THIS is a model of the country round Streatley-on-Thames, constructed by cutting out pieces of cardboard according to the contour lines and placing them one above another in the positions shown by ...

In regional and urban economics, theoretical models are developed to predict patterns of regional development based on real-world factors. Such models in economic geography can inform regional and ...

Hurricanes. Foreclosures. Factory shutdowns. How do these local industry 'shocks' influence the country as a whole? A new model developed by Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School measures ...

Initially, much of these transformations were focused in particular coastal and Northern cities and were enabled by foreign investment from overseas Chinese sources (e.g., companies from Taiwan, ...

New images from the North Sea show never-before-seen landforms that were carved by a single, colossal ice sheet 1 million years ago and subsequently buried beneath a thick layer of mud.