Brownfields: A Geographical Perspective

A geographical perspective on poverty – environment interactions

This paper examines prevailing wisdoms on the topic of poverty–environmental interactions, problematizes some standard assumptions and interrogates the geographical literature on the subject. Dominant development discourse has tended to blame the poor for environmental degradation, ignoring the role of other processes and actors at various scales in causing environmental degradation. We examine...

Globalization in History: A Geographical Perspective

This paper argues that a geographical perspectie is fundamental to understanding comparative economic development in the context of globalization. Central to this view is the role of agglomeration in productivity performance; size and location matter. The tools of the new economic geography are used to illuminate important epidsodes when the relative position of major eeconmies radically change...

Rethinking Capitalism from a Geographical Perspective

Anglophone research in economic geography can be characterized by two separate, contested paradigms: Geographical economics (building on the work of the economists Krugman, Venables and Fujita), and geographical political economy (prevalent within geography). Elaborating on the latter, this paper explores what it means to think geographically about the (capitalist) economy. Focusing on geograph...

Humor as pedagogy: A geographical perspective

This article explores the intersections between pedagogy, geography, and humor. I have had a long-standing interest in cultivating an environment in my classrooms that allows room for humor and laughter, and my background as a geographer has encouraged me to consider the geographic aspects of humor in the classroom. Furthermore, my ongoing training in pedagogy leads me to consider how humor fun...

EHPnet: Turning Brownfields Green