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Department of Geography and Geology
Western Kentucky University
1906 College Heights Blvd, #31066
Bowling Green, KY 42101-1066
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Articles, Reports, and Electronic Media:

2013. A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words: Urban Regeneration in a Global City. FOCUS on Geography 56(2): (in press).
2013. Transport Research Challenges in Latin America. Journal of Transport Geography (in press).
2013. A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: Changing Accessibility in Mendoza, Argentina. FOCUS on Geography 56(1): 45-46.
2012. Medellín: A City Reborn? Co-authored with Drs Holli Drummond and John Dizgun. FOCUS on Geography 55(4): 146-154 (Special Bowman Issue).
2012. Annotated Latin American websites IV. Journal of Latin American Geography 11(2): 195-197.
2012. A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words: Decline and Isolation in Timbuktu, Mali. FOCUS on Geography 55(3): 115-116.
2012. How Green is my Valley? The Changing Landscapes of Bala, Wales. FOCUS on Geography 55(2): 48-62.
2012. A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words: The Tuareg of Timia, Niger. FOCUS on Geography 55(1): 28-29.
2011. Iconic Landscapes: The Lyrical Links of Songs and Cities. FOCUS on Geography 54(4): 113-125.
2011. Annotated Latin American websites IV. Journal of Latin American Geography 10(2): 231-233.
2011. Roccatagliata, J.A. (translated by David J. Keeling) Transport Geography in Argentina. Journal of Transport Geography 19(6): 1625-1626.
2011. Rural Journeys: Lincolnshire’s “By-Pass” Railway. FOCUS on Geography 54(2) 51-59 (co-authored with Robert Doughty)
. 2011. Cityscapes and Footprints – Dancing through the Urban with Larry Ford. Geographical Review 101(2: 423-434.
2011. Annotated Latin American websites III. Journal of Latin American Geography 10(1): 199-202.
2010. A Picture is Worth 972 Words - Lake Como. FOCUS on Geography 53(4): 155-156.
2010. Photojournal: Off the Beaten Track - Imaging Geography’s Remote Destinations. FOCUS on Geography 53(3): 103-116.
2010. Annotated Latin American websites II. Journal of Latin American Geography 9(2): 169-170.
2010. Connected Places, Interactive Spaces – Transport Infrastructure for a Global Society. FOCUS on Geography 53(1): 24-31.
2010. Annotated Latin American websites I. Journal of Latin American Geography 9(1): 176-178.
2009. Photojournal: Bridging Space and Time around the World. FOCUS on Geography 52(3/4): 56-61.
2009. Photojournal: The Great Sahara. FOCUS on Geography 51(4): 17-22.
2009. Transportation Geography: Local Challenges, Global Contexts. Progress in Human Geography 33(4): 516-526).
2008. Latin America's Transportation Conundrum. Journal of Latin American Geography 7(2): 133-154.
2008. Transportation Geography: New Regional Mobilities. Progress in Human Geography 32(2): 275-284.
2008. Buenos Aires, Encyclopaedia Britannica article revision (print, online, CD, and DVD editions).
2007. Transportation Geography: New Directions on Well-Worn Trails. Progress in Human Geography V. 31(2): 217-225 (PR).
2005. Argentina, Microsoft Encarta Encyclopaedia (online edition revisions).
2005. Latin American Development and the Globalization Imperative: New Directions, Familiar Crises, Journal of Latin American Geography Vol. 3(1):1-21 (PR).
2004. Aconcagua, Pampa, Patagonia, Córdoba, Paraná. Entries for the World Book Encyclopedia online.
2003. The Challenges of Geographic Illiteracy. Ubique: Notes from the American Geographical Society. Vol. XXIII, 2, p. 5.
2003. Letters from the Editors, with Diana Liverman and Karl Zimmerer, Journal of Latin American Geography, Vol. 1(1), pp. 1-2.
2003. Argentina, Microsoft Encarta Encyclopaedia (online, CD, and DVD editions).
2003. Buenos Aires, Encyclopaedia Britannica (print, online, CD, and DVD editions).
