To Enhance Sustainable Development Goal Research, Open Up Commercial Satellite Image Archives,
2025
Université catholique de Louvain
To Enhance Sustainable Development Goal Research, Open Up Commercial Satellite Image Archives, Philippe Rufin, Patrick Meyfroidt, Felicia O. Akinyemi, Lyndon Estes, Esther Shupei Ibrahim, Meha Jain, Hannah Kerner, Sá Nogueira Lisboa, David Lobell, Catherine Nakalembe, Claudio Persello, Michelle C.A. Picoli, Natasha Ribeiro, Almeida Alberto Sitoe, Katharina Waha, Sherrie Wang
Geography
Observing the Earth with satellites offers clear advantages when it comes to tracking the health of the planet—consistent measurements that can be translated into environmentally relevant estimates, such as carbon, crop productivity, or land use. The resulting information covers large regions, irrespective of administrative boundaries. These measurements also drastically reduce costs compared with on-the-ground data collection efforts. Earth observation (EO) data thereby efficiently deliver timely insights that can directly inform sustainability debates, including with regard to United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). At the heart of these efforts are open data initiatives linked to the public release of medium- …
Cover And Forewords,
2025
Eastern Michigan
University
Cover And Forewords, C. Nicholas Raphael
The Geographical Bulletin
Cover and Forewords
The Geography Of The European Dreadnought Race: 1884-1919,
2025
Illinois State University
The Geography Of The European Dreadnought Race: 1884-1919, William D. Walters, Jr.
The Geographical Bulletin
The launching of HMS Dreadnought in 1906 is sometimes regarded as the start of the warship building race preceding World War One and is often seen as one of the causes of that war. In fact, the European battleship building race goes back to the 1880s. Most of the countries of Europe participated in some way in this race, which involved significant transfer of technology from the more developed to the less developed countries of Europe. Spain, Italy and Russia received significant aid from armaments firms in northern and western Europe. During the period before the war, battleships dominated naval …
Volume 34-1 Complete Issue,
2025
Eastern Michigan
University
Volume 34-1 Complete Issue, C. Nicholas Raphael
The Geographical Bulletin
Volume 34-1 Complete Issue
Late Holocene Coastal And Estuarine Environments Of The Shanghai Area, People's Republic Of China,
2025
Shanghai Normal University
Late Holocene Coastal And Estuarine Environments Of The Shanghai Area, People's Republic Of China, Li Jinan, Yan Qinshang
The Geographical Bulletin
Four major sedimentary environments have been identified in the Shanghai area which were deposited over the past 7,000 years, 3 to 20 meters above a Pleistocene basal clay. These are marsh, lagoon, recurved spit and tidal flat. The morphology west of Shanghai is a fresh water marsh since it was not transgressed by rising Holocene sea levels. In the central area, a recurved spit and lagoon had developed from 6,500 years B.P. to 3,500 years B.P. However, the tidal flat has characterized coastal sedimentation in the eastern part of Shanghai since 3,000 years B.P.
