City councillors also need research and executive assistants that report to them not to the CAO.
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Showing posts with label GIS map analysis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GIS map analysis. Show all posts
Saturday, September 19, 2020
Sunday, September 6, 2020
Nanaimo City Centre neighbourhoods, comparative data. 2016 Census
As of the 2016 Census the Nanaimo City Centre neighbourhoods were populated more densely than the City of Nanaimo average, they were poorer than the City average, 4 of the 6 held fewer bachelor level university degrees and all but 2, downtown and Brechin, were younger.Nanaimo City Centre neighbourhoods comparative data. 2016 Census. https://t.co/Tg7G7GVOc0 pic.twitter.com/t3DI3UPEeZ
— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) September 6, 2020
The three major public anchor institutions are located in the City Centre, Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Vancouver Island University and the City of Nanaimo administrative, technological and public works centres. A large centralized recreational facility with swimming pool and ice rink is also located within the City Centre. (Trend in both the public and private sectors to centralize and consolidate has had negative consequences for the urban design of cities, what economists call "externalities." To "build back better” post-COVID we'll need to reverse that trend.)
The public institutions that comprise the arts and culture sector are clustered in close proximity in the urban core. The public art gallery, the Port Theatre, the Vancouver Island Conference Centre, the museum, the central library. The City Council Chamber is accessed from downtown's High Street, Commercial Street.
These Nanaimo City Centre neighbourhoods were home to 33% of Nanaimo’s population while occupying only 17% of the city's land area. This is the heart of the city, its economic, social, and cultural engine.
These are the most environmentally sustainable neighbourhoods in the city. The population density and proximity of shops and services, schools and public spaces, result in it being more likely that these are accessed without a car. A higher percentage of households live more compactly, in condos and apartments with shared walls, dramatically increasing heating efficiency. It’s well established that transportation and building heating account for 30-40% of the carbon we put in the atmosphere.
These, in other cities, are the neighbourhoods, the oldest in the city, where Form-Based Code zoning has been successful. Creating from the “good bones” of the older neighbourhoods more resilient places "where people can work, shop, learn and play within a 15-minute walk or bike ride, the 15-minute city... “an economy-booster”
Urban3 and Strong Towns research looking at city taxation revenues by acre and cost-per-citizen of delivering city services shows that city centre neighbourhoods punch above their weight. Similar analysis here would show that these Nanaimo neighbourhoods pay for sprawl where taxation and user fee revenues are less per acre and the cost-per-citizen to the city of providing services and amenities higher.
We’ve underinvested in these neighbourhoods. We’ve focused too much on neighbourhood-harming private car infrastructure.
Street trees and sidewalks; traffic calming; mobility and accessibility mode alternatives; public spaces, both grassy parks and playgrounds but also, importantly, small urban squares that facilitate neighbourly encounters. Livability goals, making these neighbourhoods all the more desirable, can be met here by careful urban design planning specific to the city centre, while increasing population density across this area. One size does not fit all. This area needs its own urban design plan.
We’ve underinvested in these neighbourhoods. We’ve focused too much on neighbourhood-harming private car infrastructure.
Street trees and sidewalks; traffic calming; mobility and accessibility mode alternatives; public spaces, both grassy parks and playgrounds but also, importantly, small urban squares that facilitate neighbourly encounters. Livability goals, making these neighbourhoods all the more desirable, can be met here by careful urban design planning specific to the city centre, while increasing population density across this area. One size does not fit all. This area needs its own urban design plan.
Geospatial analysis of each of these neighbourhoods with link to full 2016 Census StatsCan data can be found here.
Thursday, September 3, 2020
City Centre geospatial analysis. 7. Census Tract 9380015 The Downtown Core
Nanaimo Census Tract 9380015, The Downtown Core, is 1.9 km² in land area (adjusted for Protection Island) with a population of 4,969. 2,795 households in 3,100 dwellings, 1,640 rent and 1,185 own. Average age : 49.1 years. Average after-tax household income (2015): $46,080. Population density is 2,576 per km². Demographic data : Census Profile, 2016 Census 9380015.00 [Census tract], British Columbia and Nanaimo [Census agglomeration], British Columbia
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
City Centre geospatial analysis.
6. Census Tract 9380012
Brechin Hill
Nanaimo Census Tract 9380012, Brechin Hill, is 1.5 km² in land area (adjusted for Saysutshun Island) with a population of 3,220. 1,813 households in 1,960 dwellings, 865 rent and 925 own. Average age : 50.1 years. Average after-tax household income (2015): $49,618. Population density is 2,146 per km². Demographic data : Census Profile, 2016 Census 9380012.00 [Census tract], British Columbia and Nanaimo [Census agglomeration], British Columbia
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
City Centre geospatial analysis.
