Hunter College of the City University of New York
Department of Geography
Geography of Long Island
EXAM 1
Internet Readings Sites–Spring 2011
Topic One - Introduction
- www.longisland.com – general information site
- http://www.garviespointmuseum.com/exhibits.php - Garvies Point Museum
Topic Two – Map Reading and Interpretation
- http://docs.unh.edu/nhtopos/Connecticut.htm - index to historic 1/62,500 scale maps of LI
Topic Three – Physical Geography
- Land
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/5020.html -mining and reclamation
- http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/nyc/shoreline/shoreline.htm - USGS publication Our Transient Coastal Environment
- http://www.ci.uri.edu/naccesu/FIIS_page/Psuty_etal_oceanshore_final.pdf - coastal geomorphology of Fire Island
- http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/38hurricane/geological_impact.html -Geological impact of the 1938 hurricane
- http://www.geotimes.org/mar08/article.html?id=feature_coastal.html Geotimes “Impending Coastal Crisis”
- Climate, Weather, Air Quality and Wind Power
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/65574.html - NYS air quality monitoring program network
- http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/hazards/storms.shtml - coastal storms and hurricanes
- http://www.northshorewx.com/Hurricane19380921.asp - 1938 LI Hurricane
- http://www.hurricanes-blizzards-noreasters.com/longislandhurricanes.html - site devoted to LI storms
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/63848.html - climate change and NYS
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/administration_pdf/0807climchange.pdf - NYS Conservationist article “Climate Change and New York’s Future”
- Soils
- http://soils.usda.gov/education/facts/formation.html - soil formation and classification
- http://soils.usda.gov/survey/online_surveys/new_york/NY103/suffolk.pdf - Suffolk County Soil Survey
- http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/manuscripts/NY059/0/nassau.pdf -Nassau County soil survey
- Water Resources
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/66532.html - 2010 Section 305b Water Quality Report for NYS Groundwater
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/36064.html -groundwater resources
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/36183.html?showprintstyles – Long Island aquifers
- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/nyregion/25ducks.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Long%20Island%20duck%20farms,%202/25/08&st=cse – LI Duck Farms Struggle with Water Regulation (NY Times article 2/25/08)
- http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/main_report.pdf - Suffolk County report on duck farms
- http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/appa.pdf - AppendixA
- http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/appb.pdf - AppendixB
- http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/appc.pdf - AppendixC
- http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/appd.pdf - AppendixD
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/207.html - Oceans and estuaries
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/28923.html - Coastal Management
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/48375.html - Atlantic Ocean/Long Island Sound Watershed fact sheet and links
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/36748.html - Atlantic Ocean/Long Island Sound water quality report
- http://longislandsoundstudy.net/ - Long Island Sound Study
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/45202.html -Sea Level Rise Task Force
- http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/cprocesses/pdfs/LIDynamicSouthShore.pdf - Sea Grant study of LI south shore
- http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2503 USGS news release concerning water table on LI
Topic Four – History and Settlement
- http://www.stonybrook.edu/libmap/contents.htm Maps from Long Island Maps and their Makers by David Y. Allen
- http://www.garviespointmuseum.com/indian-archaeology-long-island.php - Garvies Point Museum Indian archeology
- http://www.nps.gov/afbg/index.htm - NPS African Burial Ground home page
- http://www.emersonkent.com/map_archive/battle_of_long_island.htm - Map of the Battle of Long Island
- http://www.hofstra.edu/pdf/library/libspc_soli.pdf - Slavery on Long Island
- http://www.linsha.org/ -Long Island North Shore Heritage Area
- http://www.historiclongisland.com/ - Long Island Gold Coast Mansions
- http://www.lirrhistory.com/index.html - LIRR unofficial web site
- http://mta.info/lirr/Video/175thAnniversary/ - MTA’s history of the LIRR
Topic Five – Population and Society
- http://www.longislandindex.org/ - social statistics and maps for LI
Topic Six – Economy and Development: NONE
Topic Seven – Environment
- http://www.buildingfutures.org.uk/assets/downloads/Facing_Up_To_Rising_Sea_Levels.pdf Sea Level Rise scenario for Britain
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/47990.html - The 2009 NYS Open Space Conservation Plan
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/administration_pdf/0810whalesofny.pdf - NYS Conservationist article on whales
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/36748.html - Atlantic Ocean/Long Island Sound water quality report
- http://www.estuary.cog.ny.us/index.html - NYS Great South Bay (South Shore Estuary) home page
Topic Eight – Planning
- http://www.rpa.org/pdf/LongIslandVisioning.pdf - Development Projections
- http://www.lirpc.org/3.2010-12-02_LI2035StrategiesReport.pdf - Planning Report from Long Island regional planning council
- www.longisland2035.org/ - NYMTC vision for Long Island
- http://www.rpa.org/pdf/LIProfile.pdf RPA LI Profile
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