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This film and photographic experiment set out to prove The Power of X by attempting an Ideas Worth Doing for TEDxSUMMIT. The project fused architecture, danc…
This is a great demonstration of spatial thinking extending far beyond ‘just’ the discipline of geography. Using spatial thinking, we can create truly breath-taking works of art. To see more about this on the TED-ED site, see: http://ed.ted.com/on/AOxez5KX
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Jakarta’s traffic is legendary and locals have now become experts at finding ways to get around the jams, with some even making money out of them.
The population of Indonesia is heavily concentrated on the island of Java, and the capital city of Jakarta faces a tremendous strain on it’s transportation network. This video show that resourceful people will find inventive ways to make an unworkable situation manageable.
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A former gang member from Long Beach, California, teaches break dancing to at-risk youth in Cambodia.
This video is a great example of cross-cultural interactions in the era of globalization. Urban youth culture of the United States is spread to Cambodia through a former refugee (with a personally complex political geography). What geographic themes are evident in this video? How is geography being reshaped and by what forces?
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The Mekong River was once a wild and primitive backwater. Today, growing demands for electricity and rapid economic growth are changing the character of what is the world’s 12th-longest river.
Economic progress for some often entails job loss and environmental degradation for others. The once isolated and remote Mekong is experiences some impacts of globalization with residents having mixed feelings about the prospects.
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The carbon emissions produced by electric cars vary depending on how a given region generates its electricity.
If a consumer is trying to assess the environmental impact of their automotive/transportation practices, that answer may vary according to wher they live; the type of driving, the regions energy source and local air quality all need to be factored in. Geography always matters.
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Yes, there really are villages called Dull and Boring. But if you lived in one of them, would you see the joke?
In the greatest toponym pairing of all time, Dull (Scotland) is now the sister city to Boring (Oregon). That’s a match made in Yawnsville.
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The results of India’s once-in-a-decade census reveal a country of 1.2 billion people where millions have access to the latest technology, but millions more lack sanitation and drinking water.
More Indians are entering the middle class as personal wealth is transforming South Asia’s economy in the private sector. Yet the government’s ability to provide public services to match that growth still lags behind. Why would it be that it is easier to get a cell phone than a toilet in India? What will that mean for development?
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A ground-breaking milestone in the study of peace. For the first time, an Index has been created that ranks the nations of the world by their peacefulness and identifies some of the drivers of that peace.
The last post showed that national rankings of the states that were the most (and least) peaceful. This is the international version. 1)Iceland 2)New Zealand and 3) Japan lead the list while 151)Sudan 152)Iraq and Somalia are at the bottom.
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An annual survey ranks Maine as the “most peaceful” state, while Louisiana places last for the 11th straight year.
The five criteria used in the ranking are the number of homicides per 100,000 people; number of violent crimes; incarceration rate; number of police employees; and availability of small arms. How ‘peaceful’ is it where you live? How would you measure it?
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