geography

If you want to build a strong foundation in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), AGSRT offers a comprehensive training program designed to equip you with practical skills. This course is ideal for students and professionals from civil, geography, environmental, and computer science backgrounds. It also suits those working in engineering, planning, data roles, and organizations needing scalable g…

Since 2012, Mali has faced a security crisis fuelled by violence from groups linked to al-Qaida and Islamic State “The Grand Ball of Bamako,” as organisers tagged the Saturday evening soiree at the Hotel de l’Amitié in the Malian capital, was meant to provide one of the west African country’s biggest headlines last weekend. Many sponsors including Orange Mali, the local subsidiary of the French t…

ABSTRACT This study presents a spatial proximity analysis of pharmacy and Medical stores in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos using PostgreSQL with PostGIS extension. The location of all pharmacy stores in the area were mapped out and their accessibility to residential neighborhoods was studied. Geospatial queries, buffer analysis, and proximity calculations were applied to this study, underserved zo…

ABSTRACT This project developed an Automated Urban Vegetation Monitoring System to assess green cover changes in Ezza North LGA, Ebonyi State, using multispectral raster data from 2023 and 2024. NDVI was calculated from NIR and Red bands with Rasterio, NumPy, and GeoPandas after clipping to the study area boundary. Results showed a slight decline in vegetation condition, with moderate vegetation …

This article analyzes how Russian elites construct geopolitical imaginaries of Ukraine that shape the perception of threat from the annexation of Crimea in 2014 to the ongoing war. Moving beyond mega-narratives such as NATO expansion, the study applies critical geopolitics to examine how spatial, historical, and civilizational narratives are deployed in political discourse to define territory, le…

The two-day hearing marks the first public session for the joint state House and Senate flood investigating committees. Members previously visited Camp Mystic, where 27 girls and the director died.

While the population of southern Lebanon have sometimes felt abandoned by their own state, a show in London told their stories and celebrated their resistance In one room of London’s Palestine House, a large screen plays looped news footage from southern Lebanon . Tanks and armoured vehicles plough their way through a rural landscape of hills and villages, amid frequent interruptions of mortar fi…

Researchers analyzed hourly ridership at 10 major subway stations between 2023 and 2025. Using a statistical technique called vine copula modeling, they examined how stations' ridership moves together under different weather conditions rather than treating each station as an isolated case.

Mousehole in Cornwall once had a butcher, post office and general store. Now it doesn’t even have an ATM – and one of its crucial bus services has been cut. Can residents save this vital resource? It’s early April and the sun is shining over Mousehole, Cornwall, as an older couple trudge up the hill to their nearest bus stop before sinking into two of the plastic chairs that have been lined up on…

From peak-bagging to thru-hiking, Americans have turned traversing land into personal milestones. This wilderness ranger and Indigenous writer has witnessed it firsthand Këmituxwe Éhènta Wehikiyànkw You are walking in our old homeland After spending 12 years backpacking some of America’s wildest trails as a wilderness ranger for the US Forest Service – and then losing that job to politics – last …

As government reorganisation ties part of the forest to Southampton, local people are angry Della Keable could not hold back the tears as she explained how her family had lived in the forest for centuries, making a living among the trees, loving the tight-knit feel of the place. “I’m sorry,” she said as the emotion got too much. “But the forest is part of our souls.” Keable is among thousands of …

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 09 April 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07165-4 Research on the spatial distribution and influencing factors of hydronyms in cities along the Grand Canal

How do natural disasters impact different socioeconomic portions of society, and what spatial patterns emerge in disaster vulnerability, economic recovery, and aid distribution? Natural disasters aren’t felt equally by everyone. This study aims to take a closer look at how pre-existing socioeconomic conditions shape the way different communities are affected and how they recover. I argue that low…

“Leadership in the High North: Advancing Maine’s Role in the Arctic” will bring together scholars, policymakers, security professionals and industry leaders April 22–23 at the Maine Army National Guard Regional […]

The American Geographical Society Library will conserve rare atlases from its Rare Materials Room thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. The grant will facilitate the repair of five maritime navigational atlases dating from 1693, and other rare atlases with the balance of funding.  Part of a more than 20,000-item rare … The post American Geographical Society Library …

The American Geographical Society Library named three national scholars as AGSL Research Fellows for 2026. Each will receive a stipend to travel to Milwaukee and conduct research at the AGSL.  Cy Abbott, University of Oregon PhD candidate in geography, will examine the … The post American Geographical Society Library Announces 2026 Fellows appeared first on UWM Libraries .

Take Our Survey and Help Shape What Comes Next Rapid urban growth is transforming cities across the Global South. But in many places, official property and land-use records are outdated, or do not exist at all. This makes it difficult for authorities to plan new roads, schools, utilities or emergency services. New WorldPop research led […] The post Help for planners as cities grow in the Global S…

Convenor: Darren Smith (Loughborough University) The rural dimensions of the contemporary ‘housing crisis’ in the UK are arguably under-stated in national media and political discourses, despite commentators raising serious concerns of rural housing affordability and exclusion (e.g. Colomb and Gallent, …

Convenors: Dr Barbara Grabher (University of Brighton), Dr Willem Coetzee (University of Western Sydney), Dr Vasiliki Georgoula, (University of the Aegean) Events are commonly studied within urban contexts, where they are embedded in dense cultural, economic, and social infrastructures. In contrast, …

Las Vegas is often seen as a place for quick trips and bright lights, but many people are surprised to learn how livable the city can be. Beyond the Strip, there are quiet neighborhoods, growing job opportunities, and a cost of living that still appeals to many families, retirees, and young professionals. If you are […] The post Living in Las Vegas: Costs, Lifestyle, and Housing appeared first on…