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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Decreasing flood risk in rural communities: a pilot program in Three Forks, Montana

    Decreasing flood risk in rural communities: a pilot program in Three Forks, Montana

    Kris Smith, Ph.D.

    Flood risk is underestimated in the U.S., but better maps and data are not enough to help communities. They must be accompanied with resources to support local action. Read more

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