Assessing Socioeconomic Trends in Tree Cover and Human Health in Urban Environments
Author(s): Tamara Basham
Collin County Commuity College District
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Summary:
In this exercise, students use a combination of publicly available data and tree cover data that they generate using iTree Canopy to test whether tree cover is equitably distributed within the city of Dallas.
Contents:
- Housing Segregation and Redlining in America: A Short History | NPR - YouTube
- Planting Trees Can Combat Effects Of Urban Heat Island, Climate Change : NPR
- Studies Find Redlining Linked To More Heat, Fewer Trees In Cities Nationwide : NPR
- https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/redlining/#loc=5/37.8/-97.9
- https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=8b6ba2620ac5407ea7ecfb4359132ee4
- Opinion | Since When Have Trees Existed Only for Rich Americans? - The New York Times
- How systemic racism shaped the ecosystems of U.S. cities - YouTube
- How Systemic Racism Affects Trees in Your City | One Small Step - YouTube
- Tree Equity Score Project - American Forests
- census tracts shp - Google Drive
- Copy of Tree Cover and Socioecon Dallas BIOME - Google Sheets
Student Instructions_Dallas Tree Cover and Socioeco_07012021.docx(DOCX | 519 KB)
census tracts shp-20210802T145408Z-001.zip(ZIP | 100 KB)- Tree Cover and Socioeconomic Student WorkSheet 07012021.docx(DOCX | 38 KB)
- Social Justice and Community Change Lesson Plan_TBasham.docx(DOCX | 15 KB)
- Tree Cover Pre-lab Activites and Quiz 05132021.docx(DOCX | 26 KB)
Socioeconomic and tree cover_Dallas_07082021_student.xlsx(XLSX | 20 KB)- tree cover prelab discussion.docx(DOCX | 20 KB)
Using Simple Linear Regression to Look at Relationships.pptx(PPTX | 241 KB)- License terms
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