By Tomas Frederiksen, Lecturer in International Development, Global Development Institute and Matthew Himley, Associate Professor of Geography (Illinois State University) The extractive … More
Category: Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
A Crisis in Cambodian Microfinance
By W. Nathan Green, University of Wisconsin-Madison Cambodia is in the midst of an over-indebtedness crisis. The culprit? Microfinance. In … More
Energy inequities in social housing: negotiating the ‘new normal’
By Gordon Waitt and Theresa Harada, University of Wollongong Australia Australians no longer access affordable domestic energy supplies. Indeed, energy … More
US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries – shrinking this war machine is a must
By Benjamin Neimark, Lancaster University; Oliver Belcher, Durham University, and Patrick Bigger, Lancaster University The US military’s carbon bootprint is … More
When things do wrong: instruments, failure and geographical knowledge
By Charles W.J. Withers, The University of Edinburgh Instruments are vital in geographical exploration. But because they do not always … More
Why are English local authorities behaving like property companies?
By Brett Christophers, Uppsala University In March 2019, Harrogate Borough Council in North Yorkshire launched an independent, arms-length housing company … More
Can lakes and rivers have rights?: Voters in Toledo, Ohio weigh in
By Eden Kinkaid, University of Arizona In a recently passed ballot initiative, voters in Toledo, Ohio granted legal rights to … More
If Donald would meet Fatima
By Karen Culcasi, West Virginia University We live in a world today where 68.5 million people are forcibly displaced, which … More
Should we promote commodity crops in forest frontiers?
By Sango Mahanty, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University Among aid agencies, agricultural value chain interventions are … More
Are more and more of us restricting the freedoms of others in everyday life?
By Kathryn Cassidy, Northumbria University Increasingly immigration legislation has shifted the policing of the UK’s border away from the margins and into … More
