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A spatial decision support system for identifying heat vulnerability based on a comprehensive energy budget model and multi-criteria decision analysis in Oklahoma City, OK Team...

Land surface temperatures for study area (Cuyahoga County, Ohio), as derived from Landsat. Black lines show boundaries of census blocks. Blue dots show the greenspaces and census blocks where the on the ground tree surveys have been conducted, with one census block highlighted as an inset. Image Credit: Rob Moore (Cleveland State).

Improved monitoring and management of urban tree equity: integrating metrics of tree quality with tree cover

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Team: Kevin Mueller (Cleveland State University), Brice Grunert (Cleveland State University), Thomas Hilde (Cleveland State University), Kaiguang Zhao (Ohio State University), Daniel Meaney (Cuyahoga County...

Map of SEMCOG study area showing regions identified by SEMCOG as areas of persistent poverty, overlaid on a map of percent impervious surface for the seven county region.

Addressing Inequitable Flood Risks in Southeast Michigan through Green Infrastructure

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Disasters

Water Resources

Team: Mary Miller (Michigan Technological University), Michael Battaglia (Michigan Technological University), Laura Bourgeau-Chavez (Michigan Technological University), David Watkins (Michigan Technological University), Jessica Alger (Michigan Technological...

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Designing for Just Green Enough: A Data Integration Tool for Informing Community Green Space Planning

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Team Members: Dr. Michelle Stuhlmacher (DePaul University), Dr. Winifred Curran (DePaul University), Dr. Marynia Kolak (University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign), Dajoin Williams (DePaul University), Christopher...

A web application where users can generate scenarios (e.g. select parcels on a map and assign new land use patterns to those areas) and visualize scenarios’ impacts on ecosystem services and patterns of environmental inequity(e.g. the changes in temperature and carbon storage, and demographics of the impacted area)

Investing In Equity and Environmental Justice: An Urban Decision-Support Tool Integrating Earth Observations, Socioeconomic Data, And Ecosystem Service Models

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Team Members: Lingling Liu (University of Minnesota), Joseph F. Knight (University of Minnesota), Chris W Nootenboom (Natural Capital Insights), Gretchen C. Daily (Stanford University), David...

Aerial imagery of New Haven, Connecticut with the average land surface temperature (LST) for 2022 overlaid on top of the image. Areas of higher average temperature are shown in dark red, and areas of comparatively lower average temperature are shown in light pink. In this project, LST analysis is combined with an analysis of vegetative cover and socioeconomic characteristics to identify the neighborhoods most at-risk from heat-related impacts to prioritize for tree planting initiatives.

Earth observations to reduce greenspace and health inequities: Applying multi-decadal and multi-scale satellite imagery to characterize tree canopy and heat exposure to improve policymaking and community well-being

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Team Members: Shijuan Chen (Yale School of the Environment), Michelle Bell (Yale School of the Environment), Xuhui Lee (Yale School of the Environment), Edith Pestana...

Illustration of refining the climate data to communities where it matters. This animation shows our climate downscaled data using machine learning algorithms at 250 m resolution. Our e-JUST framework will use such 3-D representation of urban communities.

e-JUST: Environmental Justice using Urban Scalable Toolkit

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Project Team: PI Ashish Sharma (Discovery Partners Institute, University of Illinois System); Co-I Matthew Turk (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign); Co-I Edith Makra (Metropolitan Mayors...

Mapping heat vulnerability in New York City and Jersey City. We use a series of variables to map vulnerability to heat under different scenarios and for different groups. Our project aims to offer a more nuanced approach in mapping vulnerability.

Developing an interactive data portal for connecting vulnerable communities to the science of urban heat mitigation

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