Reconstructing predevelopment conditions of Lake Worth Creek using historical maps, accounts, and aerial photography

Author

• Susan O. Farnsworth

Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1998

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Roberts, Charles

Abstract

This thesis develops a technique that combines the use of historical geography with photo interpretation and physical geography to reconstruct the predevelopment landcover of an urban area in southeastern Florida. This technique differs from traditional map making methods by utilizing Geographic Information System modeling procedures to create a conceptual map and test it against independent historical maps and accounts. Historical maps and accounts provided new information about the historic landscape that could not be deferred from present physiographic information. The resulting maps had more detail about the most highly altered areas than the conceptual map created from physiographic information.

Extent

144 p.

Comments

Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1998.|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1998.

Recommended Citation

Farnsworth, Susan O., "Reconstructing predevelopment conditions of Lake Worth Creek using historical maps, accounts, and aerial photography" (1998). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 1364.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/1364

Identifier

FADT15594

Format

pdf