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MDE has developed a map product to identify communities disproportionately affected by climate impacts in accordance with MD Code, Environment § 1-702 to classify census tract as having a Baseline, Low Medium, or High Climate Vulnerability Score (CVS) |
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MDE has developed a map product to identify communities disproportionately affected by climate impacts in accordance with MD Code, Environment § 1-702 to classify census tract as having a Baseline, Low Medium, or High Climate Vulnerability Score (CVS) |
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MD iMAP, MDE, MDH, MDH VSA, USCB ACS, EPA, CBP, TPL, NDMC, USDA, NOAA, Frances Marie S. Panday, Frank Siano |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The Climate Vulnerability Score (CVS) evaluates communities disproportionately affected by climate impacts at the census tract level </SPAN><A href="https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/e4148f01acf743bf8ac1d2aa2dc0947f/page/MarylandEJ3_0" target="_blank" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>using MDEnviroScreen's Environmental Justice Score</SPAN></A><SPAN> as a proxy for underserved and overburdened communities, the proportion of tree canopy cover within a census tract, and its exposure to four additional climate indicators. Together these datasets define climate vulnerability as a function of climate exposure and community impact to classify communities as having a baseline, low, moderate, or high vulnerability. </SPAN><A href="https://mde.maryland.gov/Environmental_Justice/Documents/Environmental%20Justice/EnviroScreen/FINAL__6.20.25_Maryland%20Department%20of%20the%20Environment%20MDEnviroScreen%20Tool%20Documentation%20V3.pd" target="_blank" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>Read the full methodology here</SPAN></A><SPAN>.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><A href="https://mde.maryland.gov/Environmental_Justice/Pages/MDEnviroScreen.aspx" target="_blank" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>Read the MDEnviroScreen project disclaimer here.</SPAN></A></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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Maryland Climate Vulnerability Score 1.5 |
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["Climate Vulnerability Score","MDE","CVS","MD iMAP","WMS","WFS","KML"] |
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