Investigating Environmental Justice through Urban Data Visualization
Session Number
Project ID: CMPS 34
Advisor(s)
Fabio Miranda, University of Illinois Chicago
Discipline
Computer Science
Start Date
17-4-2024 9:40 AM
End Date
17-4-2024 9:55 AM
Abstract
Urban areas worldwide are bustling with activity and constantly changing. This perpetual motion is a testament to the vibrancy of city life and provides a rich basis for gathering and analyzing data. Visual analytics is crucial in urban settings, and it is supported by many frameworks to investigate urban data more effectively. I used one of these frameworks together with data science methods to investigate the correlation between Chicago community areas’ sustainability indicators and income levels. My project explores environmental justice in Chicago using its open data combined with the computational frameworks of Vega-Lite and the Urban Toolkit. We explored the correlation between income levels, the number of green roofs, environmental complaints, and environmental inspections in each community area. These patterns and trends have broader implications concerning environmental justice and can inform urban planning and policymaking in the future.
Investigating Environmental Justice through Urban Data Visualization
Urban areas worldwide are bustling with activity and constantly changing. This perpetual motion is a testament to the vibrancy of city life and provides a rich basis for gathering and analyzing data. Visual analytics is crucial in urban settings, and it is supported by many frameworks to investigate urban data more effectively. I used one of these frameworks together with data science methods to investigate the correlation between Chicago community areas’ sustainability indicators and income levels. My project explores environmental justice in Chicago using its open data combined with the computational frameworks of Vega-Lite and the Urban Toolkit. We explored the correlation between income levels, the number of green roofs, environmental complaints, and environmental inspections in each community area. These patterns and trends have broader implications concerning environmental justice and can inform urban planning and policymaking in the future.