#SocialVulnerability
🌳🦅Read in #ERE how #socioecological modelling can be utilised to inform #conservation efforts inclusive of local communities and their needs 👩‍👩‍👧‍👧🌎

🔗https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2752-664X/ae00ca

#Environment #Ecology #biodiversity #socialjustice #socialvulnerability #ecosystemservices
October 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
📢 Our new paper is out in Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness! (link: doi.org/10.1017/dmp....)
Using data from over 28,000 people in Japan, we investigated how social vulnerability impacts disaster preparedness.
#AcademicSky #PublicHealth #DisasterPreparedness #SocialVulnerability
doi.org
September 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Spokane is taking a bold step towards housing stability by developing a displacement risk map to protect vulnerable communities from housing instability.

Learn more here!

#SpokaneSpokaneCounty #WA #SpokaneHousing #CitizenPortal #CommunitySupport #SocialVulnerability #HousingStability
Commerce Department Creates Displacement Risk Map for Local Jurisdictions
Commerce develops a displacement risk map incorporating social vulnerability and housing factors.
citizenportal.ai
July 31, 2025 at 2:10 AM
🧠Read in Environmental Research: Health #ERH: Low income and chronic health conditions, esp. schizophrenia & #COPD, were significant risk factors for mortality during the 2021 #BritishColumbia #ExtremeHeat event

➡️ iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#EnvironmentalHealth #SocialVulnerability🌍
July 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
#AGW
#socialvulnerability
#climatehazards

"The work was [mostly] supported by the National Institutes of Health..."

As a template for similar US studies that NIH won't support anymore?
Extreme heat, wildfire smoke, and wildfire burn zones in the Western US, 2006-2020

We see increases over the study period in:
Extreme heat 🥵
Wildfire smoke 🔥 💨
🥵 + 🔥 💨

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Coexposure to extreme heat, wildfire burn zones, and wildfire smoke in the Western US from 2006 to 2020
Extreme heat, wildfire smoke, and their coexposure increased during 2006–2020 in the Western US.
www.science.org
May 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Jun Wu & colleagues at @ucipopcenter.bsky.social study on #wildfire health impacts and community inequities faced by families in Eastern Coachella Valley is receiving a lot of attention: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #smoke #socialvulnerability #publichealth
April 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Different takes on why toxic waste cleaners take longer at doing their job.🏭🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏼

#toxicwaste
#socialvulnerability
#income
#BIPOC
#LGBTQ+
#inclusion
#gentrification

via @sanfran
Toxic Waste Cleanups Take Longer in Marginalized San Francisco Communities - Inside Climate News
Even simple remediations lag at Bay Area sites in socially vulnerable areas, a San Francisco Public Press analysis shows.
insideclimatenews.org
March 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Richmond City Council is investing $3 million into community projects aimed at bridging historical inequities and enhancing residents' lives.

Learn more here

#VA #CitizenPortal #CommunityEngagement #RichmondCommunity #SocialVulnerability #GovernmentTransparency
City allocates $3M for community projects based on Social Vulnerability Index
City officials approve $3 million for diverse projects addressing community needs and transparency.
citizenportal.ai
March 25, 2025 at 5:27 AM
The memo heightens concerns that the #Trump administration intends to terminate programs that work to ensure that appropriate resources reach impacted people and areas that are most vulnerable in #disasters.

#SocialVulnerability #EM #greysky #DEI
February 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I got word that the #publichealth #socialvulnerability index vanished from the #cdc website. I wasn't able to find the webpage online, nor the 2022 data, so I made a quick #Quarto website on #github to let everyone know that it's definitely not available so they wouldn't waste their time trying […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
January 31, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Take a look at USGS Vizlab’s latest work and explore some of our interactive #DataViz as it relates to #WaterInsecurity, #SocialVulnerability and #EJ

#OpenSource code here: github.com/DOI-USGS/vul...
November 15, 2024 at 8:18 PM