Longitudinal urban form dataset of Midtown Manhattan: Measuring urban form evolution via quantitative descriptions of plots, buildings and streets from 1890 to the present

<p>This dataset contains data described and used in the research article <strong>"The impact of urban form on physical change: A quantitative and diachronic analysis of urban form evolution in Midtown Manhattan"</strong>.&nbsp;</p> <p>The longitudinal dataset contains urban form data on nearly 17,000 individual plots (parcels) in Midtown Manhattan, documented through four subsequent time frames: 1890, 1920, 1956 and 2021. The data was compiled from historical cartographic resources and open-access geospatial datasets listed in the ReadMe file.&nbsp;</p> <p>The dataset includes an array of quantitative descriptions of plots, buildings and streets central to the field of urban morphology, and the binary information of physical change (1: change, 0: no change) identified via diachronic comparison of each time frame at the scale of plots.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Acknowledgements</strong></p> <p>The dataset presented in this repository has been generated as part of a PhD research conducted at the University of Melbourne, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning and funded by the University of Melbourne - Melbourne Research Scholarship:&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>T&uuml;mt&uuml;rk, O</strong>. (2024). <strong>A data-driven investigation on urban form evolution: Methodological and empirical support for unravelling the relation between urban form and spatial dynamics</strong>. Unpublished PhD Thesis. The University of Melbourne, Australia.&nbsp;</p>