This message was sent ot the list by Alice Hudson.---------Johnnie ------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Perhaps this will be of interest to maps-l folk? Alice Hudson, NYPL Map Div. ______________________________ Forward Header __________________________________ >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 [From H-Net Central] 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.