The 10 spots in the US that are most prepared for disaster
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And then there are the everyday disasters that plague many American cities, like poverty, unsanitary water, substandard education, and inequality.
The United Nations' Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a cluster of research center and universities, analyzed which places may be better off than others in the face of a range of disasters. The SDSN's recently-published 2017 US Cities Sustainable Development Goals Index pinpoints the US metro regions least vulnerable to everyday issues as well as climate risks, like sea level rise, mega-storms, and heat waves.
Using public data and surveys for the 100 largest metro areas, it analyzed 49 indicators across several factors, including poverty, health and well-being, education, clean water and sanitation, social equality, affordable and clean energy, work and economic growth, climate action, and justice.
The 10 metro regions that scored the highest are below.
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