Pre-Development vegetation for Ypsilanti, Michigan. Map is by Tali Kritzer, GIS student and
part of the Sustainable Cities class.
The semester is over and the Sustainable Cities class came through with creating an excellent first pass at a score card showing sustainable indicators for the city of Ypsilanti. It was a semester long project that involved everyone in the class finding sources and people that could help them create the scorecard.
The sustainable indicators for the city of Ypsilanti can be found at: http://www.emich.edu/public/geo/Ypsilantiindicators/indicatorsindex.html
Along the way we had two excellent speakers in our class who helped explain what their experiences have been and how to come up with indicators.
Richard Murphy: formerly the planner for Ypsilanti but now going on to be with the Michigan Suburbs Alliance.
Matthew Naud: Environmental Coordinator at the city of Ann Arbor
