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psycheographic TRIP in Manchester
Lumpen | June 18th 2008 by Lumpen
TRIP begins this June 19 in Manchester. billed as a A PSYCHOGEOGRAPHIC SERIES OF EVENTS AND PHENOMENA including… NeogeographyDeep topographyUrban interventionsLocative mediaCollaborative Mapping Psychogeography is word you may not have heard befo read more
Arkansas: The 25th State
Topix: Trivia | June 15th 2008 by Michael Foxworth
01 "Spirit of the American Doughboy" Statue at Fort Smith, ArkansasOriginally uploaded by sunnybrook100On June 15, 1836, Arkansas became the twenty-fifth state. Native Americans first inhabited the state and created a thriving culture along the Missi read more
Sadie and Lily's Web 2.0 Favorites, Part 4: Feedjit
Fairmount Dog Stories: Lifestyles of the Urban Dog | June 7th 2008
Fairmount Dog Stories: Lifestyles of the Urban Dog has had readers from Belgium, Brazil, HongKong, and the United States since it was launched two weeks ago. If you are interested in knowing more about the connections between the your blog and geogr read more
HUD Study Finds Consumer Confusion Leads To Higher Closing Costs
Realty Reality | June 3rd 2008
WASHINGTON - Many American consumers overpay by thousands of dollars in total closing costs when they purchase their homes, according to a recent nationwide report from the Urban Institute (UI). The study found that there are significant and unsuppor read more
Towns and Cities of Newfoundland
Travel News, Destinations, Vacations | May 30th 2008 by Gordon Gaines
The ancient fishing economy gave rise to many small seaside villages in addition to the single seaport town of St. John's. The establishment of the mining and pulp and paper industries, within the first part of the 20th century, has brought about the read more
Geography & Climate of Delhi
Delhi Guide | May 4th 2008 by Ujjwal Tiwari
The National Capital Regionof Delhi spreads acrross an area of 1,483 km², of which 783 km² is designated rural, and the remaining 700 km² as urban. The city has a maximum width of 48.48 km and maximum length 51.9 km. There are 3 local bodies (sta read more
The military geography of baroque Europe
Architecture Talk | April 22nd 2008 by Max
The reworkings of urban areas that took place during the 17th century were almost always related to overall systems of defensive fortifications, and these systems evolved steadily in terms of form and type. In response to the increased power of artil read more
Digital Geography Booklet: Available Now
Geo2Web | April 21st 2008 by Pol
::: via ::: We are pleased to announce the availability of our booklet: Digital Geography - Geographic Visualisation for Urban Environments. Printed in full colour the 10 x 8 inch booklet runs to 64 pages of insights and tutorials on Virtual Earth, read more
International Association of Humane Habitat
y otras cosas | April 20th 2008 by Alejandro
"The International Association for Humane Habitat (IAHH) is a voluntary organization promoting the goals and objectives of evolving humane habitat, through sustainable development, appropiate technology, innovative design and multidisciplinary approa read more
Urban geography
momo | April 16th 2008 by momo
The blog Twin Cities Sidewalks presents fine, fine pictures of the sidewalks, lampposts, and streets of the Twin Cities, with informative and witty writing by an urban geographer. At the end of this post on the lampposts of St Paul was a little added read more
Urban living
The Red Scare | April 16th 2008 by Ryan McReynolds
Some people I've talked with who are into environmentalism and anarchism expect the future to be decentralized not just in politics, but in geography as well. They want to essentially undo urbanization and let people live in small towns and communiti read more
Turning On the Off-Season: A Yellowstone-Teton Economic Report
Bob Wire Has a Point (It's Under His Cowboy Hat) | March 13th 2008 by Ednor Therriault
The 25 counties that comprise of the Yellowstone-Teton region of Idaho, Wyoming and Montana may be separated by state lines, but all share common amenities: high-quality natural areas, extensive amount of public lands, large wildlife populations and read more
Canals
Obliques | March 6th 2008
Photo © Michel ClairThe intimacy of canals.Canals are the G-strings of geography. They slice through our world's body beautiful. The Suez canal, the Kiel canal, or the Panama canal are forever in our dream cruise destinations. Oceans are water world read more
CONSULTANT IN POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Ofertas y Negocios | March 5th 2008 by ofertasynegocios
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND -UNFPA- SEEKS CONSULTANT IN POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT Professional with a degree in Social Sciences and/or Economics, and postgraduate studies in one of the following areas: Demography, Population, Studies, Human Geog read more
The Industrialized Cyclist
Future Gringo | February 25th 2008 by james
