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EchoGéo
http://echogeo.revues.org/
EchoGéo is an open access online journal started in 2007, and published 4 times per year. It covers a variety of aspects of human geography focusing on space and society. The site includes an author index and alphabetical list of keywords. The site is in French, though the keywords index is also available in English and Spanish. Included are details of the editorial team, and instructions for authors.
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Geography of Leisure and Tourism Research Group (GLTRG)
http://www.gltrg.org.uk/
The Geography of Leisure and Tourism Research Group (GLTRG) is a research branch of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers). The GLTRG aims to advance and promote geographical research and knowledge into leisure and tourism. The site provides information about the Group's committee, it's membership, upcoming events and further links in the field.
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Geography of social vulnerability : race, class, and catastrophe
http://understandingkatrina.ssrc.org/Cutter/
The Geography of social vulnerability, an article written by Susan Cutter, describes the social geography or "spatial interaction of humans and their environment over time" that led to the Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans.
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IGU Commission on the Geography of Tourism, Leisure and Global Change
http://temp.tourismgeographycom.officelive.com/default.aspx
This is the website of a Commission (formerly a Study Group) set up by the International Geographical Union (IGU). The overriding objective of the Commission is " ... the development and application of an internationally comparable geographical research program on the sustainability of tourism in various regions of the world." The website includes information about the Group's purpose and goals, a membership directory, annual reports, newsletter, news and announcements, publications, and links to sites of further interest. The site is available in English, French, and Spanish.
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International Association for Society and Natural Resources
http://www.iasnr.org/
The International Association for Society and Natural Resources (IASNR) is an interdisciplinary professional association welcoming those who "bring a variety of social science and natural science backgrounds to bear on research pertaining to the environment and natural resource issues". Full text of the current newsletter is available, together with details of IASNR's annual symposium, and also its journal, Society and Natural Resources, published by Taylor and Francis. The society is based at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University in the United States.
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International Critical Geography Group
http://econgeog.misc.hit-u.ac.jp/icgg/
The International Critical Geography Group (ICGG) is an international association of geographers and non-geographers "committed to developing the theory and practice necessary for combating social exploitation and oppression". The site is hosted by Hitotsubashi University, Japan and includes an introduction to the Group including its statement of purpose, access to a bulletin board, a mailing list, and links to forthcoming international and regional events and conferences.
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Journal of Transport Geography
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/30448/descript
The Journal of Transport Geography is an academic journal published by Elsevier Science. The journal is issued six times per year and aims to publish articles that focus on the major areas of current transport geography research. Topical areas include transport policy practice and analysis; the effect of technological innovation in transport; the mobility gap between rich and poor. The website provides editorial information, publication details, instructions for authors, subscription and order enquiries, sample issues, and tables of contents and abstracts. Full text articles are available to users whose institutions subscribe to the journal.
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Planet Earth
http://www.nerc.ac.uk/publications/planetearth/
Planet Earth is a free quarterly magazine published by NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) which is "aimed at non-specialists with an interest in the sciences of the environment". The current issue is available in full text online, and details are given of how to subscribe (free). Although the magazine is environmental in outlook, it contains many articles relevent to geographers such as the impact of climate change, air pollution, and other spatially related topics impacting on societies and their use of the environment.
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Real Lives by Educational Simulations
http://www.educationalsimulations.com
Real Lives is an interactive life simulation software programme aimed at secondary school students, enabling them to see how people experience life in any country in the world. Real Lives begins with the birth of a child somewhere in the world. As the character grows, the student will 'live' this person's life, making decisions and living with the consequences of those decisions. The programme also gives factual information about each country and its inhabitants. Lesson plans and ideas are included along with a teachers guide. The software has been developed in the US as a commercial product but may be downloaded from the site for a thirty day free trial.
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Rives nord-méditérranéennes
http://rives.revues.org/
This French-language journal is wide-ranging and analyses the North Mediterranean region via various disciplines - human geography, trade, religion, and history. Contents and abstracts are freely available; in general, full-text is only available with a subscription to the publishers, l'UMR TELEMME (unité mixte de recherche CNRS-Université de Provence).
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Social Geography
http://www.social-geography.net/
Social Geography is an open access full-text journal published by Copernicus Publications from 2005 onwards. The journal is included in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and is interactive in that it provides for public discussion. Social Geography "focuses on the interrelation of society, practice and space and its implications for every day-life, social and environmental policy or economic practice. Furthermore, the journal supports contributions that account for theoretical interfaces of the related scientific fields, including their respective philosophy of science." The site can be searched in various ways such as author/title, volume/issue, special issue, or recent final revision papers. The site contains full details on how to submit papers, which may be written in English or German.
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Urban Morphology Research
http://www.gees.bham.ac.uk/research/clusters/urbanmorphology/
This is the website of the Urban Morphology Research Group (UMRG), in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham. The UMRG is a centre for research into the " ... geographical aspects of urban form ..." and seeks to further the understanding of how urban areas are born, how they are planned and how they evolve. The site provides an introduction to the work of the Group and its research activities, members of staff, publications, events, and links to further websites of related interest.
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