The goal of this project was to create a map of land use organizations in Franklin County Massachusetts. This includes a broad array of organizations from Community Gardens to Alternative Energy. We specifically looked at the network of collaboration between these organizations, who is working together and in what capacity. This is of interest because there are a lot of good environmental causes, but only so much land and resources, so collaboration is necessary for making the best decisions on how to use efficiently use the land. This project was essentially a small-scale trial run for our sponsor, WPI Professor Seth Tuler, who is looking to eventually map the network of land use organizations for the entire state of Massachusetts, not just Franklin County. We examined our process to identify potential difficulties Professor Tuler may run into when scaling to the full state.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Donahue, Shane
• Xu, Yihong
• Atchue, Griffin
• Seppenwolde, Thijs

Subject

• Sustainability
• Community
• Inclusion
• Environment

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 43901
• E-project-121721-151248

Keyword

• Environmental Planning
• Land Use
• Franklin County
• Survey Analysis
• Network Map
• Massachusetts

Advisor

• deWinter, Jennifer
• Belz, Melissa

Year

• 2021

Center

• Kyoto, Japan Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Professor Seth Tuler

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 13 - Climate Action

Date created

• 2021-12-17

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright