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Lesson
Welcome to today’s workshop! Today, we’ll be learning about GIS and mapping helps us study cities, focusing on social infrastructure - the places in our communities that build social ties and help sustain us throughout crisis.
Please review the slides below! After every few slides, you’ll be asked to do a ‘workshop’ - you can navigate to those workshops by clicking through the left-hand menu on this website.
Click on the slides to navigate!
Comparing City Blocks
Map
Use the following map to explore Worcester’s social infrastructure. Based on your knowledge of Worcester:
Find 1 cell you know well. Click on it!
Are over 50% of residents Non-White?
What’s its rate of social infrastructure?
Does it match your expectations or not?
Comparing Neighborhoods
Mean Rates of Social Infrastructure
Click on the drop-down menu to compare social infrastructure among Worcester neighborhoods.
Does your selected neighborhood see higher/lower rates of social infrastructure than other neighborhoods, on average?
Does this match or differ from what you expected?
Beacon Brightly
Beaver Brook
Bell Hill
Biotech Park / Booth Apartments
Brittan Square
Broadmeadow Brook
Burncoat
Cider Mill
College Hill
Columbus Park
Downtown
Elm Park
Forest Grove
Franklin Plantation
Grafton Hill
Great Brook Valley
Green Island
Greendale
Hadwen Park
Hamilton
Indian Hill
Indian Lake East
Lake Park
Newton Square
North Lincoln St
Piedmont
Quinsigamond Village
Salisbury St
Shrewsbury St
South Worcester
Tatnuck
Union Hill
University Park
Vernon Hill
Webster Square
Webster St
West Tatnuck
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Comparing Cities
Mean Rates Overall
Click on the drop-down menu to compare average rates of social infrastructure between Worcester, Boston, and the 5 biggest cities in the United States.
Does Worcester see higher/lower rates of your type of social infrastructure than other cities?
Does this match or differ from what you expected?
Community Spaces
Places of Worship
Parks
Social Businesses