Disparities in who dwells behind crumbling US levees

ScienceDaily
Sep 5, 2023, 7:57 pm57 pts
In the United States, tens of millions of people live behind levees, but historically disadvantaged groups are more likely to live behind subpar levees and have fewer resources to maintain critical levee infrastructure, a new study reveals. The study is the first to quantify the national disparity of…

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