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Tag Archives: geography
Snippets from the RGS 2016 Conference on Nexus Thinking
By Renard Teipelke Each year the Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers holds its Annual International Conference. For this year, they chose “Nexus Thinking” as the conference theme. And as always, there was no lack of critical inputs and new … Continue reading
Posted in conferences
Tagged Conference, critical geography, financialization, food security, geography, Global South, Jackson, Jamaica, journal, London, Massy, neoliberalism, nexus, public space, research, resilience, RGS, Roy, South Africa, Stirling, WEF
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Further Densification – Are They Ready for This?
By Renard Teipelke Eight out of the 30 most densely populated cities of the world are located within Metro Manila, Philippines (here). Number 30 is Makati City with about 19,000 people per square kilometer. Number 1 is Manila City with … Continue reading
Posted in opinions
Tagged access, affordability, brownfield, decentralization, geography, greenfield, high-rises, infrastructure, investment, Metro Manila, metropolitan region, mobility, Philippines, population, scale, secondary cities, sprawl, urban design, urban growth, urban planning
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Spaces of Democracy: An evening with Doreen Massey at the Humboldt University
by Ares Kalandides Reading Doreen Massey’s numerous essays that now span a 40-year career, one phrase sticks out regularly: “Geography matters!” It is sometimes put as simply and poignantly as that; sometimes in an more implicit, but still very straightforward … Continue reading
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Tagged democracy, Doreen Massey, geography, Humboldt University, Occupy London, public space, space, Think & Drink
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How’s life? Mapping Happiness
by Hans Pul Where is the happiest place in New York? The above diagram maps “happiness” in the city based on the content of geotagged tweets. The diagram is structured according Manhattan’s grid, where red blocks represent “happy tweets”, while … Continue reading
Posted in miscellaneous, research
Tagged app, cartography, crowd-sourcing, geography, happiness, happy, London, MacKerron, Manhattan, Mappiness, mapping, new york, NYC, OECD, science, TED, UK, well-being
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Alternative Mapping – Another Type
By Renard Teipelke In my last article, I wrote about alternative mapping. I referred to somewhat ‘weird’ maps showing France illustrated by various wines or the London underground presented as 100 years of music. My main arguments were that these … Continue reading
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Tagged actor-network theory, augmented reality, Cochoy, design, geography, Image, mapping, Place Identity, Place Marketing, serendipity, urban space
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Alternative Mapping
by Renard Teipelke This article is about maps. If you are thinking back to geography classes in school or your last trip with a roadmap, you will be misled. There has always been more to maps, more in maps, and … Continue reading
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