From Island of hills to Cartesian Flatland? using GIS to assess topographical change in New York city, 1819-1999

Professional Geographer

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 392-405

  Rose Redwood, Reuben ^a   Li, Li ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical gis; Historical topographic reconstruction; New york city; Topographical history; Urban planning history

Indexed keywords

GIS; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; URBAN HISTORY; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

KANSAS; MANHATTAN; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958706479     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2011.574090     Document Type: Article

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