Geographers study religions and their development based on the role that geography intersects with other important social components within a human geographic approach.
Maps and GIS
Can High Tech Analysis of the Vinland Map Finally Answer Questions About its Authenticity?
Yale University is using high tech imagery analysis such as reflectance transformation imaging (RTI) to determine the authenticity of the Vinland Map, a purported 15th-century world map that has long been widely believed to be a 20th century forgery.
Human Geography
How Light Pollution Affects People and the Environment
While much of the public is aware of a concept of light pollution, its ill effects and influences on society and nature are less clear to most people.
Human Geography, Maps and GIS
Noise Pollution and Geography
Noise pollution has long been seen to be particularly acute in regions where transportation and urban development are most pronounced; the disciplines of urban and environmental geography have focused on this topic.
Maps and GIS
Persuasive Cartography: How Maps are Used to Shape Our Beliefs
Persuasive cartography involves making maps that attempt to shape our beliefs.
Human Geography
Geography of the Film Industry
Human geographers have studied how the film industry has developed in different countries and regions within countries.
Human Geography
How Geography is Used to Study Agriculture
From climate to key trade and shipping hubs, geography has shaped the fortunes of states and agricultural production.
Human Geography
Geography and Segregation
Socio-economic classes, ethnic groups, and race are some of the main factors that affect the geography of segregated populations.
Human Geography
Sports Geography
Sports, by nature, have location and spatial phenomena that are terrestrial, there are human-environment relationships, and regions have variations with how given sports are played.
Human Geography
Geography and Family Structure
Factors of geography, economics, social trends, and different attitudes towards traditional households have contributed to diverse ranges of household formation.
Maps and GIS
Geography of Science
Despite the role of the Internet in allowing greater global connectivity, local geography still plays a dominant role in shaping science.
Human Geography
Geography and the Law
Law geographers have advanced the understanding that law also requires knowledge of geographic and other factors that may intersect in how law is developed and applied.