Articles by DianeJonesAllen

About DianeJonesAllen

Diane Jones Allen , D. Eng, ASLA, PLA is the Program Director of Landscape Architecture, and Associate Professor at the College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Arlington.

Transit and Climate Adaptation = Transit and Equity

The importance of this assessment is to provide information and data that can be used in creating effective policy that impacts transit access for those that are vulnerable during storm events. A vulnerability assessment can be undertaken by combining storm surge and extreme rainfall projections with transit availability characteristics to assess geographic vulnerability in regards to transit access and equity.