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Features course description and objectives. Focus on the interaction between transportation
science, economics and logistics. In PDF format.
http://www.utdallas.edu/syllabus/ecosyll/eco4396curtin.pdf
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Rachel Slocum
Information on her research into climate politics, feminist science studies, food security and
racism. Features abstracts of publications and curriculum vitae.
http://home.earthlink.net/~rslocum/
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Urban and Economic Geography
A presentation of topics in urban and economic geography, including a detailed discussion of
several research areas.
http://www1.sru.edu/gge/faculty/hathaway/urbecon_group/modules.html
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Cultural Landscapes
Lecture notes providing a discussion of the social landscapes of North America.
http://www.uwec.edu/Geography/Ivogeler/w188/2outline.htm
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Borderbase
Portal features reference materials related to international borders and tripoints. Includes
photos, links and news.
http://www.nicolette.dk/borderbase
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Cultural Profiles Project
Extensive information about the cultures in different countries.
http://www.settlement.org/cp/
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Mapping and Analysis for Public Safety
Discussion and examples of crime mapping. Features an overview of current research, publications,
bibliography, and links to related sites.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/maps/welcome.html
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BBC Learning: Human Geography Websites
Category page features news stories and links to related resources. Offers a section devoted to
Medical Geography.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/library/human_geography.shtml
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H-HistGeog: Historical Geography
H-Net discussion group dedicated to examining the intricate relationship between space and time.
Features subject overview, archive and subscription information.
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~histgeog/
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Resources for Human Geography
A directory of annotated links for spatial and analytical methods maintained by the Regional
Science Development Group.
http://chilca.net/
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CSISS Search Portal
The Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science offers discussion forums and extensive search
resources for locating Human Geography information.
http://csiss.ncgia.ucsb.edu/search/internet.html
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The Spatial Economy
Article by Masahisa Fujita, Paul Krugman and Anthrony Venables that describes the dramatic increase
in research on economic geography. Includes a discussion of spatial aspects of the Dixit-Stiglitz
model of monopolistic competition.
http://web.mit.edu/krugman/www/fkvintro.html
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National Atlases: Presenting the Nation's Cultural Geography
Historical overview of statistical atlases and census maps that express the cultural landscape of
the United States.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/census2.html
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Transport Geography on the Web
A project developed to promote access to transport geography information. Includes material to
support undergraduate courses, including articles, exercises, GIS-T datasets, and PowerPoint
presentations.
http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/
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Four Dimensions of the Center-Periphery Conflict in the Polish Electoral Geography
Tomasz Zarycki argues that Polish electoral geography is based both on political ideology and
elements of the spatial distribution of the population
http://www.come.uw.edu.pl/kursy/__soc/teaser/zarycki.html
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Sociology of the Environment Research Group
A group that carries out social research on environmental topics with the aim of providing inputs
to the formation of policy and practice.
http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/research/research_groups/environment.htm
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Human Navigation
An article from the MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science by Herbert Pick that discusses
cross-cultural research into environmental knowledge and wayfinding behavior.
http://cognet.mit.edu/MITECS/Entry/pick.html
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Sex Differences in Geographic Knowledge
A Sex Roles journal article describing gender differences in acquisition of environmental knowledge
related to wayfinding behavior, spatial anxiety and self-estimated environmental competencies.
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m2294/1_41/57590493/print.jhtml
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Program for the Human Environment
A research center at Rockefeller University that explores how long-run technical change relates to
productivity and efficiency of energy, materials, land, and other resources, and the consequences
for human populations.
http://phe.rockefeller.edu/
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Cultural & Human Geography
A description of employment opportunities provided by the Association of American Geographers.
http://www.aag.org/Careers/Cultural_Human_Geography.html
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Urbanizing GIS
A discussion of how Philadelphia is trying to apply GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
effectively to the complex circumstances that surround neighborhood planning in a troubled urban
environment.
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~aggrass/esri95/to150/p107.html
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The Society for Human Ecology
An international and interdisciplinary professional society that promotes the use of an ecological
perspective in both research and application.
http://www.SocietyforHumanEcology.org/
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Residential Energy Consumption Survey
A report on geographic information about U.S. households and their energy usage from 1978 to 1997.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/recs97/contents.html
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Cultural Landscapes
A catalog of US maps showing the cultural modification of the landscape as settlers established
farmsteads and villages, and named their surroundings.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/setlhome.html
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Consensus-Building in a Multi-Participant Spatial Decision Support System
Abstract of an article by Robert D. Feick and Dr. G. Brent Hall that describes integrating and
visualizing spatial data sets for regional planning. The complete text of the article is available
in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.
http://www.urisa.org/Journal/protect/vol11no2/feick/feick.htm
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SDSS for Location Planning, or The Seat of the Pants is Out
A paper by Larry Daniel that reviews the general characteristics of a spatial decision support
system (SDSS) applied to site analysis.
