This special issue provides a background to the writings of P. Sloterdijk. A discussion can be made about writings translated in the late 1980s, but his work has developed and changed over the last two decades. An attention is paid to the writings
on Europe and politics, the three-volume book Spheres and his most recent writings on globalisation. The scene is set for an effective second coming of Sloterdijk. This issue contributes to that work of translation and interpretation.
works for new nuclear projects are presented. The feasibility of construction of a new plant is outlined. Basic aspects of preparatory work and its results are presented in the paper. - (AM)
This report focuses on research in this area published during 2007. It reflects the broad themes that emerged in the literature during this period, with an emphasis on urban-based work. Urban-based climatology is assuming increased importance
vein of work in this area. The report is divided into 2 main sections, associated with the surface energy budget and its application to ‘natural’ settings and the study of urban climates.
Labour ; Neo liberalism ; Scale ; Trade unionism ; Transnationalism ; Work organization
, there are debates surrounding the production of scale and the multiscalarity of organized labour. Third, labour geographers have yet to engage in any sustained fashion with unpacking the complex identities of workers and the way in which those identities are shaped
Geographical Magazine (1902-32). She never held a full-time post as a university teacher but lectured in many institutions and wrote influential work on many themes, including biogeography, political geography, and regional work on the Mediterranean lands. She
Richard Chorley was arguably one of the most influential British geographers in the second half of the 20th century. Trained at Oxford and in the USA, he taught at the University of Cambridge (UK) from 1958 until his death. His innovative work
in physical geography, involving systems thinking and model building, placed British geomorphology at the centre of development in physical geography across the world. He held a holistic view of geography and worked to implement major reforms at both school
Jacqueline Beaujeu-Garnier began her career as a geomorphologist but proceeded to write major works in population geography and urban geography. She was a pioneering editor of French regional atlases, notably for the Nord region and for the Paris
Region (Ile-de-France). Further innovative work was in marketing geography and study of the world’s great metropolitan centres. She was an influential professor at the Sorbonne and also supervised many doctoral students. She was closely involved
Bank erosion ; Erosion control ; Floodplain ; Geochemistry ; Heavy metals ; Hydraulic works ; Mining activity ; Poland ; Pollution ; Silesia ; Stream ; Watershed
This paper describes an investigation of the Odra River in western Poland, where channelization works preceded an extended period of heavy industrialization and documented riverine pollution. The study explores the distribution of sediment
-associated heavy metals stored within both former and contemporary groyne fields, constructed during channelization works. The results indicate that large and extensive sediment quantities of moderately polluted sediments are stored immediately along
Water-worked gravel beds in laboratory flumes - a natural analogue ?
physical properties of the screeded bed were clearly different from those of the fed beds. This study clearly showed that caution should be taken when comparing velocity measurements over screeded beds with water-worked beds, and that the formation of fed
On the character and organization of unregulated work in the cities of the United States
Chicago ; Employment ; Informal sector ; Labour market ; New York City ; Precarious employment ; Social discrimination ; United States of America ; Unregulated work ; Urban economy
The paper focuses on Billig's notion of banal nationalism. The AA. suggest that this work tends to reinforce an unwarranted separation of the banal and hot processes that reproduce nationalism. One way in which such an agenda can be furthered