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Title: The association between population and land use - land cover change in a shrinking post-industrial area : a case study of Binghamton, NY

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2016

ISBN: 9781339927381

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Abstract: Land use policies enforced by authorities have a great impact on the urban morphology and demographic change. Federal and local governments make policies to pursue economic gain while these policies influence population dynamics by generating racial segregations and urban shrinkage. For a downtown area and its adjacent neighborhood in a small shrinking post-industrial city, such as Binghamton, New York, it experiences a dynamic change in urban policies, such as urban renewal and revitalization. By integrating demographic data and GIS data for the downtown Binghamton, this study analyzes the population and land use - land cover change at the census block level over the past five decades. The association between these changes was analyzed to illustrate a comprehensive understanding of how the population dynamics influence the land use policy and land cover appearances or vice versa. Finally, this research shares insight in how the urban development pattern evolves in a small Post-Industrial shrinking city in the “Rust Belt” of the United States.

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Authors: Lin, Huiyu

Institution: State University of New York at Binghamton

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Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Land Use/Urban Organization, Other

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