Thanks to a streak of non icy and slushy days I’ve been enjoying my daily bike commute uninterrupted for the past two weeks or so. Robert Hurst, author of “The Art of Urban Cycling,” and “Road Biking Colorado’s Fron read more
End of the week
Bran Flake Gourmet 2.0 | February 8th 2008 by RC
This week has been great! I've sorted out the LaTeX/BibTeX problems I've encountered while writing my Geography essay, got through 2.5/10 chapters of my OU course (which is brilliant) and got an A for my Geography exam! That said, there's still no si read more
VSTV Episode 28 - Urban Place and Geography
Very Spatial | February 2nd 2008
Sue talks about how history impacts urban places and the geography of space and the growth of waterside areas. Click here to download VSTV Episode 28 full size (22 MB) Click here to download VSTV Episode 28 for iPod (8 MB) read more
End of the Age of Oil - 1
Ecoshock News | February 1st 2008
James Howard Kunstler lecture as 1st visiting scholar to Simon Fraser Urban Studies 080124From the Long Emergency to new measures after Peak Oil. The best speech of the year so far.Why the housing boom will not return, and what that means to the Ame read more
Hawaii Vacation
1001 Travel Tips | November 25th 2007 by 1001TravelTips
Hawaii- The Big Island On the big island of Hawaii you will find diversity in the geography ranging from beaches to volcanoes. You will find miles and miles of undeveloped land as well as bustling urban development in cities like Kailua -Kona. Hi read more
Deforestation Problem
Dearest Dear | September 18th 2007 by dear4ever
I read the news today and learned that there was a torrential downpours and flash floods across Africa that have submerged whole towns and washed away bridges, farms and schools. This summer's rains have killed at least 150 people, displaced hundreds read more
Innovative Practices #5: DrinBus
Paratransit Watch | September 15th 2007 by Paratransit Watch
GENOA, ITALY - DrinBus is a "many-to-many" demand responsive public transportation (DRT) system serving the general population of city of Genoa. While the buses are not wheelchair accessible, the system deserves consideration because of it's success. read more
Presentation on urban sustainability and transport
Alex Makin - Resident of Ringwood | August 13th 2007
This afternoon I was invited to deliver a presentation exploring the linkages between urban sustainability and public transport to the 41st Annual Geography Conference organised by the Geography Teachers Association of Victoria (GTAV). The hour-long read more
Pacific Heights, No. 80
SFluxe | August 9th 2007
Pacific Heights ranks as number 80 on “The Elite 100: America’s Wealthiest Neighborhoods” — a list compiled by Stephen Higley, an Associate Professor of Urban Geography in Alabama. It is only one of three such neighborhoods read more
Community Indicators in Philadelphia
Community Indicators | August 7th 2007 by Ben Warner
W.C. Fields proposed the following epitaph: "Here lies W. C. Fields. I would rather be living in Philadelphia" -- which never made it onto his headstone, but became a catchphrase used in books, blogs, and even by a President narrowly missing assassin read more
What Major is Right For Me?
I am Super! | July 7th 2007 by Brian Ong
You scored as PoliticalScience/Philosophy, You should strongly consider majoring (or minoring) in Political Science, Philosophy, or related majors (e.g., Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography, History, International Business, Journalism, So read more
Monday catch-up
Revolt Today | April 23rd 2007 by Ron West
Just getting back from a short vacation in Tucson to see the folks. Tucson is an interesting place. On one hand it is the liberal epicenter of an otherwise libertarian-to-conservative state. On the other hand, Tucson is a sprawling mess, destined to read more
Thesis
Blog of a lighting designer | April 16th 2007
I have started to work on my master thesis these days. It will revolve around light's role in “production” of places, i.e. transforming/producing spaces into places. My main sources will most probably be on anthropological geography, urba read more
Worry Wart
Cul de Sac Blues | March 10th 2007
Britain's Prince Charles is known for his views on modern architecture and urban planning. Recently, he took dead aim at the lowly cul-de-sac.Oscar says he has no problem with Charles' position on the matter. In fact, he said he would be happy to see read more
Can we quit the automobile
Living In A Toxic World | February 1st 2007
The automobile is the single best and worst thing to happen to humanity. The amount of personal freedom and ability to transport people and goods across great distances quickly is amazing. The amount of energy used to build and operate automobiles, read more
Arbitrary demographics: lessons learned from markets
Modern political theory | March 21st 2006
Geography is a completely arbitrary demographic filter. It represents nothing concrete and dilutes cultural characters found in large urban populations. Marketing has understood this perfectly, going as far as tending to the large-scale psychological read more