1. Million Trees Project in NYC
Paul Rivers

2. 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.

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

4. Manipulations Restrictions Buffering Account for Urban areas
Snapshot from ArcMap

5. 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

6. Questions?