Geography December 2011 Archive

Five significant items of geographic significance have occurred over the past few days; you might have missed some of this news, which I tend to Tweet as it happens so ... Read More

Just last year, Nicaragua violated Costa Rica's sovereignty with a move by the military across the border blamed on Google Maps. Now, Nicaragua is suing Costa Rica in the ... Read More

This month is the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the bicentennial of the beginning of the U.S. New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812. Neither of ... Read More

Geography professor Dr. Andrew Shears has published a map of the regions of the United States, according to his own mental map of the country. He divides the country ... Read More

Planner Arthur C. Nelson and sociologist Robert E. Lang have published a new book, Megapolitan America: A New Vision for Understanding America's Metropolitan Geography. In the book they suggest ... Read More

I just uploaded a brand-new fifteen-question multiple-choice geography quiz. I hope you'll enjoy it but I think it might be too easy. Try it out and let me ... Read More

On Friday, Croatia signed a treaty which paves the way for that former Yugoslav country to join the European Union on July 1, 2013. Croatia will become the 28th ... Read More

Contributing Writer Amanda Briney has written a brand-new up-to-date geographic overview of Kuwait, which remains independent of Iraq, no matter what the late Saddam Hussein suggested (which was that Kuwait ... Read More

Correspondent Jacob Langenfeld provides a most excellent overview of the most important urban geography models used in the field of urban geography. My favorite model has always been the ... Read More

United Nations Development Program has released the 2011 Human Development Report, which includes the much-coveted Human Development Index. The report is available online along with the HDI rankings, which ... Read More