Index Background Data Preparation & Manipulation Spatial Analysis Problems Data Sources
Spatial
Analysis
The constraints for this analysis concerned the
land use of the city of
1.
Industrial areas
2.
Recreation and protected natural areas
3.
Lakes and water bodies
4.
Open and undeveloped areas
5.
Transportation, communication and
utilities
6.
Agricultural areas.
The land use map was
assigned new values and reclassed to reflect these
constraints. All other land use that could possibly have a victim services centres are identified in light green.
The factors for identifying the population that is
vulnerable to being victims of crime are:
1.
Areas with higher aboriginal
population
2.
Areas with higher
incidences of people earning a low income
3.
Areas with higher
minority populations
4.
Areas with higher
proportions of women
This raster map shows the dissemination areas with higher
than average aboriginal people. The peach colour
indicates these areas.
This map reveals
where lower income earners live in larger numbers (in light purple). With a few
exceptions, the map shows people that fit into this category tend to live in eastern
sections of
Out of the total minority population in
Areas where females live in higher numbers out
of the total female population were identified in light yellow in this map.
Current locations of victim services (in red)
in
The factors were given weights to further
analyze areas of vulnerable people. The following weights were applied.
Aboriginal – 0.3685
Low income – 0.2709
Women – 0.2048
Minorities – 0.1858
The following map identifies the areas that contain
the people who are most vulnerable to victimization (in green) with the current
locations of victim services (in red).
To eliminate the areas where current victim
services locations are nearby, a 1000m buffer was applied to those centres. This map reveals areas in
