Final project

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Precedents for graphic, methodological, and narrative approaches

Narrative atlas

“Time Is Running Out to Save the Last of the World’s Rainforest” September 13, 2020. Bloomberg.

  • This is an example of a narrative-driven mapping project which also has a strong graphic approach. It is an online-format report with animations beyond the scope of what is needed for this assignment. However still offers a helpful framing and graphic style.

Badger, Emily, and Quoctrung Bui. 2019. “Cities Start to Question an American Ideal: A House With a Yard on Every Lot (Published 2019).” The New York Times, June 18, 2019, sec. The Upshot.

  • Study of zoning across multiple cities in the U.S.

Fleming, Billy. 2019. “The 2100 Project: An Atlas for the Green New Deal” The McHarg Center.

  • This project covers topics and datasets related to themes from the Green New Deal. It is less strong on a clear narrative, however serves as a perhaps helpful starting point for those interested in topics related to environmental concerns.

Scape Studio. 2011. Gateway: Visions for an Urban National Park.

  • This project uses maps and data to make a series of arguments for a vision for a new kind of park in NYC.

Scape. 2010. Safari 7.

  • This project asks viewers to view the areas along the 7 train in NYC through an entirely different perspective.

Galen Pardee. 2020. The Great Lakes. [Exhibition]. See also this description and this article

  • outside the scope of the final assignment for this class, but this project shows how a narrative atlas can serve as the starting point for exhibitions and other wide ranging formats.

Grga Basic. 2014. Joules of the Arctic

  • This project uses animation (not directly applicable to the formats for the final project) to narrate the transformations of the Arctic.

Research report

Shelton, Taylor. “Rethinking the RECAP: Mapping the Relational Geographies of Concentrated Poverty and Affluence in Lexington, Kentucky.” 2018.

  • The article length format doesn’t apply here, however Shelton’s analysis is a great example of a project that addresses a specific spatial research question

Graziani, Terra, Joel Montano, Ananya Roy, and Pamela Stephens. 2020. Who Profits from Crisis? Housing Grabs in Time of Recovery.

  • This is a great example of a GIS and analysis driven but policy focused research report on the spatial impact of investor purchases of housing in times of crisis.

Ellis Calvin, Robert Freudenberg, Sarabrent McCoy. 2019. “The New Shoreline.” Regional Plan Association

  • see section 5 “Planning for Wetland Pathways” to for analysis of wetlands taking a multi pronged approach

Baics, Gergely, and Leah Meisterlin. “Zoning Before Zoning: Land Use and Density in Mid-Nineteenth-Century New York City.” 2016.

  • The sections here on density or on spatial organization of land uses in 19th century NYC are each a great example of a spatial research project. The design of maps is also a really strong graphic example.