Advanced GIS – Spring 2016 – Student Projects

Final projects for Advanced GIS.


Air Pollution Risk in Newark

Newark, NJ

This map shows the different factors contributing to air pollution, identifies areas at risk and people affected.

Coletivo Favela

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Coletivo Favela is a land rights tool that works to educate residents on existing urban policy and phenomena.

High school students map urban systems in their neighborhood

Taguatinga, Brasilia, DF, Brazil

This is a collective mapping about urban systems did in a partnership pilot project with the students from JMJ School in Taguatinga, Brasilia.

Impact of New York Solarize Campaigns on the Cost of Solar

New York State

This map identifies the financial impact of group purchasing for residential solar energy systems in New York State.

Import & Export Practices of Bangladesh

Bangladesh

This project aims to showcase the various trade partners of Bangladesh and the key data points in a simple user interface.

MAPPING WASTE PICKERS IN NEW YORK CITY

New York, NY, USA

Canners contribute to recycling, but they often go unnoticed and unheard. Here we map their collection routes, their practices and stories.

Medicare Accountable Care Organizations & Poverty Rates

Contiguous USA

Investigation of Medicare ACOs locations in relation to counties with higher poverty rates and greater health care vulnerability.

Protect Orange County: CPV Valley Fracked Gas Proximity Map

Orange County, NY

This is a proximity map for the communities surrounding the CPV Valley Fracked Gas Power Plant.

Resources to Facilitate Greyston's Open Hiring Initiative

Yonkers, NY

Website with maps Greyston can use to help both themselves and other businesses expand Open Hiring practices

Shaping [Re]settlement Ecologies in Mumbai, India.

Mumbai, India

Deep Mapping Mumbai is an integral part of Shibani's Masters thesis: Shaping [Re]settlement Ecologies in Mumbai.

State of Housing Near Transit

New Jersey, USA

This project looks at housing affordability and transit access in NJ by comparing poverty to single-family housing within 1 mile of transit.

Targeting Sectors to Narrow the Gap, NYC Disconnection.

New York, USA

This is a statistical & geospatial analysis of how juvenile detention rates & reading scores per CD are correlated to the DY rate.

The Second-Hand Markets of Huaqianbei

Huaqianbei, Shenzhen, China

Huaqianbei is known as the epicenter of electronics markets. This map explores some of the second-hand markets in the neighborhood.

Urbanizing Debt: Sri Lanka's Post-War Crisis

Sri Lanka

This project visualizes the Sri Lanka's many post-war debt crises driven by aggressive urban development.