{"title":"The Changing Tibetan Buddhist Landscape of Upper Mustang, Nepal","authors":"John B. Wright","doi":"10.1111/foge.12056","DOIUrl":"10.1111/foge.12056","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A look at the environmental, cultural, economic, and political influences that have shaped the landscape of the Upper Mustang region of Nepal.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":100538,"journal":{"name":"Focus on Geography","volume":"58 3","pages":"108-120"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/foge.12056","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85666196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Artifacts of Change: Visualizing over a Millennium of Japanese Horticulture","authors":"Aaron Kingsbury","doi":"10.1111/foge.12055","DOIUrl":"10.1111/foge.12055","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article explores key moments in the horticultural history of the Yamanashi Prefecture through the remaining artifacts of those changes on the contemporary Japanese landscape.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":100538,"journal":{"name":"Focus on Geography","volume":"58 3","pages":"138-149"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/foge.12055","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89305777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Tale of Two Cities: Hialeah's Economic Ties with Havana","authors":"Joseph L. Scarpaci","doi":"10.1111/foge.12049","DOIUrl":"10.1111/foge.12049","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The essay highlights the less explored aspects of U.S.-Cuban relations that usually focus on Miami and Havana including the economic ties (remittances and retailing) and selected lives of Cuban Americans in Hialeah, whose lives, exile experience, and work show the key role of this cultural and economic ethnic enclave.\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":100538,"journal":{"name":"Focus on Geography","volume":"58 2","pages":"49-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/foge.12049","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91538680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Subsistence Farming and Economic Hardship in Lesotho, Africa's Mountain Kingdom","authors":"Thomas A. Wikle","doi":"10.1111/foge.12051","DOIUrl":"10.1111/foge.12051","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article explores Lesotho's struggle to address food security and confront environmental and social challenges.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":100538,"journal":{"name":"Focus on Geography","volume":"58 2","pages":"79-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/foge.12051","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79729232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Two Pictures Are Worth 1,068 Words: A Pedestrian Bridge as a Political Landscape in Small-town Mexico","authors":"Andrew M. Hilburn","doi":"10.1111/foge.12052","DOIUrl":"10.1111/foge.12052","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Even color changes can be culturally and politically symbolic as shown by the repainting of a bridge in a small town in the state of Puebla, Mexico from the tri-color of the PRI party to that representative of the new PAN party that came to power in 2010.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":100538,"journal":{"name":"Focus on Geography","volume":"58 2","pages":"91-92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/foge.12052","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82212858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transportation Landscapes: Moving People in an Uneven World","authors":"David J. Keeling","doi":"10.1111/foge.12050","DOIUrl":"10.1111/foge.12050","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The world is not flat as Thomas Friedman has argued and nowhere is that more apparent than in the various modes of transportation and the unevenness of transport accessibility around the globe.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":100538,"journal":{"name":"Focus on Geography","volume":"58 2","pages":"59-78"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/foge.12050","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91108658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evolving Ethnic Settlements in Queens: Historical and Current Forces Reshaping Human Geography","authors":"Brendan McGovern, John W. Frazier","doi":"10.1111/foge.12045","DOIUrl":"10.1111/foge.12045","url":null,"abstract":"<p>An examination of traditional ethnic enclaves in Queens, New York, contemporary Asian ethnic place remaking, ethnic tensions and new multicultural enclaves.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":100538,"journal":{"name":"Focus on Geography","volume":"58 1","pages":"11-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/foge.12045","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83754180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Wadden Sea: An Intertidal Ecosystem of Global Importance","authors":"Heike C. Alberts","doi":"10.1111/foge.12046","DOIUrl":"10.1111/foge.12046","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The author explores the ecosystems of the Wadden Sea, an area of intertidal mudflats on the Dutch, German, and Danish coasts--a UNESCO World Heritage Site.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":100538,"journal":{"name":"Focus on Geography","volume":"58 1","pages":"27-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/foge.12046","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83894706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rural Development: The Economic Potentials of Haiti's “Lakou” System.","authors":"Jean-Yves Merilus","doi":"10.1111/foge.12047","DOIUrl":"10.1111/foge.12047","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This research investigates the economic viability of Haiti's Lakou System, a living arrangement created by former slaves after the Haitian Revolution which led to an independent Haiti in 1804.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":100538,"journal":{"name":"Focus on Geography","volume":"58 1","pages":"36-45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/foge.12047","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73229306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Finding Honduras' Forgotten Camino Real: Persistence of a Dream","authors":"Craig S. Revels","doi":"10.1111/foge.12044","DOIUrl":"10.1111/foge.12044","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article considers the legacy of one of Honduras' nearly forgotten caminos (roads), from the colonial capital of Comayagua to the most important early port of Trujillo.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":100538,"journal":{"name":"Focus on Geography","volume":"58 1","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/foge.12044","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78332123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}