Health workers fanning out to vaccinate children need to know the distribution of the population. Environmental experts need to know if resources are under pressure from settlement patterns or other threats. We hear a lot about blue helmets and relief workers out there in the world's war-zones and disaster areas, but we should not forget that geographers are on the front lines, too. So I was very eager to meet you all today. The United Nations and the community of professional geographers have a great deal in common.
Borders figure heavily in our work.
So does science. Most of all, geographers routinely fill in the blanks of terra incognita, enabling people to update their views of the earth and its inhabitants. Er ffnung des Annual Meetings der Association of American Geographers am 27. Jedem Deutschen ein Auto, einen Autobahnanschlu , ein Schwimmbad, eine Umgehungsstra e und eine Dreieinhalbzimmerwohnung, so lautete der Plan. Grundgesetz unter dem Leitsatz von der 'Herstellung der Einheitlichkeit der Lebensverh ltnisse' tr umt, zerbrochen.