Anna Vivian (Physics, Art History) and Vinai Oddiraju (Stats) spent ten weeks working closely with the director of the Durham Neighborhood Compass. Their goal was to produce metrics for things like ambient stress and neighborhood change, to visualize these metrics within the Compass system, and to interface with a variety of community stakeholders in their work.
Project Results
The team analyzed business and housing data and proposed several metrics of neighborhood change. They presented their findings in community meetings and to elected Durham officials. They are currently developing an R Shiny app that will incorporate their metrics into the current Compass user interface.
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Client
- John Killeen, Project Manager, Durham Neighborhood Compass, Neighborhood Improvement Services, City of Durham
Project Manager
- Olga Kozlova, Ph.D. Candidate, Duke University Economics Department
Participants
- Anna Vivian, Duke University Physics, Art History
- Vinai Oddijaru, Duke University Statistical Science
Disciplines Involved
- Public Policy
- Environmental Science
- Economics
- History
- Public Health
