Alaska Geography Standards A-C alaska Department of Education Early Development. alaska geography Show how physical changes in the local community would be reflected on a map. http://www.educ.state.ak.us/tls/frameworks/sstudies/part2r.htm
Extractions: Activities (1) be able to use maps and globes to locate places and regions; Construct personal experience maps; i.e., dresser drawer, bedroom, story, classroom, playground, neighborhood, community, indicating knowledge of left, right and cardinal directions. State the grid coordinates of features near the school using a local street or road map. (2) be able to make maps, globes and graphs; Use a neighborhood map to pinpoint students' homes and graph how many live on each bus route, street, etc. Draw a map of school, home neighborhood, community, and state. (3) understand how and why maps are changing documents; Compare maps of the school site, pre- and post-construction.
Alaska Division Of Community Advocacy alaska s municipal government structure has just cities and organized boroughs. City government is a communitybased entity, while boroughs provide services http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/LOGON/muni/muni-govtoverview.htm
Extractions: Applicable Laws Introduction Back to Top Any generalization about Alaska is usually inadequate to explain its character. This is especially true when trying to explain, in simple terms, the various local governments and service organizations in the state. Alaska is unique and has a variety of natural and physical environments that are mirrored by a similar diversity in its people and in its social and governmental organizations. This results in most communities having a mix of local government and other organizations operating under separate authorities. Additional information on the structure and functions of local government in Alaska can be found in the LOGON section
Major Courses Three topics of contemporary concern, such as women, cities, and ethnicity, Economic geography concepts and their environmental policy implications. http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/geo/courses/MAJORCOURSES.htm
Extractions: Each course is codes: Y = offered annually; S = offered each semester. The number of credits is also given (e. g. "3") GEO 103 Problems of Population and Environment 3 Y Relationships between peoples and their environments. Population change, food production, and natural-resource use. Associated environmental problems. Historical developments and future possibilities. GEO 105 World Geography 3 S World geography, people's relation to the land. Major concepts of geography for non- specialists. GEO 108 Maps, Atlases, and Geography 3 Y Elements of cartographic representation: scale, perspective, and symbols. Use of maps and atlases for analysis and descriptive interpretation of spatially distributed economic, demographic, social, political, physical, and cultural phenomena. GEO 155 The Natural Environment 3 S Patterns of the physical phenomena at and near the surface of the earth. Surface configuration, climate, vegetation, and soil and their areal interrelationships. GEO 172 World Cultures 3 Y Comparative study of major modern cultures as regional growths and structures. Intercultural relationships, trends in global relations: case studies of China, Japan, India, Arab world, Europe, U.S.S.R., Anglo-America, Brazil.
Extractions: Link: Provided by The Office of Municipal Affairs , Rhode Island Department of Administration Providence State Senator and Representative Population : The population count for The City of Providence as of April 1, 2000, was 173,618. This represented a 8.02% increase (12,890 persons) from the 1990 population of 160,728. Rank : In 2000 Providence ranks First in population among Rhode Island's 39 cities and towns.
The MILEPOST: Major Attractions Community Links. Calendar of alaska Events geography as well gives Southeast its other namethe Inside Passagereferring to the protected system of http://www.themilepost.com/major_attractions/inside_passage.shtml
Extractions: Southeast Alaska/Inside Passage Southeastern Alaska, referred to by many residents simply as "Southeast," is Alaska's Panhandle. The region measures about 125 by 400 miles, with 60 percent of the area consisting densely forested islands of the Alexander Archipelago. The majority of Southeast lies within Tongass National Forest, the largest national forest in the United States. The Coast Mountains form the mainland portion of southeastern Alaska. Southeast has a coastal climate as well, with relatively mild winters compared with other Alaska regions, and sometimes cool, cloudy days in summer. Its geography dictates Southeast's unique transportation systemtravel by ferrysince the mountains and islands make road-building between many communities impossible. Geography as well gives Southeast its other namethe Inside Passagereferring to the protected system of waterways used by boats, cruise ships and ferries to connect the mainline port communities of Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Sitka, Juneau, Haines and Skagway, as well as the smaller towns of Metlakatla, Hollis, Kake, Angoon, Tenakee and Hoonah.
