This document contains summaries of four GIS projects: 1) A spatial analysis of habitat protection and attributes in Alameda County. 2) An analysis of the distribution of existing affordable housing projects in Oakland relative to amenities and a recommendation for future projects. 3) A study of schools within walking distance of fast food locations in San Francisco. 4) A map of housing density throughout Alameda County.

1. GIS portfolio

2. • Riparian Woodrat Habitat
Protection
• Oakland Affordable Housing
• San Francisco Schools Within
Walking Distance of Fast-food
• Alameda County Housing Density

3. A Spatial Analysis of Habitat Protection
Attributes

4. Raster Analysis

5. VectorAnalysis

7. OaklandAffordableHousing
Ben Greene, Kevin Burley, Meghan Smith, Ryan Parkinson

8. ● How are existing affordable housing projects in
Oakland distributed throughout the city in
relation to basic amenities*? How can future
affordable housing projects be better located
based on these amenities?
*public schools, grocery stores, public transit, hospitals

9. ● 23.7% of Oakland residents live below the poverty line
● Easy access to amenities is necessary for everyday life
● According to city data, between 2007 and 2013, Oakland lost 68 percent
of its affordable housing funding
● Over the last two years, lack of affordable housing has contributed to a
26 percent rise in homelessness in Oakland.
● Of homes currently under construction, only 170 are affordable—about 6
percent—and 1,348 are either approved or in the entitlement process—
about 7 percent.
● Identifying optimal locations for future affordable housing will be key to
securing funding and pushing these projects through

10. ● Data was collected for
current affordable
housing projects and the
4 primary amenities
● 4 different layers were
combined on 1 map
● Oakland blocks were
added to the map and
through process of
elimination, a small area
was determined to be the
best location for a new
affordable housing
project

12. ● Being within an acceptable distance from Public
Education is crucial for low income families living in
affordable housing units.
● We analyzed 146 public schools making up the
Oakland Unified School District.
● The types of schools consisted of elementary
schools, middle schools, high schools and charters
schools.
● Out of 146 schools, only 12 (8%) are found within
walking distance of an affordable housing project.

13. ● Only one grocery
store is within
walking distance
of an affordable
housing site.

14. ● Access to public transportation
allows access to all amenities
within walking distance to a
stop.
● 73% of affordable housing
projects are within walking
distance of a public transit stop.

15. ● Quick and efficient access to
hospitals is a necessary amenity
for all peoples health and
security.
● 0% of affordable housing projects
are within acceptable walking
distance of the 3 major hospitals
in Oakland and 33% of affordable
housing projects are within 1 mile
of the 3 major hospitals in
Oakland.

16. Source: See References
Ben Greene, Kevin Burley,
Meghan Smith, Ryan
Parkinson 2018
• This map is the final result of
compiling all our individual layers.
• We then ran a query for census
tracts that had all four of our
desired attributes within walking
distance.
• This allowed us to determine the
few census blocks in Oakland that
would be suitable for new
affordable housing based on
walkability to our 4 necessary
amenities.
• Tools Used:
• Project
• Define Projection
• Create Address Locator
• Geocode Addresses

17. https://hoodline.com/2017/08/oakland-
housing-construction-on-track-but-behind-
on-affordable-housing
http://www.city-data.com/poverty/poverty-
Oakland-California.html
https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/oakland-
affordable-housing-numbers
https://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/
archives/2017/08/11/only-six-percent-of-
housing-under-construction-in-oakland-is-
affordable
https://www.everseat.com
https://www.census.gov/cgi-
bin/geo/shapefiles/index.php
Map Layer Sources
Housing Layer:
https://egis-
hud.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/52a6a3a2ef1e4489837f97dced
af8e27_0?geometry=-122.368%2C37.749%2C-121.942%2C37.83
Grocery Stores Layer:
https://www.google.com/maps
Schools Layer:
https://data.oaklandnet.com/browse?category=Education
Hospitals Layer: http://oakland-
oakgis.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals
Transportation Layer:
http://opendata.mtc.ca.gov/datasets/major-transit-stops-2017

18. Fast-food
Data Acquisition

19. AlamedaCounty
Housing Density

20. EPA designated handlers and
Toxic Release Inventory sites in
CA