Geographical & Sustainability Sciences

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StoryMap of Dubuque's Sustainability Infrastructure Projects

Published
Monday, June 10, 2024
Academic year
2023-2024
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As part of the ICIGO student organization within the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, students created a StoryMap that highlights green infrastructure projects in Dubuque. 

The city of Dubuque has been widely recognized for prioritizing sustainability in community and economic development. ICIGO students created a StoryMap highlights many of the current and past initiatives that help make Dubuque a more sustainable and resilient community. 

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Dubuque - Tree Canopy GIS Tool

Published
Monday, June 10, 2024
Academic year
2023-2024
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As part of the ICIGO student organization within the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, Environmental Science major Luke Caron digitized "road verges" - strips of groundcover located between a roadway and a sidewalk - to help the City of Dubuque identify the best opportunities to enhance the city's tree canopy. 

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Bondurant - GIS Mapping and Analysis Projects

Published
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Academic year
2023-2024
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As part of the ICIGO student organization within the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, students provided GIS mapping and analysis support for the City of Bondurant on five topics: a digitized stream buffer, mapping the community's tree canopy, mapping rental properties, spatial analysis of assessed property valuation, and a sidewalk inventory. 

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Maquoketa River Watershed Interactive GIS Map

Published
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Academic year
2021-2022

As part of the ICIGO student organization within the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, students created an interactive GIS map for the Maquoketa River watershed. The students used Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools to make a user-friendly map showing important features of the watershed. 

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Preston Sewer and Water GIS Mapping

Published
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Academic year
2021-2022
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As part of the ICIGO student organization within the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, students digitized hand made files of the current sewer and water system in Preston, Iowa using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools. 

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Manchester Digital Tree Inventory Tool

Published
Thursday, May 27, 2021
Academic year
2020-2021
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As part of the ICIGO student organization within the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, students conducted an on-site tree study and created a GIS-based digital inventory tool for city-owned trees in Manchester, Iowa.

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Fire Rescue Community Risk Assessment

Published
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Academic year
2020-2021
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As part of the ICIGO student organization within the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, students used GIS to analyze risk factors and indicators of emergency management hotspots in Waterloo.

Community Risk Reduction is defined as “a process to identify and prioritize local risks, followed by the integrated and strategic investment of resources (emergency response and prevention) to reduce their occurrence and impact” (Vision 20/20).

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Waterloo Neighborhood Maps

Published
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Academic year
2020-2021
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Students in the ICIGO student organization within the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences created visually-appealing and dynamic maps to show organizational and jurisdictional subsections of Waterloo.

The team used GIS applications to create a user-friendly online map that allows residents to easily access boundary information of distinct parts of the city, including all 31 neighborhood associations, wards and precincts, census tracts, and more.

Webster City GIS Wayfinding

Published
Friday, December 27, 2019
Academic year
2018-2019
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As part of the ICIGO student organization within the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, students examined wayfinding placement in Webster City, Iowa. They used Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools to identify and recommend placement locations for signage within the city. 

Webster City requested assistance with several GIS projects. The students updated and maintained easement and land records, as well as examined the overall use of GIS within Webster City to determine best practices. 

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Keokuk - Lead and Copper Utility Mapping

Published
Friday, December 27, 2019
Academic year
2019-2020
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As part of the ICIGO student organization within the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, students created maps of lead and copper utility lines in Keokuk. 

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Regional Brownfields and Social Vulnerability

Published
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Academic year
2016-2017

In a report to the the East Central Intergovernmental Association (ECIA), a student in the Geographical & Sustainability Studies: Senior Project Seminar class completed an independent project that evaluated spatial relationships between Brownfields sites and public school buildings, using free and reduced lunch rates as an indicator of vulnerability.  

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North Iowa Farmers Market Site Evaluation

Published
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Academic year
2016-2017
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In a report to the City of Mason City and North Iowa Farmers’ Market Board of Directors, a student in the Geographical & Sustainability Studies: Senior Project Seminar class completed an independent project that evaluated two Mason City farmers market site locations based on mobility and accessibility indicators.