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media, regulatory agencies, and public health researchers, the analysis of spatially …

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overview of human geography available. It provides a survey of the major debates, key …

Having outlined a theory of heterogeneous social construction, this article describes the
scientific construction of climate change as a global-scale environmental problem caused by …

Relationships between local and global scales deserve more attention than they have
received in the global change research enterprise to date. This paper examines how and …

Geographic information systems (GIS) technology and methods have transformed decision-
making in society by bringing geographic analysis to the desktop computer. Although some …

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has evolved from phenomenal (declarative) to intellectual (primed by cognitive demands) …

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Teaching of critical spatial thinking in higher education empowers graduates to effectively
engage with spatial data. Geographic information systems (GIS) and science are taught to …

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