Use Social Equity Analysis

The Social Equity Analysis solution delivers a set of capabilities that help you communicate key racial equity initiatives or programs, gauge public sentiment, share authoritative information about racial equity with the community, as well as tools to help you analyze community conditions and demographic data to analyze and operationalize equity.

Learn About Our Community

Racial equity programs develop goals and outcomes that will result in improvements for all groups, but the strategies are targeted based on the needs of a particular group. Many communities have developed equity plans, co-created with employees and community partners, that serve as a roadmap for action and change. They serve as a guide for pro-equity policies, planning, services, and work practices that advance equity in a community. Promoting equity plans and communicating progress on key initiatives or programs is critical to any pro-equity agenda.

Review equity initiatives and programs

In this workflow, you will assume the role of a resident or member of the general public. You are interested in equity programs or initiatives adopted by your community and progress made toward creating a more equitable community.

1. In a browser, sign in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the Social Equity Analysis site.
2. Review equity initiatives and programs.
3. Scroll to the Tell Us How We're Doing section, and then click Share your feedback.
4. Complete the survey and click Submit, and then close the browser tab.
5. Return to the Social Equity Analysis site.
6. Scroll to the Key Program Areas section.
7. Review the Featured Events and open data available on the page.

Explore community need

Once the Community Characteristics Index map is shared using the Social Equity Analysis ArcGIS Pro project, it can be shared with stakeholders via a web mapping application. This app can be used to see how need is distributed across the community.

You will assume the role of an internal or external stakeholder. You are asked to use the Community Characteristics Index app to explore need in the community.

1. In a browser, verify that you are signed in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the Social Equity Analysis site.
2. Scroll down to find the Community Characteristics Index application.
3. Search for an address or click a spatial unit on the map.
4. Review other communities and examine how need is distributed across the region.

   The Information tab displays details regarding filtering the map using the interactive legend.

5. Click Share to copy a link or share the app on social media.

Analyze Social Equity

The Social Equity Analysis solution delivers set of capabilities in the Social Equity Analysis tasks in the Social Equity Analysis AArcGIS Pro project to evaluate community conditions, create a community characteristics index, and disaggregate and visualize demographic data in comparison to output indices.

Identify Study Area, Create and Prepare Variables

In this workflow, you will assume the role of an equity analyst. You are asked to use the Social Equity Analysis tasks to analyze and normalize community condition or outcome data in relation to your study area spatial units.

1. Verify that you are signed in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the Social Equity Analysis item.
2. From the item page, click Download.
3. Unzip the downloaded folder, and then from the unzipped folder, open the ArcGIS Pro project.
4. If you do not see the Catalog pane, from the View tab, in the Windows group, click Catalog Pane.
5. Expand the Tasks folder, and then double-click the Social Equity Analysis task group.
6. In the Tasks pane, expand the Identify Study Area, Create and Prepare Variables task group to see the collection of tasks.

   Tip:

   Click a group heading or task name to view its description at the bottom of the Tasks pane.
7. Double-click the Identify study area and enrich with demographic variables task and follow the steps provided.
8. Double-click the Create and prepare additional variables task and follow the steps provided.

Create a Composite Index

You will continue to assume the role of an equity analyst. You are asked to use the Social Equity Analysis tasks to identify and analyze community characteristics by creating a composite index.

1. In the Tasks pane, expand the Create a Composite Index task group to see the collection of tasks.
2. Double-click the Create a community characteristics index task, and follow the steps provided.

Disaggregate and Visualize Demographic Data

You will continue to assume the role of an equity analyst. You are asked to use the Social Equity Analysis tasks to identify actionable patterns in the data by comparing the output index to disaggregated demographic data.

1. In the Tasks pane, expand the Optional: Disaggregate and Visualize Demographic Data task group to see the collection of tasks.
2. Double-click the Disaggregate and visualize demographic data task, and follow the steps provided.

Perform Equitable Site Selection

The Social Equity Analysis solution delivers set of capabilities in the Equitable Site Selection tasks in the Social Equity Analysis ArcGIS Pro project to evaluate community conditions, create an equity analysis index, and use the generated equity index to perform optimal site selection.

Identify Study Area, Create and Prepare Variables

In this workflow, you will assume the role of an equity analyst. You are asked to use the Equitable Site Selection tasks to analyze and normalize community condition or outcome data in relation to your study area spatial units.

1. Verify that you are signed in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the Social Equity Analysis item.
2. From the item page, click Download.
3. Unzip the downloaded folder, and then from the unzipped folder, open the ArcGIS Pro project.
4. If you do not see the Catalog pane, from the View tab, in the Windows group, click Catalog Pane.
5. Expand the Tasks folder, and then double-click the Equitable Site Selection task group.
6. In the Tasks pane, expand the Identify Study Area, Create and Prepare Variables task group to see the collection of tasks.

   Tip:

   Click a group heading or task name to view its description at the bottom of the Tasks pane.
7. Double-click the Identify study area and enrich with demographic variables task and follow the steps provided.
8. Double-click the Create and prepare additional variables task and follow the steps provided.

Analyze Equity

In this workflow, you will continue to assume the role of an equity analyst. You are asked to use the Equitable Site Selection tasks to identify community conditions and analyze community characteristics in relation to these conditions to create a composite equity index to identify need.

1. In the Tasks pane, expand the Analyze Equity task group to expand the collection of tasks.
2. Double-click the Create an equity index task and follow the steps provided.

Evaluate Coverage and Perform Site Selection

You will continue to assume the role of an equity analyst. You are asked to use the Equitable Site Selection tasks to identify coverage of existing sites and find the best potential sites by performing a network analysis using the equity analysis index generated in previous steps.

1. In the Tasks pane, expand the Evaluate Coverage and Perform Site Selection task group to see the collection of tasks.
2. Double-click the Evaluate coverage of existing sites by travel time task and follow the steps provided.
3. Double-click the Identify candidate sites task and follow the steps provided.
4. Double-click the Perform site selection task and follow the steps provided.