The relationship between flood risk and environmental justice has received increasing media and scholarly attention in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, drawing the nation’s attention to the potential for inequitable distribution of flood risk along lines of race, class, and other markers of social marginality. Despite the national attention directed towards southeastern Louisiana, very little research or public awareness exists regarding flood risk and environmental justice within one of the nation’s most flood-prone regions: California’s Central Valley. Preliminary, but limited, data and research suggest that a significant correlation may exist between social...
By 2015, more than 15.5 million Americans 65 and older will live in communities where public transportation service is poor or non-existent. Switzer Fellow