Flash Floods, the Fallacy of the 100-Year Flood Plain, and the Rising Stakes of Repeated Flooding
Floods are among the most destructive and misunderstood natural hazards in the United States. While hurricanes and tornadoes dominate headlines, flash floods quietly take more lives on average each year. According to NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory, flash...
Border Curiosities
This being summertime, we thought we would spare you a discussion about optimal kernel size selection for multiscale geographically weighted regression, no matter how cool the AGS geek squad thinks that may be. In its stead, we offer some lighthearted spatial...
The Retail Gap in Leawood, Kansas: How Policy Choices Shape a City’s Economic Landscape
Metropolitan areas that straddle the county or even state lines have a unique dilemma. If one municipality denies a development, the municipality across the border can approve it. Enter Leawood, Kansas, known for its tree-lined streets, high-income households, and a...
AI Found My Vacation Home…Almost
Want to find the ideal vacation spot this summer and maybe look for the ideal second home? Maybe you are thinking that you can work there part-time and mix business with pleasure. You may ask where can I find the best vacation spot but without spending too much money?...
June Round-up
At the end of each month, the AGS team looks back at articles and blog posts that we saw this month that stood out to us. Some are from news agencies, and many come from our partners, but not all use our data. Here is the round-up from June 2025. WSJ Once seen as the...
Doubling Down on a Disaster?
Anyone following our newsletter these past years knows that we are not exactly fans of the way that disclosure avoidance (DA) was handled in the 2020 census. Planning for the 2030 census is already well underway, including a review of the DA methodology used in 2020...
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