Where in the world is the U.S. Secretary of State?
Foreign policy ; Geopolitics ; International relations ; Political geography ; Power ; Sphere of influence ; United States
Analysis of the travels of U.S. Secretaries of State from 1866 to 1990 : destinations, time spent abroad, reasons for travel. The expanding world of the Secretaries reflects U.S. foreign policy issues and the broadened interests of the U.S
Variability in high temperature extremes in the southeastern United States
Climatology ; Drought ; Forecast ; Seasonal variation ; Southern United States ; Spatial variation ; Statistics ; Temperature ; United States
Forty-one years of data from 13 first-order National Weather Service stations in the southeastern United States were analyzed to determine the spatial variability in the frequency and duration of hours and days when temperatures were ≥32°C (high
State terror : ideology, protest and the gendering of landscapes
Conflict ; Ideology ; Latin America ; Political geography ; State ; Territorial strategy ; Terrorism ; Urban social movement
This case study contributes to the literature on state terror, and political violence in general, by looking at the specific ways in which regimes of terror are mapped onto urban spaces. It shows that the use of public and private spaces by state
Spatial pattern of temporal trends in moisture conditions in the southeastern United States
Climate ; Climatic variability ; Moisture ; Potential evapotranspiration ; Precipitation ; Southern United States ; United States
Temporal trends in annual Palmer's Drought Severity Index (PDSI) for 53 climate divisions are examined for the period 1895 to 1988 in the southeastern United States, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina
Urban policy and the Post-Keynesian state in the United Kingdom and the United States
Capitalism ; Deindustrialization ; Deregulation ; Economic system ; Privatisation ; State control ; United Kingdom ; United States ; Urban administration ; Urban development ; Urban planning ; Urban policy
Environmental perception ; Mental map ; Perception ; Residential environment ; Teaching of geography ; United States
Five maps of residential desirability at the level of the state that span the years 1977-1991 are compared. Reveals two things : 1) attitudes toward states by some university students in New York City; and 2) place perception changes over time.―(DWG)
Lessons from Qatar. The industrialization challenge confronting small, resource-rich Third World states
The purpose of this paper is to assess Qatar's industrialization efforts to date and examine some of the key challenges confronting the country's policy makers. Qatar's experiences provide valuable lessons for other small states as they undertake
Atmospheric teleconnections and citrus freezes in the Southern United States
Agricultural climatology;Agroclimatology ; Anticyclone ; Atmosphere ; Citrus ; Cold front ; Freezing ; Southern United States ; Teleconnection ; Troposphere ; United States
Désindustrialisation ; Environnement urbain ; Etats-Unis ; Iconographie ; Image de la ville ; New York State ; Pollution ; Restructuration économique ; Syracuse ; Ville ; Ville industrielle
Deindustrialization ; Economic restructuring ; Iconography ; Industrial city ; New York State ; Perception of the urban environment ; Pollution ; Syracuse ; Town ; United States ; Urban environment
factors are involved, such as investment, community space reclamation. These issues are examined in Syracuse, New York State.
Climatic impact on isovolumetric weathering of a coarse-grained schist in the northern Piedmont Province of the central Atlantic States
Chemical alteration ; Crystalline rocks ; Geochemistry ; Geomorphogenesis ; Maryland ; Model ; Periglacial features ; United States ; Weathering
weathering rates indicates a need to reconsider theories of landscape evolution as they apply to the northern Piedmont Province of the mid-Atlantic states.
China ; Cognitive space ; Cultural geography ; Cultural studies ; Esthetics ; Historical geography ; United States
Reflections of a cultural geographer on the aesthetic impulse as it relates to the senses, culture, space, the state and morality. China and the USA provide numerous examples and comparisons. - (DWG)
Geopolitics, cartography and the state in South America
Some neglected elements about South American geopolitics are explored in terms of linking this geopolitical field to a critical discussion of cartography, geography and the development of the state of South America. The role and contribution