NYC
‘The Big Apple.’
New York City is an older urbanised area comprising five Boroughs which straddle the junction of two rivers flowing into the eastern Atlantic seaboard.
Due to its underlying geological rock strata, built form has been able to be developed densely upwards around a grid of streets and highway axes.
As a planned maritime city, it is characterised by its vertical high rise and more recent super-tall buildings on a rectilinear grid that surrounds Central Park.
Maps of New York City
Overview
Streets and Networks
Satellite View
All maps above provided courtesy of Google Maps.
Population Density
Visualising population density in Global Cities
This interactive map shows population density in 2020, measured in residents per square kilometre.
The data is from the ‘Global Human Settlement Layer’ (GHSL) 2023, produced by the European Commission JRC and the ‘Center for International Earth Science Information Network’ at Columbia University using earth sensing data from the European Copernicus Space Program that Integrates high volumes of satellite data with national census data.
The GHSL describes the settlement geography of the entire globe and has applications for a wide range of research and policy issues related to urban growth, development and sustainability.
Map provided courtesy of LuminoCity3D.org.
Rail Networks
Rail and transport networks in Global Cities
The above map represents the urban metro and light rail network of the city and immediate suburbs. This shows individual rail routes and the level of connectivity for urban travellers across the expanding city’.
Map provided courtesy of UrbanRail.net.
Journals from New York City
2. New York City + extract (Simone de Beauvoir)
‘Manhattan is a slim peninsula on the north-eastern seaboard of America, where the Hudson River and East River converge into Lower New York Bay. With its linear topography and rocky geology it was naturally suited for its overlay of man-made Avenues and Streets on a linear grid across the island.’
