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Healthy ageing in urban China: Governing the ageing population Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-12-23 Yi Yu
The Chinese government has promoted the concept of “healthy ageing” to meet the goals of Healthy China 2030. Thus, achieving healthy ageing has become the principal motivation behind community eldercare organisations’ activities and services for the elderly in Chinese cities. The principles of healthy ageing encourage older adults to participate in activities, conduct volunteer labour, and strive to
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De‐Centering in Practice: Governance through Co‐ordination in Spanish Economic Geography Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2021-01-09 José Luis Sánchez‐Hernández
This Commentary draws on the Spanish case to shed light on the three dimensions of de‐centering in economic geography: epistemological, geographical, and idiomatic. Although the geography of contributors to the most influential Companions and Handbooks of economic geography shows hints of a timid de‐centering from the UK and the USA to other English‐speaking or English‐fluent countries in America,
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After the anthropause: Lockdown lessons for more‐than‐human geographies Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2021-01-07 Adam Searle; Jonathon Turnbull; Jamie Lorimer
The drastic reductions in human activities and mobilities associated with quarantines implemented to curb the spread of SARS‐CoV‐2 was recently described as ‘the anthropause’ by Christian Rutz and colleagues. Field scientists argue that the anthropause is a once‐in‐a‐lifetime opportunity for observation and data collection in a world devoid of anthropogenic disturbances, notably those from extractive
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The future is how: Urbanising the Korean peninsula for imagining post‐fossil cities in east Asia Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-11-17 Jin‐Tae Hwang
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Production without medicalisation: Risk practices and disease in Bangladesh aquaculture Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-11-25 Steve Hinchliffe; Andrea Butcher; Muhammad Meezanur Rahman; James Guilder; Charles Tyler; David Verner‐Jeffreys
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Does the science criterion rest on thin ice? Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-11-18 Peder Roberts
This paper explores whether a central plank of the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) – the science criterion – is threatened by anthropogenic climate change. It begins by situating the origins of the ATS within the context of the International Geophysical Year (IGY), and the privileged position that science obtained within first the IGY and later the ATS. This extends to science functioning as the dominant
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Shall the forthcoming Chinese Antarctic law be obligation‐oriented? Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-11-17 Xueping Li
China has set forth on making its Antarctic law after a long time of ferment. This forthcoming law should refer to the most suitable Chinese theoretical standards of law‐making. It should also clarify China's domestic and international legal dimensions and the doctrine of rights shaped by obligations in the Antarctic Treaty System. All of which determine that this new law shall have the nature of
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The critical turn of resilience: Mapping thematic communities and modes of critical scholarship Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-11-21 Vera Smirnova; Jennifer L. Lawrence; James Bohland
The recent proliferation of resilience discourses invited critical inquiries into the concept and its ability to construct policy narratives of “certainty.” Critical works have deconstructed and debated the instrumentalist notions of resilience as overly simplified, raised to the forefront questions of power, emphasised the linkages of the concept to dominant political and economic regimes, and underscored
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Addressing power and scale in resilience programming: A call to engage across funding, delivery and evaluation Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-10-03 Lindsey Jones; Laura Kuhl; Nathanial Matthews
Resilience has recently emerged as a conceptual and operational buzzword spanning every facet of the international development agenda. The rise of resilience provides renewed opportunities for geographers to critically engage with the policy sphere and shape ongoing discourse over the nature of resilience programming. Yet, while aspects of the political economy of resilience have long been acknowledged
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Bushfires – Climate, people and policies Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-10-02 Keith Richards
Climate change plays a role in the increased intensification and frequency of bushfire seasons, although it promotes hot and dry conditions rather than directly causing fires. Prompted by the severe fire season in late 2019 and early 2020 in southeast Australia, this Commentary notes the complexity of the causal chain leading to such events, and focuses on the importance of ignition sources and fuel
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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Medals and Awards 2020 Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-12-08
The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) annual Medals and Awards recognise achievements in researching, communicating, and teaching a wide range of geographical knowledge. The celebration of the 2020 Medal and Awards will take place in June 2021. This paper provides a list of the receipiants of medals and awards.
