AAG Members Publish New Book on Florida Weather and Climate
AAG members Jennifer M. Collins, associate professor in the School of Geosciences at the University of South Florida; Robert V. Rohli, professor of geography at Louisiana State University; and colleague Charles H. Paxton, an American Meteorological Society certified consulting meteorologist, just published, Florida Weather and Climate: More Than Just Sunshine. The book explores the conditions, forces, and…
AAG Annual Meeting: Tampa 2014
Join the Association of American Geographers at the AAG Annual Meeting in Tampa, April 8 to April 12, 2014, for the latest in research and applications in geography, sustainability, and GIScience. The AAG Annual Meeting is an interdisciplinary forum open to anyone with an interest in geography and related disciplines. All scholars, researchers, and students…
The Kissimmee: A Tale of Three Rivers
In the central part of peninsular Florida, in a hot and humid place with lousy cell phone reception, lies a river on its third lifetime. The headwaters of this river, the Kissimmee, located near Orlando are filled with lakes formed in karst topography due to the presence of soluble limestone deposits near the surface. The…
The Geography of Environmental Destruction in North America
The following test is recommended for all those who plan on attending the Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers next April, 2014, in Tampa, Florida. The test is voluntary and you are under no obligation to take it; you may stop at any time, or answer any combination of questions. Results will be…
Florida’s Tourism Industry
By Ray Oldakowski Florida, The Sunshine State, is a slogan designed to attract tourists. The nickname was officially adopted by the state legislature in 1970, although it had already appeared on license plates since the 1950s. Florida brings to mind sunny skies, sandy beaches, and warm waters. It is the place for fun in the…
AAG to feature “Geographies of Climate Change” at Annual Meeting
Climate change is the major environmental challenge facing humankind today. "Geographies of Climate Change," a featured theme for the upcoming AAG Annual Meeting in Tampa, Fla., highlights the complex spatial dimensions of climate change, including the observed and anticipated geographical differentiation in potential impacts and vulnerability. The Presidential Plenary that opens the Annual Meeting will…
AAG to feature theme on scale and sustainability
“Scale and Sustainability” is among the emerging themes being developed for the AAG Annual Meeting in April. This track of sessions will consider how scale matters for sustainability and at what scale sustainability should be examined. In these sessions, the queries are extended to all of sustainable development—the linking of environment and development to enhance…
Little Havana: A Latin American Gateway
For a walking tour of Calle Ocho in Little Havana visit: Map Credit: Hilton Cordoba. While you are in Tampa, you may notice signage for Highway 41. Built in the 1920s, it was the only overland route across the southern tip of Florida. In a larger spatial context, 41 is a north-south axis that spans…
I’ll Follow the Sun … to Tampa
By April, you are likely to be thinking that it’s been a long cold lonely winter. If you’ve booked your ticket to ride to our 2014 AAG annual meeting in Tampa, then a good day sunshine may very well be on the horizon. Florida’s peninsular shape, concave and convex coastal segments and location between the…
TAMPA!
Now is the time to begin planning for the AAG annual meeting, one of the largest venues in the world for sharing and communicating the broad range of contributions by geographers to basic and applied knowledge and to problem solving. The 2014 annual meeting will be held April 8-12 in Tampa, Florida. This is the…
A Lesser Known Florida
Looking out the window flying into Tampa, Florida, a visitor will see small towns along the coast, perhaps a glimpse of sprawling Orlando, and plenty of green spaces in between. Tampa Bay appears and you have arrived in the Sunshine State. As you deplane you are welcomed by warm, tropical air. Florida has long occupied…