Our series of Geography NOW artices offers a glimpse of work by UK geographers who are making positive impacts on policy and bringing benefits to the wider world. In Geography NOW, geographers address the big issues we face in the UK from understanding migration and the changing ethnic mix to the impacts of flooding and how to reduce carbon emissions. Each article demonstrates the relevance and importance of understanding our world as geographers.
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Improving the detection of landmines
Geographer Professor John Dearing led a research project which mapped the magnetic properties of soils across England and Wales for the first time. This work is now assisting the Ministry of Defence in creating specifications for new mine detectors.
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Published 09/2012
Assessing the impacts of the 2012 Olympics
Geographer Progessor Allan Brimicombe FRGS led the impact study carried out by the London Organising Committe of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) to assess the environmental, socio-cultural economic effects of the games in 2012.
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Published 05/2012
Mapping the value of nature
A geographer worked in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme to develop Co$ting Nature, a policy support tool which is able to map globally the relative value provided to humanity by protected areas and other ecosystems.
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Published 06/2011
Archive
Covering the following topics:
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flood hazards
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climate change
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arsenic pollution
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social exclusion
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migration
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planning
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the census
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poverty
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meteorology
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boundary disputes
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coastal erosion
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healthy communities
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urban rivers
NOW 1: past articles (PDF)