Don’t stand so close to me: Public spaces, behavioral geography, and COVID-19

COVID-19 is influencing how people engage with one another in geographic space. Stay-at-home orders and social distancing have reduced people’s bodily presences and social interactions in public spaces. Revisiting classical behavioral geography, this commentary explores the perception and engagement of geographic space among residents in the downtown core of a large metropolitan region in Texas during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Geography and Human Geography Development in the Information Age

The information technology represented by computers has brought abouttremendous changes in the development of various disciplines, and the basicdiscipline geography as a scientific research is also deeply influenced by thedevelopment of information technology. The development significance of geography and human geography in the information age lies in guiding the development of geographical practice activities, facilitating the harmonious development of human-land relations, and facilitating the realization of the Chinese Dream. The development of geography and human geography in the information age is reflected in the further expansion of the discipline of geography and human geography, the application of 3S technology, large-area research and big data applications. Future geography and human geography will further expand into digital urban space, behavioral geography, geography response and other fields with the support of information technology.