https://mvarkony.rbind.io/project/ Recent content in Projects on Matt Varkony Hugo -- gohugo.io en Wed, 01 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://mvarkony.rbind.io/project/dissertation-florida-housing/ Wed, 01 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://mvarkony.rbind.io/project/dissertation-florida-housing/ Role: PhD candidate, sole author | Completed: May 2024 | Advisor: Renato Molina | Committee: Katharine Mach, David Kelly, Chris Parmeter Overview My dissertation, Essays on Housing Affordability and Climate Risk in Florida, asks how hurricanes and flood risk change Florida’s housing market. Each chapter looks at a different part of that market: home sales, rentals, and mobile homes. Together they show that climate events can make housing less affordable, and that the costs fall hardest on lower-income households. https://mvarkony.rbind.io/project/tbrpc-reach-flood-risk/ Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://mvarkony.rbind.io/project/tbrpc-reach-flood-risk/ Role: Principal author, Gulf Research Program Science Policy Fellow (National Academies of Sciences) | Dates: September 2021 – August 2022 Overview The Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council’s REACH program (Resilience and Energy Assessment of Communities and Housing) studies how climate hazards affect the region’s affordable housing. It was funded by the JPMorgan Chase Foundation. As a policy fellow at the Council, I was the principal author of the program’s report, Affordable Housing and Flood Risk Throughout the Region: A Density Analysis of Flood Risk and Social Vulnerability. https://mvarkony.rbind.io/project/resilience-policy-toolkit/ Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://mvarkony.rbind.io/project/resilience-policy-toolkit/ Role: Research Assistant, led toolkit development | Dates: January 2020 – January 2021 Overview The University of Miami’s Office of Civic and Community Engagement partnered with Miami-Dade County municipalities on affordable housing and climate resilience. I led development of the Resilience Policy Toolkit. It is a guide for cities on nature-based solutions that reduce climate risk in vulnerable coastal neighborhoods. What the toolkit covers Solution Hazard it addresses Retention-pond parks Flooding and stormwater Urban tree canopy Extreme heat Natural coastal barriers (mangroves, dunes, reefs) Hurricane and storm-surge impacts My contributions Led development of the toolkit.