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Since 1992 the Middle States Geographer is the official academic journal of the Middle States Division of the Association of American Geographers. The journal is published annually and includes papers from external submissions and the Division Annual Meeting. The Middle States Geographer contains papers authored by both faculty and students (with peer-review by at least two reviewers) and covers a wide range of topics. Prior to 1992 the Division published non-peer review Proceedings. All Journal Volumes are freely available from our website.
Volume 55, 2023
Volume 54, 2022
Volume 53, 2020
Volume 52, 2019
Volume 51, 2018
Volume 50, 2017
Volume 49, 2016
Volume 48, 2015
Long Island Farmers’ Markets: An Analysis of Patronage and Location – Michael T. Sullivan, et al.
Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans: Recovery and Rebuilding – W. A. Lascell and P. R. Baumann
Tsunami 2004: Rebuilding and Relocating Rural Villages – P. R. Baumann and W. A. Lascell
Using Disaster Scenarios to Create a Strategic Plan for a Mobile GIS-Based Emergency Response System – Maddalena Romano
Volume 47, 2014
Volume 46, 2013
Volume 45, 2012
Croatia’s Neoliberal Trajectory: The Applicability of Variegated Neoliberalism in the Croatian Past Socialist Context – Marissa BellUsing the Stream Visual Assessment Protocol( SVAP) As A Monitoring Tool to Assess Stream Corridor Conditions Over Time – Kelly M. Frothingham. Amy M. Bartlett
Invasive and Native Plant Response to Fire in a Pennsylvania Piedmont Woodland – Joan M. Welch
Water and Conflict: The Evolving Environmental Security Landscape – Francis A. Galgano
R.I.P. “Nature”? A Pragmatist Critique of First Generation Nature Constructivism – John G. Hintz
From Innovation to Impasse: The Anglo-German Naval Arms Race. 1906-1916 – Darrell A. Norris
Volume 43, 2010
BIDs as Planners? Challenges of Managing Philadelphia’s Old City District – Dorothy Ives-Dewey
Do Mature Street Trees Pose a Greater Hazard Risk Across Socioeconomic Lines? – Danielle Prioleau
The Revolutionary War in the Hudson Highlands: Fortifying West Point, 1775-1779 – Francis A. Galgano
Fort Montgomery: Fortification on the Hudson and Threatened Historic Site – Andrew D. Lohman
Volume 42, 2009
Volume 41, 2008
Volume 40, 2007
Erasure, Non-existence, and the Production of Economic Legibility in Iraq – Richard Nisa
Ghosts of the Atacama: The Abandonment of Nitrate Mining in the Tarapacà Region of Chile – Paul Marr
Urban Gardening in Philadelphia – Ian Dunham
Of Ruin and Archaism: Kate O’Brien and the Polemics of Place in 1930s Ireland – Charles Travis
Analyzing the Effectiveness of the New Jersey Pinelands Management Plan – Andrew Knee and John Hasse
Near Eastern Pollen Diagrams and “Deforestation” – Mark A. Blumler
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Volume 39, 2006
Geographical Aspects of Invasion: The Annual Bromes – Mark A. Blumler
The Effect of Ice Cover on Sediment Transport Capacity and Stream Channel Morphology in a Reach of Cazenovia Creek, NY – Kelly M. Frothingham
Risk Characterization of Contaminants in Passaic River Sediments, New Jersey – Victor Onwueme and Huan Feng
Where Did They Vote for Le Pen? Globalization and the National Front – James F. Chastain
Disinterment and the Magically Real – Roger Balm
The Contemporary Landscape in Art – Kevin Peters
Cyberspace through Thick and Thin: Virtual Places and the Locational World – Crista M. Livecchi
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Volume 38, 2005
Transfer of Development Rights in the Philadelphia Region: Hope or Hype? – Dorothy Ives Dewey
Patterns of Public Support for Pennsylvania’s “Growing Greener” Program – Keith G. Henderson
An Assessment of Urban Sprawl in the Middle States Region, 1990-2000 – Ola Johansson
The Impact of Reforestation on Soil Temperature – Stephani Michelsen-Correa and Peter Scull
Three Conflated Definitions of Mediterranean Climates – Mark A. Blumler
Characterizing the Beach Morphology of San Salvador, Bahamas – Joseph Gould and Stephen Vermette
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Volume 37, 2004
Working on the Conrad and Merrimack: Thoreau’s Mills – John S. Pipkin
Mapping Legends: Major Andre and Rip Van Winkle – Jo Margaret Mano
Finding Fort Morris – Paul Marr