5. Census Tract 9380013 Nanaimo
Regional General Hospital − Townsite
Nanaimo Census Tract 9380013, Nanaimo Regional General Hospital − Townsite, is 2.1 km² in land area with a population of 5,209. 2,389 households in 2,473 dwellings, 1,280 rent and 1,130 own. Average age : 44.8 years. Average after-tax household income (2015): $48,047. Population density is 2,471 per km². Demographic data : Census Profile, 2016 Census9380013.00 [Census tract], British Columbia and Nanaimo [Census agglomeration], British Columbia
Monday, August 31, 2020
City Centre geospatial analysis.
4. Census Tract 9380014
Vancouver Island University − Bowen Park
Nanaimo Census Tract 9380014, Vancouver Island University − Bowen Park, is 4.6 km² in land area with a population of 6,719. 3,032 households in 3,203 dwellings, 1,385 rent and 1,650 own. Average age : 38.2 years. Average after-tax household income (2015): $50,713. Population density is 1,468 per km². Demographic data :
Census Profile, 2016 Census9380014.00 [Census tract], British Columbia and Nanaimo [Census agglomeration], British Columbia
Saturday, August 29, 2020
City Centre geospatial analysis.
3. Census Tract 9380016
Harewood − Vancouver Island University
Nanaimo Census Tract 9380016, Harewood − Vancouver Island University, is 5.2 km² in land area with a population of 7,039. 2,864 households in 2,969 dwellings, 1,065 rent and 1,800 own. Average age : 39.2 years. Average after-tax household income (2015): $57,506. Population density is 1,369 per km². Demographic data : Statistics Canada, Census Profile,9380016.00 [Census tract], British Columbia and Nanaimo [Census agglomeration], British Columbia
Thursday, August 27, 2020
City Centre geospatial analysis.
2. The South End
These five Census Dissemination Areas (the smaller levels that make up the large Census Tract, in this case 9380017.02) are 2.3 km² in land area with a population of 2,2754. 1,289 households in 1,359 dwellings, 490 rent and 765 own. Average age : 43.3 years. Average after-tax household income (2015) $45,954. Population density is about 1,200 per km². Demographic data : Statistics Canada, 2016 Census.
Friday, August 14, 2020
City Centre geospatial analysis.
1. The study area
Five Nanaimo Census Tracts and five Census Dissemination Areas within the larger Census Tract 9380017.02 make up this City Centre geospatial analysis. Data sources are the City of Nanaimo’s Open Data Catalogue and Statistics Canada 2016 Census data, variables searched and downloaded via #CensusMapper.
Brechin Hill, Townsite−Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Bowen Park−Vancouver Island University, Harewood−South End, and the downtown urban core.
Population of the study area : 29,910. Land area (adjusted for Saysutshun and Protection Islands) : 17.3 km². 33% of Nanaimo population, 17% of Nanaimo land area. Population density per km² approximately 1.9x greater than city-wide (1,949 / 997). Households : 14,182, 33% of city total. 7,455 own and 6,725 rent. Demographic data : Census Profile, 2016 Census Nanaimo, City [Census subdivision], British Columbia and Nanaimo, Regional district [Census division], British Columbia
Friday, July 17, 2020
#Nanaimo Census Tract 9380011. Hospital - Beban Park. 2016 Census Profile. Geospatial : Parcels, parks, buildings, business licences.
Nanaimo Census Tract 9380011. Hospital - Beban Park. pic.twitter.com/wCYluJwCOZ
— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) July 17, 2020
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Sunday, July 12, 2020
Saturday, July 11, 2020
Monday, July 6, 2020
Sunday, July 5, 2020
Population densities, low incomes, dwellings built 1960 or before by Census Tract
Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample data 39,165
— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) July 5, 2020
1960 or before 5,360 pic.twitter.com/zkbKsgfxip
Friday, July 3, 2020
Nanaimo 2016 Census Tracts. Population densities. Low income. (LICO-AT) cc @wilderland_girl pic.twitter.com/0CxVIrkuUV
— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) July 3, 2020
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Sunday, June 28, 2020
Nanaimo : Numbers of children
living in poverty. 2016 Census
Statistics Canada. 2017. Nanaimo, CY [Census subdivision], British Columbia and Nanaimo, RD [Census division], British Columbia (table). Census Profile. 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2016001. Ottawa. Released November 29, 2017.
Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) - The Low-income cut-offs, after tax refers to an income threshold, defined using 1992 expenditure data (adjusted to current dollars using the all-items Consumer Price Index (CPI)), below which economic families or persons not in economic families would likely have devoted a larger share of their after-tax income than average to the necessities of food, shelter and clothing. More specifically, the thresholds represented income levels at which these families or persons were expected to spend 20 percentage points or more of their after-tax income than average on food, shelter and clothing.
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