conclusion

The full geospatial analysis reveals some similarities between areas the Resilient Neighborhoods initiative identifies as at risk to climate change and groups of census tracts identified through this analysis. But several census tracts identified using a holistic approach to climate change were not represented at all in the Resilient Neighborhoods initiative. Because this initiative only takes into account risk to flooding, other vulnerability aspects can present a completely different picture.

The results of this analysis support a more comprehensive approach to identifying and addressing climate change vulnerability. It is important to keep in consideration, that the results from the ranked and weighted decision maps represent an aggregation of three categories to climate change vulnerability. Past climate change vulnerability research often assesses one category alone, and in-depth analysis such as these present detailed information. The purpose of this analysis intended to visualize vulnerability to climate change by incorporating not only environmental factors, but also sociodemographic variables and access to resources.

For future analyses, projects, development, and consideration, it is imperative to consider not only the environmental factors of climate change vulnerability, but also sociodemographic variables and access to resources.