Ian Spangler is a cultural & economic geographer with interests in digital mapping, housing studies, and race & landscape in the US…
n 2020 the EPA narrowed the definition of 'Waters of the United States', significantly limiting wetland protection under the Clean Water…
Agricultural land use has recently peaked, both globally and across country income groups, after centuries of expansion and intensification…
Policy responses to the COVID-19 outbreak must strike a balance between maintaining essential supply chains and limiting the spread of the…
David Stebenne’s “Promised Land: How the Rise of the Middle Class Transformed America, 1929-1968” invites us to remember those decades in…
Indianapolis is rethinking its approach, seeking new efficiencies that will better serve those from disadvantaged communities.
We report three findings. First, using evidence from chain bankruptcies and data on 12 million to 18 million establishments per year, we…
We study the local economic spillovers generated by LeBron James’ presence on a team in the National Basketball Association. Mr. James, the…