By Amita Bhakta, Loughborough University It’s a hot, sunny day. Feeling thirsty? More than likely, you can go to the … More
Tag: water
Let’s get a proper grip on flooding
By Edmund Penning-Rowsell, Middlesex University, London The floods in winter 2013 show the damage and disruption such events can cause. … More
Governing from Above: The Vertical Geopolitics of Climate Change
Martin Mahony Global geopolitics have conventionally been conceived of in terms of the horizontal actions and interactions of territorially-bounded nation … More
The Return of that Great British Institution, the Weather
By Briony Turner Somewhat regrettably, those scorching days admiring sporting finesse, feeling the heat of the sun against skin (and … More
Sustainable futures and household water usage
by Anna Davies and Ruth Doyle In 2009 the UK Chief Scientific Advisor Sir John Beddington warned that global society … More
The River Thames & London
Benjamin Sacks IN THE June 2010 issue of The Geographical Journal, Stuart Oliver (St Mary’s University College) critically reviewed the development … More
Water in Bangladesh
by Robin de la Motte It has been known for some years that in South Asia, particularly in Bangladesh, large … More
Who is in control in a crisis?
I-Hsien Porter Hosepipe bans are already in force in north-west England, which has experienced an unusually dry summer. On Monday … More
Live Aid 25
By Alexander Leo Phillips Tuesday 13th July marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Live Aid. The “global jukebox”, devised by Bob … More
Recent Catastrophic Flooding
By Andy Hacket Pain This morning I typed “flooding” into Google News and, limiting the results to the last week, … More
