MI Environment

Michigan Environmental Mapping Project

This research identifies the relative vulnerability of census tracts within Michigan to cumulative environmental exposures. Our first layer visualizes the relative exposures that contribute to heat stress vulnerability from future climate change.

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Sources: American Community Survey (ACS 2012 - 2013), 5 year estimates; National Land Cover Database (2011); Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (2012), Coupled-Model Intercomparison Project 3 (2041-2070).

Primary Research by: Trish Koman, Frank Romo

Citation: Koman, P. D. et al. MI-Environment: Geospatial patterns and inequality of relative heat stress vulnerability in Michigan. Health Place 60, 102228 (2019).

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