Mapping

Identification of At-Risk Areas
Written By Sarah Lawrence

Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) database, communities can create visual representations to categorize not at risk, susceptible, early, currently undergoing, and advanced gentrification areas. By using time-stamped data, which measure the change of a particular variable over time, communities may utilize data such as:

  • Type of business

  • Opening and closing of businesses

  • Duration of business

  • Business licenses

  • Land prices

  • Rent prices

  • Sales amount

  • Building type

  • Building age

  • Height

  • Floor area

  • Land use

  • Distance from public transportation

  • Building permits

  • Vacancy rates, etc.

    With these data, the maps exhibit existing businesses, turnover, new locations, new developments, and neighborhood change to identify potential at-risk areas. If your community does not have GIS, please contact the Atlanta Regional Commission for assistance: Keri Stevens-404-455-4745 or kstevens@atlantaregional.org.

Other Interventions for Identification of At-Risk Areas:

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