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Geographies, Volume 4, Issue 1

2024 March - 12 articles

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Articles (12)

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,673 Views
21 Pages

Recent treatment of accommodation and arrival infrastructures for asylum seekers and refugees has fuelled international research on refugee reception policies in urban environments and on the consequences of related initiatives of the European Union...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,913 Views
14 Pages

Black Soils in the Eastern Mediterranean: Genesis and Properties

  • Hussam Hag Husein,
  • Rupert Bäumler,
  • Bernhard Lucke and
  • Wahib Sahwan

27 February 2024

This study investigates the distribution, morphology, and properties of these soils, focusing on areas such as littoral plains, high hilly areas, and rift depression valleys. Black soils occur in the eastern Mediterranean with a limited distribution,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,698 Views
16 Pages

Hydromorphic Impact of Matera’s Urban Area

  • Ruggero Ermini,
  • Carmen Fattore and
  • Amir Aubed Zoubi

27 February 2024

Urban transformations change land use, permeability, and morphology of the areas involved in the evolution process; this, consequently, modifies the impact produced by the precipitation phenomena and increases the risk of flooding or uncontrolled run...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,032 Views
11 Pages

An Environmental Equity Assessment Using a Social Vulnerability Index during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic for Siting of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology Locations in the United States

  • Jessica R. Mosher,
  • Jim E. Banta,
  • Rhonda Spencer-Hwang,
  • Colleen C. Naughton,
  • Krystin F. Kadonsky,
  • Thomas Hile and
  • Ryan G. Sinclair

16 February 2024

Research has shown that there has consistently been a lack of equity and accessibility to SARS-CoV-2 testing in underserved and disadvantaged areas in the United States. This study examines the distribution of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology (WBE) test...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,547 Views
26 Pages

5 February 2024

This study proposes planning for children’s independent mobility through geoinformation technologies by listening to children. This research assumes that children’s values and expectations must be considered in city planning. A bibliograp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,809 Views
20 Pages

Redefining Absentee: Towards Understanding Place Attachment and Stewardship in Non-Residential Landowners in Texas, USA

  • Christina W. Lopez,
  • Evgenia Spears,
  • Tyler C. Hartwick,
  • John C. Killough and
  • Michael A. Schuett

2 February 2024

Approximately 30% of the private land in Texas, USA is under absentee ownership. Understanding who absentee landowners are and their land management behaviors is vital for the protection of privately owned landscapes and the ecosystem services that t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,911 Views
12 Pages

1 February 2024

Understanding rain, ground, and surface water interactions in riparian zones is essential for hydrologic and environmental management. The novelty of this study lies in its revelation of isotopic shifts and consequent evaluation of hydrologic pathway...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,409 Views
17 Pages

29 January 2024

We present a near real-time solution for 3D reconstruction from aerial images captured by consumer UAVs. Our core idea is to simplify the multi-view stereo problem into a series of two-view stereo matching problems. Our method applies to UAVs equippe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,124 Views
14 Pages

10 January 2024

In the literature on map projections, we regularly encounter the name standard parallel or standard parallels. However, it is obvious that a unique definition of a standard parallel is not universally accepted. To fully clarify the meaning of standar...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,933 Views
12 Pages

Backpackers are an unusual category of travellers. Their unique mobility patterns, spatial practices, and the areas they travel through expose them to health situations that remain largely unexplored to date. This article conducts a narrative literat...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,388 Views
19 Pages

Glacial Lakes of Mongolia

  • Michael Walther,
  • Ulrich Kamp,
  • Nyam-Osor Nandintsetseg,
  • Avirmed Dashtseren and
  • Khurelbaatar Temujin

The over 2200 lakes of Mongolia are generally poorly studied, particularly the glacial lakes. This overview study presents a classification of the glacial lakes based on tectonic-geological and geomorphological dynamics. Selected representative lakes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
12,998 Views
20 Pages

22 December 2023

Depopulation is caused by low fertility rates and out-migration, and it applies to countries, regions and smaller areas. Rural depopulation is defined as a sharp population decline that falls well below an adequate population size and indicates that...

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