Census Geography: Many blocks correspond to individual city blocks bounded by streets, places have legal descriptions of borough (except in alaska and New York), city, http://newark.rutgers.edu/~natalieb/CensusGeog.htm
Extractions: A subdivision of a census tract (or, prior to 2000, a block numbering area), a block is the smallest geographic unit for which the Census Bureau tabulates 100-percent data. Many blocks correspond to individual city blocks bounded by streets, but blocks especially in rural areas - may include many square miles and may have some boundaries that are not streets. The Census Bureau established blocks covering the entire nation for the first time in 1990. Previous censuses back to 1940 had blocks established only for part of the nation. Over 8 million blocks are identified for Census 2000. A small, relatively permanent statistical subdivision of a county delineated by a local committee of census data users for the purpose of presenting data. Census tract boundaries normally follow visible features, but may follow governmental unit boundaries and other non-visible features in some instances; they always nest within counties. Designed to be relatively homogeneous units with respect to population characteristics, economic status, and living conditions at the time of establishment, census tracts average about 4,000 inhabitants. They may be split by any sub-county geographic entity. A concentration of population either legally bounded as an incorporated place, or identified as a Census Designated Place (CDP) including comunidades and zonas urbanas in Puerto Rico. Incorporated places have legal descriptions of borough (except in Alaska and New York), city, town (except in New England, New York, and Wisconsin), or village
USIA - Portrait Of The USA, Ch. 2 The socalled lower 48 states (all but alaska and Hawaii) sprawl across 4500 This chapter examines American geography, history, and customs through the http://usa.usembassy.de/etexts/factover/ch2.htm
Extractions: high temperatures on a given day in the United States to reach 70 degrees Fahrenheit (about 40 degrees Celsius). The United States owes much of its national character and its wealth to its good fortune in having such a large and varied landmass to inhabit and cultivate. Yet the country still exhibits marks of regional identity, and one way Americans cope with the size of their country is to think of themselves as linked geographically by certain traits, such as New England self-reliance, southern hospitality, midwestern wholesomeness, western mellowness. This chapter examines American geography, history, and customs through the filters of six main regions: New England , made up of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. The Middle Atlantic , comprising New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. The South , which runs from Virginia south to Florida and west as far as central Texas. This region also includes West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and parts of Missouri and Oklahoma. The Midwest , a broad collection of states sweeping westward from Ohio to Nebraska and including Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, parts of Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, and eastern Colorado.
Glacier Bay Alaska And The Community Of Gustavus The community of Gustavus in Southeast alaska is the gateway to Glacier bay geography, and much more can be found in the Interactive Yellow Pages . http://www.glacierbay.org/
Extractions: As you enter Glacier Bay in Southeast Alaska you will cruise along shorelines completely covered by ice just 200 years ago. Explorer Captain George Vancouver found Icy Strait choked with ice in 1794, and Glacier Bay was barely an indented glacier. That glacier was more than 4000 ft. thick, up to 20 miles or more wide, and extended more than 100 miles to the St.Elias Range of mountains. By 1879 naturist John Muir found that the ice had retreated 48 miles up the bay. By 1916 the Grand Pacific Glacier headed Tarr inlet 65 miles from Glacier Bay's mouth. SUCH RAPID RETREAT IS KNOWN NOWHERE ELSE ON EARTH. Scientists have documented it, hoping to learn how glacial activity relates to climate changes. Glacier Bay National Park includes 16 tidewater glaciers:12 actively calve icebergs into the bay. The show can be spectacular. As water undermines the ice fronts, great blocks of ice up to 200 feet high break loose and crash into the water. The Johns Hopkins Glacier calves such volumes of ice that it is seldom possible to approach its ice cliffs closer than about 2 miles.
