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9 Feb

Map of the Week: A Love Study

By Katie Anderson Love is in the air as the world prepares for Valentine’s Day next week! While many of us are thinking about buying chocolates and planning romantic evenings, a group of nearly 100 scientists from around the world...
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8 Feb

Geographical Review Preview: ANALYZING THE LATIN AMERICAN CITY MODEL’S OMISSIONS IN STUDIES OF SEGREGATION IN INTERMEDIARY CITIES’ PERIPHERAL TERRITORIES: THE CASE OF MORELIA, MEXICO

The Latin American City Model has been a reference in regional segregation studies since the early twenty-first century. Despite over 20 years of continuous use, its approach has not accounted for the characteristics and processes relating to segregation in peripheral...
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8 Feb

Remembering Geographer Bob Dodson

The American Geographical Society offers the Dodson Family and the entire geographic community sincerest condolences on the loss of Robert (Bob) Dodson. Robert Haskins Thomas (Bob) Dodson was born on March 15, 1926 in Mount Vernon, New York to U.S....
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2 Feb

Map of the Week: Redlining in the United States

By Emily Frisan Redlining – the racially discriminatory and, now, illegal practice of devaluing homes in racially mixed neighborhoods with few or no white residents, has heavily impacted the homeownership of primarily minority residents. Neighborhoods with minority residents were classified...
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31 Jan

Welcome, Spring ’23 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 Jan

Company Spotlight: GISMO

By Katie Anderson The use of GIS can be found in nearly all sectors of society, from GPS systems used in mapping applications, such as Lyft or Uber Eats, to 9-1-1 emergency response. The Geospatial Information Systems and Mapping Organization...
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27 Jan

Geographical Review Preview: ATTACHMENT TO PLACE AND COMMUNITY TIES IN TWO SUBURBS OF JYVÄSKYLÄ, CENTRAL FINLAND

This article describes varied place attachments manifested in public (communal) places in the two socioeconomically weakest suburbs of the city of Jyväskylä in central Finland. We conducted ethnographic research and observations, interviewed local experts on their views of the suburbs,...
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26 Jan

Map of the Week: Most Searched Girl Scout Cookie

By Emily Frisan It’s that time of the year again! From the tried-and-true Thin Mint to the new Raspberry Rally cookie, Girl Scout cookie sales help our friends and communities across the country provide grants to local Girl Scouts and...
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19 Jan

Map of the Week: Decriminalized Possession of Controlled Substances by State

By Jordan Brennan Every year, more than one million people are arrested for drug possession across the United States. Those who are charged with criminal drug offenses and convicted, on top of the legal ramifications, are also likely to face...
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17 Jan

Geographical Review Preview: NATURE, SOCIETY, AND CONJOINT CONSTITUTION

The three themes that dominated Western nature-society thought from ancient times to the end of the eighteenth century—a designed earth, environmental influences, and human impact—were joined subsequently by a fourth. It has gone by many labels, of which possibilism has...
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