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Platforms and the pandemic: A case study of fashion rental platforms during COVID‐19 Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-10-28 Taylor Brydges; Lisa Heinze; Monique Retamal; Claudia E. Henninger
From Airbnb to Uber, the sharing or platform economy has reshaped many aspects of our economy and society. In recent years, fashion rental platforms have gained in popularity, fuelling the introduction of the platform economy in fashion. When the COVID‐19 pandemic hit, the impact on fashion rental platforms was abrupt, with demand disappearing seemingly overnight as events were cancelled and many people
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The geography of the US’s mishandling of COVID‐19: A commentary on the politics of science in democracies Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-10-11 Benjamin Schrager
During the pandemic, many prominent global leaders and scholars have called for placing science above politics. This commentary argues that such rhetoric dangerously oversimplifies science and politics as insular from democracy and geographical context. The theory of co‐construction from science and technology studies reveals the pandemic’s geographic intersection with other threats to democracy, such
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Local disaster knowledge: Towards a plural understanding of volcanic disasters in Central Java's highlands, Indonesia Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-10-11 Christina Griffin; Keith Barney
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Tourism and the pursuit of subjective wellbeing: A temporal perspective Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-09-20 Duo Yin; Qingyan Huang; Xiaobo Su
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Exploring flash flood risk perception using PCA analysis: The case of Mindelo, S. Vicente (Cape Verde) Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-08-19 Bruno Martins; Adélia Nunes
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Presidential Address* and record of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) AGM 2020 Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-08-16
In the Society’s first virtual AGM, the President of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) The Rt. Hon. the Baroness Chalker of Wallasey reflected on three ambitions: to improve public health everywhere; to put nature conservation into all decision making as a fundamental requirement of sustainable development; and the central importance of clear communication.
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Mapping the “hard edges” of disadvantage in England: Adults involved in homelessness, substance misuse, and offending Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-08-10 Glen Bramley; Suzanne Fitzpatrick; Filip Sosenko
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Unreported world: A critical analysis of UK newspaper coverage of post‐disaster events Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-07-06 James J. Porter, Grace Evans
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Geographies of youth, mobile phones, and the urban hustle Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-06-11 Ebenezer Forkuo Amankwaa; James Esson; Katherine V. Gough
Geographers have shown how mobile phones are transforming urban economies in Africa by altering the temporal and spatial nature of commercial transactions. Less well documented is how young people in Africa are using mobile phones to navigate the interplay between personal hopes, social expectations, and financial uncertainty associated with urban life. Drawing on qualitative data from youth in two
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Adaptation to flooding in low‐income urban settlements in the least developed countries: A systems approach Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-06-10 Anika Nasra Haque, Mike Bithell, Keith S. Richards
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Identifying Shan‐Shui characteristics for national landscape heritage: Reconciling western and Chinese landscape characterisation from a trans‐cultural perspective Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-04-06 Ye Zhao, David C. Harvey, Chi Gao
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Aptitude or adaptation: What lies at the root of terroir? Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-02-29 Rory Hill
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Of bombs and belts: Exploring potential ruptures within China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Sri Lanka Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-02-20 Kanchana N. Ruwanpura, Peter Rowe, Loritta Chan
Recently, much scholarship has been dedicated to exploring China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). A majority of this work has focused on global dimensions of the BRI, typically considering notions of a changing geopolitical landscape or South–South cooperation. However, these grand narratives often displace local realities, especially in the arenas of local political conflict and environmental degradation
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Reconceptualising the drinking waterscape through a grounded perspective Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-02-06 Emilie Lavie, Laure Crombé, Anaïs Marshall
While water networks were built at the same time as modern cities to avoid epidemics, today urban water studies seldom take into account the criterion of quality, which, however, remains essential in characterising drinking waterscapes. Papers defining drinking waterscapes focus on the importance of certain factors – topography, socio‐economic levels, cultural or political aspects, among others – to
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Post‐human lawscapes of Indigenous community forests in Central India Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-01-19 Tikli Loivaranta
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Mapping careful epidemiology: Spatialities, materialities, and subjectivities in the management of animal disease Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-01-14 Gareth Enticott, Kim Ward
As a geographical tool, epidemiology represents a distinct way of seeing and knowing disease. Used as a governmental rationality to control animal disease, changes in epidemiological practice have been understood as technological evolutions. In doing so, however, this view disguises the “messy realities” of epidemiology, the relationship between different epidemiological practices, and the work required
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Who still dies young in a rich city? Revisiting the case of Oxford Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2020-01-14 Nicola Brimblecombe, Danny Dorling, Mark Green
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Succeeding from nature: The non‐human agency of Portuguese cork Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-12-19 Andrew Brooks, Robert A. Francis
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Rethinking time and lifestyle migration: Multiple temporalities, identity formation, and post‐migration life of Chinese Houniao Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-12-15 Jingfu Chen, Jigang Bao
