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![Map showing southeast Los Angeles urban heat exposure around community locations identified by Research Leadership Academy participants.](/sites/default/files/styles/lis/public/2024-01/Douglas_EEJ.jpg.webp?itok=X2Hz9n30)
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In partnership with Communities for a Better Environment, a community-based organization leading the advancement of zero-emission technologies and green infrastructure in environmental justice communities, our...
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This project explores the potential of Remote Sensing (RS) and spatial data to advance Environmental Justice, with a focus on tribal land and water resources...
![Historic map of the Harbor used in this study.](/sites/default/files/styles/lis/public/2024-02/Nalley_image_0.PNG.webp?itok=kBqbMGaq)
Team: Sandy Ward (Mālama Puʻuloa) Donn Viviani (Leeward Community College) Mia Comeros-Raynal (Water Resources Research Center at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa) Dingyi Liu...
![Census tract map of Corpus Christi and runoff factors.](/sites/default/files/styles/lis/public/2024-02/Zhang_Census-tract%20runoff%20factors%20in%20Corpus%20Christi_80NSSC22K1670.jpg.webp?itok=Z67hHJlZ)
Team: • Jim Lee (Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi), co-I • Yuxia Huang (Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi), co-I • Lapone Techapinyawat (Texas...
Team Members: Miriam Marlier (University of California, Los Angeles), Claire Schollaert (University of Washington), Diane Garcia-Gonzales (University of California, Los Angeles), Michael Jerret (University of...
![Study area and percent poverty by census tract. The zip code and Tucson boundary are from Pima County GIS.](/sites/default/files/styles/lis/public/2024-02/Wolf%20Project%20Page%20Image.png.webp?itok=hRB1p_Q0)
Team Members: Theresa Foley (Sonora Environmental Research Institute), Palmira Henriquez (Sonora Environmental Research Institute), Flor Sandoval (Sonora Environmental Research Institute), Rachel Spitz (Sonora Environmental Research...
![Map of Centreville, IL, and surrounding communities of the American Bottom. Circle area reflects the percent of Black residents in each community. Circle color indicates the number of FEMA flood insurance claims by community. FEMA 100-year flood modeled inundation depths overlain in red, FEMA-reported topographic wetted index reported in light blue. Preliminary HEC-RAS model results, calibrated using community-based monitoring (orange squares for cameras, yellow triangles for pressure transducers) for a 0.5](/sites/default/files/styles/lis/public/2024-02/Masteller%20Project%20Page%20Image.png.webp?itok=e8-AMIVJ)
Team Members: Claire Masteller (Washington University), Jose Constantine (Williams College), Hossein Hosseiny (Washington Univeristy in St. Louis) Executive Summary: Low-income and minority communities are often...
Team Members: Narcisa G. Pricope (University of North Carolina Wilmington and Mississippi State University), Leah Mayo (University of North Carolina Wilmington), Joanne Halls (University of...
![Maximum Temperature across Baltimore City, Summer 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/lis/public/2024-02/Smith%20Project%20Page%20Image.png.webp?itok=BrLk0hcA)
Team Members: Jaime Madrigano PhD, Co-investigator (Johns Hopkins University), Darryn Waugh PhD, Co-investigator (Johns Hopkins University), Benjamin Zaitchik PhD, Co-investigator (Johns Hopkins University), Bianca Corpuz...
![Austin Multi-hazard Risk Index (flood + wildfire + heat + social vulnerability). The multi-hazard index previously computed utilized non-remote sensing, City-based data. An objective of the current project is to produce a similar index integrating remote sensing and socio-economic data. The current index shows there are clear spatial patterns with higher multi-hazard risk located in environmental justice communities in Austin.](/sites/default/files/styles/lis/public/2024-03/Climate%20hazard%20composite%20index.jpg.webp?itok=92aBbWp5)
Team Members: Dev Niyogi (University of Texas at Austin), Carmen Llanes Pulido (Go Austin, Vamos Austin), Marc Coudert (City of Austin), Sergio Castellanos (University of...