New Park Suitability Analysis for City of Los Angeles

New Potential Park Locations by LA River

This work was carried out for the City of Los Angeles as part of a class project. The city is interested in adding new parks in low income areas by the LA River. This map shows the results of the analysis. The required parameters for the project were:

1. Park may not be within .25 miles of an existing park
2. Must be within LA city limit
3. No more than .75 miles from the LA River
4. Median family household income must be less than $50,000 a year
5. Greater than 25% children in surrounding blocks
6. Must be a vacant lot greater than 1 acre in size
7. Densely populated location with greater than 8,000 people per sq. mile

Five sites fit all of the listed parameters and are proposed as suitable locations for a new park. The next step is for someone to go visit these sites and determine the best location to carry out park construction. 


Click HERE to View Slide Show of Each New Potential Park Site (created with ArcGIS Explorer Online).

This is a flow chart that I created using ArcGIS Model Builder. It outlines all of the steps to conduct this suitability analysis.

Blue = inputs

Yellow = tools

Green = outputs