The impact of expansionism and Manifest Destiny in the US political and constitutional system has been enormous. In fact, in the view of some analysts, it has led the 'Imperial Presidency' to usurp legislative and judicial functions, eroding democracy in the process. 2...
The Driver: Relentless, Commercially Focused, and Highly Confident – Drivers can’t help themselves. They have to become builders of business or social ventures of their own as a means of self-validation. Entrepreneurship is almost hardwired into their very identity. They are supremely confiden...
This idea of civilizing "wilderness" has gone through many re-imaginings in American culture, from Manifest Destiny to the "American Dream" to foreign interventions, Americans have perceived the physical environment as a "frontier," separate from the human condition, to be crossed into and ...
Forest change affects local and global climate by altering the physical properties of the land surface. Accurately assessing urban forest changes in local land surface temperature (LST) is a scientific and crucial strategy for mitigating regional climate