By Joe Williams, Durham University, UK and Caitlin Robinson, Newcastle University, UK In June 2019, a tribunal in Kenya halted … More
Tag: China
How do we explain and evaluate institutional reforms in China?
By Kean Fan Lim, Newcastle University China is currently engaged in an escalating ‘trade war’ with the USA. That it … More
Exploring political-economic influences on official environmental reports
By Yonten Nyima, Sichuan University, China Not long ago, China’s state media, Xinhua News Agency, reported that grassland cover in … More
Mobilising affinity ties for humanitarianism at the war-torn China-Myanmar border
By Elaine Lynn-Ee Ho, National University of Singapore A few days after Christmas 2016, a social media post caught my eye. It … More
Can new remote sensing technologies improve diplomacy in shared river catchments?
By Joseph J. Bailey, University of Nottingham, UK. Rivers are the arteries of the world, carrying life-giving water to the … More
New in Area – Issue 2 Editors’ spotlights, & the 2014 Area Prize recipient announced
By Fiona Nash, Managing Editor RGS-IBG Issue 2 of Area is now available on-line; the Editors’ highlights include: A special section … More
Moving towards a living wage in the UK
By Izabela Delabre, University of Reading On 18th October 2014, thousands of people took to the streets of London for … More
Better Growth, Better Climate?
By Izabela Delabre, University of Reading On the eve of the UN Climate Summit in New York on 23 September, the … More
Frontiers as Dilemma
By Po-Yi Hung, National Taiwan University “From relative obscurity a few decades ago, tea from Yunnan, especially Pu’er, has become … More
From “overstocking” to “overgrazing”: more livestock as a symbol of wealth?
By Yonten Nyima Sichuan University, China In 2011 China, which claims to have the world’s second largest grassland area after Australia, launched its largest … More
