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.
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.
Persuasive Cartography: How Maps are Used to Shape Our Beliefs
Persuasive cartography involves making maps that attempt to shape our beliefs.
Geography of the Film Industry
Human geographers have studied how the film industry has developed in different countries and regions within countries.
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.
Geography and Segregation
Socio-economic classes, ethnic groups, and race are some of the main factors that affect the geography of segregated populations.
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.
Geography and Family Structure
Factors of geography, economics, social trends, and different attitudes towards traditional households have contributed to diverse ranges of household formation.
Geography of Science
Despite the role of the Internet in allowing greater global connectivity, local geography still plays a dominant role in shaping science.
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.
Geography and Environmental Inequality
Geographers looking at environmental inequality focus on how different segments of a population have unequal access to different levels of environmental quality, ranging in water, air, and soil resources.
Geography and Paleoclimate
Paleoclimate has had a major effect in shaping not only physical geography but also biodiversity in different parts of the Earth.