In the spring 2016 term, an Advanced GIS class at UO conducted an analysis
of three existing neighborhoods within the City of Redmond to identify how well
they have implemented the Great Neighborhood Principles. The goal is to apply
this research and incorporate the principles into future neighborhoods as the
city grows.
This report first identifies the context and methods of the conducted analysis,
which uses a set of walkability and urban design GIS indicators. Many of these
same indicators are used in popular spatial analysis websites and provide an
in-depth understanding of how the study areas are built. In addition to analyzing
these indicators, students also participated in a City of Redmond site visit
to collect real-time on-the-ground walkability and urban design data through
the smartphone application called Device Magic.
