Geography Matters
door Chris Hamnett
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The geography of elections in Britain
The geography of elections in Britain
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Geography Matters explores the importance of geography in shaping and influencing the world we live in: economy, society, politics and environment. Whether looking at world affairs and geopolitics, at global trade, regional inequality or the character of particular places, geography is important. History looks at when and why things happen. Geography looks at where and why. Everything takes place at particular times and in particular places. You can't escape the importance of geography whether its about conflicts over international borders, religion, the environment or the impact of climate change. Geography is everywhere. It affects who we are, our opportunities and our life chances. You can't escape geography. Follow us at https://feeds.captivate.fm/geography-matters/
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- The geography of elections in Britain · 47 min · Seizoen 3 Aflevering 3I am very pleased in this episode to have Professor Sir John Curtis as my guest. John is widely regarded as one of Britain's leading experts on voting and elections in Britain…
- Climate change, flooding and water management · 32 min · Seizoen 3 Aflevering 2In this episode my guest is Hannah Cloke, Regius professor of Meteorology and climate science at the University of Reading. Her title is rather special as she is one of the few…
- Global trade and global supply chains · 36 min · Seizoen 3 Aflevering 1In this episode I am delighted to have with me Ed Conway to discuss his new book 'Trade World'. Ed is the economics editor of Sky News and in 2023 he published his first booked…
- Geography Strikes Back? · 41 min · Seizoen 2 Aflevering 15In this podcast Klaus Dodds and I go back to a topic we discussed in the first series - how, when and where does geography matter. We start by arguing that everything that…
- Oceans · 36 min · Seizoen 2 Aflevering 14Oceans are very important. They cover 71% of the worlds's surface and, as well as their importance for fishing, trade and transport they play a major role in climatic and…
- Trump, Maps and Geography · 37 min · Seizoen 2 Aflevering 13
- Regional Inequality · 36 min · Seizoen 2 Aflevering 12Regional inequality is an important issue in almost every country. There are almost always more prosperous or more developed regions and less prosperous and less developed…
- Strategic minerals - why are they so important? · 37 min · Seizoen 2 Aflevering 11Strategic minerals are minerals which countries deem to be particularly important for various reasons - it could be for energy needs, for exports or for defense or high tech…
- The geography of AI · 36 min · Seizoen 2 Aflevering 10Artificial intelligence, or AI, has become an increasingly hot issue in the last year or two. There are major debates about its potential impact on the labour market, on society…
- America first: Hemispheric dominance? · 38 min · Seizoen 2 Aflevering 9In this episode we follow up on the implications of the American capture of President Maduro of Venezuela and President Trump's anouncements about the nature and future of…
- The geopolitics of oil and gas....and that V........... country · 37 min · Seizoen 2 Aflevering 8This episode looks at the geography and geopolitics of oil and gas - its distribution, its production and consumption. Energy, and particularly oil and gas, are crucial to making…
- The urbanization of the world's population. · 36 min · Seizoen 2 Aflevering 7The world is undergoing a process of rapid urbanization - the movement of population from rural to urban areas. This is very important because it means that an increasing share…
- America First: America's New National Security Strategy and its implications · 36 min · Seizoen 2 Aflevering 6At the end of November 2025 the US government published America's New National Security Strategy. This punchy, hard hitting, document did not mince its words. The basis of…
- Is Geography Destiny? · 39 min · Seizoen 2 Aflevering 5In this episode we discuss some aspects of how and why geography matters. If we go back a hundred years or so there was an intellectual argument about the extent to which…
- Unfrozen: the fight for the future of the Arctic · 36 min · Seizoen 2 Aflevering 4This episode has a slightly different format. I discuss with Klaus Dodds, my co-host, and Mia Bennett of the University of Washington, their new book 'Unfrozen: the fight for the…
- Growing countries and Shrinking countries and population problems · 37 min · Seizoen 2 Aflevering 3Global population changes are complex but it can be argued that many countries, but not all, fall into one of two groups, each with very different problems. First, there are the…
- The Geography of global population change 1 · 31 min · Seizoen 2 Aflevering 2Global population change is important and it has a distinct geography. But first its important to note some general changes. Global population has increased dramatically over the…
- Geopolitics: what is it, and why is it important? · 37 min · Seizoen 2 Aflevering 1Geopolitics has a long history but it can be defined as how, where, when and why geographical factors, physical, economic and social influence the influence of political power…
- The geopolitics of food and fishing · 35 min · Seizoen 1 Aflevering 20Geopolitics is, as its name suggests, where geography and politics intersect. The geopolitics of food focuses on how food production, trade, and consumption are influenced by and…
- The global food system and its problems · 38 min · Seizoen 1 Aflevering 19This episode follows on from the previous one 'Where does our food come from?' This episode focuses more on food consumption but also touches on food production. Our starting…
