By Jillian Smith, University of Birmingham The Great Lakes–at the U.S. and Canadian international boundary–are the planet’s largest system of … More
Tag: United States
What happened to the American geography department?
By Benjamin Sacks Tim Hall et al.’s recent Area examination of the changing fortunes and distribution of British geography departments identified both … More
The Future of European Aviation?
by Benjamin Sacks The eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökul volcano on 20 March 2010 demonstrated the weaknesses in Europe’s diverse air … More
A British Arctic Policy for the Twenty-first Century
by Benjamin Sacks Britain retains significant interests in the Arctic Ocean, according to a recently published commentary in The Geographical Journal. … More
The Geography of Thatcherism: 1979-1983
By Benjamin Sacks Irrespective of one’s opinion of Margaret Thatcher’s tenure as Prime Minister, few would disagree that her policies … More
Libya: Bound in Europe’s Sphere
By Benjamin Sacks Libya’s struggles continue to haunt the international community. Well over a year after Muammar Muhammad al-Qaddafi’s death … More
Hurricane Documentation
by Benjamin Sacks As Hurricane Sandy hits the densely populated US eastern seaboard, commentators and pundits alike compete to depict … More
More Than Just Physical: Natural Disasters and Human Geography
By Catherine Waite Many assume that the study of natural hazards is confined to the work of physical geographers, geologists, … More
‘Othering’ Tropical Environments
By Benjamin Sacks War changes everything. Societies and cultures, land and the environment, beliefs and approaches. Conflict establishes dangerous versions … More
The ‘Foreign Dimension’ in Transport Geography
By Benjamin Sacks ‘A platitude is that which every one admits and no one remembers’, W L Grant surmised in … More
