This project maps street light density in Pacific Grove. Mapping street light density would be useful in determining when deciding where to construct or remove street lights. Sometimes in cities, there is too much or too little light on certain roads. Bigger roads that generally have more traffic need more light and quieter neighborhood roads […]
Program: Sustainable City Years Program
Validating Catch Basin Data in Pacific Grove, California
This project verifies the dimensions of the catch basins in order to provide a variable to record and measure stormwater drainage. As requested by the city, we validated the locations of catch basins for a subset of Pacific Grove and added attributes for dimensions. […]
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Tree Inventory for Pacific Grove
The purpose of this project was to identify changes in in the previous tree inventory in pacific grove, like trees that have been removed or the tree density. With the data collected we will estimate the change in trees since previous inventories in a percentage […]
Leaf-turners
This project maps the tree count for Washington Park in Pacific Grove to monitor the growth rate of tree populations within the park. […]
Save The Trees
This project uses ArcGIS techniques to create a plan to revive the native tree species in the Monterey Peninsula area. Save the Trees will analyze the tree density in Pacific Grove and determine areas suitable for new trees to be planted. In doing so, the team will find the areas with the richest and poorest […]
Pacific Grove, California Shoreline Protection
The purpose of our project was to validate and update current shoreline protection system data, and estimate future predictive storm surge effects on these features […]
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Canopy Cover and Land Use in Pacific Grove, CA
The purpose of this project was to estimate Pacific Grove’s canopy cover using satellite imagery and the image classification tool in Esri’s ArcMap software (Version 10.7) to provide the city with information that might be used as a helpful reference when considering modifications to green space within the city. […]
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Changes in Density of Pacific Grove Trees
The purpose of this project was to identify the changes that have occurred since the last tree inventory that the city of Pacific Grove conducted and the one we did this semester. Once the data was collected, we used it to analyze changes in trees, the percent change in the trees, areas of potential change […]
San Juan Bautista Plastic Ban Ordinance
A Plastic Ban Ordinance will go into effect in January of 2020 in the City of San Juan Bautista, and our research sought to make businesses aware of the ban, identify questions and concerns about the ban, and help businesses by recommending alternatives for single-use plastics that are cost-efficient. This research consists of mixed methods […]
Sustainable City Year Program Report Summary
Dr. Fernandez’s Infrastructure Systems class partnered with San Juan Bautista and Pacific Grove to analyze cities throughout California which similarly compared to our partner cities. Students collected data for various categories including general government, transportation, housing, tourism & recreation, water, weather, sustainability, facilities, finances, and fire/EMF. Students worked to find cities that similarly compared to […]
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