When Growth was Good: Images of Prosperity in Mid-Twentieth Century America – Linda Greenow
The Political Geography of Gambling in the Midwest – John I. Sharp
Geography Education: Where is Geography’s Location in our Schools’ Curriculum? – Tammy M. Kaufhold
Measuring Accessibility as a Spatial Indicator of Sprawl – John Hasse and Andrea Kornbluh Creating a Model for Geodemographic Representations of Housing Market Activity: A Research Note with Possible Public Policy Implications – Kenneth Steif ISSN 1067-2230
Volume 36, 2003
Muslims in Denmark: Discourse of the Veil – Linda S. Fair
Finnish Commercial Fishermen on Lake Superior: The Rise and Fall of an Ethnic Fishery – Mika Roinila
Micro-Credit as a Development Instrument in Ethiopia – Hewan Girma
The Geography of Warehousing and Distribution in South-Central Pennsylvania – Paul Marr
Non-Conforming Urban Realities: The Case of Albany – Vatsal Bhatt
Mereotopological Integrity Constraints for Spatial Databases – Alexandre Sorokine
The Latest FAD in New York City’s Drinking Water Supply – E. Mark Pires
New Theories to Explain Acid Precipitation in Northern New Jersey – Belkys V. Melendez
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Volume 35, 2002
Volume 34, 2001
Tourism as a Nation-Building Tool in the Baltic Republics – Karen Nichols
The (Un)Contested Geography of American Indian Casinos in New York – John I. Sharp
The Power of Place: From Semiotics to Ethnogeography – Thomas A. Boogaart II
Hydrology of Walting’s Blue Hole: San Salvador Bahamas – Stephen Vermette and Rebecca Hudson
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Volume 33, 2000
Art as a Geographic Tool for Landscape Explanation – Roger Balm.
Wall Street West: Enterprise Zones and the “New” Jersey City – Grant Saff.
The Whisper of the Ax: Homicide by Cultural Area in Preindustrial New Jersey – Dona Schneider.
Slope Profile Analysis and Classification on Limestone Residual Hills in Guilin, China – Tao Tang.
Polyvarietal Planting and Rice Blast Control in Philippine Uplands– Daniel J. Falvo.
Autumn Precipitation Trends in the Northeast United States – Keith G. Henderson.
A Preliminary Investigation of Acid Precipitation in Metro Northern New Jersey – John M. Stavash.
Volume 32, 1999
Spread Effects from Growth Centers in and around Appalachia: 1960-1990 – Lawrence E. Wood
Determinants of US Regions’ Capital Goods Export Performance – J.P. Lewandowski
Make No Big Plans: Two Cautionary Tales from South African Urban Planning Praxis – Grant Saff
A Pipe Dream Comes True: Buffalo’s Decision to Make Water a Public Good – M. Stephen Pendleton
Cartography in a Chinese Gazetteer of 1268, The Gazetteer of Linan Prefecture – Bangbo Hu
Volume 31, 1998
Spatial Variability in Stability Thresholds, Verde River, Arizona – Patricia J. Beyer
The Farmer Takes a Wife, the Wife Takes the Farm – Barbara S. Hildebrant
Tourism Issues in Belize – James Wiley
Exclusionary Discourse in New York City and Cape Town, South Africa – Grant Saff
City Policy and Urban Renewal: A Case Study of Fort Greene, Brooklyn – Winifred Curran
The Problematic Nature of Neighborhoods as Urban Social Spaces– Jonathan Gibs
The Challenge of Maintaining Parity for Offshore Islands – Ian Watson
Effects of Technological Change on Seafarers in U.S. Merchant Shipping – James M. Kendra
Arab Net: An Evolving Window on the Arabic World – Jennifer A. Paluch
Volume 30, 1997
Industria, the Fourth World, and the Question of Territory –William T.L. Hipwell
GIS and Society: Towards a Behavioral GIS – Jay D. Gatrell
An Approach to the Quantification and Classification of Aquatic Landscapes – Laura Kracker.
Philadelphia’s Wissahickon Valley: Its Geology and Geography – Colleen Gasiorowski.
Contingent Value Measurement of Coastal Wetlands: A Case Study of New Jersey – Harbans Singh.
Benefit-Cost Analysis of Harbor Dredging on the Great Lakes – Raymond W. Waxmonsky.
Great Lakes Shipping-Pricing Behavior of the Modes – Chrisman A. Dager.
Regional Labor Force Characteristics and Recent Shifts in the Location of Industry – Mark Wiljanen.
Mapping the County: Burr’s New York State Atlas – Jo Margaret Mano.
The Two-Flat Home in Buffalo, NY: Landscapes of the Industrial Vernacular – Gregory P. Stein.
Volume 29, 1996
Reapers of Land: Keepers of Culture – Beth Rundstrom.
Diversity Profile of New York City, 1990 – Brian Shumon.
