Mapping Environmental Exposures: Spatial Analysis of Environmental Data in R

Map of Devastating 2003 Heat Wave in the Netherlands Observed from MODIS Satellite. Mehdi Aminipouri (PhD Candidate in Geography at SFU)

 About the workshop

The environmental conditions that people are exposed to, such as levels of air pollution or greenspace, are largely dependent on where they live. As such, the analysis of spatial environmental data is a critical tool for understanding how environmental conditions vary across space and time and identifying who is exposed to what. This workshop will provide an introduction on how to conduct analysis of spatial environmental data using R and RStudio. Using publicly available datasets and R packages, you will learn how to wrangle and plot spatial environmental data and conduct basic exposure assessments using both vector and raster data.

 Requirements

  • Bring your own laptop, with R and RStudio installed
  • Participants should have at least an introductory competence in R and a basic understanding of R coding is required
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