Silvia Xavier GIS final project - Waste Inequalities in New York City

MAPPING WASTE IN NYCIntroduction to GIS for International Crises, Development and the Environment :: Spring 2015

FINAL PROJECT _ Work in Process, presented on May 4

Silvia Xavier

MY TOPIC

. all NYC waste is exported

. facilities to process waste in the city are unevenly distributed

. system dependent on truck trips

. concentration of truck trips and waste processing on certain areas

. environmental justice

MY TOPIC

My aim is to map the distribution of waste in NYC... amount collected in each borough location of existing facilities destination of collected waste

... relate it to demographic data ... average income in overburdened areas minorities living in those areas

... and potentially trace the impacts of this system on overburdened the communities. truck traffic air quality

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NEXT STEPS

. who are living in those areas? join Census data and analyse correlations

. what are the impacts? add routes + air quality and analyse correlations