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Green Job Attraction in Pacoima. Garett ballard-rosa Gis midterm 7 february 2011. What’s the Problem? Environmental and Economic Inequity. Why pacoima ? Economic analysis of the community Environmental impacts of industrial activity. The Community of Pacoima.
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Green Job Attraction in Pacoima Garettballard-rosa Gis midterm 7 february 2011
What’s the Problem?Environmental and Economic Inequity Why pacoima? Economic analysis of the community Environmental impacts of industrial activity
The Community of Pacoima • Estimated population of 100,000 • 7 square miles • 20% of community lives below federal poverty line • Over half of all households earn less than $40,000 a year
Industrial Land Use has its side-effects Polluting sites include: 300 industrial businesses 30 landfills (operating and non-operating) Commuter airport Heavy freight and diesel truck traffic 3 major freeways
Next Steps Incorporate Branford Industrial cluster data into gis Analyze findings based on spatial trends and layout Develop policy recommendations towards green jobs attraction in pacoima
Skills Used • Inset Map (for Pacoima in L.A. and for project area in Pacoima) • Graduate Symbol (depicting number of manufacturing jobs) • Aggregating Attribute Fields (NumHis/TotPop * 100, NumImm/TotPop * 100, Span1st/All * 100) • Attribute Subset Selection (used many times, such as Pacoima by census tract, land use: industrial and residential, etc) • Buffer (showing schools and industrial usage) • Geoproecessing (Clip, Merge and Divide to create parcel area)