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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

  • The unequal impacts of wildfire

    The unequal impacts of wildfire

    Kelly Pohl

    See where wildfire risk intersects social and economic factors that can make it difficult for people to prepare for, respond to, and recover from wildfire. Read more

  • Wildfire Risk Report for every U.S. community

    Wildfire Risk Report for every U.S. community

    Kimiko Barrett, Ph.D.

    A new report in our Economic Profile System provides community-level data about wildfire hazard and potentially vulnerable populations. Read more

  • Community resilience in the era of megafires

    Community resilience in the era of megafires

    Kimiko Barrett, Ph.D.

    Kimiko Barrett, Ph.D., demonstrates how community resilience to wildfire needs to include planning and adaptation strategies for homes and neighborhoods. Read more

  • Census response rates in communities of color

    Census response rates in communities of color

    Patricia Hernandez

    People of color are at a high risk of being undercounted in the 2020 Census, jeopardizing federal funding, social services, and government representation. Read more

  • Census response rates in Asian Communities

    Census response rates in Asian Communities

    Patricia Hernandez

    Asian communities are at a high risk of being undercounted in the 2020 Census, jeopardizing federal funding, social services, and government representation. Read more

  • Census response rates in Black Communities

    Census response rates in Black Communities

    Patricia Hernandez

    Black communities are at a high risk of being undercounted in the 2020 Census, jeopardizing federal funding, social services, and government representation. Read more

  • Census response rates in Hispanic and Latino Communities

    Census response rates in Hispanic and Latino Communities

    Patricia Hernandez

    Hispanic and Latino communities are at a high risk of being undercounted in the 2020 Census, jeopardizing federal funding, social services, and government representation. Read more

  • Census response rates in Native American Communities

    Census response rates in Native American Communities

    Patricia Hernandez

    American Indian and Alaska Native communities are at a high risk of being undercounted in the 2020 Census, jeopardizing federal funding, social services, and government representation. Read more

  • Wildfire and Vulnerable Populations: Testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee

    Wildfire and Vulnerable Populations: Testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee

    Kimiko Barrett, Ph.D.

    Testimony on wildfires and vulnerable populations to a forum before the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. Read more

  • Austin Wildfire and Vulnerable Populations Tool

    Austin Wildfire and Vulnerable Populations Tool

    Kelly Pohl

    Identify neighborhoods where overlapping wildfire threats and socioeconomic vulnerabilities may make people disproportionately susceptible to wildfire. Read more

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