Rice University: Homeowners in Mostly White Communities Prefer to Risk Repeat Flooding Rather Than Move to More Diverse Neighborhoods on Safer Ground
June 16, 2023
June 16, 2023
HOUSTON, Texas, June 16 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release on June 15, 2023:
Even after suffering flood damage, homeowners in mostly white communities prefer to accept higher risk of disaster repeating itself than relocate to areas with more racial diversity and less flood risk, according to new research from Rice University.
James Elliott , professor and chair of sociology, and Jay Wang, a senior spatial analyst at Rice's Kinder Institute for . . .
Even after suffering flood damage, homeowners in mostly white communities prefer to accept higher risk of disaster repeating itself than relocate to areas with more racial diversity and less flood risk, according to new research from Rice University.
James Elliott , professor and chair of sociology, and Jay Wang, a senior spatial analyst at Rice's Kinder Institute for . . .