While I certainly like the sound of Kalamazoo, the name just rolls off the tongue nicely, I’m happy to see GIS put to a good use. It’s well documented that kids these days spend hours and hours watching TV, playing video games and using the computer. Experts have said that this is a major contributing factor to childhood obesity. However, this report, hot off the presses from Kalamazoo, shows that more than 35,000 children in Kalamazoo County live more than 10 minutes (walking) from a park. This certainly doesn’t encourage children to get out and play.
It will be interesting to see if this type of analysis catches on and encourages more green spaces for recreational purposes…”if you build it, they will come” (Field of dreams reference).
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