Team Members: Miranda Hirujo-Rincon, Cynthia Mari Orozco, Ben Bressette

Los Angeles is known for its tall palm trees, blue waves, and beautiful weather year round. While the climate draws people to our sprawling metropolis, it also can cause severe health concerns for some residents during time of extreme heat. For residents who do not live in some of the region’s most exclusive neighborhoods, heat-inflicted traumas are a persistent issue.

This thick map uses three LA County neighborhoods as case studies: Koreatown, Palms, and Long Beach. It shows the inequality that exist in non-white and non-affluent neighborhoods in regards to access to public green space, tree cover, and other facets of topography that make LA County’s most vulnerable residents even more in danger.