FLUJOS RGV
Flood Justice utilizing Satellite Observation - Rio Grande Valley
FLUJOS RGV is a collaborative research project developed with community-based flood justice organizations in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. This research, which focuses on the four county region at the Southern tip of the Texas-Mexico border, challenges the environmental racism of flood injustice among Latinx colonias.
Through satellite imagery, the knowledge of community-based flood justice organizations, and the lived experience of flood vulnerable residents, this project co-produces geospatial flood risk data by blending satellite imagery for flood detection with the lived experience of colonia residents to empower flood justice advocacy.
We’ve launched the FLUJOS flood database! This tool is built from participatory maps, machine learning, & satellite imagery.
