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 acquire employment and establishment data through the Areal Interpolation method using GIS.
Major maps:
Detroit Empowerment Zone by 1990 Census Tract
Zip Code Area Containing Detroit Empowerment Zone
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
Data related empowerment zones: HUD homepage, http://www5.hud.gov/urban/tour/
Software Employed
ArcView 3.2 in a desktop PC