For our project on urban green spaces in Portland, it was a struggle to define exactly what focus question we would be testing and the best possible methodologies for research. Despite being advised to not let “the tail wag the dog” and let our methodologies define our research, it was hard not to. We have […]
220 Midterm Reflections – New Experiences
The last expectation for ENVS 220 I have yet to talk about is giving new experiences a try/ some time. This has been immediately much more evident than cultivating a growth mindset or asking questions. Right from our first lab meeting we were in groups out on campus asking people to answer a few questions on […]
GIS Reflections
After using GIS for the past two labs, I finally think I can call myself proficient at ArcGIS. Not good, but good enough to get by. ArcGIS has proved itself to be a super useful program, but also not super intuitive. It has a lot of techie features that would be almost impossible to figure […]
Environmental Justice GIS Lab
by Audrey Stuart, Liza Tugangui, Blake Slattengren Background This lab used arcGIS mapping features to examine issues of environmental injustice within the city of Portland. GIS is an easy way to look at trends across city blocks to understand how various factors may be related to environmental health. The ultimate goal of our analysis was […]
Spatial Data Lab
by Audrey Stuart, Liza Tugangui, Blake Slattengren Spatial Data Lab