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Tool Characteristics

Name of the tool
Equity mapping analysis

Data required to utilise tool
Data for the analysis was derived from the following sources:
(1) The US Census Bureau’s 2000 geographic data set for census tract boundaries, demographic statistics, streets, city boundaries, and zip codes (http://www.esri.com/data/online/tiger/index.html), and 1990 data on income and poverty (STF-3);
(2) Center for Spatial Analysis and Remote Sensing, California State University – LosAngeles park polygon shape file (http://csars.calstatela.edu/ueicd/table.htm);
(3) Government Park Webpages:
City - http://www.laparks.org
County - http://parks.co.la.ca.us/localparks.html
State -http://www.calparks.org/
National - http://www.nps.gov/pub_aff/index.htm;
(4) Round 1 and 2 granted and rejected proposals from Los Angeles City Commission on Children, Youth, and Their Families.

Form of output
Unknown

Type of data output
Quantitative and qualitative

What format is the tool available in?
Information available at: http://www.usc.edu/dept/geography/ESPE/documents/publications_parks.pdf

What language/s is the tool available in?
English

Characterisation of the tool

Factors covered

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Stage when tool is usually used

Inception of idea

Design

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Construction

Operation

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