Intersection of Industrial Facilities, Flood Hazards, and Social Vulnerability in Hillsborough County, Florida (2022)
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Intersection of Industrial Facilities, Flood Hazards, and Social Vulnerability in Hillsborough County, Florida (2022)
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Objective: The primary goal of this project was to conduct spatial analysis and create static and interactive maps using Python programming alone. The analysis identifies high-risk areas in Hillsborough County, Florida, where industrial facilities that manage hazardous materials are in or close to high-risk flood zones and socially vulnerable communities. Flooding events increase the likelihood of industrial facility damage, leading to a release of toxic materials into the surrounding environment. Socially vulnerable communities face the greatest risks associated with such events. The static maps display the spatial relationships between industrial facilities, flood zones, and socially vulnerable communities. The interactive map connects this information by ranking the facilities by the level of threat that they pose to nearby communities.Â
Software and tools used: Data manipulation, GIS analysis, geocoding, and cartographic design done in Python using geopandas and other GIS libraries. Project hosted on github and formatted with markdown language.
Created for: Command line GIS course final project