Climate Safe Neighborhoods
What does race have to do with climate change?
Which neighborhoods in San Diego are most at risk from extreme heat and flooding?
Understanding
As part of the Climate Safe Neighborhoods (CSN) partnership, Groundwork San Diego works with residents and stakeholders to understand the relationship between the city’s history of race-based housing segregation, called redlining, and the current and predicted impacts of climate change.
Learn more about how this historic redlining practice impacted Encanto, Southcrest and other Chollas Creek neighborhoods making them more vulnerable to flooding and extreme heat.
Use our interactive maps to overlay existing tree canopy, impervious surface survey and redlined neighborhoods
Action
To respond to Climate Change, Groundwork is:
- informing and organizing residents to have a community voice at the table as adaptation and mitigation measures are being planned by local government.
- taking the lead on projects that provide mitigation and adaptation to climate changes within the Chollas Creek Watershed Communities.
Adaptation
Actions such as flooding risk reduction, creating cool corridors to respond to the Heat Island Effect, and improvements in quality of life for students and families.
Mitigation
Actions to lowering emissions of greenhouse gases such as educating on Clean Mobility including Electric Vehicle purchasing, home decarbonization, and energy efficient appliances and heating/cooling systems.