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Mark AltaweelMark Altaweel

Mark Altaweel is a Reader in Near Eastern Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, having held previous appointments and joint appointments at the University of Chicago, University of Alaska, and Argonne National Laboratory. Mark has an undergraduate degree in Anthropology and Masters and PhD degrees from the University of Chicago’s Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
Von Thunen's model of agricultural use.

Von Thünen Model of Agricultural Land Use

December 16, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

Johann Heinrich Von Thünen created perhaps the first known spatial economic model on land rent using observations he had experienced.

Categories Agricultural Geography Tags agriculture, AP Human Geography
An agriculture field in California. Photo: U.S. Geological Survey. Public domain

Geospatial Technology and Challenges of Contemporary Agriculture

December 6, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

Farmers have greater access to geospatial tools that can help mitigate some agricultural challenges.

Categories Agricultural Geography Tags challenges in farming, geospatial technologies, GPS, Landsat, smart farming
The hexagon pattern formed by the distribution of different order settlements in Central Place Theory.

Central Place Theory

December 16, 2020November 21, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

In 1933, Walter Christaller introduced Central Place Theory (CPT) as a way to explain the location, number, and size of settlements.

Categories Economic Geography Tags AP Human Geography, central place theory
Examples of the physical basis for geographic locations likely to experience reduced rates of climate change. Source: Morelli, T. L., Daly, C., Dobrowski, S. Z., Dulen, D. M., Ebersole, J. L., Jackson, S. T., ... & Nydick, K. R. (2016). Managing climate change refugia for climate adaptation. PLoS One, 11(8), e0159909. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159909. CC BY 4.0

Mapping Climate Refuges

October 12, 2020August 26, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

Climate refugia are places which can withstand climate change better than other regions and buffer the impacts of climate change.

Categories Biogeography Tags climate change, climate refugees, climate refugia
Screenshot of the Music Map - Search online mapping application.

The Geography of Music

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

Music has a number of important geographical links that affect the economic, politics, and tastes of music.

Categories Cultural Geography Tags Music
One study looked at the effect of ride sharing on public transportation. Source: Kong, Zhang, & Zhao, 2020. Transportation 47(4)

Spatial Relationships Between Public Transport and Ride-Hailing

October 16, 2020August 13, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

Researchers have studied the effects of ride sharing on public transportation.

Categories Transportation Geography Tags public transportation, ride sharing
The crustal field, shown here, is weaker than the core field, but is fixed and has features that are useful in non-GPS navigation. The intensity of the fields are measured in nano teslas (nT), shown increasing in strength from blue to red. (Graphic courtesy of NOAA)

Magnetometers and Navigation

October 16, 2020August 4, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

A new form of magnet being developed is aiming to make magnetometers not only provide direction of travel but also precise location information.

Categories Geography Techniques Tags Magnetometers, navigation
Maps comparing human presence (human detections on camera) and footprint (building density) across the broader landscape between San Jose and Santa Cruz, California. Maps: Nickel et al., 2020.

Mapping the Impact of Human Activity

June 19, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

Different methods have been utilized by landscape ecologists to map and study the Earth’s relationship to human activity.

Categories Biogeography

Geography of Quarantines

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

With quarantines becoming or are already a possibility for millions as the COVID-19 virus spreads globally, we can turn to research by geographers to see how effective past quarantines have been in mitigating viral diseases.

Categories Health Geography Tags COVID-19, epidemic

Geography of Beliefs

October 22, 2020March 4, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

Geographic factors can shape our beliefs not only in our early life and development years, but they can also affect us as we move and change where we reside throughout our lives

Categories Cultural Geography Tags geography of religion, political geography

Geography of Happiness

June 11, 2020December 31, 2019 by Mark Altaweel

Geography can have a major influence on happiness.

Categories Cultural Geography Tags Cultural Geography, happiness
Examples of city climate adaptation action themes. The size of the circle is proportional to the number of actions listed in the 80 city plans analysed, for each of the ten categories, from largest to smallest: physical infrastructure (73 actions); management and planning (62); green infrastructure (57); practice and behaviour (55); technology (52); policy (49); information (45); capacity building (40); warning or observing (22); financing (20). Source: Butt et al., 2018.

Biodiversity and Climate Change Adaptation

December 16, 2019 by Mark Altaweel

Many cities globally are forging ahead with climate change adaptation.

Categories Human Geography Tags climate adaptation, climate change, urban geography

Mapping Where Planting Trees Can Help with Climate Change Mitigation

June 7, 2020July 11, 2019 by Mark Altaweel

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has estimated nearly 1 billion of hectares of trees are needed to reduce climate change to about 1.5°C. Researchers have mapped out where to plant those trees.

Categories Biogeography Tags climate change, climate change mitigation, forest mapping

Geography of Vulnerability: Which Communities Are Most Affected by Wildfire?

August 8, 2019July 11, 2019 by Mark Altaweel

Communities that live close to areas where forest and brush fires occur, at least in the United States, have been recently demonstrated to be predominately African American, Hispanic, or Native American.

Categories Physical Geography Tags fire hazard mapping, vulnerable communities
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