This paper examines the multiple temporalities of lifestyle migration through the study of the Houniao (“snowbirds”), mostly retirees from northern China. It attends to their seasonal migration to Sanya and Haikou, and explores the reconstruction of everyday practices, experience, and identities in association with their perceptions of past, present, and future. Personal biographies and national socio‐economic
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Making place and creating frontiers: Examining land and resource struggles in Cambodian post‐conflict resource landscapes Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-12-15 Sopheak Chann
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The emergence of new wine design practices: Flexitanks and the assembling of bulk wine across global rural regions Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-12-15 Gerhard Rainer; Robert Pütz; Christian Steiner
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Performing and counter‐performing organic food markets in East Asia: The role of ahimsa, scientific knowledge and faith groups Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-12-15 Chi‐Mao Wang
Inspired by Japanese faith groups, organic food production has witnessed surprising growth in East Asian countries, such as Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea, over the past two decades. The rapid expansion of East Asian trans‐national organic food production networks is closely linked with religious practices and beliefs, such as ahimsa (non‐killing). The complexities of transnational organic production
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Beyond the cluster: A case study of pipelines and buzz in the glocal relational space of the glove‐related industry of Shikoku, Japan Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-12-03 Atsushi Taira
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“Skilled white bodies”: Portuguese workers in Angola as a case of North–South migration Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-11-21 Asaf Augusto, Russell King
The economic crisis which has affected the southern EU countries since 2008 set in motion new migration trends. In the case of Portugal, post‐crisis migrations have been in two main directions: northwards to more prosperous European countries, and southwards to former colonies in Africa, notably the oil‐producing state of Angola. Focusing on this latter migration, the paper is structured around two
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Looking for freedom? Networks of international student mobility and countries’ levels of democracy Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-11-06 Eva Maria Vögtle, Michael Windzio
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Geography and the water–energy–food nexus: Introduction Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-11-05 Marian Scott, Alice Larkin
This themed section was initiated after the 2016 Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society‐Institute of British Geographers, which had the overall theme of Nexus Thinking, and which included assessment of geographical dimensions of the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus. In this short editorial introduction, we outline the context for this assessment, and introduce the particular focus of the
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China's Belt and Road Initiative and the emerging geographies of global urbanisation Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-10-31 Joe Williams, Caitlin Robinson, Stefan Bouzarovski
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Moving in and out of vulnerability: Interrogating migration as an adaptation strategy along a rural–urban continuum in India Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-10-25 Chandni Singh, Ritwika Basu
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Integrating sketch mapping and hot spot analysis to enhance capacity for community‐level flood and disaster risk management Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-10-21 Katerina Brandt, Lain Graham, Timothy Hawthorne, Julia Jeanty, Brenner Burkholder, Christine Munisteri, Christy Visaggi
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Anxiety of food nationalism: Dilemmas of bordering in the Vietnam–Taiwan tea trade Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-09-20 Po‐Yi Hung, Yu‐Hsiu Lien
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Exploring the potential of Google Earth as a communication and engagement tool in collaborative Natural Flood Management planning Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-09-18 Katherine Smith, Robert Berry, Lucy E. Clarke
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Towards a critical governance framework: Unveiling the political and justice dimensions of urban food partnerships Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-09-17 Ana Moragues‐Faus
Current governance configurations have been signalled as a key driver for, but also a potential solution to, food insecurity and sustainability challenges. In this context, cities are becoming key transition spaces where new food governance systems are being fashioned, creating “spaces of deliberation” that bring together civil society, private actors, and local governments. To date, food governance
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Rehabilitating livelihoods of relocated people affected by the Nuozhadu dam on the upper Lancang‐Mekong River Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-09-08 Yurui Ma, Hui Fan, Yanbo Li, Meiling Zhang
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Analysis of gender vulnerability to climate‐related hazards in a rural area of Ethiopia Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-08-23 Elena Belcore, Alessandro Pezzoli, Angela Calvo
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Is social licence “going rogue”? Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-08-17 Charles Mather, Lucia Fanning
In this commentary we trace an important change in the use of social licence for resource‐intensive development projects. Social licence is shifting from an approach used by companies to improve relations with affected communities to a concept now used by environmental justice groups, non‐governmental organisations and local communities to contest unpopular resource‐intensive development projects.
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Recognising Indigenous customary law of totemic plant species: Challenges and pathways Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-08-08 Daniel F. Robinson, Margaret Raven
The Nagoya Protocol encourages academics, government bureaucrats, and traditional owners to look at how customary law might be utilised within state law frameworks to improve and resolve “access and benefit‐sharing” processes. This paper examines and reviews legal, anthropological, and historical texts relating to biodiversity and associated knowledge to explore Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island
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Presidential Address and record of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) AGM 2019 Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-08-01
In her first Address as President of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), The Rt. Hon. the Baroness Chalker of Wallasey reflected on the importance of supporting rural communities in the developing world, through education and sustainable employment opportunities, alongside animal and habitat conservation efforts.
