UBIQUE | American Geographical Society

15 Oct

Map of the Week: Mapping Indigenous Peoples’ Land

By Arden Benner This week began with a holiday. Depending where you were, it goes by different names. The American majority still recognizes it as “Columbus Day” as it was named in 1972 (on the 300th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s...
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13 Oct

Geographical Review Preview: Places of Memory, Historic Preservation, and Place Attachment in Nazi Germany

By: Joshua Hagen This study highlights the role of historic preservation to foster attachments between people and places. Historic preservation involves the protection and restoration of specific places believed to have special meaning because they can teach us something about...
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6 Oct

Geographical Review Preview: Geography of the Global Submarine Fiber-Optic Cable Network: The Case for Arctic Ocean Solutions

By: Juha Saunavaara & Mirva Salminen This study introduces the key characteristics of and recent changes in the global submarine fiber-optic cable network that handles 99 percent of international data traffic. The network’s importance lies in its ability to generate...
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30 Sep

Map of the Week: Visiting the Grand Canyon

By Arden Benner As we enter our eighth month of COVID-19 induced quarantine and fall comes to the Northern Hemisphere, a little stir-craziness is to be expected. To counteract the most drastic of its symptoms, this week’s map of the...
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30 Sep

Company Spotlight: Benchmark

By Conor White The Benchmark Initiative was launched in 2019 by Ordnance Survey’s location data and property tech accelerator Geovation, based in London, United Kingdom, with support from Omidyar Network. The initiative is – in parallel – a funded entrepreneur...
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29 Sep

Geographical Review Preview: The Limits of Food Waste Governance in Cities: Case Study of Dayton, Ohio

By: Daniel Warshawsky What is the main purpose of your study? This research analyzes the causes of food waste, food purchasing patterns, roles of different institutions in food waste governance, and perspectives on solutions to food waste in Dayton, Ohio. What...
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22 Sep

Geographical Review Preview: DACA and the Differentiated Landscape for College Access: Experiences from a New Destination State

By: Marie Price, Ivana Mowry-Mora What is the main purpose of your study? This study explains the challenges that undocumented youth face to access higher education in the Southern U.S., specifically in Virginia. Most of the students in this study have...
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22 Sep

Map of the Week: Most Popular Migrant Destinations By Country

By Conor White This week’s Map of the Week was created using data from the United Nations report International Migrant Stock. The Department of Economic and Social Affairs at the United Nations looks at the most popular destination for each...
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17 Sep

Map of the Week: Climate and a Changing U.S.

By Nicole Oveisi New developments from the Rhodium Group with analysts from ProPublica and The New York Times show insights into the effects of climate change on the United States landscape. With temperatures warming and changing rainfall patterns, temperate climates...
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15 Sep

Geographical Review Preview: The Lower Ucayali River in Prehistory: Cultural Chronology, Archeological Evidence and a Recently Discovered Pre-Columbian site

By: Oliver T. Coomes, Christian Abizaid, Yoshito Takasaki and Santiago Rivas Panduro What is the main purpose of your study? The main purpose of the study was to describe a new archeological site discovered recently along the Ucayali river, a...
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