Community Analytics

Studies on Social Mobility

• [ How Neighborhoods Impact Residents ]
• [ Inequality of Opportunity Project ] data
• [ Big Findings on Opportunity and Mobility We All Should Know ]
• [ Seattle Housing Experiment ]
• [ Social Networks and Social Mobility ]

Models

• [ Differentiating Pathways to Neighborhood Change ]
• [ Data-Driven Approaches to Strengthening Neighborhoods ]
• [ Forecasting Gentrification ]

Methods

• [ Community Valuation Analysis ]
• [ Urban Analytics: City Structure and Function ]
• [ Urban Displacement ]
• [ Data Viz ] { contest details }

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Geographic Analysis in R

• [ Short Maps in R Tutorial ] {files}
• [ Intro to GIS in R: sp and sf Packages ]
• [ Maps! ] {Mapping Workshop}
• [ Manny Gimond’s Free Text on GIS ]

Shapefiles

• [ tigris ] {webinar slides} {video} {files}
• [ sf Simple Features file standards ] {cheat sheet}
• [ sp Gallery of Map Viz Options ]
• [ GeoJSON File Formats ]

Census Data

• [ Guide to Census Data in R ]
• [ Tidy Census Package ]
• [ Tidy Census Fanclub ]
• [ Census API Package ]
• [ DataUSA API ]

Density Maps

• [ Choropleth Map Tutorial ]
• [ Choropleths vs Cartograms ]
• [ Dot Density Maps {V1} {V2} {racial dot density map} ]

Interactive Maps

• [ Leaflet R ]
• [ Example Dynamic Map for Nonprofits ]

Geocoding in R

• [ What is Geocoding? Addresses to Coordinates ]
• [ ggmap Package ] {geocoding instructions}
• [ Free Census Geocoding Tool ]
• [ Reverse Geocoding: Coordinates to Addresses ]