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.