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GIS & Just Sustainability: The Urban Sustainability Master of Arts (USMA) Approach Adonia Lugo Interim Chair (310) 578-1080 ext 287 alugo@antioch.edu Gregory Young Student (805) 350-2931 gyoung1@Antioch.edu Donald Strauss Core Faculty (310) 578-1080 x 289 dstrauss@antioch.edu Urban Sustainability Master of Arts Degree with Integrated GIS Certificate The 36 unit USMA degree with an integrated Certificate in Applied Spatial Analysis for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) affords students the opportunity to earn both the MA degree and GIS certificate within semesters The GIS certificate is earned while satisfying several of the USMA program requirements Students completing both the MA degree and GIS certificate attend a total of residencies and need to enroll for semesters rather than in order for the GIS courses to maintain their necessary sequencing The first semesters are full-time terms, whereas the fourth one can be half-time Systems Thinking & Just Transition Goleta Load Pocket (GLP) The grid vulnerable and disaster prone region within Santa Barbara County Tier and fire threats surround transmission and subtransmission Intersection Analysis Offshore wind potential Onshore wind potential Annual Global Horizontal Irradiance in the GLP AB 1550 - Priority Population Investments Los Angeles Priority Populations GLP – Solar Siting Survey and Priority Populations Over 60MW of solar potential has already been sited and I have barely scratched the surface Downtown Santa Barbara Low-income communities What’s Next? • Integrate GIS analysis into core curriculum, such as Urban Infrastructure course and Big Question Lab • Develop GIS lab as a resource for community-based organizations ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY Thank You! antioch.edu ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY Backup Slides antioch.edu CalEnviroScreen 3.0 in Los Angeles CalEnvironScreen is a screening tool used to help identify communities disproportionately burdened by multiple sources of pollution and with population characteristics that make them more sensitive to pollution Solar Siting Survey in the GLP Over 60MW of solar potential has already been sited and I have barely scratched the surface Downtown Santa Barbara Parking Lot Potential La Cumbra Plaza Solar Potential