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An article in Cyburbia's list today:
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/yrtwn/south/161syt3.htm
It is about green mapping of 14 counties in the Chicago region.
A few quotes from the article:
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/yrtwn/south/161syt3.htm
It is about green mapping of 14 counties in the Chicago region.
A few quotes from the article:
This is exactly why I am pursuing an environmental studies degree as a basis for my future Master's in Planning."The whole purpose is to preserve the natural function of the land, so we're not paying millions for flooding, or trying to re-create wetlands that are long gone, or reintroduce species that have disappeared," said Nancy Williamson, an ecosystem administrator for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
This is the innovation part: Most of the time, folks are so myopically focused on the built environment that they don't bother to map anything else.The map covers 14 counties in northern Illinois, southeast Wisconsin and northwest Indiana — an area rich with forest preserves, parks and wetlands.....
Until recently, agencies in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin didn't have a map that showed wetlands, forest preserves, grasslands, agricultural land and protected property together in all three states.
Planning and GIS at its best: giving the bigger picture and trying to do something in context.At a conference three years ago....
"When I was trying to find maps for the work groups to use (during the conference) I had to paste together pages from different road atlases," ....
"There were 60 different agencies doing their own thing, in their own jurisdiction, and no one was trying to pull it together."
With a $200,000 grant from the Joyce Foundation, the Center for Neighborhood Technology in Chicago was hired to develop a database ....
My philosophy exactly: How can we effectively plan the built environment if we are largely ignorant of the natural environment which serves as its foundation?"We have to begin to realize the land we're sitting on serves a function."