Monthly Archives: May 2020

The Modification of August Lösch

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

Starting in the 1930s, German geographer August Lösch began to build upon and modify Christaller’s model. He did this, in part, because he noticed that the variation in K is very important in shaping the organizations of centers and the … Continue reading →

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The deceiving thing about the big, historic drop in CO2 emissions

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on The Extinction Chronicles:
https://mashable.com/article/carbon-emissions-drop-2020-coronavirus/ BY MARK KAUFMAN1 DAY AGO Eye-opening, powerful words are now used to describe plummeting CO2 emissions in 2020. It “would be the largest decrease in emissions ever recorded,” the International Energy Agency said Thursday. Spurred by…

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Urbanization as a Socio-Cultural Process

Posted on May 3, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

Cities are social artifacts and stand apart from the countryside, in terms of the higher degree of its acceptance of foreign and cross-cultural influences. It is a melting pot of people with diverse ethnic, linguistic, and religious backgrounds. Seen in … Continue reading →

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Dot and Point Maps

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

Dot Maps use dots (or points) to demonstrate the existence of a subject or a feature. It’s a lot like Bubble Maps (Proportional Symbol Maps), but the dots’ sizes don’t depend on their values, as there’s no size setting.  These … Continue reading →

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