Dominica at the Crossroads: Tourism within Diversification in the Eastern Caribbean – James Wiley.
Sources of U.S. Regions’ Manufactures Export Performance – James P. Lewandowski.
The Post-Fordist Politics of Sustainability on Long Island – Scott Carlin.
Balls, Bikes, Beaches, and Burns: Patterns of Childhood Injury – Dona Schneider.
Starting Points for Examining Storm Surge Sedimentation in Urbanized Estuaries – Michael Craghan.
Deer Browse in the Interior Forest of Warwick County Park – Jacquelyn Arnold and Joan M. Welch.
Volume 28, 1995
The Problem of Scale in Environmental Equity Research – Reginald O. Carroll.
The History of Sewage Treatment in the City of Buffalo, NY – Mary C. Rossi.
Famine Mitigation in Kenya: Some Practices, Impacts and Lessons– Monica Nyamwange.
Identifying Crime Clusters: The Spatial Principles – Sanjoy Chakravorty.
Redefining Hinterland: The Singapore Experience – Hong-Ling Wee.
Social Changes in the Albanian Alps during Communism – Steve Cook and Marash Rakaj.
Volume 27, 1994
Change at a Shoreline Submarine Sand Ridge – Michael Craghan
Integrating AVHRR Derived NDVI with Ecological Modeling – Jian Chen
Protecting the New Jersey Pine Barrens: From Whom and For Whom? – Marla Emery
Globalization and American Manufacturing – E. Willard Miller
Dollar Zone Fallout of the EU’s Single Market in Bananas: The Case of Costa Rica – James Wiley
Economic Growth Pole or Mirage. The Case of Eurodisney – Anne-Marie d’Hauteserre
Fortress Philadelphia: The Geography of Video Surveillance in the New CBD – Roman Cybriwsky
Defining Rural and Urban – Trudy Suchan
Transformation of Middle Class Suburbs in Washington, DC 1950-1990 – Stephen Mulherin
Walk-Up Apartments in an Urban Landscape: Brighton, NY 1933-1991 – Peter A. Brincka
Chinese Foreign Policy: Sino-Liuqiu (Ryukyu) Relations and the “World Order” – Unryu Suganuma
Native Americans in Film: An Image Created, and Image Remembered – Michelle Calvarese
Territoriality in Indigenous Societies: An Alternative View – David Stea
White Eyes, Black Places: Representation and Racism – Owen Dwyer
Human Action and Land Degradation in Africa – Monica Nyamwange
Rural Female Migrants in Africa – Dai Cui
Open Space: An Infrastructural Resource for Quality of Life – Scott A. Todd
Volume 26, 1993
Environmental Siege and Sustainability Lessons from the Maltese Islands – Roger Balm
Class and Place in the New World Order: International Labor Solidarity – Rebecca A. Johns
Historic Water and Waterfront Use in the Buffalo, New York, River Watershed – Gregory P. Stein
The Iroquois and New York State: Two Centuries of Broken Treaties and Map Lies – Jo Margaret Mano
Demographic and Spatial Aspects of the Health Care Delivery System in Malawi – Ezekiel Kalipeni
The Availability of Ambulance Services in Madison County, NY – Peter Klepeis
Thoughts by the Way: Women’s Written Perceptions of the American Frontier Landscape – Kimi Eisele
Sexism in Tokyo’s New Public Art: Preliminary Results from Field Research – Aoi Shimizu
Contemporary Asian Cultural Landscapes: A Comparative Perspective – Darrell A. Norris
A Tale of Two Towns: Paoli and Merion, Pennsylvania – Steve S. Aichele
Lower Northwestern Philadelphia: An Historical Retrospective – Kang-Hu Hsu
Tokyo Moves Westward: A Geography of New Landmarks and New Symbols of the City – Roman Cybriwsky
Volume 25, 1992
A GIS for New Jersey State Plan Growth Scenario Analysis – Garret C. Olin
A Potential Application of GIS to the Sardar Sarovar Dam Project – Rupal Oza
An Application of GIS to Study Migration – Robert N. Martin
Direcitional Expansion in Migration Modelling – Timothy C. Pitts
Computerized School Bus Routing – Douglas Hamlin and Andrea Rutherford
Snow Melt, Energy Balance, and Prediction: Mormon Mountain – Bruce L. Gwilliam
A Review of Existing Toxics Release Data for Years 1987-1990 – Neeti Bathala
Shaky Grounds: Recent Legal Decisions and Wetlands Regulation in New York State – Jo Margaret Mano
U.S. Commercial Navigation on the Great Lakes: An Overview – Raymond W. Waxmonsky
National Park Siting and Human Geography – Margaret Boorstein
Parent-Child Separation in Space: A Socio-Geographic Perspective– Richard H. Weng
The Cultural and Historical Environment of the Recent Chinese Fertility Decline – H. Michael Feng
