Prioritizing overburdened and underserved areas for Brownfield site assessment and redevelopment using geospatial indicators to assess community vulnerabilities and build infrastructure resilience
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We present an approach for advancing equity and climate resilient infrastructure using geospatial indicators to identify and prioritize climate vulnerable, and historically overburdened and underserved, areas for Brownfield site assessment and redevelopment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ), RTI International, and EPA Region 4 have partnered to develop a set of geospatial indicators that can be used in the implementation of Multipurpose, Assessment, RLF, and Cleanup (MARC) funding received not only by NCDEQ but all municipal MARC grantees within the state and those seeking to apply. The climate and social vulnerability indicators presented are an example of quantifiable and actionable evidence that regional, state, and local offices can use to guide equitable and climate resilient assessment and redevelopment decisions. Furthermore, results can communicate how to comprehensively approach the cumulative impacts of environmental contamination, climate change, and persistent economic, educational, social/cultural, and environmental hardships.