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NDVI-processed image from Landsat 8 OLI June 2022 data. Black and magenta indicates Portland's built landscape, with the bright magenta depicting the highest concentrations of impervious surfaces. In light pink, the Willamette River dissects the city with surrounding green vegetation. The NDVI conveys areas with high urban build-up with a lack of access to greenspace, illustrating lived experiences of urban heat and contributing to Depave's knowledge of areas that are in most need of depaving.

Quantifying and Visualizing Urban Heat Island and Compounding Vulnerabilities in Portland, Oregon to Support Community Depaving Initiatives

Topic
Urban Development
DEVELOP
Portland Urban Development (Summer 2023) Team: Keegan Kessler (Project Lead), Hadwynne Gross, Jordan Larson, Adam Nayak Summary: Urban heat is a pressing concern in Portland...
Land surface temperatures for study area (Cuyahoga County, Ohio), as derived from Landsat. Black lines show boundaries of census blocks. Blue dots show the greenspaces and census blocks where the on the ground tree surveys have been conducted, with one census block highlighted as an inset. Image Credit: Rob Moore (Cleveland State).

Improved monitoring and management of urban tree equity: integrating metrics of tree quality with tree cover

Topic
Urban Development
Climate
Equity and Environmental Justice
Ecological Conservation
Health & Air Quality
Team: Kevin Mueller (Cleveland State University), Brice Grunert (Cleveland State University), Thomas Hilde (Cleveland State University), Kaiguang Zhao (Ohio State University), Daniel Meaney (Cuyahoga County...
Map of SEMCOG study area showing regions identified by SEMCOG as areas of persistent poverty, overlaid on a map of percent impervious surface for the seven county region.

Addressing Inequitable Flood Risks in Southeast Michigan through Green Infrastructure

Topic
Urban Development
Climate
Equity and Environmental Justice
Disasters
Ecological Conservation
Water Resources
Team: Mary Miller (Michigan Technological University), Michael Battaglia (Michigan Technological University), Laura Bourgeau-Chavez (Michigan Technological University), David Watkins (Michigan Technological University), Jessica Alger (Michigan Technological...
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Designing for Just Green Enough: A Data Integration Tool for Informing Community Green Space Planning

Topic
Urban Development
Climate
Equity and Environmental Justice
Ecological Conservation
Health & Air Quality
Team Members: Dr. Michelle Stuhlmacher (DePaul University), Dr. Winifred Curran (DePaul University), Dr. Marynia Kolak (University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign), Dajoin Williams (DePaul University), Christopher...
A web application where users can generate scenarios (e.g. select parcels on a map and assign new land use patterns to those areas) and visualize scenarios’ impacts on ecosystem services and patterns of environmental inequity(e.g. the changes in temperature and carbon storage, and demographics of the impacted area)

Investing In Equity and Environmental Justice: An Urban Decision-Support Tool Integrating Earth Observations, Socioeconomic Data, And Ecosystem Service Models

Topic
Urban Development
Climate
Equity and Environmental Justice
Ecological Conservation
Team Members: Lingling Liu (University of Minnesota), Joseph F. Knight (University of Minnesota), Chris W Nootenboom (Natural Capital Insights), Gretchen C. Daily (Stanford University), David...
Aerial imagery of New Haven, Connecticut with the average land surface temperature (LST) for 2022 overlaid on top of the image. Areas of higher average temperature are shown in dark red, and areas of comparatively lower average temperature are shown in light pink. In this project, LST analysis is combined with an analysis of vegetative cover and socioeconomic characteristics to identify the neighborhoods most at-risk from heat-related impacts to prioritize for tree planting initiatives.

Earth observations to reduce greenspace and health inequities: Applying multi-decadal and multi-scale satellite imagery to characterize tree canopy and heat exposure to improve policymaking and community well-being

Topic
Urban Development
Climate
Equity and Environmental Justice
Ecological Conservation
Team Members: Shijuan Chen (Yale School of the Environment), Michelle Bell (Yale School of the Environment), Xuhui Lee (Yale School of the Environment), Edith Pestana...
Mapping heat vulnerability in New York City and Jersey City. We use a series of variables to map vulnerability to heat under different scenarios and for different groups. Our project aims to offer a more nuanced approach in mapping vulnerability.

Developing an interactive data portal for connecting vulnerable communities to the science of urban heat mitigation

Topic
Urban Development
Climate
Equity and Environmental Justice
Ecological Conservation
Team Members: Travis Flohr; Penn State University (Co-I); Peter Marcotullio; Hunter College (Co-I); Andrew Reinmann; Hunter College (Co-I); Rosy George; Hunter College (Graduate Research Assistant)...
Cali Urban Development Website Image

Using NASA Earth Observations to Assess Wetlands and Land Reclamation in Cali, Colombia 

Topic
Urban Development
DEVELOP
Cali Water Resources (2024 Spring) Team: Tallis Monteiro (Project Lead), Gabi Davidson-Gomez, Nathan Tesfayi, Raquel Trejo Summary: Recent research has documented the global decline of...
Mean surface temperature of the Greater Bridgeport coast in Connecticut. Calculated from Landsat 8 TIRS and Landsat 9 TIRS-2 imagery from June to September for each year from 2013 to 2023. Dark red represents high land surface temperature and will inform the locations of cooling interventions for Groundwork Bridgeport’s Cool Corridors project. Yellow represents a more moderate land surface temperature, whereas dark and light blues represent high and moderate sea surface temperatures respectively.

Leveraging NASA Earth Observations and Sociodemographic Data to Assess Urban Heat Vulnerability and Inform Cool Corridors in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Topic
Urban Development
DEVELOP
Capacity Building
Bridgeport Urban development (2024 Spring) Team: Silas Kirsch (Project Lead), John Hocknell, Maggie Roseto, Char Tomlinson Summary: Urban environments face hotter temperatures than suburban and...

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