Public Access to the Coast is Inequitable by Race and Ethnicity in Rhode Island

GIS Network Analysis · R · Multiple Regression · Manuscript in Review

Partners: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development Atlantic Coastal Environmental Sciences Division (Rhode Island) and Gulf Ecosystem Measurement and Modeling Division (Florida)

I conducted the first statewide analysis of coastal public access and water quality using road network analysis and multiple regression techniques. Statistics overwhelmingly reveal disproportionate travel distances and costs for Black, Latinx, and White populations.