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RESEARCH PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY
THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
COOPERATIVE REMOTE SENSING AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER (NOAA-CREST)
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES (NIEHS) |
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Predicting
West Nile Virus Risk in New York State
by Characterizing Optimal Breeding Habitats of Four Mosquito Vectors |
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Predictive Modeling of
Species Distribution Patterns Based on their
Associated Environmental Requirements using GIS and Remote Sensing
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Asthma and Air Pollution in the Bronx, NY (New York Academy of Sciences Presentation, 1/23/2007) |
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Residential Segregation and Disease Disparities in NYC (under construction)
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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"Mapping Populatin Distribution in the Urban Environment: The Cadastral-based Expert Dasymetric System (CEDS)" (PDF), Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 2007
J.A. Maantay, A.R. Maroko, and C. Herrmann |
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"Asthma and air pollution in the Bronx: Methodological and data considerations
in using GIS for environmental justice and health research." (PDF)
Health and Place, 2007
J.A. Maantay |
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"GIS for the Urban Environment." Maantay and Zeigler. ESRI Press, 2007 (Cover PDF)
(click here for ESRI Press)
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GIS for the Urban Environment: Award Winner of 2006 map design competition, Atlas/Book, Professional category
of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping / Cartography and Geographic Information Society |
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"Optimizing recycling in all of New York City’s neighborhoods: Using GIS to develop
the REAP index for improved recycling education, awareness, and participation" (PDF)
Resources Conservation and Recycling, 2006
M.J. Clarke, J.A. Maantay |
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"Industrial Zoning Changes in New York City: A Case Study of 'Expulsive' Zoning" (PDF)
Projections, 2003
J.A. Maantay |
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"Zoning Law, Health, and Environmental Justice: Whats the Connection?" (PDF)
Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics, 2002
J.A. Maantay |
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"Mapping Environmental Injustices: Pitfalls and Potential of Geographic Information
Systems in Assessing Environmental Health and Equity" (PDF)
Environmental Health Perspectives, 2002
J.A. Maantay |
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"Zoning, Equity, and Public Health" (PDF)
Public Health Matters, 2001
J.A. Maantay |
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2007: STUDENT GISc RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Bars and Violent Crime in New York City |
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Evaluating Disparities in Accessible Open Space in Brooklyn, New York |
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Optimal Site Location for a New Kingston High School, New York |
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Mapping Noise in Ft. Greene Park, Brooklyn, New York |
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Neighborhoods in Transition: The Gentrification of Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY |
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Using the Cadastral-based Expert Dasymetric System to Estimate Population Impacted by Flood Hazards
in New York City |
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Site Selection Analysis for Yard Waste Composting Facilities: Orange County, New York |
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Environmental Justice Analysis of New York City's Elevated Trains |
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Using GIS to Analzye the Impact of Tourism in the Deforestation of the Everest Region |
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Analysis of Carbon Dioxide Geologic Sequestration Opportunities in the USA |
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Re-Mapping FEMA: A Study of the 2006 Flood Plain Rezoning and the Potential Impact
on Economic Development Project Sites |
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Evaluating the Staten Island Bluebelt: An Innovative Program for Stormwater-Management and Flood Control |
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Use of GIS to Study Mental Health Prevalence and its Relationship to Socio-Economic Aspects in Bronx, NY |
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2006: STUDENT GISc RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Harbingers of Violence:
Predicting Armed Conflict (pdf) |
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GIS and Endemic Species of Bahia, Brazil:
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Optimal Scientific Drill Pod Placements off the Coast of Barbados: A Spatial Study
of Bathymetric Multi Beam Sonar Swath Data of the “Shallows” SW of Barbados |
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Radioactive Colonialism:
Environmental Racism and the Exposure of Native Americans to Uranium Mines |
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Using GIS to Assess the Loss of Cultural and Historical Sites and Resources
Resulting from Hurricane Katrina |
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SPRING 2005: STUDENT GISc RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Nonpoint Source Pollution Identification and Watershed Modeling Using a GIS:
Arbutus Creek Watershed, Staten Island, NY |
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Childhood Lead Poisoning in the Bronx:
Using GIS to Model High Risk Neighborhoods and to Target Interventions |
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Harvesting the Wind |
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Topographic Convergence Index (TCI) as a Tool to Predict
West Nile Virus Vector Habitat |
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Location, Location, Location:
Understanding the Environment of Outdoor Drug Markets |
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Geographical Disparities in Infant Mortality:
Using GIS to Aid in Determining Community Characteristics that May Impact Infant Deaths in Brooklyn, New York |
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Identifying Storm Drainage Issues in the Pond Creek Watershed of Louisville, KY |
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Lungs of the Ocean:Using GIS to Establish Connection Between Human Activity and Pollution of the Florida Coral Reef |
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NYC2012 OLYMPICS COMMUNITY IMPACT |
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NYC2012: Transportation Analysis |
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NYC2012: Land Use Analysis |
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NYC2012: Socio-Economic Analysis |
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NYC2012: Demographics Analysis |
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NYC2012: Environmental Impact Analysis |
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ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY |
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Toxic
Release Inventory (TRI) Facilities in the Bronx |
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Race
and Waste in the Bronx: Who is Impacted by Solid Waste Transfer
Stations? |
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New
York City Harbor Water Quality Project |
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Clean
Air Projects in Two Schools in the Bronx |
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Modeling
Air Emissions from Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Facilities and
Estimating Potentially Affected Minority Population in Westchester
County, NY |
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Heavy
Metal Soil Contamination in the Bronx River Watershed |
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| ZONING
AND LAND USE |
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Rooftops:
The Fifth Façade as Urban Frontier |
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Industrial
Zoning Changes and Environmental Justice in New York City |
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Urban
Agriculture/Urban Oases: The Culture of Community Gardening in the
Bronx |
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| HEALTH |
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The
Geography of Asthma and Air Pollution in the Bronx, New York City |
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The
Changing Geography of Hispanic Health |
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TB Prevention
and Testing Methods in New York |
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Controlling
the Spread of West Nile Virus |
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Traditional
and Non-Traditional Health Care
in a Rural Community in the Dominican Republic |
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Analysis
of Health Inspections of Supermarkets and Food Stores
in the Bronx, New York |
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Childhood Lead
Poisoning in the Bronx |
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Asthma
and Air Pollution: Making the Connections in the Bronx |
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| LOCAL
COMMUNITY PLANNING ISSUES |
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Grafitti
in Queens: Individual Expression in the Public Realm |
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Eviction
Intervention Services |
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Bronx
River Alliance Greenway Map |
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Mapping
the Urban Environment: Quality -of-Life Issues in the Bronx |
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Indian
Point: Getting to Know Your Neighbors |
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Community
Gardens in the Bronx |
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| HISTORICAL
AND POLITICAL |
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Vieques,
Puerto Rico: The Expropriations Carried Out by the U.S. Navy in
1940-45 |
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Ridges,
Rivets, and Ruralization |
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Sugar
Mills in Cuba - A Historical Geography |
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| DEMOGRAPHICS |
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The
Geography of Race and Income in New York City |
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New
York City Immigrants: A "Snapshot" of Geographic Distribution |
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Latino
Web-Census2000 Demographics |
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Socio-Economic
Characteristics of Hispanics Near the U.S. - Mexico Border |
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CRIME AND SAFETY |
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Land-use
and Crime in the Bronx |
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Automobile
Accidents and Injuries in the Bronx |
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False
Fire Alarms in the Bronx |
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| CONSERVATION |
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Saving
the Monarch Butterfly |
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Bog
Turtle Habitat in Westchester County, NY |
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California
Gray Whale Deaths |
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