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Esri User Conference 2017: Contributing to “The Science of Where”

(L-R): GeoDesign major Eliza Gutierrez-Dewar, Professor Bob Vos, Professor Karen Kemp, GeoDesign major and Esri intern Joanna Wang USC Spatial Sciences Institute had a high-impact week at the 2018 Esri User Conference in San Diego, California from July 10-14. USC Spatial faculty, students, alumni, and staff were among the 16,000+ GIS professionals who participated in…
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An-Min Wu to serve on Dornsife Faculty Council

Dr. An-Min Wu, lecturer in the USC Spatial Sciences Institute, has been elected to the USC Dornsife Faculty Council for 2017-2018. The Dornsife Faculty Council is the only elected body that represents the interests of the whole of the USC Dornsife faculty with the USC Dornsife administration and to the University at large through the…
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As L.A. loses trees and other green cover, USC Dornsife researchers ask why

USC Dornsife researchers say mass-produced dwellings and home expansion have reduced residential green cover as much as 55 percent. By Ian Chaffee - May 12, 2017 [caption id="attachment_10350" align="aligncenter" width="690"] Home renovation and remodeling accounts for a significant reduction in green cover in the Los Angeles area, according to USC Dornsife spatial sciences researchers. Photo…
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SSI documents LA’s vanishing greenery

A new study by a Spatial Sciences Institute team shows that trees and other greenery in the single-family neighborhoods of the Los Angeles area declined significantly in the busy construction years leading up to the housing bust. SSI faculty members Su Jin Lee, Travis Longcore, and John P. Wilson, with Catherine Rich of The Urban Wildlands…
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