MAP White Papers

Strategies to Expand Housing Access for Low-and Middle-Income Households in Southern Arizona Executive Summary Housing affordability has become an increasingly pressing challenge in Southern Arizona, particularly in Tucson. Home prices and population growth have outpaced local income gains, making it...

How Social Vulnerability Shapes Healthcare Disaster Preparedness in Southern Arizona Executive Summary Social vulnerability encompasses the socioeconomic, demographic, and structural factors that influence a community’s ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. These factors include poverty, age...

Learning Opportunities for Students with Chronic Health Conditions Executive Summary Between 20-45% of school-age children receive ongoing medical care for chronic health conditions (James et al., 2022; Stille et al., 2022; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of...

Why Has Arizona's Heat-Related Death Rate Increased Tenfold in Twenty Years? The heat-related death rate in Arizona has increased roughly tenfold in the last twenty years. In Maricopa County, which is home to about 60 percent of the state’s population...

Living on the Edge: Factors of Persistent Housing Insecurity in Southern Arizona The economic and financial fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic significantly exacerbated an ongoing affordable housing crisis in Southern Arizona. At the height of the pandemic, some 10-15%...

Circular Bioeconomy in Tucson, Arizona MSA Population growth, climate change, and urbanization present significant challenges for economies with limited natural resources. Governments around the world, at all levels, are developing strategies for more efficient and more sustainable resource use. One...

The Role of Social Determinants of Health in Tucson, Arizona MSA The ability to respond to health threats and support health-promoting behaviors is essential for local, state, and federal stakeholders. Chronic diseases, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancers, lung diseases...

Housing insecurity is the uncertainty felt by individuals and households about the stability, safety, adequacy, or affordability of their home and neighborhood (Raymond et al. 2018, Cox et al. 2019). Households can be insecure for many reasons, from overcrowding and...

Individual confidentiality is protected in all U.S. Census Bureau (USCB) data products under current federal law. Recently however, innovations in computational science, combined with widely available sources of public data, are making it easier for outside parties to potentially identify...

The Trump administration made headlines when it increased trade barriers in 2018 and 2019. Those tariffs—the largest in over 75 years—are designed to help America’s ailing manufacturing sector. The U.S. lost 5.8 million manufacturing jobs between 2000 and 2010. 1...