West Virginia’s First National Park
West Virginia’s New River Gorge National Park and Preserve became the latest national park when it was designated as such by the U.S. Congress in December of 2020.
Map of Covid-19 Vaccine Acceptance
Carnegie Mellon University’s Delphi Lab has been tracking Covid-19 vaccination acceptance through the use of Facebook surveys.
The World’s Human-Made Materials Weigh as Much as All Life on Earth
Researchers have calculated that 2020 is the year that the mass of human-made materials exceeded the mass of all living organisms on Earth.
Von Thünen Model of Agricultural Land Use
Johann Heinrich Von Thünen created perhaps the first known spatial economic model on land rent using observations he had experienced.
Geospatial Technology and Challenges of Contemporary Agriculture
Farmers have greater access to geospatial tools that can help mitigate some agricultural challenges.
Review | The Best American Travel Writing 2020
Travel writing as it should be – we are invited to learn from the setting of lessons by the learned and the observant.
Central Place Theory
In 1933, Walter Christaller introduced Central Place Theory (CPT) as a way to explain the location, number, and size of settlements.
What are 15-Minute Cities?
What if you could get from home to your job to the grocery store to the park, all in 15 minutes?
The Only Metric Highway in the United States
Currently, only three countries in the world have not adopted the metric system as the standard: The United States, Myanmar, and Liberia.
Review | The Selected Letters of Cassiodorus: A Sixth-Century Sourcebook
A millennium and a half ago, or so, if you wanted to break away from the western Roman Empire, you simply called in the barbarians.
The Speaking Style of Some Languages May Help Spread COVID-19
Researchers hypothesize that languages with higher numbers of aspirated consonants, like the letters P, T, and K in English, allow for the spread of more particles from the speakers’ mouths.
Review | Dreamers and Schemers
Barry Siegel’s “Dreamers and Schemers” features William May Garland who propelled LA’s early development into a major metropolis through his ‘irresistible life force’ of salesmanship.
Review | The 99% Invisible City
The 99% Invisible City explains the small mysteries in our everyday urban geography.