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With the political upheaval underway in since March 2011, GSI has been doing background research to identify the social dynamics at play in the human geography of the country. Called the crossroads of civilizations in travel promotions, ...
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Syria, Ethnic Geography, Human Geography, Syrian social structure
Cracks in the Foundation – An Opening for Clans in North Korea
The clan structure in Korea has traditionally played the organizing role that social groups and tribal networks do in other countries. In North Korea where ultimate power res...
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North Korea, Korean clans, North Korean social structure, North Korean human geography
Chihuahua is the largest state by area in Mexico. It hosts the city that is the major transportation route for the narcotics and cross border arms trade: Ciudad Juarez. From 2007 to 2010 Ciudad Juarez was the main focal point of the drug war be...
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Mexico, Chihuahua, Drug Cartels, Indigenous Groups in Chihuahua, Human Geography, Religious Colonies in Chihuahua
Kinship ties in business relationships are not unique to China. In The Yin and Yang of Kinship and Business, Alex Stewart and Michael Hitt note kinship as an organizational element of business concerns is a sustained global phenomenon,...
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China, Human Geography, Clans, Guanxi, Project Management, Social Networks in China
Informal Networks & Human Geography: the Bahraini Matam
Informal networks are an important part of the social dynamics in any social structure, from the favelas of Brazil to the bazaars of Iran. In Bahrain the neighborhood and village Shia...
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Tags: Bahrain, Matam, Informal Networks, Human Geography, Shia Islam
The Human Geography of the Bazaar in Iran
The Iranian bazaar thrives as a modern political force capable of bringing about revolution and toppling regimes. The bazaar’s power is so significant that today’s Islamic Republic considers its...
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Iran, Iranian Bazaar, Human Geography, Iranian Socio-cultural Entities
Local Populations and Human Geography
Is mapping the human geography of a region a threat to its inhabitants?
A controversy over an academic human geography project called México Indígena raised the issue of whether mapping the human ...
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Human Geography, Mexico, Indigenous Rights, Disaster Recovery, Geographic Names
Mapping the Somali Diaspora
Recently GSI completed a tribal geographic database of Somalia. This database provides in-depth tribal data in a geographic format identifying approximate locations for specific families as well as their tribal hierarchie...
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Somalia, Diaspora, Human Geography
Stakeholder Management in the Niger Delta
Human Geography Mapping provides the framework for a Social License to Operate
Nigeria and the Niger Delta are areas fraught with the legacy disputes of majority and minority ethnic and tribal groups. The N...
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Niger Delta, Stakeholder Management, Social License to Operate, Human Geography
Al-Kufrah is a small desert town (also known as Al-Jawf) in the southeast corner of Libya. It is the provincial capital of the Kufrah district, which is the largest by area in Libya, but it is remote from the current fighting. The K...
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Human Geography, North Africa, Libya, Al-Kufrah, Al-Jawf, Tribes in Libya, Zuwayah Tribe, Tibu Tribe, Sarir Oil Field
A marked difference from other Middle Eastern societies is the unique sectarian focus in Lebanon. It is not that sectarian differences do not play a role in other countries in the region. Rather the political structure heightens these dif...
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Lebanon, Human Geography
Human Geography & Non-Tribal Societies
Does mapping of social groups only pertain to tribal societies?
Some suggest GSI’s process of mapping social dynamics in a region only works for areas where tribal structures remain an important aspe...
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Deciding where to position assets such as pipelines or satellite offices can be a big challenge, especially if you are operating in high risk environments such as the Middle East or Africa. Understanding local sentiment and visualizing the cult...
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