Category Archives: Geography

New Work with Census Data in GIS

Posted on December 12, 2012 by LaDale Winling

NHGIS, one of the digital efforts of the Minnesota Population Center, is totally wonderful. Since I learned about it as a graduate student, it has been an essential source when I need demographic data from the U.S. Census and to … Continue reading →

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Google Fusion Tables

Posted on February 28, 2011 by LaDale Winling

Just checking out the capability of a Google data tool using a dataset I have. It’s pretty nifty, but it seems to have a few bugs. The project at the University of North Dakota was completed in 1936, for example, … Continue reading →

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More Urbanism, Not Less

Posted on November 25, 2007 by urbanoasis

As Murph and I are fond of touting, people want more urbanism than is currently available. This is why big, dense places like Portland, OR, or small, upscale places like Seaside, FL are frequently more expensive than their less dense … Continue reading →

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Mapping Out My Dissertation

Posted on November 8, 2007 by urbanoasis

BerkeleyVALUE1980 Originally uploaded by urbanoasis I don’t rightly remember if I ever explained what I’m doing for my dissertation. Once my dissertation proposal is approved I’ll put it up here, but until then suffice it to say that I’m conducting … Continue reading →

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Ann Arbor Human Rights Party, 1972

Posted on September 18, 2007 by urbanoasis

I’m currently writing a paper for the planning history conference (SACRPH) on housing and the transformation of the Ann Arbor New Left. As part of the presentation, I put together this map, which shows the election returns from the 1972 … Continue reading →

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University Housing Premium

Posted on April 10, 2007 by urbanoasis

Housing Graph Originally uploaded by urbanoasis. Just a note from my studies for my minor exam. A study of land values published in the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics illustrates something related to one of the points I … Continue reading →

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Hyde Park & UofC

Posted on January 5, 2007 by urbanoasis

HydePark & UofC Originally uploaded by urbanoasis. As noted, I’m starting on new research that will eventually become part of my dissertation (and career-making book!). Arnold Hirsch first wrote about the University of Chicago’s role in urban renewal in Hyde … Continue reading →

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Politics, As Usual

Posted on July 30, 2006 by urbanoasis

For my next trick, I will be providing Excel spreadsheets of the public campaign finance data on candidates running in the upcoming Ann Arbor Democratic primary and then mapping them out with GIS (hopefully before the August 8 primary). I’d … Continue reading →

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Descriptive Statistics

Posted on July 8, 2006 by urbanoasis

Having just completed my 5% sample of students from 1920, I can offer the following descriptive statistics: N=385 M=299, F=84, No Info=2 UG=348, Grad=11, Medical=12, Special=8, No Info=6 Fr=128, So=72, Ju=82, Sen=66 In-State=230, Out-of-State=146, Int’l=7, No Info=1 Off-Campus=372, On-Campus=11, No … Continue reading →

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Allow Me To Introduce Myself

Posted on July 2, 2006 by urbanoasis

Here it is — not for attribution, but open to commentary (even you, Curious Observer) — the first draft of the introduction to my planning thesis on student housing in Ann Arbor. I know some people advocate diving into the … Continue reading →

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