Since a single party usually controls each state legislature, it is in the best interest of the party in power to redistrict their state so that their party will have more seats in the House than the opposition party. This manipulation of electoral districts is known as gerrymandering. Although illegal, gerrymandering is the process of modifying congressional districts to benefit the party in power.
Gerrymandering - 1 views
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Gerrymandering
2010 Census - 0 views
The ReDistricting Game: GERRYMANDERING - 0 views
Gerrymandering | A New Documentary Film - 0 views
Geographic Regions | Xpeditions @ nationalgeographic.com | - 0 views
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The first type is the formal region. It is characterized by a common human property, such as the presence of people who share a particular language, religion, nationality, political identity or culture, or by a common physical property, such as the presence of a particular type of climate, landform, or vegetation.
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The second type of region is the functional region. It is organized around a node or focal point with the surrounding areas linked to that node by transportation systems, communication systems, or other economic association involving such activities as manufacturing and retail trading.
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The third type of region is the perceptual region. It is a construct that reflects human feelings and attitudes about areas and is therefore defined by people’s shared subjective images of those areas.
Eric Sanderson pictures New York -- before the City | Video on TED.com - 0 views
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An interesting landscape ecology of NYC, past and present
NY Times Magazine - THE FOOD ISSUE - 0 views
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NYT Magazine's Food issue... a good read.
Educational Leadership:Teaching for the 21st Century - 1 views
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Material EVERY student should read...
World DATA Clock - 0 views
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Cool visualization of global population data, with some US specific data as well.
Data Visualization: 50 Great Examples - 0 views
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Explore these to see different kinds of "maps" that can be generated.
visualcomplexity | A visual exploration on mapping complex networks - 0 views
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Way cool site of "mapping" with some traditional and some not at all!
Wolfram|Alpha - 0 views
Newsmap: News from around the World - 0 views
IRIN * humanitarian news and analysis from Africa, Asia and the Middle East - updated d... - 0 views
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Good resource for broad-based UN news and issues, including access to data and MAPS
IRIN Africa | East Africa Great Lakes Horn of Africa North Africa Southern Africa West ... - 0 views
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“Migration and mobility are always seen as exceptions but they are the norm. Mobility helps people get out of poverty
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“If people affected by climate change lack access to resources or need to diversify their income sources, this lack should be [addressed] rather than be seen as a problem.”
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Norman Myers, renowned environmentalist and fellow with Oxford University’s 21st Century School, who has just completed a study for the Swedish International Development Agency, said “hundreds of millions” of people could be driven from their homes by environmental crises and degradation by 2040
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