2020 Social Vulnerability Indicators for Coastal Hazards by Block Group

[Metadata] 2020 Social Vulnerability Indicator Count for Coastal Hazards at or above the 75th percentile by Census Block Groups: The NOAA Coastal Management fellow completed a two-year project in July 2024 to support Hawaiʻi CZMP’s future work to apply for funding opportunities and to inform equitable polices. Approaching planning for sea level rise and other coastal hazards through an intersectional lens including social, demographic, and economic data, creates an opportunity to create an equitable adaption process while addressing the social and economic issues communities face. Layer includes 2020 Census data for a Social Vulnerability Indicator count at or above the 75th percentile on the census block group level. The data represented in this layer was based on a literature review which identified social, economic, and demographic data that would create barriers for individuals to prepare for, respond to, and recover from sea level rise and other coastal hazards. The layer was developed for and is used in the Social Vulnerability and Coastal Hazards tool, found here: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/d1c1181d2d98404cb09d22ffe4b9892b. Not all data relevant to sea level rise or other coastal hazards was included as some data sets were either not available for Hawai’i or not available at all. The data indicators present in the census tract or block group boundary are viewed as the result of systems of inequality and not as a characteristic of a community. The results of this layer and the tool referenced above should not be generalized for everyone within the designated boundaries and should only be used to gain a general understanding of the social, economic, and demographic makeup of an area. Further analysis (community outreach, working groups, interviews, etc.) should be used to supplement information that cannot be gathered from the mapping tool and contributing layers. To learn more about how this tool was developed, please refer to the accompanying document, found here: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:va6c2:5f4cd4c8-8e84-479b-9d28-86a501946d96. For more information, please refer to metadata at https://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/op/gis/data/vuln_ind_2020_75th_perc_bg.pdf or contact the Hawaii Statewide GIS Program, Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, State of Hawaii; PO Box 2359, Honolulu, Hi. 96804; [phone]; email: [e-mail]; Website: https://planning.hawaii.gov/gis.