By Nicola Brimblecombe, Mark Green and Danny Dorling Cover Photo: Five people sleeping rough outside the School of Geography and … More
Category: The Geographical Journal
4 new features to the journals: explained
By Phil Emmerson, RGS-IBG Readers of the RGS-IBG journals may have noticed a couple of changes over the last few … More
How will China power its global urban expansion?
By Joe Williams, Durham University, UK and Caitlin Robinson, Newcastle University, UK In June 2019, a tribunal in Kenya halted … More
Global Encounters: Voluntourism in Fiji
By Sharon McLennan, Massey University/Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Voluntourism, the phenomenon that combines international volunteering with the more traditional tourist … More
Planned relocation in low-lying coastal villages in Fiji
By Celia McMichael, The University of Melbourne, and Teresia Powell, University of the South Pacific The global mean sea level … More
How do young people experience the outdoors, and why does it matter?
By Jo Hickman Dunne, Loughborough University Outdoor education is often considered to be a central tenant of a holistic and … More
Historians rethink the Green Revolution
By Glenn Davis Stone, Washington University in St. Louis A memorable episode of The West Wing, the dramatic series about … More
Proximity to a freight railway has a negative impact on house prices: Quantifying the cost in Santa Marta, Colombia
By Jorge Chica-Olmo, Rafael Cano-Guervos, University of Granada, Spain, and Ivan Tamaris-Turizo, University of Magdalena, Colombia The city of Santa Marta, Colombia, located … More
When do we move, and how far?
By Frances Darlington-Pollock (University of Liverpool), Nik Lomax, and Paul Norman (University of Leeds) Many of us will move house multiple … More
Stormy waters: Debating the British Overseas Territories in Parliament
By Nichola Harmer, University of Plymouth August marked the start of peak hurricane season in the Caribbean, where last year … More
