those living in disadvantaged communities (often lower socioeconomic status and people of color) are at more risk in the Hudson Valley. The city of Beacon and the surrounding town of Fishkill exemplify this.

Each map shows the spatial relationship between an environmental vulnerability factor and the location of communities that are disadvantaged and not disadvantaged. Disadvantaged communities in the City of Hudson and Town of Greenport tend to have…

The following maps display multiple variables of environmental vulnerability: impervious surface coverage, tree cover, heat islands, and flood hazard zones. The point of comparison is between those communities defined by NYSERDA to be disadvantaged,…

Along with the ever growing presence of global warming, many coastal areas are at high risk of flooding. This is due to increased inclement weather, both in intensity and frequency, as well as sea level rise. The digitized polygons from the…