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>Subject: WWW: New York City GIS Maps on Socio-economic-political Tren
>Author: H-Urban <[log in to unmask]> at Internet
>Date: 8/29/95 4:14 PM
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As part of its social research program, the Department of Sociology at
Queens College of the City University of New York has created
computerized maps of New York City to identify and illustrate various
political, demographic, and economic trends of the last 5-10 years,
using GIS and standard statistics.
The maps and other images are available at the WWW site:
http://www.soc.qc.edu/MAPS
Upon arriving at this site, one will find the following file explaining
the maps, which require a visual browser to view.
NEW YORK CITY MAPS
The New York City area is quite diverse and changing rapidly. To
analyze and map these trends, Professor Andrew A. Beveridge and
several of his students have created maps and carried out analyses
using a Geographical Information System (ATLAS/GIS) combined with
conventional statistical methods. The maps presented here are samples
of some of that work.
[IMAGE] Look at detailed map.
According to the 1990 Census, New York City now has a minority of
non-Hispanic Whites. Other groups such as Asians, Hispanics and Blacks
have grown rapidly for the last two decades. The first map shows the
growth of the black population from 1970 to 1990. It is based upon
Public Use Micro Sample Areas (PUMA) from 1990. Interestingly, the
area in the northern part of Manhattan known as Harlem shows a decline
in blacks. Growth areas are the Northern Bronx, Brooklyn around
Bedford-Stuyvesant, and within certain sections of Queens.
[IMAGE] Look at detailed map.
As the previous map shows, such population shifts directly impact
politics in New York. It compares Lindsay's 1969 race with that of
Dinkins/Giuliani in 1993 (and 1989). Dinkins lost ground to Lindsay in
large sections of Manhattan, Forest Hills in Queens, and in parts of
Staten Island. He gained ground, however, in Harlem, Brooklyn, and
parts of Queens and the Bronx. Those areas, as the first map
illustrated, became much more heavily African-American during the
decades of the 1970's and 1980's, while the other areas stayed
predominantly white.
[IMAGE] Look at detailed map.
The fastest growing population segment in New York are the various
Asian groups, as shown in the third map. In fact, Asians have moved
beyond their traditional base in Chinatown and have expanded into
Little Italy. The Asian population is also growing rapidly in Queens,
particularly in Flushing.
[IMAGE] Look at detailed map.
Another significant trend in Queens is the emergence of a large, black
middle class. In fact, recent research conducted by the department
determined that in Queens County black household income exceeds that
of whites. This finding was front page news in the June 6, 1994 New
York Times. This final map shows median income of black households in
Queens. In Southeastern Queens, which includes Laurelton, household
median income is well over $50,000 for most households. This area has
a large concentration of black married couple families.
[IMAGE]
Here is Professor Beveridge, working with several of his students,
including left to right Marcy Shapiro, Hyun Sook Kim, Mohale
Ralebitso, Abdul Samerkant, and Liyun Wang. Other students included
Jeannie D'Amico, Lina Guzman, Joanna Garfield, Janine Dimitrakakis,
Marco Lopes, and Richard Grogan. Susan Weber, Kimberly Rothwell, and
Nancy Pietroforte are now working on aspects of these projects.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
We plan to make maps and reports available right here by FTP. If you
want to be added to our mailing list send E-Mail to
[log in to unmask] or by post to:
Andrew A. Beveridge
209 Kissena Hall
Department of Sociology
Queens College
Flushing, NY 11367-1597
AND NOW A WORD FOR OUR SPONSORS
This work has been sponsored by two Ford Foundation Diversity
Initiative Grants through Queens College, and has made use of computer
facilities funded in part by the National Science Foundation
Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Program. The support of
William Cohen, formerly at NSF, is gratefully acknowledged. Dean
Charles W. Smith at Queens has been most supportive.
We also wish to thank Henk Meij at CIESIN for access to his archive
of files, from which some of the maps were derived.
At present support comes from a project funded by the New York Times,
Newspaper Division. The support of Richard Meislin, Sam Roberts, John
Freed, Fred Andrews, and Diana Jean Schemo has been crucial.
A file of some of the stories based upon the analyses and some
reports are available upon request.
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