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/gisapps/sdss.html
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UKBorders
An archive that provides the digitized boundary data associated with the 1991 Census of Population
of the United Kingdom.
http://edina.ed.ac.uk/ukborders/
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Modeling Agglomeration and Dispersion in City and Country
A critical analysis of the literature surrounding the field of economic geography.
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0254/1_60/74643759/print.jhtml
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Prisoners of Geography
An article that explains why landlocked nations may never enjoy access to the markets and new
technologies they need to flourish in the global economy.
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1181/2001_Jan/71562744/print.jhtml
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Community Development in the 1990s
A report describing how the National Community Development Initiative (NCDI) has successfully
helped underwrite the efforts of community development corporations (CDCs) around the United
States.
http://www.urban.org/pubs/comdev90/index.htm
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Human Geography with Bret Wallach
Study materials provided by the University of Oklahoma. Features information on the impact of
modernization on the traditional landscapes.
http://geography.ou.edu/courses/1103bw/
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Decision Support, GIS, and Urban Planning
An article by Michael Batty and Paul J. Densham that discusses the role of Spatial Decision Support
Systems (SDSS) in community planning.
http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/~pdensham/SDSS/s_t_paper.html
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Project Vital
A laboratory for the study of geographic information technologies as they relate to transportation.
Features project overview, links to related resources, job opportunities, and contact details.
http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/vital/
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Project Gigalopolis
A research project working to extend and refine the Clarke Urban Growth Model for making
predictions at regional, continental and eventually global scales.
http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/projects/gig/
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The Maritime Cultural Landscape
An essay describing the concept of traditional maritime zones of transport in terms of human
geography.
http://www.abc.se/~m10354/publ/cult-land.htm
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Lansdowne Geographic Research
Essays in historical and sports geography by Philip McEachern.
http://personal.www.umich.edu/~pdmce/lansdowne_geographic_research001.htm
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History of the U.S Cultural Environment
A research and bibliographic guide to UC Berkeley print and web resources for the study of the
cultural geography of the United States.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/cult.html
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National Geography Standards
An outline with excerpts from the publication of the same title produced by the National Geographic
Research and Exploration. An educational guide that discusses the spatial integration of human and
physical phenomena distributed over the Earth's surface.
http://www.runet.edu/~geog-web/standard.html
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ISWorld: Spatial Decision Support Systems
A directory of links to software providers and research institutions for spatially integrated
planning technologies.
http://mis.ucd.ie/iswsdss/sdss.html
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AnthroGlobe Shared Meta Data Archive
An open source archive of meta data for spatially integrated social sciences.
http://www.archive.anthroglobe.net/
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The Canadian Communities Atlas
Offers links and resources for exploring the cultural geography of Canada. Features statistical
profiles of communities, resources for educators, and general and contact information for the
project.
http://cgdi.gc.ca/ccatlas/atlas.htm
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Population Geography Research Group
A forum for population geographers to present and discuss the latest findings of research in the
sub-discipline.
http://www.liv.ac.uk/geography/pgrg/
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Mable/Geocorr
A web application that generates report files documenting a wide array of U.S. Geographic
entities.
http://www.oseda.missouri.edu/plue/geocorr/
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Human Geography Department at Macquarie University
Features information for current and prospective students, staff profiles, current research,
publications, and contact details. Also offers links to related resources, career opportunities and
calendar of events.
http://www.es.mq.edu.au/humgeog/
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Virtual Cultural Geography Lesson
A gallery of pictures covering many aspects of cultural geography.
http://www.geog.okstate.edu/users/lightfoot/lfoot.htm
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Economic and Business Geography
Outlines several definitions of economic geography and discusses research issues related to the
field.
http://faculty.washington.edu/~krumme/ecbusgeo.html
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Climate Change and Human Health Integrated Assessment Web
Provides information about the potential impacts of climate change through integrated assessment to
support policy development and analysis.
http://jhuniverse.hcf.jhu.edu/~climate/
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Climate and Health Research Program
A research group concerned with climate and health, urban health and wellness and environmental
epidemiology. Features descriptions of research projects, links to related resources, and contact
information.
http://www.ualberta.ca/~ksmoyer/chrphome.htm
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International Boundaries Research Unit
Home page of the International Boundaries Research Unit, (IBRU) located at the University of
Durham. A source of information on boundary and territorial issues around the world.
http://www-ibru.dur.ac.uk/
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Economic Geography Research Group
Promotes research in economic geography by organising meetings, developing contact and cooperation
among geographers and other social scientists, and encouraging the publication of research.
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~egrg/
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Human Geography Directory
An annotated directory of human geography resources hosted by the University of Leicester.
http://www.geog.le.ac.uk/cti/hum.html
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