geography

Before Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy took his great big American road trip, Mikah Meyer did it first.  Meyer is a travel writer and blogger. In 2019, he became the first person to visit all of the National Park Service sites in a single journey — over 400 in total. The full list includes national monuments, […]

As former Soviet Republic goes to the polls, it finds itself in a strategic tug of war between Russia, the US, Turkey, Europe and Azerbaijan To describe Yerevan, a charming city of liberal values encased in imposing Soviet architecture, as the centre of the world is a stretch, but Armenia’s claim that it can become the strategic crossroads of the landmass of Eurasia is becoming less and less fanc…

_Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences_ 23 (1):5-21. 2020Geography has received great attention since the 19th century. Kant established it as a discipline which resulted in the development of geographical equipment. Consequently, surveying projects were launched in England. This paper argues that Friel’s Translations depicts the extinction of the Irish culture, done by the Army’s impl…

This study examines the mandatory spending of 20% education budget within the Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD), which is viewed not merely as a fiscal policy but as a constitutional obligation of local governments. In constitutional practice, the implications of the 20% allocation are not limited to educational expenditures. This study is included as normative legal research with a …

Nature Communications, Published online: 21 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-73288-6 Using large-scale data on seven mobility types across Europe, this study moves beyond permanent migration to reveal how regional characteristics shape diverse forms of movement and to inform more targeted regional policy.

The village is the smallest government unit that has an important role in providing public services to the community. Along with the development of information technology, village governments are required to increase transparency and efficiency of services through the implementation of the Village Information System (SID). This study aims to analyze the influence of Village Information System (SI…

Data lays bare the extent and geographical spread of attacks in Africa’s most populous country Data from Acled and the Global Terrorism Index shows that after a few years of improvement, insecurity in Nigeria has worsened. With general elections less than a year away, the crisis has come under increasing scrutiny – both abroad and at home. Experts say the primary long-term driver of insecurity is…

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 18 May 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07557-6 Decoding the tourism-economy coupling dynamics: self-driving tourism as a catalyst for the socio-ecological system transition of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

This study aims to analyze the dynamics of development management in Tulang Bawang Regency, particularly in integrating policy, fiscal capacity, and public participation during the transition to the 2025–2029 Regional Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMD). The study employed a descriptive qualitative method using data triangulation techniques derived from regional planning documents, financial sta…

Forty years ago, a family moved from India to Canada, and raised their children with “Indian values”. When those children visited India last year, the locals laughed at their outdated beliefs. What their family had said were facts were just a perspective from 1980. Twenty years ago, I lived in Los Angeles. Talking with an old friend that’s still there, I said it’s the nicest place I’ve ever lived…

Low community participation resulting from centralistic leadership patterns remains a primary obstacle in village development, suggesting that the effective implementation of Law Number 6 of 2014 requires strengthening through inclusive leadership models. This study aims to conduct an in-depth analysis of the relationship between the leadership pattern of the Village Head of Bulusari and the effe…

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Mendale Village Council in Central Aceh Regency has faced a range of public service challenges, including the low uptake of technology by village officials. This study aims to develop and implement an e-government-based Integrated Village Information System (SIMADU) in Mendale Village, Central Aceh Regency, to improve the quality of village public service…

The Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Sub-basin represents one of Australia’s most significant unconventional gas prospects, where exploration must proceed under heightened scrutiny of environmental, cultural, and regulatory values. This paper introduces a Geographic Information System-driven workflow for constraints mapping that integrates statutory setbacks, ecological overlays, and operational buf…

Our Forum envisions East Asia as part of Islamic Asia, treating it as a space where Muslim communities have forged cross-border networks across time, episodically, and where discourses about Islam have circulated and been appropriated in interconnection with Muslim-majority regions of the continent (that is, ‘Islamic’ Asia). We hold that Islam, as a constellation of religious, political, cultural…

Sailor Walter’s undergraduate research brought him closer to a complex issue in his home region and helped shape how he sees geography beyond the classroom.

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 11 May 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07579-0 Level measurement, regional differences and dynamic evolution of new quality productivity in the Yellow River Basin

Ahuahu / Great Mercury Island is the largest of the Mercury Islands which enables habitat diversity that supports a diverse avifauna. From a combination of quantitative surveys over the past 15 years and qualitative observations over the past 5 years by permanently resident rangers, we list and describe 62 non-vagrant bird species recorded recently on Ahuahu. Reference is made to change over the …

The Pitcairn Islands support regionally significant seabird assemblages, yet long gaps in monitoring limit understanding of seabird breeding phenology and basic biology. Observations from Oeno Atoll and Henderson Island in September 2025 reveal the importance of eradicating invasive Polynesian rats (Rattus exulans) in 1997 and habitat structure and highlight the potential for asynchronous breedin…

This piece dismantles the illusion of causality between British rainfall and mushroom growth, redefining the phenomenon through the lens of thermodynamics and underground carbon-based computing networks. Additionally, it concludes with an undeniable sociological observation regarding the surprisingly high number of exceptionally handsome gays in rainy Britain.