Million Trees Project in NYC Paul Rivers

What, why and where? How has New York City tackled the growing problem of urban pollution? How has the Million Trees project influenced the amount of greenspace in NYC? Project will be in this slide.

The Data Million Trees shapefile, NYC Open Data Existing Park Properties, NYC Open Data Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (NTA’s), Bytes of the Big Apple

Manipulations Restrictions Buffering Account for Urban areas Snapshot from ArcMap

Results Concentrations around major parks Final Choropleth Map showing Greenspace and Urban areas Concentrations around major parks Concentrations on major roadways Concerns regarding method and analysis Snapshot from ArcMap

Questions?