Geographies of Trash in NYC

A spatial examination of litter baskets, 311 complaints, and census community data

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

Are there spatial patterns to sanitation-related 311 complaints? How does the spatial distribution of complaints and sanitation infrastructure relate to median household income? What might these patterns say about urban infrastructure equity or interaction with 311?

SKILLS

• Data Collection
• Data Cleaning
• Data Visualization
• Spatial Analysis/li>

TOOLS USED

• ArcGIS
• Tableau
• Python