Let's Go Travel Guides | Discover Alaska alaska Essentials Beyond Tourism alaska; Community Though most of the land is wilderness, the geography and climate vary wildly, and there are even http://www.letsgo.com/destinations/north_america/alaska/
Extractions: Globe Corner Discover Alaska When To Go ... Beyond Tourism Alaska Community USA Discussion Forum Photo Forum Inside Let's Go Alaska Letter from the Editor ... More Images From the dense, misty rainforests of the Alaskan Panhandle to the last desolate, treeless island in the Aleutian chain, North Americas northwest lives up to its own mythologies. Along the coast, sharp mountain peaks jab skyward from the waters edge, calving chunks of glacier into the ocean at their bases. Human settlements pock the bays and river crossings, but vanish beyond them, leaving most of the land not only untouristed, but also uninhabited. Hikers who stray away from town get to experience the challenge of traveling where no one may has traveled before, and where no one can provide a quick rescue if something goes wrong. Though most of the land is wilderness, the geography and climate vary wildly, and there are even farm tracts, rolling meadows, and beaches where the water gets (almost) warm enough for a summer swim. For thousands of years, human settlement in the region has relied on natural resources. In the last two hundred years, human activities have significantly impacted the landenthusiastic logging, mining, and fishing proved the land isnt inexhaustiblehowever, modern moderation has lead to the creation of huge wilderness tracts, preserving the regions natural charm. These wilderness spaces have led to the explosive growth of tourism in the past few decades, creating crowds and RV logjams in some spotsbut with so much land, outside of a few key touristed areas, there is still mostly emptiness.
United States Geography - The Northlands United States geography. The United States is in many ways a creation of a frontier as well as parts of alaska, the Northlands remains sparsely settled. http://countrystudies.us/united-states/geography-22.htm
Extractions: The Northlands United States Geography The United States is in many ways a creation of a frontier experience. The push westward remains part of recent American history, and many still live who remember the days of early settlement, of the often heroic struggle with the land. The American frontier is largely gone today. Although humans presumably have the technology to live anywhere on the earth's surface, those areas of the United States that can be occupied with moderate physical and economic effort are already staked out. Extending as far south as the northern Great Lakes states and including the interior to the Canadian border, as well as parts of Alaska, the Northlands remains sparsely settled. The inhospitable nature of the physical environment plus the consequent thinness of settlement give the Northlands its special character. A HARSH ENVIRONMENT If Americans were asked to describe the Northlands, "cold" would probably be the most commonly used adjective. Average January temperatures range from a high of about -7°C along its southern Great Lakes margin to a full -40°C in parts of Alaska. Temperatures can reach -60°C. Not only are winter temperatures low across most of the region, but winters are long. The average time between the last frost in the spring and the first in the fall is roughly 135 days at the southern margins of the area but little more than 14 days along parts of the Arctic Ocean. Because virtually all major food crops need a growing season of longer than 90 days, they can be grown in only a few small areas along the southern margins.
City Comforts, The Blog: Be Careful With Alaska Air City Comforts Blog. Awestruck Member of the Reality-Based Community and Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Be careful with alaska Air http://citycomfortsblog.typepad.com/cities/2005/07/be_careful_with.html
Extractions: Cities, architecture, the 'new urbanism,' real estate, historic preservation, urban design, land use law, landscape, transport etc etc from a mildly libertarian stance. Our response to problems of human settlement is not "better planning" and a bigger budget for local government. But alas, conservative and libertarian (not the same, to be sure) response to shaping our cities is too often barren and in denial. Our goal is to take part in fostering a new perspective. But not too earnestly.
