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Mexico: Urban Drinking Water at Risk? A study by the Institute of Geography (IGg) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico UNAM examines the challenges of providing drinking water in cities such as Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey. https://lnkd.in/ejC3y-Y9

A scientific research article on the topic of regeneration and a look at the BID approach. Published in the journal Geography and Territorial Spatial Arrangement. The link to access the article is as follows: https://lnkd.in/dQMexWFd

Wonderful research! Congratulations to the scientists. It would be nice if the findings could be supplemented with evidence for the southern hemisphere also, and then integrated to derive global estimates. This research is near and dear to my heart as I did my post-doctoral work at Carnegie/Stanford 25 years ago on this topic. I have fond memories of my interactions with the late Stephen Schneider (RIP), who was such an effective advocate and communicator of the global warming threat. The exact temperature increase estimates and CIs don't matter any more as many important global ecological thresholds have already been crossed. Time for action is well behind us, policy and lifestyle/behavioral changes are urgently needed, and we all need to change our individual consumption behaviours. For the near future, we should expect more severe global-warming events such as more frequent and severe storms/hurricanes/drought/flood. We have to learn to adapt, and elect law-makers and executives who will support and fight for necessary policies and legislation to counter the global warming threat. Adaptation will be slower for plants and animal life, and many will suffer and die, and more species will become extinct. How did we get here? Scientists have been warning us of the urgent threat of global warming for well over five decades...the MIT publication from the '70s, "Limits to Growth" has a permanent slot on my bookshelf. Please do your part.

'Political Geography in Practice' is an innovative textbook on the theories, approaches and methodologies that inform political geography is brought together by past and present editors of the journal of the same name. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3VuXRit. Filippo Menga Caroline Nagel

Noe starts the most interesting dissertation of Eigo Tateishi and his thesis The Post-Urbanization of Tokyo: Its Spatiotemporal Geography and Governance.

Today's tip! Taking some time to understand more about the history, geography and social context of different timeframes will help considerably with your research. This may open up new avenues of research possibilities as well as provide you with a sense of how your ancestors lived. #research

To all my Geography teachers out there, I hope the start of the 2025 school year is fantastic. If you haven't heard... the Subject Report for Senior Geography is published. This is your go to resource to help identify effective practices and practices to strengthen when making decisions about matching evidence to the Instrument-specific marking guide (ISMG) for internal assessment. The subject report includes subject-specific clarifications and examples to demonstrate accurate and consistent application of ISMG. It also includes excerpts from student responses that illustrate a match to the characteristics at a high performance level. You can find the 2024 Subject Report for Geography on our website. https://lnkd.in/eRNcSH75

Our latest article was just published in the journal of historical geography: “Urbanization, proto-industrialization, and virtual water in the medieval Middle East” https://lnkd.in/gFGhbtMz

'The Spatial Dynamics of Creative Work' (Potential PhD Topic in Human Geography at the University of Southampton) This project is co-supervised with Jen Dickinson and aims to explore the evolving nature of locational choices and work-related mobilities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Click the link for more on the topic and potential funding options: https://lnkd.in/e3Y5z6iK Irma Booyens Roberta Comunian Lauren England Yosha Wijngaarden Jane Parry Taylor Brydges Carol Ekinsmyth

New addition! KS2 Geography - study of a region of the UK St. Kilda & the Outer Hebrides Why not use this class novel as a way of introducing your class to life in the Outer Hebrides? Our unit plan provides chapter by chapter questions and activities to support you with teaching geography through reading this exciting book.