Focus on Geography

Having remained remarkably quiescent during the Iraq War, the northern part of Iraq occupied mainly by persons of Kurdish ancestry, is a seldom-visited but fascinating place rich in archaeological treasures even if the locals would rather show visitors symbols of modernity and ‘Western’ development.

America’s National Grasslands face conflicting mandates to support grazing, mineral production, recreation, wildlife habitat and wind energy initiatives.

Bala, a small rural town in north-central Wales, is struggling to maintain its cultural and material identity in the face of regional and global socio-economic changes.

A once-burgeoning industrial district in the south Bronx that had fallen into disrepair is being revitalized as a retail and commercial complex known as the Gateway Center because of a unique public-private reinvestment strategy.

The tombstone of a recently deceased Tongan woman tells a story of an economically driven diaspora as residents migrate from the outer islands to more populated and centrally located areas.