Date produced: March 7, 2001
Producer:
Chae Gun Chung, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, cgc@umich.edu,
According to a course project UP507 Information Systems, U of M, winter 2001, Professor Sandy Arlinghaus (sarhaus@umich.edu)
Purpose of the mapping:
To show how GIS can contribute to academic research methods.
In particular, to show how to designate the control areas to six urban empowerment zones using GIS and the factor analysis
Major maps:
Factor scores in the Detroit Metropolitan Area by census tract in 1990
Economic Status in the Detroit Metropolitan Area (Grid Interpolated Map with factor scores by census tract in 1990.
Date Employed:
Detroit Metropolitan Area Map by census tract in 1990: downloaded from ciesin.org
Socioeconomic data by census tract in 1990 (STF 3, a and b files): downloaded from ciesin.org
Zip code boundary map in 1997: CD from ESRI
County boundary map in 1997: CD from ESRI
Data related empowerment zones: HUD homepage, http://www5.hud.gov/urban/tour/
Software Employed
ArcView 3.2 in a desktop PC