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 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
Barriers to Education, Employment
Economic Analysis of Pacoima LA Census Tracts Used to define Community of Pacoima 1095 1044.01 1044.02 1045 1046.10 1046.20 1048.10 1048.20 1047.02 1047.01 1043.20 1043.10 1042.01 1041.05 1041.06 Economic Analysis of Pacoima
Manufacturing is essential for local economy
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)