As a reminder, here are four tiers of factors that we look at:
Tier 1 (Finaled Permits or Certificate of Occupancy) | Tier 1.5
(Total and Issued Permits)
Tier 2 (Valuation & Area, from
Permits) | Tier 3 (Population & Job Growth, Census)
This is the map showcasing development pattern in the City of LA
in the past decade, which is one of the main goal for exploration of
this study. Each layer represents single or multi-variate consideration
when determining development growth. The map encompasses results when
taking individual tiers or combination of tiers into considerations.
While we see minor differences in spatial distribution of recent /
stagnated growth when assessing with factors from different tiers, we
see many neighborhoods in center and north areas that are categorized as
constant growth across tiers while some towards the south have been
experiencing less growth. ‘Composite’ layer shows neighborhoods
that are flagged as ‘Constant Growth’ or ‘Little or No Growth’ across /
regardless of which tiers are considered for assessments. Following
table lists all neighborhoods that fall in those two categories.
It is important to note that permit counts are normalized by
population in each neighborhood, and area squarefootage is normalized by
total area of the neighborhood.
Turn on and off layers to
compare different results when using each tier of indicators or combined
– they are especially helpful for visualizing areas with more recent
growth and stagnated growth.
The result of this study is helpful for visualizing development’s spatial patterns for the period of 2010-2022, which may help channel more resources to certain neighborhoods or areas. Together with factors such as median household income (inflation adjusted) and policy-level decision and implementations such as grants, we can have a better understanding of neighborhoods that are experiencing little development or stagnated growth since 2015, where resources should be allocated more towards.