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The second day of India’s power grid failures were worse than the first. Nearly 1900 miles of India went dark, an area that is home to nearly half of India’s population…
How is this issue geographic? What themes are present in this issue and how are they interrelated?
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The story behind the the International Date Line.
Not too long ago (Jan. 2012), the arbitrary International Date Line (roughly opposite the Prime Meridian) was moved to better accommodate the regional networks and economic geography of the area straddling the line. American Samoa, although politically aligned with the United States, was functionally more integrated on the Asian side of the Pacific Rim when it came to their trade partners and their tourism base. Dynamic economic networks, political allegiances and cultural commonalities create a beautifully complex situation near this ‘border.’
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KV: Development of a high end apartment complex in a low income area would force pre-gentrification people out of the neighborhood. The taxes would get raised to amounts that make it difficult for these people to afford. However, the people in charge of this project are ignoring the consequences and focusing on the 5 million dollars tax break.
SD: The photographer’s work can be found here. This sign went up in to 2006 protest the mills-to-condo developments in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Despite the fact that Detroiters will get the benefits of newfound energy, enthusiasm, and even money, it’s unrealistic to expect a group who is scared of the unknown and having power stripped away to welcome outsiders with open arms.
BM: Detroit has been down in a slump for a while and with gentrification(adding people of wealthier income) into the the Midtown neighborhood of Detroit. Despite the wealth of income in Midtown the rest of the City still has an average income of around $28,000 which is pretty weak compared to Midtown’s average income of $111,000. One could argue that this gentrification project is not going at the pace desired. Slow and steady…
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“Le Paper Globe is a template for a DIY terrestrial globe. Not only will it look neat in your living room, it is also a very good learning tool for Geography and Geometry.” It is free to download and comes complete with instructions. It is not as easy as it may appear, but produces a very high quality globe (that you can have colored before you begin assembling).
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Two hundred countries and 20 times around the planet – a man’s amazing journey in his Mercedes.
This 5 minute video is a glimpse into the life and travels of Gunther Holtorf, on a 23-year, 500,000 mile journey. This man has experienced, lived and seen so many of the places, cultures and environments that we try to make come to life for our students as we study the wonderful world we live in.
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This video is a class introduction to the Advanced Placement course in Human Geography, which is intended to give high-ability students the opportunity to ea…
This is an excellent promotional video for geography as a whole, but the AP Human Geography course specifically. For more from the great Florida teacher, visit his course website at: http://teacherweb.ftl.pinecrest.edu/snyderd/APHG/ which has some incredible resources.
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Markus Reugels is a German photographer who specializes in capturing the art of water droplets. The resulting images are so fantastic one might think that Photoshop or some other image manipulation software had a hand in creating them.
As beautiful image as you’ll see anywhere.
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We’ve seen a world map made of each country’s coins before. Here’s another currency map that uses images of each country’s bills…And of course I’m going to enjoy this.
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Public health crises of the past decade — such as the 2003 SARS outbreak, which spread to 37 countries and caused about 1,000 deaths, and the 2009 H1N1 flu p…
The spread of infectious diseases is inherently connected to the mobility of infected. Airports are important nodes in this complex transportation network. Which airports would have the greatest potential to spread diseases? At MIT, they’ve gathered data that incorporates variations in travel patterns among individuals, the geographic locations of airports, the disparity in interactions among airports, and waiting times at individual airports to create a tool that could be used to predict where and how fast a disease might spread.
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