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Monday, June 17, 2013

What is a Geography Degree Worth?

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The Georgetown University’s Center for Education and the Workforce has just released a document on the economic value of college majors ( h...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Dan Brown’s Inferno: Population, Resources and Socio-Economic Futures

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Dan Brown’s recent book Inferno has had mixed reviews at best (e.g. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/19/dan-brown-inferno-review ,...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Monitoring Coastal Changes in Saltmarshes: Maps or Aerial Photography?

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A key aspect of the recent changes in planning legislation is that development should be preferred provided it is sustainable. On coas...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Actor Networks, Rare Events and Antifragility

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In a recent blog I discuss some aspects of antifragility as suggested by Nassim Taleb’s recent book on Antifragility . Thinking a bit more ...
Friday, March 8, 2013

ANT and Antifragility in ‘No Man’s Land’ Oklahoma

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A recent paper by Rebecca Sheehan and Jacqueline Vadjunec   (Oklahoma State University) in Social and Cultural Geography (Volume 13, D...

Haddon Matrix and ‘Black Swans’

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The Haddon Matrix is an extremely useful way to express the factors associated with a hazardous event and the changes that need to be ...
Thursday, March 7, 2013

UK government not reducing pollution in line with legal limits

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With all the concern over atmospheric pollution levels in China a story may have escaped notice. The UK government is facing a case in t...