Research Project Assistant SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, New York, United States
The purpose of this study is to to identify socio-economic trends in the NYC watershed related to the historic collaboration using census data for 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020 on various attributes such as population, age, education attainment, income, poverty, employment, and housing affordability.
Learning Objectives:
• Recognize the source of New York City (NYC) drinking water.
• Identify the NYC watershed area.
• Explore the relationship between NYC and Catskill-Delaware watersheds.
• Establish the relationship between the biophysical aspect (water), and the social aspect (community vitality) of the watersheds.
• Identify the socio-economic trends in the watershed related to the collaboration between NYC and Catskill-Delaware watershed region.
• Generalize this socio-economical relationship that reflects a highly interconnected linkage between society, water and management.
• Integrate the knowledge into similar research.
