Description: The Climate Vulnerability Score (CVS) evaluates communities disproportionately affected by climate impacts at the census tract level using MDEnviroScreen's Environmental Justice Score 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. Read the full methodology here.
Copyright Text: MD iMAP, MDE, MDH, MDH VSA, USCB ACS, EPA, CBP, TPL, NDMC, USDA, NOAA, Frances Marie S. Panday, Frank Siano