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 […]
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 […]