Geography 355 Project
By: Shruthy Nair
Student ID: 301115255
Email: shruthyn[at]sfu[dot]ca
Personal Page: Shruthy

Class: Geography 355
Professor: Dr. Nadine Schuurman
TA: Blake Walker

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Multi-Criteria Evaluation:

Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/collingwood3419/5471118026/
Ideal Locations for New Immigrants to Reside in: The Greater Vancouver Regional District

References & Acknowledgements

References

Eastman, J. R.(1999). Multi-Criteria evaluation and GIS. In P. A. Longley, M. F. Goodchild, D. J. Maguire, & D. W. Rhind, Geographical Information Systems - Principles, Techniques, Management and Applications (p. 493).

 

Metro-Vancouver.(2011). 2011 National Household Survey - Bulletin #6 Immigration and Cultural DiversityRetrieved November 24, 2013, from Metro-Vancouver:

http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/publications/Publications/2011CensusNo6-ImmigrationCulturaDiverstiyl.pdf

 

Metro Vancouver.(2011).Metro-Vancouver.Retrieved November 23, 2013, from Metro-Vancouver:

http://www.metrovancouver.org/Pages/default.aspx

 

NewToBC.(2013). NewToBC-The Library link for Newcomers. Retrieved November 23, 2013, from NewToBC: http://newtobc.ca/

 

Parkins, N. (2010). Push and Pull Factors of Migration. American Review of Political Economy, 6-24.

 

Zehtab-Martin, A., & Beesley, K. (2007). Immigrant Service Gaps in a Small City: Brandon, Manitoba. Department of Rural Development Brandon University - Our Diverse Cities, 75-79.

Acknowledgements

Thank you to the Spatial Information Systems Lab for providing data and the necessary software required for the project. Thank you to Dr.Nadine Schuurman for teaching and providing the material required to conduct this analysis. Also a thank you to the TA, Blake Walker for helping find data, helping in uploading the web-site and answering many, many questions; thus providing me with the necessary knowledge to conduct this study.

An additional thank you to the two interviewees Binoj and Vineetha for allowing me to conduct and record their interview for this study.

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