Recent Projects
Community Capital Decision Support Dashboards
Tree Data Inventory Exploration Tool
This project aimed to advance a community capital decision support dashboard platform that considers the effects of individual projects and/or programs at large on mutually-reinforcing forms of capital. The dashboard will work as an interface for communities and decision-makers to generate near-real-time insights on how various projects/programs/investment plans impact these capitals. This project was developed in collaboration with three municipalities in metro Phoenix.
The Community Capital Lab and the ASU Knowledge Exchange for Resilience partnered with the City of Phoenix, leading to the development of this Tree Data Inventory Exploration Tool, a comprehensive first-of-its-kind publicly accessible green infrastructure enhancement platform in Arizona. The tool uses advanced analytics to extract and visualize critical tree attributes for individual plants, such as canopy size, desert native vs. invasive species, water usage, BVOC emission, powerline friendliness, and the allergenic nature of species. This information has the potential to help communities and decision-makers track the health of trees, identify neighborhoods that could benefit from increased investment in street trees, and build a strategy to increase native species, which offer longevity and greater protection against heat.
Mark Roseland, Sarbeswar Praharaj, Jenni Vanos, Elizabeth Castillo, Darshan Karwat, Dave Kresta, and Tyler Brown
This project aimed to develop an equity evaluation tool specifically for the South Central Light Rail Corridor in Phoenix. The tool monitors the equity level of each census block in the area and enables stakeholders in the corridor to easily access information about the specific blocks they are concerned about. By using this tool stakeholders can make better decisions on future development within the South Central Corridor and help avoid the anticipated gentrification problems that might come with this particular Transit Oriented Development.
Mark Roseland and Ran Wu
This online decision-support dashboard for neighborhoods was piloted in the Maryvale neighborhood of Phoenix in collaboration with the ASU Design Studio for Community Solutions. Intended to be scaled across communities in the US and beyond, Sustainable Maryvale was entered into a global competition to promote the Sustainable Development Goals, organized by software developer ESRI and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
Mark Roseland, Elizabeth Castillo, Melanie Gall, and Nerrissa Pinto