The Urban GISc Lab focuses on exploring the urban environment through Geographic Information Science. Current research areas include spatial analyses of urban environmental burdens, environmental justice, health disparities, health and the built environment, urban demographics, hazard and risk assessments, and the connections between social and environmental conditions.
Major support for these research projects has been provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Urban GISc Lab in Lehman Colleges’s EGGS Department is a participating institution in NOAA-CREST, the Cooperative Center for Remote Sensing and Technology at City University of New York. Other major funding comes from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, as part of the South Bronx Environmental Justice Partnership project, which is a consortium of university, medical, and community-based organizations working together to improve health in the Bronx. The Urban GISc Lab also receives on-going research support from the University and the PSC-CUNY union.
Students with a strong interest in conducting urban environmental analysis with GISc should visit the Urban GISc Lab to see examples of our work, or contact Professor Maantay to discuss potential internship or research opportunities on these current projects. Links to the profiles of some of the current projects and publications are listed below.
Professor Juliana Maantay, Director
Juliana.maantay@lehman.cuny.edu
