
Soc 310: Geography of risk (some maps to illustrate)
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Impacts–extreme weather and disasters
- Map–US disasters of over $1 billion damage, 2022, 2023, 1980-24
- Map–US States most affected by disasters, 2018-22
- Costs–US, disasters by type, 1980-2024
- Map–US flooding risks, 2020 and 2050
- Map–US sea level rise, 2050 and 2100
- Map–Potential ‘tipping events‘, globally
- Map–US wildfire risk past and projected
- Map–US, sensitive ecosystems
- Map–US, community resilience index
- Map–Global, coastal flood risk
- Map, resources–Global, extreme weather risk
- Map–Global disaster alert and coordination
- Map–Global drought and water stress
- Map–Global, Internal Displacement
- Maps–Dimensions of sea level rise
Video
- PBS: Weathered, Earth’s Extremes. 2024. The riskiest places to live in the US as our climate changes.
- Cyclones, Typhoons, Hurricanes
- Drought (the American Dust Bowl)
- Wildfire (Southern California, 2024, and more recent)