Keyword

census blocks

Description: Small geographic units used to organize population and housing data in censuses and other demographic analyses.

Primary topic: Historical Geography and Cartography (83%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q5058964

OpenAlex ID: keywords/census-blocks

Robberies in Chicago: A Block-Level Analysis of the Influence of Crime Generators, Crime Attractors, and Offender Anchor Points

2010 · Wim Bernasco, Richard Block · Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency · 478

Modeling spatial accessibility to parks: a national study

2011 · Xingyou Zhang, Hua Lu, et al. · International Journal of Health Geographics · 272

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Community variations in social vulnerability to Cascadia-related tsunamis in the U.S. Pacific Northwest

2009 · Nathan J. Wood, Christopher G. Burton, et al. · Natural Hazards · 240

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Multilevel Regression and Poststratification for Small-Area Estimation of Population Health Outcomes: A Case Study of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Prevalence Using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

2014 · X. Zhang, J. B. Holt, et al. · American Journal of Epidemiology · 223

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Testing for Temporally Differentiated Relationships Among Potentially Criminogenic Places and Census Block Street Robbery Counts

2015 · CORY P. HABERMAN, JERRY H. RATCLIFFE · Criminology · 194

Smart Café Cities: Testing human capital externalities in the Boston metropolitan area

2006 · Shihe Fu · Journal of Urban Economics · 167

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Low-Stress Bicycling and Network Connectivity

2012 · Maaza C. Mekuria, Peter G. Furth, et al. · San Jose State University Scholar Works (San Jose State University) · 163

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Concentrations of criteria pollutants in the contiguous U.S., 1979 – 2015: Role of prediction model parsimony in integrated empirical geographic regression

2020 · Sun-Young Kim, Matthew Bechle, et al. · PLoS ONE · 159

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Air quality and social deprivation in four French metropolitan areas—A localized spatio-temporal environmental inequality analysis

2014 · Cindy M. Padilla, Wahida Kihal-Talantikite, et al. · Environmental Research · 157

Do Street Robbery Location Choices Vary Over Time of Day or Day of Week? A Test in Chicago

2016 · Wim Bernasco, Stijn Ruiter, et al. · Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency · 101

Evaluation of small-area population estimation using LiDAR, Landsat TM and parcel data

2010 · Pinliang Dong, Sathya Ramesh, et al. · International Journal of Remote Sensing · 81

Extreme spatial variations in crime density in Baltimore County, MD

2005 · Keith Harries · Geoforum · 81

Population Density and Image Texture

2006 · XiaoHang Liu, Keith Clarke, et al. · Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing · 80

Small-area spatiotemporal analysis of heatwave impacts on elderly mortality in Paris: A cluster analysis approach

2017 · Tarik Benmarhnia, Wahida Kihal-Talantikite, et al. · The Science of The Total Environment · 78

Area based stratified random sampling using geospatial technology in a community-based survey

2020 · Carrie R. Howell, Wei Su, et al. · BMC Public Health · 72

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Incorporating GIS Building Data and Census Housing Statistics for Sub-Block-Level Population Estimation

2008 · Shuo-sheng Wu, Le Wang, et al. · The Professional Geographer · 67

Voluntary Organizations and Neighborhood Crime: a Dynamic Perspective*

2016 · JAMES C. WO, JOHN R. HIPP, et al. · Criminology · 64

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A Spatial-Allocation Model for Regional Health-Services Planning

1972 · William J. Abernathy, John C. Hershey · Operations Research · 64

Spatial decomposition analysis of NO2 and PM2.5 air pollution in the United States

2020 · Yuzhou Wang, Matthew J. Bechle, et al. · Atmospheric Environment · 62

Multiscale evaluation of an urban deprivation index: Implications for quality of life and healthcare accessibility planning

2016 · Pablo Cabrera-Barona, Chunzhu Wei, et al. · Applied Geography · 60

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Neighbourhood Characteristics and Long-Term Air Pollution Levels Modify the Association between the Short-Term Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations and All-Cause Mortality in Paris

2015 · Séverine Deguen, Claire Petit, et al. · PLoS ONE · 60

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Promoting Active Urban Aging: A Measurement Approach to Neighborhood Walkability for Older Adults

2010 · Rachael L. Weiss, Juliana A. Maantay, et al. · Cities and the Environment · 58

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Multiscale Analysis of Census-Based Land Surface Temperature Variations and Determinants in Indianapolis, United States

2008 · Bingqing Liang, Qihao Weng · Journal of Urban Planning and Development · 55

A Cellular Automata Model Based on Irregular Cells: Application to Small Urban Areas

2010 · Nuno Norte Pinto, António Pais Antunes · Environment and Planning B Planning and Design · 53

How transit scaling shapes cities

2019 · Hao Wu, David Levinson, et al. · Nature Sustainability · 52

Works count: 9,328

Citation count: 5,304