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"ing at CHEJ, I had an incomplete understanding of environmental justice. I pictured the field solely as activists and victims opposing corporate polluters. Although I understood that research supports these organizing efforts, I never considered methods that scientists adopt to evaluate ecological data. One of these methods is GIS (geographic information systems), a computer program designed to collect, analyze, and distribute spatial data. GIS specialists create maps to interpret data across various disciplines. When appropriate techniques are applied, GIS can help solve geographically-related problems."

A modern introduction to working with spatial datasets

High-Resolution Air Pollution Mapping with Google Street View: Exploiting Big Data

"Legend Land Area Indigenous Lands Not Acknowledged by Government - Held or used with formal land claim submitted Indigenous lands collectively held or governed by indigenous peoples not formally recognized by the government, but where community filed petition (or other legal document) to have their land formally recognized. Read more on Land Portal 2. Empty slot. Select a layer and add it to the map. 3. Empty slot. Select a layer and add it to the map. Explore & Add data Share your mapContact usHelp

"ll three initiatives, residents respond to what they perceive as gaps in the dominant mode of mapping. In Poço da Draga, official mapping of census data has been used to capture the community's precarities through negative socio-economic indicators, which contribute to stigmatising them. A similar gap was perceived by residents of Bom Jardim, who were also afraid that their shared memory of occupying the land and resisting eviction would be lost by the prevailing narrative of the neighbourhood. In Pici, residents felt the necessity to control use of their shared spa"