Poverty’s Influence on Weather-Related Mortality – Karen E. Smoyer
War and Famine in the Horn of Africa: A Human Impact Assessment – Raphael L. Djabatey
Determinants of Infant Mortality in Malawi: A Spatial Perspective– Ezekiel Kalipeni
Rebuilding the Great White Way: Urban Renewal in New York City– Sean Lewis
Volume 24, 1991
Detecting Potato Fields in the Columbia Basin Using Landsat Multispectral Data – Paul R. Baumann
Synoptic Climatological Categorization and Human Mortality in Shanghai, China – Shouquan Cheng
The Railroads of Pennsylvania: A Geographic Interpretation – Charles W. Boas
Reality Adjustment: Local Business Response to Market Realities – Kelly Knight and Jo Margaret Mano
The Optimal Location of Emergency Service Telephones in Central Park – David O’Connor
The Urban Aesthetic in Comparative Perspective – Rolf Sternberg
The Aftermath of the Cold War from Short-term Instability to Long-term Equilibrium – Saul B. Cohen
The Pact Molotov-Ribbentrop and Its Consequences – Demetrius Dvoichenko-Marko
Unscrambling the Muddle East: Crisis Influence on mental Maps of the Gulf Theater – Darrel A. Norris
The Distance of Migration: Is It Shortened by Financial Constraints? – Mary M Graham
Early Chinese Immigrants and the United States Census – Lawrence A. McGlinn
Understanding Census Geography in the Tiger Data Base: the Case of Puerto Rico – Jonathan Sperling
An Investigation into the Hierarchical processing of Spatial Information – Andrew Curtis
Geography, Pedagogy, and Postage Stamps – Samuel A. Farmerie
Children’s Understanding of the Environment from Navigation and Maps – Elizabeth Rider
Volume 23, 1990
Northern New England and New York Forests: Management Options – Paul B. Frederic
Local Responses to Proposed New Land Use Controls in New York’s Adirondack Park – Robert J. Mason
Planning with Place: Sense of Place in Berlin, New Hampshire – Brooks Preston
Continuing Farm Land Abandonment in the Adirondack Fringe – Joseph W. Brownell
The Creation of a Digital Cartographic Database for Locator Maps– Karen A. Mulcahy
Spatial Analysis and the Use of Census Data – David W. Wong
Hypsometric Tints and Tectonic Colors: A New Reading of Classroom Wall Maps – Arthur Krim
Adaptation in Argentina: Effects of Inflation and Democratization– A. L. Rydant
Perceptions of Environment and Land Policies by Urban Fringe Dwellers – James W. Young
Temporal and Spatial Epidemic Diffusion Patterns in Small Regional Settings – James L. Wilson
Volume 22, 1989
On Teaching GIS – Keith C. Clarke
History in the Mapping: Simeon DeWitt’s Legacy in New York State Cartography – Jo Margaret Mano
The Cashew Industry of Ceara, Brazil: A Development Alternative– Anna Meaney-Leckie
AUTOCAD Instruction in the Geography Curriculum – Charles A. Noran
ARIMA Modeling of Traffic Flow Data – John S. Pipkin
The TIN Demystified – Reese W. Plews
Coping with Growth in the Shawangunks – George A. Schnell and Peter Fairweather
Volume 21, 1988
Land Tenure Changes in Bandundu Region, Zaire – Marilyn Silberfein
Land Claims: Ending the Conflict in Canada’s North – Anne Meaney-Leckie
Chin and Burmese Landscapes in the Kabaw Valley of Northwest Burma – Joseph R. Castelli
The Tamil Homeland: Its Political and Intellectual Origins – Shantha K. Hennayake
Competing Conceptions of Development in Sri Lanka – Nalani M. Hennayake
The Search for Quality of Life in Japanese Planned Communities – Gary R. Hovinen
Spatial Differentiation of Population Within a Soviet City – Natalia Barbash
A Critique and Reformulation of Smith’s Rent Gap Theory of Gentrification – David W.S. Wong
Population and Economic Patterns in Northern Megalopolis – Kenneth A. Johnson
Going, Going, Gone: Minor League Baseball Franchise Locations in the Northeast – Jonathan I. Leib
Geographic Patterns of Rural Toxic Airborne Releases – William D. Solecki
Volume 20, 1987
Christian Indian Villages in Massachusetts Bay Colony – Cathy Kelly.
Water Symbolization in Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Maps – Jo Margaret Mano.
Urban Land Cover Detection Employing a Winter Landsat MSS Data Set – Paul R. Baumann.
Fuelwood in Nepal: Resource Management Problems and Prospects – Cheryl Walley Lougeay.