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  • Latinos face higher flood risks than other groups

    Latinos face higher flood risks than other groups

    Patricia Hernandez

    Headwaters Economics and the Hispanic Access Foundation have released a report that shows that 44% of Latinos live in counties with high flood risk, as opposed to 35% of non-Latinos. Read more

  • Los latinos enfrentan mayores riesgos de inundaciones que otros grupos

    Los latinos enfrentan mayores riesgos de inundaciones que otros grupos

    Patricia Hernandez

    Headwaters Economics y Hispanic Access Foundation han publicado un reporte que muestra que el 44% de los latinos viven en condados con un alto riesgo de inundaciones, en contraste con el 35% de los no latinos. Read more

  • The unequal impacts of flooding

    The unequal impacts of flooding

    Kris Smith, Ph.D.

    Headwaters Economics has conducted an analysis of flood and socioeconomic data to illustrate where flood risks disproportionality affect vulnerable populations. Read more

  • Green Infrastructure: Cost-effective solutions to flooding

    Green Infrastructure: Cost-effective solutions to flooding

    Samantha Estabrook

    Green infrastructure can provide long-term, cost-effective solutions to flooding and can help communities adapt to climate change. We provide a cost breakdown for eight green infrastructure practices. Read more

  • Yellowstone Flood reveals Montana’s mobile home flood risk

    Yellowstone Flood reveals Montana’s mobile home flood risk

    Kris Smith, Ph.D.

    Montana’s mobile home residents face disproportionate flood risk and traditional solutions leave them behind. Read more

  • Capacity-limited states still struggle to access FEMA BRIC grants

    Capacity-limited states still struggle to access FEMA BRIC grants

    Kris Smith, Ph.D.

    Places with lower capacity are failing to get funding through FEMA’s flagship grant program, Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC). Read more

  • Local revenue to fund long-term infrastructure costs

    Local revenue to fund long-term infrastructure costs

    Kris Smith, Ph.D.

    Communities need resilient revenue strategies to fund the long-term costs of capital improvements and infrastructure. Read more

  • Mobile home residents face higher flood risk

    Mobile home residents face higher flood risk

    Kris Smith, Ph.D.

    Mobile homes are the most common unsubsidized, affordable housing in the United States but have disproportionately higher flood risk than other housing types. Read more

  • How communities reduce flood risk: five midwestern case studies

    How communities reduce flood risk: five midwestern case studies

    Kris Smith, Ph.D.

    Communities highlighted in this report have successfully reduced flood risk through strategic partnerships, innovative solutions, and creative funding. Read more

  • Building funding strategies for flood mitigation projects

    Building funding strategies for flood mitigation projects

    Kris Smith, Ph.D.

    This guide provides advice for developing funding strategies for flood mitigation projects, including where to find funding and how to make an economic pitch for mitigation projects. Read more

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