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"FACTORS OF URBAN SPRAWL IN DUTCHESS COUNTY, NY" analyzes various aspects influencing urban development in Dutchess County. It presents data on population density, median household income, and traffic volume across different census tracts,…

"Air Quality and Poverty in Bronx, NY" examines the relationship between air pollution, household income, and traffic density across neighborhoods in New York City, particularly focusing on the Bronx. It highlights how neighborhoods with high poverty…

With global sea levels projected to rise significantly in the coming decades, coastal cities as we know them today are at risk. Miami's metropolitan area, particularly the densely inhabited barrier island of Miami Beach, is one of the areas at most…

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…

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.

Rising global temperatures prompt each of us to consider, "How will the effects of climate change manifest where I live?" The maps below consider tree cover, heat, flood risk, and impervious surface cover in Peekskill and Cortlandt as a way of…

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,…