Mapping urban risk: Flood hazards, race, & environmental justice in New York

Applied Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-124

  Maantay, Juliana ^a,b   Maroko, Andrew ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

100 Year flood; Cadastral; Dasymetric; Environmental justice; Flood hazard; New York City; Population mapping; Urban

Indexed keywords

CADASTRE; CENSUS; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; FLOOD DAMAGE; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MAPPING METHOD; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58649089810     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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