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Climate Policy / Updated Feb 24

W.A.V.E

A tract-level workforce vulnerability engine for Santa Barbara County that models how climate shocks can displace workers and slow recovery.

Builder2026predictive modelingDatathon build
Source

109 tracts

Coverage

county-wide neighborhood-scale modeling

~220k

Workforce lens

workers represented in the county context

12 shocks

Scenario depth

simulated climate scenarios feed vulnerability scoring

01

County-scale model

  • Tract-level vulnerability scores across Santa Barbara County
  • Recovery behavior modeled across multiple shock severities
  • Housing pressure and EJ burden stay visible in the same frame
02

Interactive policy surface

  • Interactive map with tract profiles and displacement risk
  • Recovery charts compare burden levels side by side
  • Workforce panel shows how industries shift after disruption
03

Decision support

  • AI policy chatbot answers questions against the full dataset
  • Emergency relief estimates connect model outputs to action
  • PDF export captures the current dashboard state for sharing