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  • What City Planners Can Learn From Hurricane Sandy

    What City Planners Can Learn From Hurricane Sandy

    Based on a decade of data from Hurricane Sandy, two New York City planners explore the inequities of disaster mitigation and recovery — and what needs to change to prevent climate gentrification.

  • A New Dataset Could Aid Climate Justice Research

    A New Dataset Could Aid Climate Justice Research

    Researchers have combined information about social vulnerability with data on mortgages, evictions, and threats from climate change. The new dataset will be freely available to other researchers.

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  • What City Planners Can Learn From Hurricane Sandy

    What City Planners Can Learn From Hurricane Sandy

    Based on a decade of data from Hurricane Sandy, two New York City planners explore the inequities of disaster mitigation and recovery — and what needs to change to prevent climate gentrification.

  • A New Dataset Could Aid Climate Justice Research

    A New Dataset Could Aid Climate Justice Research

    Researchers have combined information about social vulnerability with data on mortgages, evictions, and threats from climate change. The new dataset will be freely available to other researchers.