PALS: Neighborhood Identification, City of Frederick, Maryland

Abstract

This report aims to address questions on changing socio-economic and physical conditions in Frederick and how those conditions could formulated into a new neighborhood identification system. This report recommends that Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping, online surveys and photo sharing applications are some solutions for creating such a neighborhood identification system. While these planning technologies provide multiple ways or “layers” to define neighborhood boundaries, survey distribution is necessary to contextualize the quantitative results of the analysis.