Assign. #2

ASSIGNMENT #2: NEIGHBORHOOD PROFILE OUTLINE
DUE OCTOBER 11th @ 11:59 uploaded to Blackboard   |   10 pts (10% of total grade)

In Week 5 you read and reviewed several neighborhood profiles and as a class we started to make a list of the kinds of data and information that frequently appear across profiles. You then worked on developing your own profile outline—essentially the beginnings of a draft of your final profile.

For this assignment you will complete that outline. Keep your research questions and methods (Assignment #1) in mind as you think through what kind of information you want in your profile. Your final profile may help you answer (or partially answer) some or all of your questions—it likely will raise other questions that would require further research (beyond the scope of this course).

To complete this outline, work through the following:

  1. Revisit our Week 5 class activity and determine what you think is essential information to include in a neighborhood profile. Recall, we were introduced to the final profile assignment (#8) that week too – be sure you’re considering those basic requirements.
  2. Think back to your research questions and methods; how might your profile try to answer some or all of these questions? (It’s OK if your profile doesn’t answer them).
  3. Consider your study neighborhood and its specific communities, cultures, and conditions—what other information or data do you think is important to include or perhaps go into greater detail on.
    1. For example: In learning about your study neighborhood, you might discover that a large area was up-zoned and developers of large luxury apartment complexes are required to meet the demands of Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH). Knowing this, you may want to delve deeper into housing data and include some specific information about affordable housing.
    2. Another example: In learning about your study neighborhood, you might discover that residents’ incomes have been steady or on the decline and you want to delve deeper into labor and poverty data to better understand what type of employment residents have and their use of social service programs like food stamps.

As you develop your outline, think about how best to organize your data. I’ll provide some basic feedback. As the semester progresses and you learn more about your study neighborhood, you may choose to revise this outline.

Please upload a Word doc of your assignment to the appropriate place on Blackboard.

 

Neighborhood Profile Outline Rubric

Points  
7-10
  • The outline appears to address all or most of the required components.
  • There is some degree of consideration of specific neighborhood communities, cultures etc.
  • The outline is organized somewhat to very well
4-6
  • The outline does not appear to address enough of the required components.
  • There may be consideration of specific neighborhood communities, cultures etc.
  • The outline may be organized poorly
2-3
  • The outline is missing most of the required components.
  • There is little or no consideration of specific neighborhood communities, cultures etc.
  • The outline may be disorganized
0-1 Did not do assignment, barely did assignment.
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