This project was completed as part of the 2018-2019 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with Ramsey County. Ramsey County knows little about social vulnerabilities to emergencies among many demographic groups in the community that would potentially reduce their resiliency in the face of natural and human-created disasters. Ramsey County project lead Karma Kumlin-Diers worked with a team of students in GEOG 5564: Urban Geographic Information Science and Analysis, taught by Dr. Ying Song, to identify vulnerability indicators and use them to create a Social Vulnerability Index, showing areas of high and moderate social vulnerability, to identify concentrations of people at the highest risk. The students’ final report, presentation, and a poster summarizing the project are available.
Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.
Resilient Communities Project Contact Info
University Faculty Contact
Ying Song
Geography
Assistant Professor
yingsong@umn.edu
612-625-2056
Local Government / Community Contact
Karma Kumlin-Diers
Emergency Management and Homeland Security
Emergency Management Coordinator
karma.kumlin-diers@co.ramsey.mn.us
(651) 266-1013