U.N. sounds alarm on worsening global income disparities BY LOUIS CHARBONNEAU UNITED NATIONS Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:50am EST Helen Clark, head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), speaks during a […]
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ARTICLE: Recent Human Geography News
NEWS via PRI.com: Will climate change Kill the Winter Olympics?
Will climate change kill the winter Olympics? Reporter Peter Thomson January 30, 2014 · 5:45 PM EST Credit: Wongm/Wikimedia commons- Snow making is underway at Mount Hotham in, Victoria, Australia, in 2007. The […]
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NEWS via Christian Science Monitor: Drug trafficking in Central America Wreaking Havoc on Forests
Drug trafficking in Central America wreaking havoc on forests, study finds Drug traffickers are targeting vast stretches of rainforest for clandestine landing strips and roads to carry on the […]
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NEWS: Indian woman and baby burned alive for dowry, police say
See on Scoop.it – Advanced Human Geography Police in eastern India have arrested the husband and parents-in-law of a 22-year-old woman for allegedly burning her and her 1-year-old baby girl […]
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NEWS: Air Quality Worries Dampen Chinese New Year Fireworks
See on Scoop.it – Advanced Human Geography After severe air pollution choked scores of cities last year, firework sales are down. See on www.npr.org
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NEWS via Mlive.com: ‘I used to live here’: Saginaw’s Steep Population Drop hits Neighborhoods
Keyterms: Population Geography, urbanization, deindustrialization, out-migration, white-flight, redlining, push factors, Urban Geography, Economic Geography, Development, Blight, Industry, Manufacturing, secondary economic activity. (¯`·._.·(¯`·._.·(¯`·._.· Article Below ·._.·´¯)·._.·´¯)·._.·´¯) ‘I used to live here’: […]
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News via Wired.com: How the U.S. Maps the World’s Most Disputed Territories
Keywords: Boundary disputes; Toponyms (place-names); Delineate; Define; Demarcate; Metes-and-Bounds; State Shapes; Maritime Boundaries; Maps; GPS; Political Geography. (¯`·._.·(¯`·._.·(¯`·._.· Article Below ·._.·´¯)·._.·´¯)·._.·´¯) How the U.S. Maps the World’s Most Disputed Territories […]
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NEWS via CNN: Moving map shows Chinese New Year travel rush in real time
As hundreds of millions of Chinese migrate home for the new year, Baidu uses cell phone data to create a real time map of human migration. -The Human Imprint ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ […]
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NEWS via PRI: A Haitian artist fights to preserve the vodou religion
Listen to the full story here A Haitian artist fights to preserve the vodou religion Credit: Swoan Parker/Reuters A vodou worshipper takes part in festivities on the first day of the […]
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NEWS vía GlobalPost: Latin America: The Cost of Murder
The effects that crime, violence, and the homicide rate have on Latin America is a model for the rest of the world. The loss of GDP due to a loss […]
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NEWS via NPR: The Katydid Dilemma: Will You Eat Insects?
Could this be the onset of the Fourth AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION? One thing is for sure, it would have made ESTER BOSERUP smile. -Human Imprint ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reblog via NPR The Katydid […]
Read MoreNEWS: UN: 6.6 Million Children Under 5 Died Last Year – ABC News
UN: 6.6 Million Children Under 5 Died Last Year LAGOS, Nigeria September 13, 2013 (AP) By CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press Childhood death rates around the world have halved since 1990 […]
Read MoreNEWS via BBC News: Does the Berlin Wall still exist?
Does the Berlin Wall still exist? By Stephen Evans BBC News, Berlin If you are wondering whether the two halves of Germany are becoming truly one nearly a quarter of […]
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NEWS via CNN: ‘Hidden income’ makes China’s rich wealthier than thought
Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s urban rich are making far more than they officially report, suggesting the wealth gap in the world’s second largest economy is much higher than previously […]
Read MoreNEWS via PRI-The World: ‘Burka Avenger’ Cartoon Aimed at Empowering Pakistani Girls | @pritheworld
Topics: Gender empowerment, GEM, Gender Equity, Religion, Islam ———————– ‘Burka Avenger’ Cartoon Aimed at Empowering Pakistani Girls BY NINA PORZUCKI ⋅ JULY 26, 2013 ⋅ POST A COMMENT This past […]
Read MoreNEWS: Everything is in China: The World’s Architecture Replicated in Chinese Copy Towns
Everything is in China: The World’s Architecture Replicated in Chinese Copy Towns. Via: Atlas Obscura Thames Town Chapel (photograph by Bianca Bosker/Original Copies) The canals of Venice, the monuments of Paris, […]
Read MoreNEWS via: The real solution to South Africa’s food problem – Opinion – Al Jazeera English
As South Africa has grown more urban, so have poverty and hunger migrated to its cities. While the government of South Africa sees increasing penetration of supermarkets into poorer neighbourhoods […]
Read MoreNEWS: Utah air alerts seem to spur — not curb — driving | The Salt Lake Tribune
Unintended consequences… Utah air alerts seem to spur — not curb — driving | The Salt Lake Tribune.
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NEWS: Doctors selling their practices – Jul. 16, 2013
A growing trend in the United States is to see less doctors practicing. We are seemingly suffering a brain drain of doctors who want to have their own private practice, […]
Read MoreNEWS: Urban Observatory comes to life at Esri International User Conference | SmartBlogs
Esri (GIS Mapping Software, Solutions, Service, Map Apps, and Data) just launched an interactive site that allows users to compare/contrast map data between 16 major cities (so far). Themes that […]
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NEWS via PRI: Low-Water Lunch: A Chinese Breakthrough on Irrigation?
Esther Boserup would be proud! It looks as though the Chinese have created a new irrigation system that allows plants to use water only as it needs-creating a more sustainable […]
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NEWS via CNN: New Chinese law: Visit your Parents
Human Imprint Synopsis: In a country where a one-child policy and an aging population prevail, the traditional family is being turned on its head. China is a rapidly developing country […]
Read MoreNEWS via PRI: Desert Lunch: Coaxing Climate-Friendly Food from the World’s Driest Places
Human Geography Topics: Thomas Malthus Ester Boserup Agriculture Commercial Gardening Horticulture Sustainable Agriculture —————————————————————— THOMAS MALTHUS would be shocked, ESTHER BOSERUP gleaning, “I told you so.” If you ever wondered […]
Read MoreNEWS Reblog: The Red Badge of Geopolitics: Remembering D-Day from a Geopolitical Perspective
The Red Badge of Geopolitics: Remembering D-Day from a Geopolitical Perspective. The original article can be found at the blog link above. Topics: Political Geography, geopolitics, rimland theory, heartland theory […]
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NEWS Cash-only Doctors Abandon the Insurance System – Jun. 11, 2013
via Cash-only doctors abandon the insurance system – Jun. 11, 2013 In a country that sees skyrocketing insurance premiums for both doctors and patients, it was a matter of time until […]
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