Flood Index Project
Client
NSF Analytics for Equity project
Project Type
Data Collection and Creation, Mapping
GIS technology
Status
Complete
Summary
The NSF Analytics for Equity project seeks to develop a composite Flood Vulnerability Index that measures exposure to flooding, and assess vulnerability across social, built-environment, and financial areas. The pilot study was Harris County, and GRS was asked to create weighted flood indices for every building within Harris County, which is home to Houston. This project involved creating a vector layer of the flooded and non-flooded road segments for the whole County, creating 5-mile buffer areas for every building within the County, and calculating various flood indices on a per-building basis.