2001. Designer and Webmaster, The American Geographical Society Website (www.amergeog.org).
2000. El Desarrollo Latinoamericano y el Imperativo de Globalización: Direcciones Nuevas y Crisis Consabidas. CD-Rom Publication, II Encuentro Internacional Humboldt, "Periferias, Regiones, y Países," Argentina.
2000. Latin American Geography in the New Millennium. Yearbook, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Vol. 26, pp. vii-viii.
2000. A Graphic Representation of Suburbanization Trends in the U.S., 1940-1990. Geography and Geology Proceedings of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Vol. 1999-00, pp. 26-32.
1999. Neoliberal Reform and Landscape Change in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Journal of Latin American Geography, CLAG Yearbook, Vol. 25, pp.17-32 (PR).
1999. A Graphic Representation of Economic Integration Trends in the Southern Cone of South America, Geography and Geology Proceedings of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Vol. 1998-99, pp. 18-21.
1999. Las Placas Tectónicas Socioeconómicas de la Argentina y el Impacto de las Estrategias de Globalización. Anales de la Sociedad Argentina de Estudios Geográficos Vol. 21 (in press)
1998. Introduction, pp. v-vi in David J. Keeling and James Wiley (eds.)Yearbook 1998 CLAG, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Vol. 24 (PR).
1997. Los Transportes, el Desarrollo Regional, y un Análisis del Potencial Económico de la Argentina, pp. 1-12 (Simposio\2_3\747.doc) in Pablo Ciccolella (ed.), Territorios en Redefinición: Lugar y Mundo en América Latina. Buenos Aires: EGAL/CD-Rom version.
1997. Integración Regional, MERCOSUR, y el Rol del Transporte. Escenarios: Revista de Geografía de la Universidad Nacional de Luján (PR). (in press, journal suspended, lack of funds).
1996. Regional development and the potential impact of transport improvements. Proceedings, Geography Section, Kentucky Academy of Science, Vol. 1995:33-44.
1995. El transporte, las ciudades mundiales, y la ordenación del territorio, pp. 86-98 in Juan A. Roccatagliata (ed.) Actos del Seminario: Las Ciudades en la Ordenación del Territorio. Buenos Aires: Subsecretaría de la Acción del Gobierno.
1995. Penny Lane and the Street of Vice: Popular music, sense of place, and images of the urban environment, Proceedings, Geography Section, Kentucky Academy of Science, Vol. 1994: 8-22.
1994. Globalization and socioeconomic restructuring in Argentina, The Journal of Latin American Affairs 2(2):13-15.
1994. Regional development and transport policies in Argentina: An appraisal, The Journal of Developing Areas 28(4):487-502 (PR).
1993. Transport and regional development in Argentina: Structural deficiencies and patterns of network evolution, Yearbook 1993, Journal of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers (CLAG) 19:25-34 (PR).
1993. Economic and social restructuring in Argentina: Is the medicine killing the patient? Intercambio Internacional Vol. 12(1):1-3.
1993. Developing MERCOSUR: Can Argentina and Brazil replicate the European Common Market?, Proceedings, Geography Section, Kentucky Academy of Science, Vol. 1993:59-72.
1993. Coauthored with Alexander B. Murphy, Oregon's International Trade: A Geographic Profile of Export Destinations, 1987-1991. Portland: Oregon Geographical Alliance and the Oregon International Trade Institute, pp. 212.
1992. Maps and data contributed to Juan A. Roccatagliata, Relaciones entre políticas territoriales y políticas de transporte. El caso del transporte ferroviario, Estudios Geográficos 53(208), pp. 523-542 (PR).
1991. Eurotunnel: Regional development and transportation patterns, Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers 53:109-130 (PR).
1990. The geopolitics of transport in Pre-Hispanic America: A comparison of transport systems in the core-periphery structure of the Aztec and Inca empires, Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of Science 26:49-55.