Thematic Innovation On The North American Colonial Frontier: Comparisons Of The Four Historic Maps Of Fort Michilimackinac, Michigan 1749-1769,
2025
Miami University of Ohio
Thematic Innovation On The North American Colonial Frontier: Comparisons Of The Four Historic Maps Of Fort Michilimackinac, Michigan 1749-1769, Richard Alan Sambrook
The Geographical Bulletin
To date, four historic maps of Fort Michilimackinac, Michigan are recognized: de Lotbiniere's Plan and Description (1749), the Magra Map (1766), the Nordberg Map (1769), and the Crown Collection Map (circa 1766-1769). These maps are all different in a number of important map features, including scale, style, technique, and portrayal of the type and detail of information included on the map, especially the accuracy of the location and size of structures within the fort. This paper also demonstrates the wealth of social, cultural and architectural information contained within the four existing historic maps. In conjunction these maps have both aided …
Planning With Place: Sense Of Place In Berlin, New Hampshire,
2025
Dartmouth College
Planning With Place: Sense Of Place In Berlin, New Hampshire, Brooks Preston
The Geographical Bulletin
This study applies a phenomenological framework to the study of place in Berlin, New Hampshire. The results of Berlin's efforts to identify sense of place are compared with the findings generated by a phenomenological approach to the study of place. It is shown that the attributes and qualities of place that are most important to the people of Berlin are mentioned in the phenomenological interviews but sometimes overlooked or misinterpreted by the city's efforts. Sense of place is not embodied purely in the landscape or heritage, but exists in the minds of the people. Sense of place is a dynamic …
Projections And Perceptions-Editorial Comments. The Good Fortune Of Being A Geographer,
2025
South Dakota State University
Projections And Perceptions-Editorial Comments. The Good Fortune Of Being A Geographer, Charles F. Gritzner
The Geographical Bulletin
How refreshing it is to see this brief and very upbeat reference to being a geographer in "Notes from Ptolemy" (January 1992 AAG Newsletter). Extremely fortunate we are indeed to be geographers! Being a geographer and " doing geography" are challenging, meaningful, satisfying, and fun. Geographic knowledge can be a marvelous source of intrinsic satisfaction; increasingly it also can offer substantial vocational rewards. During most of more than three decades in academe, an aura of gloom and doom prevailed for all but a select few young students aspiring to become geographers. Employment opportunities were sparse. Geography languished in the elementary …
Volume 34-2 Complete Issue,
2025
Eastern Michigan
University
Volume 34-2 Complete Issue, C. Nicholas Raphael
The Geographical Bulletin
Volume 34-2 Complete Issue
Cover And Forewords,
2025
Eastern Michigan
University
Cover And Forewords, C. Nicholas Raphael
The Geographical Bulletin
Cover and Forewords
Climatic Trends And Variability During Winter And Summer In Central Montana,
2025
Michigan State University
Climatic Trends And Variability During Winter And Summer In Central Montana, Elizabeth G. Lowell, Philip W. Suckling
The Geographical Bulletin
Seasonal values of maximum temperature, minimum temperature and precipitation were examined in a study of climatic trends and variability for winter and summer in central Montana. Regional trends for the three climatic elements were graphed for the period 1949- 1986. A Student's T-test was utilized in order to detect significant changes. For winter, temperature declined significantly from the 1960s into the 1970s while snowfall increased slightly followed by a slight decrease during the 1980s. For summer, although maximum temperatures were significantly cooler during the 1950s, very little change in temperatures generally occurred. Although rainfall fluctuations were observed, no distinct trends …
News From The Chapters1991-1992,
2025
Eastern Michigan
University
News From The Chapters1991-1992, C. Nicholas Raphael
The Geographical Bulletin
The 1991-1992 school year for the Alpha Chapter of GTU was truly a successful one with 25 active members participating in quite a few events. During National Geography Awareness Week we sold world T-shirts at the student union, held a geography quiz contest, and had our annual Geography White Elephant Auction which brought in over $350.00. We had our Christmas Party at the local Best Western with great food and happy spirits. Throughout the year members participated in the " Return to Prairie at Funks Grove" where we cleaned out bushes and burned grass. We also had weekly Thursday Happy …
Terrain Influences On Total Length Of Snow-Avalanche Paths In Southern Glacier National Park, Montana,
2025
University of Georgia
Terrain Influences On Total Length Of Snow-Avalanche Paths In Southern Glacier National Park, Montana, Jay K. Gao
The Geographical Bulletin
This research was designed to determine the impact of topographic variables on the total length of avalanche chutes in southern Glacier National Park, Montana. Seventy-eight snow avalanche paths were manually interpreted from aerial photographs within the study area, and their outlines were delineated on U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps with a scale of 1 :24,000. Terrain variables were either measured directly from the maps or derived from the original ones. Terrain parameters were first analyzed by using the descriptive statistical method. Total path length was then regressed against the independent variables elevation, orientation, and slope gradient. We found that: (a) …
Gravestone Landscape Evolution Of A Japanese Rural Community,
2025
University of Tsukuba
Gravestone Landscape Evolution Of A Japanese Rural Community, Tadashi Nakagawa
The Geographical Bulletin
Quantitative and chronological examination of 99 gravestones of four cemeteries in a rural community northeast of Tokyo reveals the effectiveness of gravestone study in reconstructing historical geography of Japanese rural villages. Temporal patterns of gravestone inscription, the number of bases and such design elements as vases, water holders, and incense burners clearly show the changing styles and values toward burial customs, economic conditions, and some aspects of family units.
