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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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Through Space and Time

Spatial sciences enables us to see and understand our world in new ways, whether through the lens of the past, the present or the future. By Susan Bell - April 21, 2017 Illustration by Janice Kun for USC Dornsife Magazine. Captured by the crew of Apollo 17 in 1972, “The Blue Marble,” a photograph of…
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2017 AAG Annual Meeting SSI Highlights

Faculty, leadership, students, and alumni present in Boston Representatives of the USC Spatial Sciences Institute organized, moderated, and presented at sessions which spanned the five days of the 2017 annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers in Boston, Massachusetts. From April 5 – 9, 2017, 19 SSI faculty, leadership, students, and alumni were among…
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Celebrating SSI Undergrad Research

photo credit: Michael Quick  Student teams present at the USC Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work Spatial Sciences Institute undergraduate students and their faculty advisors culminated their research for the 2016-2017 academic year with presentations at the university’s 19th Annual Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work on April 12, 2017. Presented by the…
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