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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Medals and Awards celebration 2019 Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-08-01 , Trevor J. Barnes, Mark Birkin, Ayona Datta, Dame Fiona Reynolds, David S. G. Thomas
The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) annual Medals and Awards recognise achievements in researching, communicating, and teaching a wide range of geographical knowledge. The speeches and citations are a record of the 2019 celebration, with contributions from Professor Trevor J. Barnes, Professor Mark Birkin, Dr Ayona Datta, Dame Fiona Reynolds, and Professor David S. G. Thomas. The speeches include
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Presenting health and medical geography: People, places, and change Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-07-22 Graham Moon, Clive Sabel
Assessments of the development of geography as a discipline, and studies of sub‐disciplinary development within geography, have generally focused on the subject matter under study. Consideration has concentrated on topics, theories, methods, and paradigm shifts identified by analyses of published literature. There has been rather less interest in the spatialisation of the practice and performance of
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Add to the map! Evaluating digitally mediated participatory mapping for grassroots sustainabilities Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-07-18 Emily Nicolosi, Jim French, Richard Medina
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Global spatial organisation of air transport: The definition of functional airline regions Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-07-18 Marián Halás, Stanislav Kraft, Pavel Klapka
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Global encounters: Voluntourism, development and global citizenship in Fiji Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-07-17 Sharon J. McLennan
This paper explores the rise of voluntourism in Fiji, a country reliant on tourism but which is a relatively new market for voluntourism. It draws from research examining the role of voluntourism in development through a case study of the experiences and discourse of voluntourists, a host community, and the staff of a commercial voluntourism organisation in Fiji. While voluntourism is the focus of
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Planned relocation and everyday agency in low‐lying coastal villages in Fiji Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-07-15 Celia McMichael, Manasa Katonivualiku, Teresia Powell
Relocation of communities is widely expected to be an adaptive response to sea‐level rise, albeit a last resort after exhausting other adaptation options. It is a phenomenon, however, from which there are few examples to learn. This paper examines relocation processes underway in three low‐lying coastal villages in Fiji, each affected by coastal erosion and flooding. Drawing on the concept of “everyday
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Agricultural innovation and environmental change on the floodplains of the Congo River Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-07-08 Marion Comptour, Ariane Cosiaux, Oliver T. Coomes, Jean‐Claude Bader, Pierre‐Olivier Malaterre, Joseph Yoka, Sophie Caillon, Doyle McKey
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The geography of socio‐technical transitions: Transition–periphery dynamics Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-06-19 Fiona Robertson Munro
The literature on socio‐technical transitions analyses multi‐scale, nonlinear changes in societal systems, but has tended to ignore the geography of these changes. This paper addresses this gap by focusing on a geographical periphery, rather than on the urban core, and considers a transition–periphery framework to provide a way to conceptualise and examine the dynamics of resource peripheries within
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Educational landscapes: Nature, place and moral geographies Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-06-18 Jo Hickman Dunne, Sarah Mills
In this editorial introduction, we outline recent debates on geographies of education, specifically on themes of nature, place, and outdoor landscapes. We argue for the need to extend these discussions due to the rising popularity and politicisation of educational encounters in outdoor landscapes, as well as their long‐standing relationship to a series of moral geographies. We introduce the main focus
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Rethinking learning? Challenging and accommodating neoliberal educational agenda in the integration of Forest School into mainstream educational settings Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-06-12 Helena Pimlott‐Wilson, Janine Coates
A nation's education system plays a key role in future economic competitiveness. Political attention to education has fuelled geographical interest in the role of formal education and informal learning environments in the cultivation of future citizen‐workers. To date, formal and informal learning have largely been considered separately, but this paper responds by critically evaluating the intersections
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The hotelisation of the housing crisis: Experiences of family homelessness in Dublin hotels Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-06-10 Mel Nowicki, Katherine Brickell, Ella Harris
At a time of acute housing crisis, hotels are increasingly being deployed to give temporary shelter to homeless families in wealthy cities. This paper explores the socio‐political implications of the use of hotels for temporary accommodation, drawing on research conducted in Dublin. Specifically, we argue that the housing of homeless families in hotels exposes how they are made out of place in the
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Drivers of spatial change in urban housing submarkets Geogr. J. (IF 2.676) Pub Date : 2019-05-30 Greg Costello, Chris Leishman, Steven Rowley, Craig Watkins
Spatial urban housing submarkets are now widely used constructs. Recent housing market modelling strategies have emphasised the need for flexibility in modelling approaches in order to best accommodate submarkets which account for spatial variations in hedonic prices. But this raises important unanswered questions concerning the stability of submarket structures over time, and the role of housing market
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