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

  1. www.longisland.com – general information site
  2. http://www.garviespointmuseum.com/exhibits.php - Garvies Point Museum

Topic Two – Map Reading and Interpretation

  1. http://docs.unh.edu/nhtopos/Connecticut.htm  - index to historic 1/62,500 scale maps of LI

Topic Three – Physical Geography

  1. Land
    1. http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/5020.html -mining and reclamation
    2. http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/nyc/shoreline/shoreline.htm - USGS publication Our Transient Coastal Environment
    3. http://www.ci.uri.edu/naccesu/FIIS_page/Psuty_etal_oceanshore_final.pdf - coastal geomorphology of Fire Island
    4. http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/38hurricane/geological_impact.html -Geological impact of the 1938 hurricane
    5. http://www.geotimes.org/mar08/article.html?id=feature_coastal.html Geotimes “Impending Coastal Crisis”
  1. Climate, Weather, Air Quality and Wind Power
    1. http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/65574.html - NYS air quality monitoring program network
    2. http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/hazards/storms.shtml - coastal storms and hurricanes
    3. http://www.northshorewx.com/Hurricane19380921.asp - 1938 LI Hurricane
    4. http://www.hurricanes-blizzards-noreasters.com/longislandhurricanes.html - site devoted to LI storms
    5. http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/63848.html - climate change and NYS
    6. http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/administration_pdf/0807climchange.pdf - NYS Conservationist article “Climate Change and New York’s Future”
  1. Soils
    1. http://soils.usda.gov/education/facts/formation.html - soil formation and classification
    2. http://soils.usda.gov/survey/online_surveys/new_york/NY103/suffolk.pdf - Suffolk County Soil Survey
    3. http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/manuscripts/NY059/0/nassau.pdf -Nassau County soil survey
  2. Water Resources
    1. http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/66532.html - 2010 Section 305b Water Quality Report for NYS Groundwater
    2. http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/36064.html -groundwater resources
    3. http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/36183.html?showprintstyles – Long Island aquifers
    4. 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)
    5. http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/main_report.pdf - Suffolk County report on duck farms
    6. http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/appa.pdf - AppendixA
    7. http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/appb.pdf - AppendixB
    8. http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/appc.pdf - AppendixC
    9. http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/appd.pdf - AppendixD
    10. http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/207.html - Oceans and estuaries
    11. http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/28923.html - Coastal Management
    12. http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/48375.html - Atlantic Ocean/Long Island Sound Watershed fact sheet and links
    13. http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/36748.html - Atlantic Ocean/Long Island Sound water quality report
    14. http://longislandsoundstudy.net/ - Long Island Sound Study
    15. http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/45202.html -Sea Level Rise Task Force
    16. http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/cprocesses/pdfs/LIDynamicSouthShore.pdf - Sea Grant study of LI south shore
    17. http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2503 USGS news release concerning water table on LI

Topic Four – History and Settlement                

  1. http://www.stonybrook.edu/libmap/contents.htm  Maps from Long Island Maps and their Makers by David Y. Allen
  2. http://www.garviespointmuseum.com/indian-archaeology-long-island.php - Garvies Point Museum Indian archeology
  3. http://www.nps.gov/afbg/index.htm - NPS African Burial Ground home page
  4. http://www.emersonkent.com/map_archive/battle_of_long_island.htm - Map of the Battle of Long Island
  5. http://www.hofstra.edu/pdf/library/libspc_soli.pdf - Slavery on Long Island
  6. http://www.linsha.org/ -Long Island North Shore Heritage Area
  7. http://www.historiclongisland.com/ - Long Island Gold Coast Mansions
  8. http://www.lirrhistory.com/index.html - LIRR unofficial web site
  9. http://mta.info/lirr/Video/175thAnniversary/ - MTA’s history of the LIRR

Topic Five – Population and Society

  1. http://www.longislandindex.org/ - social statistics and maps for LI

Topic Six – Economy and Development: NONE

Topic Seven – Environment

  1. http://www.buildingfutures.org.uk/assets/downloads/Facing_Up_To_Rising_Sea_Levels.pdf  Sea Level Rise scenario for Britain
  2. http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/47990.html -  The 2009 NYS Open Space Conservation Plan
  3. http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/administration_pdf/0810whalesofny.pdf - NYS Conservationist article on whales
  4. http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/36748.html - Atlantic Ocean/Long Island Sound water quality report
  5. http://www.estuary.cog.ny.us/index.html - NYS Great South Bay (South Shore Estuary) home page

Topic Eight – Planning

  1. http://www.rpa.org/pdf/LongIslandVisioning.pdf - Development Projections
  2. http://www.lirpc.org/3.2010-12-02_LI2035StrategiesReport.pdf - Planning Report from Long Island regional planning council
  3. www.longisland2035.org/  - NYMTC vision for Long Island
  4.  http://www.rpa.org/pdf/LIProfile.pdf RPA LI Profile                                                  

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