Stormwater.NYC

Stormwater.nyc is a data visualization mapping platform that integrates publically available data on stormwater resiliency in NYC, with population demographics, land use/cover data layers, location of critical infrastructure and greenspaces, and the New York Panel on Climate Change’s floodplain maps. To date, no other mapping platform has been developed that provides the ability to compare and contrast the potential social and infrastructural risk of future flooding scenarios in NYC. Over 2021, our data visualization team improved the functionality of the platform to allow toggling between data layers to better interact with the scenarios and social and infrastructural information. The aim is to provide a multi-hazard risk decision-support tool to improve resiliency prioritization and to create a central node for considering the interdependent and cascading risks that multiple climate hazards and threats have on NYC’s diverse communities.