Audrey Stuart, Liza Tungangui, Blake Slattengren Background According to the Wilderness Act of 1964, wilderness is described as “A place untrammeled by man; where man is a visitor who does not remain”. Although this term is widely misused, interpreted into many different ways, applied to many different spaces, and is a generally abstract idea, this […]
Wilderness Survey Lab
Audrey Stuart, Liza Tugangui, Blake Slattengren Introduction The notion of “wilderness” holds vastly different meanings for different people as shaped by our cultural influences. In recent years the concept of wilderness has been criticized by various environmentalists for lacking any scientific basis. For example, in the days of the American frontier the term used to […]
Environmental Literature Lab
Audrey Stuart, Liza Tugangui, Blake Slattengren Background With the massive amounts of environmental literature being published that analyze the condition of the world today, there is a lot said about global conditions and local, more situated conditions. Many of the ideas portrayed in this literature situated environmental issues in the terms of the common expression, […]
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
RVNA Microclimate Lab Report
Lab Team: Liza Tugangui, Audrey Stuart, Blake Slattengren Background A basic concept in Environmental Studies describes that the biotic and abiotic aspects in an environment are incredibly dependent on each other. In this lab, we wanted to focus on the aspects of a microclimate in Riverview Natural Area. According to Lawrence Mendonca of Stony Brook […]