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Land Use: Cause and Effect in Providence What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think about land use? Dirt? Buildings? Trees? Well our group land use, deals with problems like tree coverage which deals with how many trees are in a specific neighborhood. Flooding zones and flooding evacuations, which brings up questions like, do we have a clear enough flood evacuation plan? Other problems are LNG blast which would be very catastrophic for Providence if it blew up and crimes and parks. All our maps are very different from each other and at the same time very similar in some ways.
Argenis - Which neighborhoods have more tree coverage than others? map Edgar - Storm Surge modeling around area of proposed Sasaki Plan. Is the Sasaki Plan a good land use? map Kathy- What industrial properties are affected by flooding of Woonasquatucket River? map Nadia - Modeling the economic impact of a LNG disaster in Washington Park map Natalia - Economic impact of a major
flooding in Washington Park map Final / Map Ideas: Make a map of tree coverage in Providence. Make a plan for where we need more trees.Where are the flood zones in Providence? What houses are in danger? Propose where you think houses and businesses should be located if they take into account the flood zones. Look at zoning around Providence's waterfront. How would you change the zoning? What would you put there? Look at aerial photos of Providence before the river was uncovered. Make a map of how you would have rerouted the water. Web Links National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
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