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Regional Map Gallery |
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Browse the Map Gallery for an “exhibit” of archived maps by MAPC’s Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Lab and MetroData Center illustrating conditions in the region. Explore the region (including MAPC’s annual calendars of mapped data), or check to see whether the map you want may already exist. |
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Maps from MAPC Annual Report and Calendar 2008 |
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The MAPC Region
This is a reference map for the following maps.
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Renewable Energy: Cleaner Air and Cooler Planet
Massachusetts is ready to take a leading role in energy sustainability. The map shows some of the 600 clean power projects that have been funded through the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) statewide.
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Housing Unit Growth, 2000 – 2006
Between 2000 and 2006, Metro Boston cities and towns permitted construction of 55,230 new housing units, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Community Preservation Act
The Community Preservation Act (CPA) helps cities and towns address three core community concerns: acquiring and preserving open space, protecting historic assets, and creating affordable housing.
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MetroFuture Growth Areas, 2000 – 2030
MetroFuture is the regional plan for development and preservation in Metropolitan Boston. The plan is built on the principles of smart growth. This generalized map shows some of the growth areas proposed by MetroFuture.
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MetroFuture Priority Conservation Areas
This map depicts the MetroFuture “Priority Conservation Areas”—those places where the region should focus its land preservation resources and discourage extensive development.
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Re-imagining Suburban Development
MAPC is building a toolbox for communities looking to revitalize their commercial areas and town centers. This page shows examples of visualizations created by MAPC to educate residents and build support for smart growth options.
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Preserving Regional Character
Smart growth can save this traditional New England scene from becoming Anyplace, USA. If current trends continue, many of our region’s special places will be lost to unplanned growth.
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Comprehensive Permits, 2000 – 2006
Comprehensive Permits are a controversial but significant component of the region’s housing production. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Real Estate recently traced 369 Comprehensive Permit applications in 113 municipalities in Eastern Massachusetts.
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Sidewalk Availability
Access to sidewalks influences how much we walk—and possibly how healthy we are. This map shows sidewalk availability throughout the region (excluding limited-access highways).
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Impervious Surfaces, 2005
Rain that lands on impervious surfaces (roadways, parking lots, and rooftops) quickly runs off into nearby streams and lakes. As impervious surfaces increase, so do the problems of pollution, erosion, and flooding.
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Education and the Labor Force
Growing the region’s economy means investing in its strongest asset: our workforce. Metro Boston’s well-educated population is fundamental to our civic life and our economy.
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Earthquakes and the Boston Region
Nevertheless, Massachusetts is more vulnerable to earthquakes than is commonly believed. This map shows the location, magnitude (where available), and year of earthquakes in our region.
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Maps from MAPC Annual Report and Calendar 2007 |
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New Tool Guides Smart Site Selection
Decision-makers can better identify sites for commercial and industrial development if they understand how infrastructure, zoning, and environmental factors interact.
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Weston Nurseries Study Shows Smart Growth Potential
Well-planned development can protect open space and maximize local revenues while minimizing negative impacts.
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Reducing Local Government Costs through Regional Cooperation
MAPC helps more than 300 municipalities save up to 20% on goods and services annually.
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Affordable Housing
Despite recent downturns in the housing market, housing costs in the Metro Boston area remain among the highest in the nation.
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Agricultural Resources
Local agricultural and farmers’ markets, while at risk, are still a vibrant part of the region’s food system.
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Summer Water Demand
Summer may be a time when “the fish are jumping and cotton is high”, but the picture is not so pretty when well pumps are straining and reservoirs are low.
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Location and Size of New Housing
Houses today are typically built on larger lots farther from the central city than they were in the 1970s and early 1980s.
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Heavy Traffic Affects Air Quality and Health
If you live, work, or attend school within 100 yards of a roadway carrying 100,000 or more vehicles per day, you are more likely to suffer from cardiac or pulmonary disease.
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Preparing for an Aging Population
As the baby boomers move into their 60s and beyond, the over-65 population will increase dramatically.
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Worst Motor Vehicle Crash Locations
In 2005, 131 people died in motor vehicle crashes in our region, and over 25,000 were injured. Most of these crashes were preventable.
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Natural Hazard Vulnerability and Preparedness
Recent flooding in Massachusetts underscores the need for cities and towns to prepare for natural hazards and take steps to mitigate potential damage.
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Maps from MAPC Annual Report and Calendar 2006 |
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Population Density
It is common sense that people live closer together in the cities than in the suburbs, but historical data show that this divergence is increasing.
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Job Density
Jobs, like residents, are concentrated in the area inside and along Route 128, with the highest job densities in Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline, Newton, Quincy, and Lynn.
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North Shore Wind Resources
Massachusetts cities and towns are increasingly interested in wind power as a source of energy for meeting municipal power needs and as a possible source of revenue.
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Education Spending
Education is the largest single item within most municipal budgets, and in many cases, these
costs are growing at twice the rate of the total budget.
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Participation in METCO and School Choice
The Commonwealth has had to work to increase educational opportunities for all students.
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Access to Biking and Walking Trails
Off-road biking and walking trails provide excellent opportunities for commuting, recreation, and exercise.
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Summer Restrictions on Outdoor Water Use
All communities experience increased water demand in the summer months, mostly due to outdoor water use such as lawn watering, landscape irrigation, pools, and car washing.
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Residential Property Tax
Local governments are limited in the ways they can raise revenues to fund municipal budgets.
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Elementary School Walkability
Walking or biking to school can provide valuable exercise for elementary schoolchildren, as long as there are sidewalks and a school nearby.
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Most Common Origin of Foreign-Born Residents
We live in an incredibly diverse region.
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Projected Population Growth
The Boston metropolitan region is projected to grow slowly over the next 25 years.
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Projected Job Growth
MAPC has projected that the region’s jobs will grow approximately 4% from 2000-2010, about a quarter as fast as national job growth over the same period.
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