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- Title
A STATISTICAL INDEX OF TOPOGRAPHY.
- Authors
Hamilton, C. Horace
- Abstract
The article discusses the influence of topography on social development of Buchanan, Virginia. The problem resolves itself into the construction of an index of topography which can be used in making correlations with various social and economic conditions. A large map was obtained with a linear scale of 10 miles to 1.5 inches and a contour interval of 500 feet. Horizontal and vertical lines, three-eighths of an inch apart, equivalent to 2.5 miles, were then drawn on the map. A careful count for each county was then made of the total number of times the vertical and horizontal lines crossed a contour interval or a stream. The value of this index of topography is partially demonstrated by the high correlations that have been obtained with certain social factors. It should aid public school administrators, church officials and officials of other social agencies in the solution of such problems as the consolidation of local groups.
- Subjects
BUCHANAN (Va.); VIRGINIA; UNITED States; GEOGRAPHY; SOCIAL development; QUANTITATIVE research; SOCIOLOGICAL research
- Publication
Social Forces, 1930, Vol 9, Issue 2, p204
- ISSN
0037-7732
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2570308