Title: Human geography People, Places and Change is an exceptional series that functions communities the exotic island of Borneo, the reborn city of Berlin, http://www.wnin.org/Human Geography.htm
Extractions: Human Geography: People, Places and Change is an exceptional series that functions as a map to the cultural landscape of our time. In the best tradition of the discipline of geography itself, this course provides a world perspective, helping students understand the lay of the land in terms of broad social patterns that shape our lives. One of the great strengths of this series is that it combines economic and cultural geography. All geographers are interested in the interrelationships between humans and their natural environment. Within that context, economic geographers focus on the mode of production and wealth creation, while cultural geographers study the differences between one place and another in terms of the customs, mores, and institutions that create and maintain human societies. In Human Geography , these two types of geography are combined in holistic ways by focusing on multifaceted contemporary problems. One of the goals of this course is to integrate the disparate events of the present day into clearly recognizable trends, and provide students with an understanding of the causes behind dateline news events. Most of all, this series helps students appreciate the interconnectedness of our world and recognize the impact that government, corporate, group, and individual decisions have on their lives. At the heart of Human Geography is a series of ten half-hour television programs that have been extensively researched by a team of renowned geographers. The series was filmed at locations around the globe and features the experiences of individual communities the exotic island of Borneo, the reborn city of Berlin, a key wilderness area of Alaska that are grappling with major socioeconomic changes.
Extractions: by Richard Newton Two of the remotest of the Aleutians Attu and Kiska were captured by the invaders and became the site of the only World War II battle fought on American soil. A statue of Captain James Cook stands at the end of Third Avenue in Anchorage . Facing the railroad and the frigid waters of the Knik Arm, its back is coldly turned on the downtown skyscrapers. That this monument to one of the most prominent explorers of Alaska should exhibit such indifference towards the states largest city is appropriate, for the story of Anchorage is largely a tale of other places. Anchorage was accidentally conceived in Washington DC. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson formally selected the route for a new railroad between the sheltered harbours of Alaska s coastal inlets and the gold and coal fields of the interior. On the alluvial flats of the Cook Inlet a tented camp was pitched to billet the navvies. Several names sat temporarily on this ragged canvas village Woodrow
Alaska Office Of Economic Development alaskas two largest Eskimo communities, Kotzebue and Barrow, and historic Nome, At the heart of the region is Fairbanks, alaskas second largest city. http://www.dced.state.ak.us/oed/student_info/learn/region.htm
Extractions: The panorama of Southwest Alaska ranges from the gentle grasslands of the Aleutian Islands to the surreal volcanic landscape of Katmai National Park. In McNeil River State Game Sanctuary up to 2,500 brown bears congregate in the summer to feed on salmon. The Pribilof Islands offer unsurpassed sea bird and fur seal viewing. Fly-in fishing lodges dot the wilderness. The principal ports are Kodiak, Dillingham, Dutch Harbor/Unalaska, and King Salmon. The Yupik Eskimo community of Bethel is a major port serving as a commercial hub for villages of the Yukon and Kuskokwim river deltas. The Native people, known for their excellent basketry, are both Yupik Eskimo and Aleut. The waters are teeming with abundant marine life, and 230 species of birds frequent the Aleutian chain, the longest archipelago of small islands in the world. The area is accessible only by air and water. FAR NORTH Above the Yukon River, beyond the vast Brooks Range, the summer tundra unrolls a carpet of delicate wildflowers to meet the Arctic coast. This is the home of the Inupiat Eskimos, the land of Northern Lights and the Midnight Sun.
