Why is sand a powerful natural resource? Dr Laura Schoenberger

Why is sand a powerful natural resource? Dr Laura Schoenberger

In this podcast, we meet with Laura Schoenberger, we explore how, in countries such as Cambodia, sand mining is contributing to the erosion of estuaries, collapse of riverbanks. Sand is not a renewable resource within human timescales, so what does this mean for our environment and the countries that will suffer the most insecurity as a result of its loss.

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How is place-attachment and belonging managed in refugee re-settlement? Sara Kindon and Amber Kale

How is place-attachment and belonging managed in refugee re-settlement? Sara Kindon and Amber Kale

When refugees re-settle into new communities it can impact sense of belonging, place and home. So how can this be negotiated and managed? In this podcast we’re joined by Sara Kindon and Amber Kale fr...

12 Aug 201923min

How is creativity produced in the Caribbean? Dr Pat Noxolo

How is creativity produced in the Caribbean? Dr Pat Noxolo

Caribbean creativity has shaped literary, music and dance cultures globally. Alongside this geographers are increasingly looking at what performance can tell us about place, identity and politics. I...

9 Aug 201931min

How does international aid work? Dr Emma Mawdsley

How does international aid work? Dr Emma Mawdsley

International aid is more than a flow of money. Whilst it’s an economic exchange, it’s also one that shaped by geopolitics and geographical imaginations about place - especially so, in terms of tradit...

5 Aug 201925min

What is rural gentrification? Professor Martin Philips

What is rural gentrification? Professor Martin Philips

Traditionally, gentrification has been considered a highly urban process, taking place in cities and towns. But gentrification - and its implications for changing landscapes, rising rents, and displac...

2 Aug 201921min

What do cartoons tell us about global politics? Dr Daniel Hammett

What do cartoons tell us about global politics? Dr Daniel Hammett

With changing borders, Brexit and Trump it’s an interesting time for global geopolitics. Historically, and even more so in today’s current climate political cartoons are released via newspaper and soc...

29 Jul 201922min

How do we talk about environmental risk? Professor Esther Eidinow

How do we talk about environmental risk? Professor Esther Eidinow

Whilst research and science often provide an explanation on how the world works, the role of concepts such as fate, luck, fortune affect our understandings of risk. In this podcast we speak to Profess...

25 Jul 201919min

How is high street regeneration managed? Dr Steve Millington

How is high street regeneration managed? Dr Steve Millington

Declining retail poses fundamental questions to the future of places where we live, work and socialise. In this podcast we're joined by Dr Steve Millington from Manchester Metropolitan University to ...

23 Jul 201931min

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