Driven by changes in climate, land and water use and management, human population and consumption patterns, droughts worldwide are increasing in frequency, intensity, spatial extent and duration. The last decade has seen extreme, persistent, and recurrent droughts affecting large regions of the...

Driven by changes in climate, land and water use and management, human population and consumption patterns, droughts worldwide are increasing in frequency, intensity, spatial extent and duration. The last decade has seen extreme, persistent, and recurrent droughts affecting large regions of the...

The first ever Soil Atlas of Asia uses striking maps, informative texts and stunning photographs to show the changing nature of soil across this vast continent. It explains the factors that control the origins of soil and their evolution over time, the functions and ecosystem services that they...

In recent years, droughts have had substantial impacts on nearly all regions of the EU, affecting several critical systems such as agriculture, water supply, energy, river transportation, and ecosystems. These impacts are projected to further increase due to climate change. While some of the...

In recent years, droughts have had substantial impacts on nearly all regions of the EU, affecting several critical systems such as agriculture, water supply, energy, river transportation, and ecosystems. These impacts are projected to further increase due to climate change. While some of the...

The first ever Soil Atlas of Asia uses striking maps, informative texts and stunning photographs to show the changing nature of soil across this vast continent. It explains the factors that control the origins of soil and their evolution over time, the functions and ecosystem services that they...

During the late 1930s, the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) developed a series of area descriptions with color-coded maps of cities that summarized mortgage lending risk. We provide evidence that these maps were not the primary source used by the FHA to create their “redlining” maps...

Die Annahme, es gäbe heutzutage keine Sklaverei mehr, geht an der Realität vorbei. Tatsächlich sind heute - in absoluten Zahlen - mehr Menschen versklavt als jemals zuvor in der Geschichte. Die Internationale Arbeitsorganisation der Vereinten Nationen spricht von "moderner Sklaverei" und...

This paper evaluates the performance of different small area estimation methods using model and design-based simulation experiments. Design-based simulation experiments are carried out using the Mexican Intra Censal survey as a census of roughly 3.9 million households from which 500 samples are...

This paper evaluates the performance of different small area estimation methods using model and design-based simulation experiments. Design-based simulation experiments are carried out using the Mexican Intra Censal survey as a census of roughly 3.9 million households from which 500 samples are...

Kartografiegeschichte erforscht Karten und die Akteure, welche die Karten erstellen. Die Kultur des Produzenten spielt dabei eine ebenso große Rolle, wie auch die Bedeutung des Karteninhaltes für den (vermeintlichen) Rezipienten. Dabei wurde in der Vergangenheit häufig außer Acht gelassen,...

According to its geographical location, Algeria holds one of the highest solar potential in the Mediterranean basin, as indicated in many studies. Unfortunately, an important lack of data of the solar global radiation is observed. With a huge area of 2 381 741 km2, it is necessary to have...

The handbook sets forth standards of cartographic presentation of statistical data, thus responding to the growing demand for information shown in the territorial and spatial contexts. This demand necessitates constant enhancement of the forms of statistical presentation of data - not only as...

Wie gross sind die Aktienmärkte wirklich? Wer setzt auf Einzelwerte, wer lieber auf Fonds und ETFs? Wo schlummern die gröt︣en Goldreserven? Wie sieht die Bilanz der Ära Angela Merkel aus? Wo wohnen die meisten Milliardärinnen? Wie entwickeln sich Zinsen über sehr lange Zeiträume? Wie...

Ungleiche Welt. In seiner einmaligen Kombination aus engagierter Kartografie und Expertenbeiträgen ist der Atlas ein verlässliches Navigationssystem durch die Welt der Globalisierung. Einige Stichwörter: Klima, Klimakrise - Konflikte (Ukraine...) - Welthandel, Machtfaktor Internet -...

We construct a public atlas of children's outcomes in adulthood by the Census tract in which they grew up using anonymized longitudinal data covering nearly the entire U.S. population. For each tract, we estimate children's earnings distributions, incarceration rates, and other out-comes in...

We construct a public atlas of children's outcomes in adulthood by the Census tract in which they grew up using anonymized longitudinal data covering nearly the entire U.S. population. For each tract, we estimate children's earnings distributions, incarceration rates, and other out-comes in...

