#47 – Environmental justice and green infrastructure solutions with Urban Systems Lab

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The immediate impacts of climate change disproportionately affect socially vulnerable populations across the United States. The Environmental Justice of Urban Flood Risk and Green Infrastructure Solutions research project from the Urban Systems Lab at the New School explores solutions to this issue using flood risk mapping, analysis, and visualizations. The research project is supported by the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative (ASDI) and through Amazon Web Services (AWS) promotional credit in addition to the Kresge Foundation’s CREWS initiative. To learn how proper planning can help protect at-risk neighborhoods, the Fix This team chatted with two team members from the Urban Systems Lab at the New School—Christopher Kennedy, assistant director, and Pablo Herreros Cantis, research fellow.