Justice for Children’s Sake Prepared by: Danielle Fasse Particulate Matter Exposure Among Elementary School Aged Children in Los Angeles County
Jan 07, 2016
Environmental Justice for Children’s Sake
Prepared by: Danielle Fasse
Particulate Matter Exposure Among Elementary School Aged Children in Los Angeles County
Particulate Matter
• What is particulate matter?
• Most adversely affects children
• Not tracked near highways
Sources: http://www.epa.gov/pm/;
http://www.nrdc.org/health/effects/fasthma.asp; http://dn.engr.ucdavis.edu/images/AQMit-Report5.pdf
Prepared by: Danielle Fasse
Major Highways shapefile was derived by querying FCC= A15 from LA_streets shapefile .
Policy Consequences
• Particulate Matter by major highways must be measured and regulated.
• Children from poorer neighborhoods have greater exposure to Particulate Matter due to the location of their local elementary schools, than do children from more affluent neighborhoods.
Skills Used
• Inset Map• Point Graduated Symbol• Attribute Sub-Sets Selections• Buffering• Geoprocessing• Geocoding