Warum kommen so viele Entwicklungsländer nicht von der Stelle? Wie hängen Ungleichheit und Arbeitslosigkeit mit Zinsen, internationalem Handel und der Lohnpolitik zusammen? Welche Folgen hat die Klimakatastrophe für unsere Art zu wirtschaften? Wie wirkt sich der Corona-Schock auf die...

Rezension: Die Auswirkungen der Globalisierung und Prognosen hierzu werden in diesem Buch grafisch dargestellt, Lösungsansätze und Erklärungen geliefert. Es geht u.a. um Klima, Urbanisierung, Gewalt, Migration, Ernährung oder Kultur. Rezension (ekz): In diesem schweren Hardcover werden die...

This Atlas provides information on the origins of air pollution (PM2.5) in 150 European cities. The importance of taking city-specific actions at the urban scale is highlighted as well as the important contribution of agricultural activities on urban air quality.

This Atlas provides information on the origins of air pollution (PM2.5) in 150 European cities. The importance of taking city-specific actions at the urban scale is highlighted as well as the important contribution of agricultural activities on urban air quality.

This Atlas provides information on the origins of air pollution (PM2.5) in 150 European cities. The importance of taking city-specific actions at the urban scale is highlighted as well as the important contribution of agricultural activities on urban air quality.

The European Atlas of Forest Tree Species is the first comprehensive publication of such a unique and essential environmental resource, that is, our trees. Leading scientists and forestry professionals have contributed in the many stages of the production of this atlas, through the collection of...

Urban Atlas 2012 is a powerful geographical dataset that describes land use/land cover at high spatial resolution for nearly 700 European Functional Urban Areas of more than 50,000 inhabitants in 31 European countries (EU28 + EFTA). The objective of the work described in this report was to...

What is soil biodiversity? How does it vary in space and time? What does it provide to society? What are the main threats to soil biodiversity? What can we do to preserve it? The first ever Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas uses informative texts, stunning photographs and striking maps to answer...

What is soil biodiversity? How does it vary in space and time? What does it provide to society? What are the main threats to soil biodiversity? What can we do to preserve it? The first ever Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas uses informative texts, stunning photographs and striking maps to answer...

Ancient trade. Catalhöyük and Neolithic trade -- Trade in ancient Egypt -- Greek and Phoenician trade -- Trade in the ancient Near East -- Petra and the frankinscence route -- Roman trade -- The periplus and Rome's eastern trade -- Trade in late antiquity -- The amber road -- Medieval trade....

What is soil? Where does it come from? What is special about soil in Latin America and the Caribbean ? What does soil provide to society? What is the impact of climate change on soils? The first ever Soil Atlas of Latin America and the Caribbean aims to answer these questions about the origin...

This paper presents OpenStreetMap and closely related software as a resource for spatial economic research. The paper demonstrates how information can be extracted from OpenStreetMap, how it can be used as a geographical interface in web-based communication, and illustrates the value of the...

What is soil? Where does soil come from? What is special about soil in Africa? What does soil provide to society and the environment? How do our activities affect soil? The first ever Soil Atlas of Africa uses striking maps, informative texts and stunning photographs to answer and explain these...

The Supreme Court’s 2010 Term has confirmed, yet again, the legal commentariat’s conviction that the Roberts Court’s conservative majority is recreating an America of Ayn Rand’s imagination. States, the Court has held, may not sue to protect their citizens against out-of-state operators...

Madagascar has enormous energy resources, particularly renewable ones (hydraulic, solar, wind, biomass), but national energy consumption is still very low, and is dominated by wood energy and its by-products. Madagascar imports all of its petrol products, and energy costs are too high to...

Pakistan is facing a large deficit in electricity supply. A report published by the Government of Pakistan (GoP) in 2013 showed that the electricity supply-demand gap has continuously grown over the past five years and has reached 4,500 to 5,500 Megawatt (MW) in 2013. Such an enormous gap has...

Soil is one of the fundamental components for supporting life on Earth. Most ecosystem processes and global functions that occur within soil are driven by living organisms that, in turn, sustain life above ground. However, despite the fact that soils are home to a quarter of all living species...

This paper discusses the relationship between geography and politics; and more specifically, the relationship between sovereign claims and cartography. I introduce the term "cartopolitics" to describe a particular way of making space real and corresponding with politics that defines contemporary...