WELCOME TO THE HUB!

Residents of the Eastern Shore are facing increasing challenges from rising tides, stronger storms, and shifting environmental conditions. These changes are leading to more flooding, septic system backups, and salt intrusion into soil and water. This website provides information on what is happening, why, and resources available to help you live more securely.

LIVABILITY TOOL

The Livability Tool is an app designed to help local leaders and decision-makers understand which communities are most affected by environmental changes and target help where it’s most needed. This data shows impacts from challenges like extreme storms and flooding events. Unlike other tools, the Livability Tool allows you to cross reference Census data about people, homes, and economics.

USERS

COMING SOON:
Which group are you?
Find out how the research can help your situation.

F.A.Q.

What’s the difference between the Livability Tool and the Livability Hub?

The Livability HUB is this website! We’ve written guides to our research and explanations about how it applies to situations on the Shore. You can also find the work we’ve done for the last five years here. The Livability TOOL is an interactive map combining our environmental research and census data. You can select variables and explore the map here.

What’s the timeline on this project?

We started this work in 2021. We continue to build this knowledge hub with the community and will launch the final Livability Tool app in Summer 2026.

Funding & Partners

This project was funded by a Coastlines and People grant by the National Science Foundation.