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31 May

Geographical Review Preview: WHEN COMMUTING IS NOT ENOUGH: TOWARDS A MEASURE OF TERRITORIAL MARGINALITY BASED ON JOB MOBILITY

Access to the workplace is one of the most important rights of citizenship. In some areas, the unavailability of job opportunities pushes people to commute. Nevertheless, there are areas where even commuting does not allow the improvement of individuals’ economic...
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31 May

Welcome, Summer ’22 Scholar-Interns

Throughout the year, the American Geographical Society maintains a staff of Scholar-Interns to keep things humming. Our interns help report on the news of the day for DailyGeo, produce new content for our regular Map of the Week and Company...
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31 May

Company Spotlight: Digital Earth Africa

By Alex Griffin The American Geographical Society recently had the pleasure of interviewing Omar Seidu, a social statistician working for the Ghana Statistical Service. Through this work, Mr. Seidu works in collaboration with Digital Earth Africa (DEA). Digital Earth Africa...
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26 May

Map of the Week: Fire Risk in the American West

By Alex Griffin Recently published research from the non-profit First Street Foundation has provided a risk assessment for properties based on wildfires. Many properties are already mapped by FEMA and other federal agencies in accordance with disaster risks, but...
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25 May

Geographical Review Preview: MULTI-SCALAR TERRITORIALIZATION IN KAZAKHSTAN’S NORTHERN BORDERLAND

Terms used in the study of people/place bonding too often circumscribe thinking to either the most readily conceived and tangibly experienced scale of place – home/neighborhood – or to the most politically prevalent scale of place – the state. In...
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19 May

Map of the Week: Student Loan Debt in the United States

By Catherine McKenna Student loan debt in the United States totals more than $1.7 trillion, but this debt is not evenly distributed throughout the states. According to the Education Data Initiative, among the 50 states, including Puerto Rico and the...
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18 May

Geographical Review Preview: INDIGENEITY, DISPLACEMENT, AND REGIONAL PLACE ATTACHMENT AMONG IDPS FROM CRIMEA

Studies of indigenous place attachments tend to focus on the alternative environmental ontologies that animate and inform indigenous peoples’ relationships with place, but rarely engage with the material and psychological impacts of colonialist practices—namely, displacement and dispossession of land. Russia’s...
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12 May

Map of the Week: Mapping the World’s Solar Power Plants

By Mike Wallace Preventing the most extreme impacts of climate change necessitates a massive and unprecedented shift in energy production, moving away from fossil fuels and quickly scaling up effective alternatives, such as solar power. Solar radiation is available around...
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5 May

Geographical Review Preview: CONSERVED? A POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION ON THE NORTH FORK AMERICAN RIVER

The Wild & Scenic North Fork American River in Placer County, CA benefits from decades of conservation efforts stemming from its recognition as a place needful and deserving of protection. This study utilizes GIS, cartography and the critical examination of...
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4 May

Map of the Week: The Journey of Iceberg A68a

By Jessie Woldstad In the map above, illustrated by Reuters, the paths of wayward icebergs originating from Antarctica are visualized. The peculiar blue paths represent the journeys of longevity of each iceberg. Immediately, we can see that the paths of...
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