Pub Date : 2023-07-24DOI: 10.1080/14702541.2023.2234886
T. Pow
ABSTRACT Tom Pow (b. 1950) is a well-known Scottish poet and prose-writer, author of 12 poetry collections, 3 radio plays, several childrens’ books, and more. Geographical themes have recurred throughout Pow's work, and he acknowledges being energised by the creative tensions between Here and Elsewhere: between the supposed (but now increasingly doubted) certainties of Here, fixed and enclosed, and the excitements, challenges and threats of Elsewhere, mobile and open. Such matters are explored in different and nuanced ways, through different prompts and sources, in the course of the essay that follows. Pow thereby exemplifies a distinctive kind of ‘applied geography’ that is constantly giving shape to his creative endeavour.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-21DOI: 10.1080/14702541.2023.2236065
I. Selmes, Alastair McConnell, J. Bruce
ABSTRACT In Scotland, there is ongoing concern about the status of geography in education. Numbers of pupils studying geography have been falling at a time when the relevance and importance of geography should be high, given the significance of issues like climate and biodiversity change. Why people choose to study geography is crucial knowledge for a vibrant discipline seeking to grow the subject and perceptions of its value. This paper is a companion paper to Selmes et al. (2022) which reported on quantitative data about geographers in the Scottish secondary and tertiary education sectors. This paper confirms that the tide is turning for geography study in Scotland, with entries now rising at all levels. Furthermore, an online survey of 93 pupils found that they choose to study geography because they enjoy the lessons and are interested in the content, feeling able in the subject and that it will be useful in paid work. Conversely, pupils say they choose not to study geography when they do not perceive it will be useful in their career or because they have not found it interesting or an enjoyable experience. The question for all professional geographers is how we might together improve on the current situation.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-21DOI: 10.1080/14702541.2023.2238676
Ioanna P. Korfiati, H. Kallin
ABSTRACT Social Justice and the City (SJTC) is an artefact that epitomises a radical shift in the history of the discipline of Geography, and more broadly in urban theory; and it is also a signpost to what followed it, a book that raises the spectre of a more fleshed out theory of urban capital circulation than it actually contains. Yet the demands of SJTC – that we reject liberal orthodoxy and try to explain the systemic forces that shape our cities; that Marx is useful; that we should see the city, and space itself, as a manifestation of surplus capital on the move; that we should dare to believe all this can be overcome – present an invitation to think about the city in a way that still feels vital. In this short piece, we try to think about SJTC in relation to a specific city to which we feel a connection (the inner-city of Athens, which is currently undergoing violent, dramatic transformation), which highlights some of the ways in which it is outdated – and many of the ways in which it is not.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-18DOI: 10.1080/14702541.2023.2231407
Sam Fenton, K. Elmer, C. Bean, C. Adams
ABSTRACT Ice coverage not only affects the climate and landscape of geographical regions but has impacted species composition, the fragmentation and isolation of populations, and the colonisation routes of species post-glaciation. Major advancements in generating genetic data and applying sophisticated analyses to accurately model the demographic and colonisation history of animal and plant species has allowed evolutionary biologists novel insights. Meanwhile, physical geographers have made major advancements in reconstructing glacial history. However, the information flow between the geographic and evolutionary fields on this topic remains limited; consequently, evolutionary studies on contemporary biodiversity and species colonisation tend to be vague about the role of glacial history, while evolutionary and biodiversity information is rarely leveraged when discussing historical glaciation. In this review, we bring together current knowledge on the changing patterns of ice coverage in the British Isles from the maximum extent of the British-Irish ice sheet (BIIS) ca. 27 ka through to the end of large-scale ice coverage at the start of the Holocene period ca. 11.5 ka. We do so to then highlight how glaciation affected species composition during this time period and the subsequent colonisation of temperate flora and fauna and the patterns of genetic variation seen in them.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-18DOI: 10.1080/14702541.2023.2233480
D. Penny, D. Cook
ABSTRACT Paul Bishop’s contribution to the earth sciences is profound. His work on large spatial and temporal scale landscape evolution is well known, but he also (and coevally) directed his attention to the complexities of human–environmental interactions, with all their site-based and short-term cultural idiosyncrasies. His focus on mainland SE Asia, and Thailand in particular, reflects a long-standing fascination in and affection for the region and its people. His natural inquisitiveness stimulated work in historic climate change, the emergence of complex states, Quaternary landscape evolution and the geochronology of anthropogenically modified sediments, among many other areas. His work on human–environment interactions drew on and strengthened links with many people and institutions, and between Geographical and Earth Sciences and the Scottish Universities Research Centre at the University of Glasgow, in particular. Just as important as his contribution to the earth sciences was his contribution to the development of his students and other mentees, and his role in shaping our careers was enormous.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-17DOI: 10.1080/14702541.2023.2236057
D. Mitchell
ABSTRACT This essay reflects on how Social Justice and the City remains important not only for introducing social justice and Marxism to geography, but also, and maybe perhaps especially, for its analysis of and attack on status quo theory (of which much justice theorizing was, and perhaps remains, a primary example).