Alaska geography. alaska is the only state that is both in North America and not part of the alaska s most populous city is Anchorage, home of 260284 people, http://creekin.net/n204-alaska.html
Extractions: Oil Drilling In Alaska State of Alaska (Flag of Alaska) (Seal of Alaska) State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski English Area 1,717,854 km² (1 st Land 1,481,347 km² Water 236,507 km² (13.77%) Population (2000) Population th Density 0.42 /km² (50 th Date January 3, 1959 Order th Time zone Alaska: UTC-9/-8 Aleutian: UTC-10/-9 (west of 169° 30') Latitude 54°40'N to 71°50'N Longitude 130°W to 173°E Width 1,300 km Length 2,380 km Elevation Highest 6,194 m Mean 3,060 m Lowest m Abbreviations USPS AK US-AK (FIPS Code 02) Web site www.state.ak.us The Last Frontier State bird Willow Ptarmigan State land mammal Moose State marine mammal Bowhead Whale State fish King Salmon State insect Skimmer Dragonfly State flower Forget-me-not
AGDC Information University of alaska. BOROUGHS/cities/MUNICIPALITIES V. COOPERATION WITH THE NONFEDERAL COMMUNITY The alaska Geographic Data Committee recognizes the http://agdc.usgs.gov/info/charter.html
Extractions: Alaska Geospatial Data Clearinghouse In October 1990, the Office of Management and Budget issued a revised Circular A-16, "Coordination of Surveying, Mapping, and Related Spatial Data Activities." The goals of the Circular are to develop a national digital geographic information resource, to reduce duplication, to reduce the expense of developing geographic data, and to increase the benefits of using available data by ensuring coordination of Federal agency geographic data activities. The Circular assigns to Federal agencies the responsibilities of leading coordination activities for 10 categories of data. These categories form the data foundation for many applications. Agency responsibilities include providing government-wide leadership in developing data standards, assisting information and data exchange, and coordinating data collection. The Circular also establishes an interagency committee, the Federal Geographic Data Committee, to promote the coordinated development, use, sharing, and dissemination of geographic data. The committee also oversees and provides policy guidance for agency efforts to coordinate data categories.
Extractions: The lawsuit challenging the separate and unequal system of education in Alaska know as Molly Hootch, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. Alaska State Operated School System, et al., Defendants IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT Plaintiffs, vs. ALASKA STATE-OPERATED SCHOOL SYSTEM, a State Corporation; KATHERINE T. HURLEY, JAMES N. WANAMAKER, JOHN BORBRIDGE, JR., MARIE L. MCDOWELL, BETTY J. CUDDY, FRANKLIN M. KING, JR., RUTH McLEAN, as members of the State Board of Education of the State of Alaska; MARSHALL L. LIND, as Commissioner of Education; NATHANIEL H. COLE, as Director of Administrative Services, Department of Education; JAMES M. HARPER, as Director of Regional Schools and Boarding Home Program, Department of Education; STANLEY FRIESE, as Superintendent, Alaska State-Operated School System, Defendants. NO. 72-2450 FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT JURISDICTION 2. Jurisdiction is vested in this court by A.S. 22.10.020. PLAINTIFFS A. EMMONAK PLAINTIFFS 4. Plaintiff FRANK KAMEROFF, JR., age 19, is a secondary school age child, an Alaska Native, a citizen of the United States, whose community of residence and home is Emmonak, Alaska. He has completed the tenth grade and last attended school during the 1970-71 school year at Kodiak-Aleutian Regional High School, a boarding school operated by defendants approximately 550 miles from his home. He did not attend school during the 1971-72 school year. 5. Plaintiff CAMMY KAMEROFF, age 18, is a secondary school age child, an Alaska Native, citizen of the State of Alaska and the United States, whose community of residence and home is Emmonak, Alaska. She has completed the tenth grade. During the 1971-72 school year CAMMY KAMEROFF was transported approximately 2100 miles from her home at taxpayers' expense to Chemawa Indian School, Chemawa, Oregon, a boarding school operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. This action is brought in her behalf by her father and next friend FRANK KAMEROFF.
Top 25 Cities For Doing Business In America If you re looking for cities large, medium, and small where job growth is robust It combines the advantages seen in smaller communities with an array of http://www.inc.com/magazine/20040301/top25.html
Extractions: Skip to the content of this page Advanced options showLogin('', 'http://www.inc.com/magazine/20040301/top25.html'); Printer friendly Email this article Newsletters If you're looking for cities large, medium, and small where job growth is robust and economies are strong, head to the ones on this year's Top Cities list. Fort Lauderdale, anyone? From: Inc. Magazine, March 2004 Page 93 By: Joel Kotkin document.write(ibHtml1); Frank Sinatra never wrote a song about Newark or Green Bay, nor has Madonna ever bought a house in either city. But these are among the unexpected places where businesses are adding jobs most rapidly and many people are moving in search of new lives, creating tremendous opportunities for entrepreneurs. The Top Cities in America for doing business are not at all where most people think, and there's good data to back that up. This year
