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GIS As Applied to Community-Based Studies
Track: State and Local Government
Author(s): Rakesh Malhotra, John Bang, Lenora Smith, Yolanda Anderson, Saundra DeLauder, Marcia Bradshaw

A community-based approach to environmental monitoring, where concerns of local residents were dynamically integrated and used to direct the project, was applied to two economically and educationally disadvantaged areas in central North Carolina to assess environmental hazard exposure and impact.

Rakesh Malhotra
North Carolina Central University
Environmental Science
1150 Pebble Creek Crossing
Durham , NC 27713
US
Phone: 919-806-8829
E-mail: rmalhotra@nccu.edu

John Bang
North Carolina Central University
1801 Fayetteville St
Durham , NC 27707
US
Phone: 919-530-6569
E-mail: jjbang@nccu.edu

Lenora Smith
North Carolina Central University
Environmental Science
1801 Fayetteville St
Durham , NC 27707
US
Phone: 919-530-6573
E-mail: lssmith@nccu.edu

Yolanda Anderson
North Carolina Central University
1801 Fayetteville St
Durham , NC 27707
US
Phone: 919-530-7117
E-mail: yandersn@nccu.edu

Saundra DeLauder
North Carolina Central University
1801 Fayetteville St
Durham , NC 27707
US
Phone: 919-530-6456
E-mail: sdelaude@nccu.edu

Marcia Bradshaw
North Carolina Central University
1801 Fayetteville St
Durham , NC 27707
US
Phone: 919-530-7905
E-mail: mbradshaw@nccu.edu