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Pub Date : 2023-07-13DOI: 10.1080/14702541.2023.2233943
Martin Williams
ABSTRACT Paul Bishop began his undergraduate studies in the School of Earth Sciences at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia at a time when plate tectonics had begun to revolutionize our understanding of landscape evolution. His doctoral research on the late Cenozoic evolution of the upper Lachlan Valley in the Eastern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, required an integrated study of the combined impacts of Cenozoic tectonism, vulcanism and erosion in this region. His research interest in erosion, tectonism and landscape evolution in a variety of global settings persisted until he retired. Another influence early in his undergraduate career was working with a team of archaeologists excavating prehistoric sites in the Ethiopian Rift Valley to unravel late Quaternary environments (including climate) in this tectonically and volcanically active region.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-23DOI: 10.1080/14702541.2023.2218851
G. Perriam
ABSTRACT Paul Bishop’s interest in local history was longstanding. As he neared retirement, he expanded his researches into local landscapes and a longheld interest in industrial archaeology. As Paul's desire to minimise his carbon footprint increased, so did his research into the local area where we lived in East Dunbartonshire. As well as using his skills and experience as a geomorphologist, Paul extended his research methods, examining dovecotes, horse gins, ha-has, lime kilns, bleachworks, flax mills, the linen industry and other topics related to his great loves: landscape, mills and local history. Paul went in, waders and all. This piece is designed to trace the origins of Paul’s enthusiasm for local history, to discuss the characteristics of Paul’s involvement in this research area, his collaborations and his significant contribution to local history in Scotland, not only through research but by his service to various groups and bodies involved in Scottish local history. Part of Paul’s legacy is his ability to enthuse and engage people in learning about their local environments. He leaves behind an extensive archive. A more general point is made about personal archives and how we might approach them in order to preserve such materials.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-18DOI: 10.1080/14702541.2023.2224292
E. Hayfield
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Pub Date : 2023-06-13DOI: 10.1080/14702541.2023.2224287
M. Almomani, Ala’ Alrejjal, Aseel Khanfar
ABSTRACT This study proposed a structured approach that incorporates a geographical information system (GIS) with an analytical hierarchal process (AHP) for selecting the best location for drilling new artesian wells, considering water quantity and salinity, aquifer depth, distance to the area of use, the wells interfering, and land characteristics. ArcGIS software was used to manipulate the raw data to generate a thematic layer for each selection criterion. The proposed approach consists of three phases: the first phase applies regular AHP to find the best site in the study area; and the second phase utilizes the raster overlay feature of ArcGIS to find the best zone in the study area to dig a new artesian well. In the third and last phase, AHP compares the first phase best site with a set of random sites within the best-identified zone in the second phase. A case study was used to exemplify the proposed approach. It results in a sensitivity of about 15% of the original criteria weights. The study concludes that the outcomes of this approach are more trustworthy and robust, as compared to relying solely on the AHP method (phase 1) or ArcGIS (phase 2) method.
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