Geographic Information Analysis Lab (GIAL) : Geography Awareness Week 2020
Congratulations to the GIS Day 2020 Map Competition Winners!
First Place: Proposed Green Infrastructure Locations in Los Angeles County
During this project green infrastructure was assumed to be beneficial in areas with poor stormwater quality, higher land surface temperature (LST), large amounts of impervious areas, low amounts of vegetation, and high-risk demographics. Water quality data included median E. coli and total suspended solids (TSS) concentrations, created from data provided by California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN). The demographic data was acquired from the 2016 American Community Survey, and included low income households (lower than $54,250 per year), people over the age of 65, and people under the age of five. The highest priority tracts for green infrastructure implementation included: high LST, high E. Coli, high TSS, high impervious, low vegetation, low parks, low canopy, and more high-risk demographics.
Submitted by: Riley Blasiak, Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering (2022)
Second Place: COVID-19 Lockdown and Liquor Store Visits in Chicago
Compared with the liquor store visits in a normal week in 2019, people in Chicago visited fewer liquor stores and traveled in shorter distances overall in the first week of COVID-19 lockdown. However, some census block groups showed large numbers of people visiting nearby liquor stores.
Submitted by: Ting Chang, Department of Geography (2021)
Third Place: A Wetness Index for Chestnut Ridge Park
This is part of a Climate Vulnerability Assessment being developed in conjunction with UB and Erie County.
Submitted by: Jonathan Townsend, Geography (2023)
Geography Awareness Week & GIS Day Resources
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National Education Association: National Geography Awareness WeekResources for K-12 educators for National Geography Awareness Week
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National Geographic: Celebrate National Geography Awareness WeekActivity and events ideas for K-12 and beyond from National Geographic's Resource Library.
Past Geography Awareness Week Events @ UB
Geography Awareness Week 2019 Map Contest Winners
First Place: Ryan Green
Second Place: Vanessa Neff
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2020 Geography Awareness Week GIS Day CelebrationDid you miss the GIS Day Celebration on November 18th, 2020?
A recording of the November 18th GIS Day Celebration, including a panel discussion with GIS professionals, can be accessed via the above link.