Acknowledgement
Thanks to Amy Thai who was a master students in UBC Geography and did the PM exposure measurement study many years ago. This project is only made possible due to the data in her particular study.
Much appreciation to professor Ian Mckendry in Geography who supervised Thai’s study at the time and had a meeting with me to review and discuss the feasibility & considerations of this project.
Many thanks to professor Michael Brauer in SPPH who provided the PM Land Use Regression model GIS file developed for Vancouver which was used for comparison in this study. PS. the pattern generated by the LUR is quite intriguing to look at on their own.
Thanks lab help – Jose Aparicio, and TA Katie DeRego for technical supports & assistance in brainstorming for tools along the process. Thanks professor Klinkenberg for feedback and suggestions which were given twice since a change in project topic.
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