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14 Jun

Geographical Review Preview: EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF WILDERNESS NARRATIVES IN EUROPE. REFLECTIONS FROM VAL GRANDE NATIONAL PARK (ITALY)

Wilderness is an important concept in the discourses and policies concerning contemporary European protected areas, inherently challenging in terms of sustainability. Since its designation in 1992, the Val Grande National Park, located in northwest Italy, has been portrayed and promoted as...
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9 Jun

Map of the Week: Queer Geographies

By Catherine McKenna Besides being informational, maps can have strong social power. Maps are a mode of representation, meaning that they often do not depict the entire scope of an issue, and can contain bias. Maps are more commonly being...
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7 Jun

Geographical Review Preview: SUSTAINING RURAL SYSTEMS: RURAL VITALITY IN AN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION AND ECONOMIC NATIONALISM

The key organizing theme for this special issue is “Sustaining Rural Systems: Rural Vitality in an Era of Globalization and Economic Nationalism.” The multiplicity of roles that rural communities play in economic and social systems are often overlooked in conversations...
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2 Jun

Map of the Week: Global Loss of Mangrove Forests

By Tamanna Akter “From 2000-2016, about 3400 square km (1300 square miles) of mangrove forests (2% of global mangrove forests) were lost”- reported by the joint NASA-U.S. Geological Survey Landsat program researchers who mapped the underlying causes of change in...
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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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