Human Geography
Human geography is a branch of geography that focuses on the study of the human population and their cultural, economic, and social interactions with the environment. It examines the distribution of human populations across the globe, the impact of human activity on the natural environment, and the ways in which people use and manage natural resources.
Learn about the different areas of human geography including economic geography, population geography, cultural geography, and more.
What is the Difference Between The United Kingdom and Great Britain?
This article outlines the differences between the United Kingdom (also known as the UK), Great Britain, and the British Isles.
Fighting Drought with Man-made Mountains
As a major drought continues in Africa and the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates is considering a project to create a “man made mountain” and seed the resulting clouds in order to produce rainfall.
Climate Refugees
Another kind of refugee situation is growing, one that has nothing to do with politics or wars that displaces people almost indiscriminately, and without regard to factors other than geographic circumstance. This is climate change, and the people who are displaced by rising tides and devastating weather changes are climate refugees.
Geography of Microbiomes
Researchers have determined that geography seems to be the most influential factor in determining what kinds of microbial life would be found in a variety of local office settings.
Mapping the Consequences of American Urbanization and Stream Burial
A study has found that much of the area of urban America particularly in the Great Lakes region (8.3% of urban area), the Arizona Sun Corridor (7.1%), and Northern California (10.9%) but elsewhere all over the United States (6.2% total) are “urban stream deserts” in which a city is “riverless... due to the effects of human development and population growth”.
Explore the Literary Geography of London
Authorial London is a project that geolocates geographic references about London from writers that have lived in the United Kingdom's most populous city.
National Transit Map
The goal of the national transit map is to find the places in America that are being under-serviced (or not serviced at all) by public transportation.
A Promising Future in Global Fishery Management
Fisheries around the world are in peril, both ecologically and economically. According to a new analysis, that turmoil does not have to be permanent.
What Makes a Vibrant City? Lessons from Data Mining
Researchers in Italy used a collaborative mapping tool, census data, land use data, and mobile phone data to compile information about the movement, interactions and life of an urban area.
Using LiDAR to Show How Native American Depopulation Impacted Forests in the United States
Researchers have used LiDAR to understand the impacts of Native American population decline on forest fires in the United States.
Eco-certification Trends in Fisheries
A recent study by researchers in Newfoundland and North Carolina looks at new trends in eco-certification and the attendant power dynamics between the parties engaged on a global scale.
Household Consumption Around the World
A new study quantifies national household consumptions to find which countries are most responsible for climate change based on consumption.
Where the US Streets Have No Names
Numerical numbering systems, or numbering streets in specific orders, is one way some cities have taking the pain out of navigation. A comprehensive analysis of streets in the US found that half of the cities here prefer to have their streets numbered rather than named.
What are Gravity Hills?
There are hundreds of gravity hills around the world and they are characterized as places where a geographical optical illusion has been created.
Geography and Racial Justice
Rashad Shabazz’s book "Spatializing Blackness" explores racial geographies' role in understanding slavery, segregation, and violence.
Fortune 1000 Companies for 2013
Sortable list of the top 50 Fortune 1000 companies from 2013. Fortune 1000 companies can be filtered by state.
Landlocked Countries in South America
Learn about which countries in South America are landlocked.
Geography of Fortune 1000 Companies in 2013
A quick look at the geography of Fortune 1000 companies in 2013. Includes a list of the Fortune 1000 rankings for 2013 which can be filtered by state.
Transcontinental Cities
A transcontinental city is a city that exists on land over more than one continent. There are more than a few transcontinental cities in the world. Learn about cities that straddle continental divides.
What are Ghost Nations?
Ghost states are states that function just like any other nation, but for various political reasons go unrecognized by the rest of the international community.
The Future of Jobs
Although the third industrial revolution (IR) is still progressing, and our world continues to be shaped in many ways by the results of the first two, the World Economic Forum has begun to refer to some developments happening now in cyberphysical systems as the fourth IR.
Addressing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
As part of the Shaping Davos series, one dialogue titled “A ‘Glocal’ Approach to Sustainable Development” addressed the United Nations’ sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Impacts of Dams on Biodiversity
A.J. Rohn discusses a report in Science which investigates the impacts of dams on the biodiversity of the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong river basins.
New Tourism Geography Book on Destination Competitiveness and Sustainability
A new book in the CABI Series in Tourism Management Research has been released.
Atlas of Urban Geography from the 16th Century Reissued
The earliest atlas of cities, Civitates Orbis Terrarium (or Cities of the World) captured a time of incredible urban development and cartographic innovation.
Tracking the Geographic Spread of the Zika Virus
For those that want to track the progression of the Zika virus, healthmap.org has an online map along with an interactive timeline to see the chronology of the virus starting with the first autochthonous case reported in the Americas on Easter Island, Chile.