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20 Apr

Alternative and Virtual Rurality: Agriculture and the Countryside as Embodied in American Imagination

Preview by Lisa M. Butler Harrington Access Full Article What is the main purpose of your study? The paper describes several ways in which attachment to rural environments and livelihoods are displayed in the United States. These range from recreation and...
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17 Apr

Contested Space, Contested Livelihoods: A Review of Mongolia’s Pastureland Management and Land Tenure Reform

Preview Written By: Holly Barcus Access Full Article Here Article Title, Issue and Volume: Contested Space, Contested Livelihoods: A Review of Mongolia’s Pastureland Management and Land Tenure Reform 1.What is the main purpose of your study? The primary purpose of this is...
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13 Apr

Map of the Week: The Global Energy Transition

Today, the world is in the grips of an ongoing energy transition. This change is being brought on by demand and supply shifts, innovation, and environmental concerns. As the world population increases drastically, so does the demand for energy. Global...
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9 Apr

Property and difference in nature conservation

Author Name: Maano Ramutsindela and Innocent Sinthumule Full Article Here: What is the main purpose of your study? To understand how land tenure manifests in nature conservation and also allocates power in nature conservation projects. The study further investigated...
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6 Apr

Rural social networks along Amazonian rivers: seeds, labor and soccer among communities on the Napo River, Peru.

Author Names: Christian Abizaid, Oliver T. Coomes, Y. Takasaki and J. Pablo Arroyo-Mora Full article here What is the main purpose of your study? The purpose of this study is to examine regional patterns of interaction among rural communities in...
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6 Apr

Map of the Week: Declassified

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) declassified some of its unique maps from its Cartography Center, originally launched in October, 1941. To celebrate the center’s 75th anniversary two years ago in 2016, the organization classified some of their original maps that...
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5 Apr

Infidelity and the Internet: The Geography of Ashley Madison Usership in the United States

Author Name: Michael L. Chohaney, University of Toledo, Department of Geography & Planning Kimberly A. Panozzo, University of Toledo, Department of Geography & Planning Article Title, Issue and Volume: Infidelity and the Internet: The Geography of Ashley Madison Usership in...
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5 Apr

Travel Time Spotlight

Travel Time platform is a geospatial company based in London, that specializes in travel time. It began with iGeolise in 2009, when co-founder Charlie Davies was set in a traffic jam. As he sat waiting to move, he wondered why...
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4 Apr

Economic-development stakeholder perspectives on boomtown dynamics in the Eagle Ford Shale, Texas

Author: Trey Murphy Co-authors: Christian Brannstrom, Matthew Fry, and Michael Ewers (Full article here) What is the main purpose of your study? When we think of boomtowns, it is often in a fantastical imagination of how the West was settled....
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3 Apr

Map of the Week: Cocktail By County

Let’s ice things up this week with a map of the 50 states most purchased cocktails! If you were to travel across the United States trying every one of their favorite drinks, you would come across quite a few of the...
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