Spatial Variation In Poverty Levels Within The Lower Mississippi Delta Development Region,
2025
University of Georgia
Spatial Variation In Poverty Levels Within The Lower Mississippi Delta Development Region, Wendy Shaw
The Geographical Bulletin
In 1988 a Senate bill established the Lower Mississippi Delta Development Commission, whose stated purpose was to address the poverty of the region. The region identified spanned seven states and included 187 counties, and was said to share economic, social, and cultural ties. While some underlying similarities may exist in the region, the manner in which poverty manifests itself is differentiated spatially, and the region is far from homogeneous. Variations with respect to the national average in per capita income, percentage of families below the poverty level, rate of high school graduation, and unemployment rate were examined and mapped. A …
Projections And Perceptions-Editorial Comments. The Changing Importance Of College And University Teaching: The 1960s Versus The 1990s, James O. Wheeler (University Of Georgia),
2025
University of Georgia
Projections And Perceptions-Editorial Comments. The Changing Importance Of College And University Teaching: The 1960s Versus The 1990s, James O. Wheeler (University Of Georgia), James O. Wheeler
The Geographical Bulletin
Approximately thirty years ago, when I was just starting graduate school in geography, one of the first impressions I gained was the low priority accorded teaching. The emphasis, instead, was on research. The attitude was that anyone could teach but not everyone could do hotshot research. In fact, I got the impression that professors who were so wrapped up in research that their lectures were disorganized and confused were admired more than professors who did little or no research but whose lectures were superb. (There were, of course, inexplicably, those rare professors who did both remarkably well.) In general, poorly …
Cover And Forewords,
2025
Eastern Michigan
University
Cover And Forewords, C. Nicholas Raphael
The Geographical Bulletin
Cover and Forewords
Spatial Variation In Tourism In The United States: An Industrial View,
2025
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Spatial Variation In Tourism In The United States: An Industrial View, Chad Meadows, Keith Debbage
The Geographical Bulletin
This paper attempts to empirically document the spatial variations in employment and revenue for selected businesses in the tourism industries of 20 states under study. Employment and revenue figures were classified by US Census SIC codes, and separated into two classifications : direct and supporting tourist services. In states with large economies, a diversified economic base frequently minimizes tourism's proportional importance to statewide service economy employment; however, in many states with small economic and population bases, tourism employment made a significant proportional contribution to the service labor market. States with large economies have high absolute revenue in both the direct …
Volume 35-1 Complete Issue,
2025
Eastern Michigan
University
Volume 35-1 Complete Issue, C. Nicholas Raphael
The Geographical Bulletin
Volume 35-1 Complete Issue
The Active Voice: One Key To More Effective Geographic Writing,
2025
Illinois State University
The Active Voice: One Key To More Effective Geographic Writing, Michael D. Sublett
The Geographical Bulletin
Despite admonitions from grammarians, journal editors, and conference program chairs, many geographers apparently either know not or care not about the advantages of choosing the forceful active voice over the feeble, often anonymous, passive voice. Paired examples of (1) previously published sentences, from geographic sources, containing at least one passive expression and (2) my revisions of the same sentences provide herein illustrative material for authors wishing to activate their prose.