Books and Book Chapters:  (PR = Peer Reviewed)

2005. Keeling, David J. Waterfront Redevelopment and the Puerto Madero Project in Buenos Aires, Argentina, pp. 113-136 in Vicent Ortells Chabrera, Robert B. Kent, and Javier Soriano Martí (eds.), Cities and Urban Geography in Latin America. Castellon de la Plana, Spain: Publicaciones Universitat Jaume I, Serie Colección Américas (PR).
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2004. Latin America, with David J. Robinson and Cesar Caviedes, pp.693-708 in Gary L. Gaile and Cort J. Willmott (eds.), Geography in America at the Dawn of the 21st Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press (PR).

2002. Transport Challenges for Latin America in the 21st Century, pp 77-103 in Gregory Knapp (ed.) Latin America in the 21st Century: Challenges and Solutions. Austin: University of Texas Press (PR) (view Book Details)

2001. El Desarrollo de América Latina y el Imperativo de la Globalización: Nuevas Direcciones, Crisis Familiares, pp. 63-142 in Juan Ramón Pérez and Patricia Castillejos Peral (eds.) Seminario Internacional: Nuevas Tendencias en América Latina en el Contexto de la Globalización. Mexico: Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo (View Book Details).

1998. Transportation, Regional Development, and Economic Potential in Mexico, pp. 101-123 in Allen G. Noble et al. (eds.) Regional Development and Planning for the 21st Century: New Priorities, New Philosophies. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing. (PR)(View book details ).

1998. Paperback Edition.... Contemporary Argentina: A Geographical Perspective. Westview Press, pp. 373. ISBN: 0-8133-3555-8 (PR).

1997. Contemporary Argentina: A Geographical Perspective.   Boulder, CO: Westview Press, pp. 373 (PR). ISBN: 0-8133-8680-2 (PR). (View book details ).

1996. Buenos Aires: Global Dreams, Local Crises. London: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 272 (PR). ISBN: 0-471-94935-3. (View book details ).

1995. Transport and the world city paradigm, pp. 115-131 in Paul L. Knox and Peter J. Taylor (eds.) World Cities in a World-System. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (PR). ISBN: 0-521-48165-1. (View book details ).

1993. Maps and data contributed to Juan A. Roccatagliata, Transporte: Algunas consideraciones actuales, pp. 233-237 in Juan A. Roccatagliata (ed.) Geografía Económica Argentina. Buenos Aires: El Ateneo (PR). ISBN: 950-02-3620-6.

1992. You Cannot Get There From Here: Transport and Communication Deficiencies in the Regional Development of Northwest Argentina, UMI Thesis Publications, Ann Arbor (Ph.D. Dissertation, Geography Department, University of Oregon), pp. 353.

1990. Transportation Policy and Rural Community Change: A Welsh Case Study, UMI Thesis Publications, Ann Arbor (M.A. Thesis, Department of Geography, University of Oregon), pp. 297.

Research in Production:

2006. Geography Rocks! Place, Culture, and Popular Music. Book in production and under contract for Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Manuscript to be submitted by July 2009.

Published Book Reviews:

(2006) Review of "Latin America, Regions and People" by Robert B. Kent. Journal of Regional Science Vol 47(2): 385-388.
(2006) Review of "Chimneys in the Desert: Industrialization in Argentina during the Export Boom Years, 1870-1930" by Fernando Rocchi. Journal of Latin American Geography 5(2): 135-137.
(2006) Review of "Landscapes of Devils" by Gastón Gordillo, H-Net Online Reviews, Historical Geography (http://www.h-net.org/~histgeog/) (January).
(2005) Review of "Specular City" by Laura Podalsky. Urban Studies, Vol. 42(8), pp. 1472-1473 (July 2005).
(2004) Review of "Understanding the City: Contemporary and Future Perspectives" by John Eade and Chris Mele. Area, Institute of British Geographers, Vol. 36(3):329.
(2003) Review of "Latin America and the Caribbean, 2nd. Edn." by David Clawson. Journal of Cultural Geography (in press).
(2002) Review of "The Place of Music," by Andrew Leyshon et al. (eds.). Journal of Cultural Geography (in press).
(2002) Review of "Transforming Cities," by N. Jewsond and S. MacGregor (eds.). Journal of Cultural Geography (in press).
(2000) Review of "The Americas in Transition: The Contours of Regionalism," by G. Mace and L. Belanger (eds.), Political Geography, Vol. 19(6):798-800.
(1999) Review of "Cousins and Strangers: Spanish Immigrants in Buenos Aires, 1850-1930," by Jose C. Moya, Progress in Human Geography 23(3): 491-492.
(1998) Review of "Old Age and Urban Poverty in the Developing World: The Shantytowns of Buenos Aires," by Peter Lloyd-Sherlock. H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences Online: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews.
(1998) Review of "Havana: Two Faces of the Antillean Metropolis," by Segre, R., Coyula, M., and Scarpaci, J., Annals of the Association of American Geographers Vol. 88(3):533-534.
(1997) Review of "Transport and Development in the Third World," by David Simon, Progress in Human Geography 21(3):451-2.
(1997) Review of "The Cambridge Survey of World Migration" by Robin Cohen (ed.), Special Libraries Association, Geography & Maps Division Bulletin 185: 47-49.
(1997) Review of "Third World Cities in Global Perspective" by David Smith, Progress in Human Geography 21(3): 452-3.
(1997) Reviews of "The Politics of Human Rights in Argentina," by Alison Brysk, and "Revolutionizing Motherhood: The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo," by Marguerite Guzman Bouvard. The Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies Vol. 22(44):188-190.
(1997) Review of "North American Cities in the Global Economy" by P.K. Kresl and G. Gappert, Progress in Human Geography Vol. 21(2):296-297.
(1997) Review of "Urban World/Global City" by David Clark, Progress in Human Geography 21(2):283.
(1997) Review of "Latin American Development: Geographical Perspectives," 2nd. Edn. by David Preston (ed.), CLAG Communication, Vol. 87 (Winter):2-3.
(1997) Review of "The Other Argentina: The Interior and National Development" by Larry Sawers, Geographical Review, Vol. 86(3):481-482.
(1996) Review of "South America" by César Caviedes and Gregory Knapp, CLAG Communication 86, Spring, pp. 3-4.
(1995) Reviews of "The Mexican Border Cities: Landscape Anatomy and Place Personality," by Daniel D. Arreola and James R. Curtis, and "In Search of a Home: Rental and Shared Housing in Latin America," by Alan Gilbert. The Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 20(39-40):301-303.
(1995) Review of "Divided Britain, 2nd. edn." by Ray Hudson and Allan M. Williams. Special Libraries Association, Geography & Maps Division Bulletin (October) 181:84-6.
(1995) Review of "The Channel Tunnel: A Geographical Perspective," by Richard Gibb (ed.) Special Libraries Association, Geography & Maps Division Bulletin 180:84-85.
(1994) Review of "Modern Transport Geography," by Brian S. Hoyle and Richard D. Knowles (eds.) The Professional Geographer 46(4): 517.

Editorials and Editorships:

** (2007) Op Ed: Who will put America back together again? Commentary for the AGS Writers Circle, published in the Honolulu Hawaii Reporter, September; the Foires de Opiniones Haiti, September; the Ashley County Ledger (AR), October; and in the Fredericksbug, VA, Free Lance-Star on November 25.
** (2007) Op Ed: Big Fences Do Not Always Make Good Neighbors. Op Ed for the AGS Writers Circle, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, April 23.
** (2007) Series Co-Editor (with A.B. Murphy), "Changing Regions in a Global Context," Rowman and Littlefield Publishers – China’s Geography: Globalization and the Dynamics of Political, Economic, and Social Change, Veeck, G., Pannell, C.W., Smith, C.J., and Huang, Y.
** (2007) Op Ed: Arctic Meltdown creates Hot Policy Issues AGS Writers Circle. Chicago Sun-Times April 14; Circumpolar Musings April 2; The Spectrum (St. Georges, UT), April 1.
** (2007) Op Ed: Geographical Ignorance limits America’s Opportunities AGS Writers Circle. The Gleaner (Henderson, KY) Feb. 26; Northwest Arkansas Times, March 3; Bakersfield Californian, March 24.
** (2006) Op Ed: The U.S. must Rethink its Afghanistan Policy Ubique, December, Vol. XXVII(3):4.
** (2006) Op-Ed: Ignorance breeds fear; fear breeds hatred. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, October 29th.
** (2006) Op-Ed: Focus on Academics First. Bowling Green Daily News, October 1st.
** (2006) Op-Ed: If We Build it, They Won’t Come! Calhoun Times, Georgia, July 26th.
** (2006) Op-Ed: Left Turns Don't Have to be Dead Ends. News Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, June 29th.
** (2006) Op-Ed: Get back on the Rails, America. Daily Press, Newport News, VA, June 25th.
** (2004) Commentary: Exploration and Discovery – Now More Than Ever! Ubique: The Newsletter of the American Geographical Society (December).
** (2004) Op. Ed. Commentary: Back in the USSR? Anchorage Press, October 14-20, Vol. 13, Edn. 41.
** (2004) Op. Ed. Commentary: To Understand Radicalism, We Must Know Geography. Lexington Herald-Leader, September 7.
** (2004) Op. Ed. Commentary: Free Trade and the Geography of Ignorance. San Francisco Chronicle, August 3, B-9.
** (2003) Joint Editor, Journal of Latin American Geography
** (2001) From the Editor, "Latin America's Transportation Deficit," Intercambio Internacional, Vol. 16(1):1.
** (2000) Editor, Journal of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers: Yearbook 2000, Vol. 26, pp. 189 (PR).
** (2000) Editor, Geography and Geology Proceedings of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Vol.1999-00, pp. 35.
**(1999) Editor, Geography and Geology Proceedings of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Vol.1998-99, pp. 22.
**(1999) Editor's Commentary: "Landscape Change in Britain," Newsletter of the European Specialty Group, Vol. 7(1): 2-3.
**(1999) From the Editor: "Fidel Castro and the U.S. at the 21st Century," Intercambio Internacional, Vol. XV (2): 1.
**(1999) Editor's Commentary: Euros and some Change. Newsletter of the European Specialty Group 6(2):2-3.
**(1999) "Commentary on Scheduling," College Heights Herald, 74(43):5.
**(1998) Editor, Journal of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers: Yearbook 1998, Vol. 24 (PR).
**(1998) From the Editor: Hemispheric Free Trade--Myth or Realty? Intercambio Internacional, Vol.15(1):1.
**(1998) From the Editor: Viva la Diferencia! Newsletter of the European Specialty Group 6(1):1.
**(1997) From the Editor: Transport in the New Millennium. Newsletter of the European Specialty Group 5(2):4.
**(1997) From the Editor: Democracy, Development, and Corruption in Latin America. Intercambio Internacional Vol. 14(2):1.
**(1996) Editor, Proceedings, Geography Section, Kentucky Academy of Science, Vol. 1995, pp. 55.
**(1996) Reprint of "The U.S. and Latin American: Partners in Progress," CLAG Communication 86, Spring, pp. 2-3.
**(1996) From the Editor-Privatization Programs in Latin America: Progress or Disaster? Intercambio Internacional 14(1):1,6.
**(1995) From the Editor--The U.S. and Latin America: Partners in Progress. Intercambio Internacional Vol. 13(2):1-2.
**(1994) From the Editor--Haiti, Democracy, and Development. Intercambio Internacional Vol. 13(1):1.
**(1994) From the Editor--Rural Issues in Latin America, Intercambio Internacional 12(2):1.
**(1993) From the Editor. Intercambio Internacional 12(1):1.


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