by Fiona Ferbrache In 2012, the Economist noted that even in troubling economic times it was still possible to discern … More
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Academic Writing and Geography Narrated
by Fiona Ferbrache The ruins of Erskine Beveridge, is Fraser MacDonald’s (2013) narrative essay available as an early view article … More
Sustainable Urbanism: Transport Hubs and City Exchanges
by Fiona Ferbrache Travel by train through Reading or Northampton and you will be able to observe the construction works … More
Accommodating Students: recent trends and the University of the Channel Islands
by Fiona Ferbrache Like many Channel Islanders, I attended university in the UK as there is no such establishment in … More
Climate Change Adapatation: Greening Urban Environments
by Fiona Ferbrache What happened to your Christmas tree at the end of December? Did you recycle wrapping paper and … More
Glocal Finance: bounded forms of global financial capitalism
By Fiona Ferbrache Entrepôts, freeports, bonded warehouses… these terms refer to special economic zones in which regulations are relatively relaxed … More
Historical Geographies: creating geography in 18th century France
by Fiona Ferbrache Paul Vidal de la Blache (1845-1918) commands an especially important position in the history of modern geography, … More
Opening Spatial Secrets and Closed Spaces: Urban Exploration
by Fiona Ferbrache Robert Macfarlane (author of The Old Ways and other adventures on foot) focused his attention on Urban … More
Knowing ‘Terroir’: a Sense of Place
by Fiona Ferbrache ‘Terroir’ is not a word to be found in my Dictionary of Human Geography, but geographer Tim … More
Place-naming: designing city narratives
by Fiona Ferbrache Gliding up the escalator of Station Jean Jaurès, the lively activity of Place (du Président Thomas) Wilson … More
