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Green Job Attraction in Pacoima: Addressing Environmental and Economic Inequity

Explore the economic and environmental challenges in Pacoima, a community where over 20% live below the poverty line. Learn about industrial impacts and the need for green job opportunities. This analysis delves into barriers to education and employment, as well as recommendations for sustainable development.

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Green Job Attraction in Pacoima: Addressing Environmental and Economic Inequity

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  1. Green Job Attraction in Pacoima Garettballard-rosa Gis midterm 7 february 2011

  2. What’s the Problem?Environmental and Economic Inequity Why pacoima? Economic analysis of the community Environmental impacts of industrial activity

  3. 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

  4. Barriers to Education, Employment

  5. Economic Analysis of Pacoima

  6. Manufacturing is essential for local economy

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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)

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