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- on the doorstep of one of North America’s largest cities, the birthplace of modern urban studies?
at the northern frontier of tornado alley and at the juncture of the Great Plains, Great Lakes, and Mississippi Valley climatic regions?
among some of the world’s most productive agricultural soils, at-risk from both over-use and urban encroachment, but with massive natural potential for sequestering greenhouse gasses?
in a region renown for map and globe production, and a leader in the application of modern geographic technologies to agriculture, urban planning, environmental management, retail location analysis, transportation, emergency services and asset management, in addition to mapping?
Summary Provided by:
http://globe.geog.niu.edu/Geog_grad_03.htm
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