China Socioeconomic and Physiographic Macroregions, 2007 is a polygon theme representing late 20th century socioeconomic macroregions in China. Attribute information identifies noting the physiographic macroregion the socioeconomic region is in. The socioeconomic and physiographic macroregions are as defined by G. William Skinner (1977, 2000).
Purpose
For educational, non-commercial purposes only.
Developed by Fudan University, Center for Historical Geography, for the CHGIS project. The China Historical Geographic Information System, CHGIS, project was launched in January 2001 to establish a database of populated places and historical administrative units for the period of Chinese history between 222 BCE and 1911 CE. CHGIS provides a base GIS platform for researchers to use in spatial analysis, temporal statistical modeling, and representation of selected historical units as digital maps.
Supplemental Information
Physiographic Macroregions were first described in G. William Skinner's landmark essays in The City in Late Imperial China (1977). These regions follow the general pattern of major drainage basins and travel-constraining landscape features that largely structured the socioeconomic landscape of China prior to the advent of modern transportation. The Physiographic Macroregions published with CHGIS V4 were compiled at the Regional Systems Analysis Project (UC Davis) by G. William Skinner, Zumou Yue, and Mark Henderson.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
2007
Bounding Box
West
92.443843
East
136.841938
North
54.879806
South
15.919839
Theme Keyword
Physiographic macroregions
Regional Systems Hierarchies
Socioeconomic Regions
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Theme Keyword
Place Keyword
China
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Temporal Keyword
Access Restrictions
For current Columbia affiliates only.
Use Restrictions
For educational, non-commercial use only.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
None planned
Point of Contact
Contact Person
Mark Henderson, Ph.D.
Contact Electronic Mail Address
mhenderson94@post.harvard.edu
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722
Data Quality Information
Lineage
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
G-polygon
Point and Vector Object Count
17
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
Label point
Point and Vector Object Count
0
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
GT-polygon composed of chains
Point and Vector Object Count
23
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
Point
Point and Vector Object Count
0
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid Name
WGS_1984
Semi-major Axis
6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298.257224
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
PhysiogMacroregions
Entity Type Definition
Physiographic Macroregions
Attributes
FID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
Shape
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
MR
Physiographic Macroregion Identifier
1
Northeast China (Manchuria)
2
North China
3
Northwest China
4
Upper Yangzi
5
Middle Yangzi
6
Lower Yangzi
7
Southeast Coast
8
Lingnan
9
Yungui
SYSTEM
Socioeconomic Macroregion Identifier
10
Northeast China (Manchuria)
20
North China
31
Wei-Fen Basins
32
Upper Huang Basin
33
Gansu Corridor
40
Upper Yangzi
51
Middle Yangzi proper
52
Gan Basin
53
Yuan Basin
54
Upper Han Basin
60
Lower Yangzi
71
Ou-Ling Basins
72
Min Basin
73
Zhang-Quan
74
Han Basin
75
Taiwan
80
Lingnan
90
Yungui
Distribution Information
Distributor
CHGIS - Harvard Yenching Institute Center for Geographic Analysis
Online Access
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/
Name
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20070601
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
Contact Person
GIS/Metadata Librarian
Contact Address
Address
420 W. 118th St., 215 IAB, MC 3301
City
New York
State or Province
NY
Postal Code
10027
Country
USA
Contact Voice Telephone
(212)854-6012
Contact Electronic Mail Address
data@library.columbia.edu
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
