Geography (Scholarly Publications)
Recent Submissions
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The 2024 Presidential Election in the US: Potential Impacts on Global Politics and Economics
(2024)The 2024 US presidential election will determine who will work with Congress to address three major fiscal issues: the expiration of key tax reforms from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the ongoing trade war with ... -
Inner-group and inter-group relations in Seoul participatory planning: revisiting the concept of social capital
(2023)This paper explores the composition of social relations in Korean community-led regeneration planning. Power dynamics among participants are understood as an important factor in shaping decision-making planning processes. ... -
Imagining diversity in Seoul: Gender and immigrant identities
(2022)While immigrant studies focus on the role of local-level migration and integration policies to respond to the immigrant groups in their areas, the research on how urban policies mediate the social inequality which ethnic ... -
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'Digital Provide' or Product Consumption Diffusion Cycle? The Diffusion Impact and Potential of Digital Technology in the Global South
(2024)The global digital divide is sometime presented as the primary obstacle to developmental convergence between world regions. On the other hand mobile phone and internet technology are at times seen as transformative innovations ... -
Between Energy and Politics: Ruin, Renewal, and the Contours of State Power in Post-Apartheid South Africa
(2024)South Africa’s energy system is in the midst of significant change and disturbance. On the one hand, a decrease in available generational capacity means that planned blackouts, known as load shedding, have increased to ... -
Dependence not Debt Trap Diplomacy
(2020)Every few years in the West – in the media and in political circles – there is a moral panic about the rise of China. Africa often plays a central role in this: as a supposedly predatory China is counterposed against r ... -
Climate Smart: geography, place and climate change adaptation education
(2024)Geographical education provides a unique space for supporting climate literacy and action. In this paper we present a novel place-based online educational resource platform - Climate Smart – which seeks to expand the ... -
BRICS' Enlargement: Power Expansion or Contraction in a Changing World Order?
(2024)The BRICS’ expansion should be seen in the context of an ongoing challenge to the international order in general, and the West’s competition with China and Russia in particular ■ China views the current difficulties ... -
Financial innovation for climate justice: central banks and transformative `creative disruption'
(2023)Global financial architectures, including central banks and their monetary policies, are critical to leveraging transformative change for climate justice. Yet, currently central banks are exacerbating rather than mitigating ... -
A national-scale assessment of land use change in peatlands between 1989 and 2020 using Landsat data and Google Earth Engine - a case study of Ireland
(Springer Nature, 2023)Maps accompanying Habib, Wahaj, 'A national-scale assessment of land use change in peatlands between 1989 and 2020 using Landsat data and Google Earth Engine: a case study of Ireland', Springer Nature, 2023 -
Two centuries of relative sea-level rise in Dublin, Ireland, reconstructed by geological tide gauge
(2023)We demonstrate the utility and reproducibility of the saltmarsh foraminifera-based ‘geological tide gauge’ (GTG) approach by developing two independent records of relative sea-level (RSL) change for Dublin, Ireland. Our ... -
Identifying barriers for nature-based solutions in flood risk management: an interdisciplinary overview using the expert community approach
(2022)The major event that hit Europe in summer 2021 reminds society that floods are recurrent and among the costliest and deadliest natural hazards. The long-term flood risk management (FRM) efforts preferring sole technical ... -
Urban vacancy in Ireland: Addressing recent responses and opportunities
(Trinity College Dublin & Dublin City Council, 2023)This report outlines recent political and policy responses to urban vacancy in Ireland, the challenges that these policy objectives face, and lessons that can be drawn from the experience of those implemented them. It is ... -
The power of platforms—precarity and place
(2023)The expanding scale and scope of digital platforms in our lives seem undeniable as they restructure commerce, communication, work, finance, popular culture, and private and public services. However, despite their ubiquity ... -
What role for citizens? Evolving engagement in quadruple helix smart district initiatives
(2023)Globally, smart city initiatives are becoming increasingly ubiquitous elements of complex, sociotechnical urban systems. While there is general agreement that cities cannot be smart without citizen involvement, the ... -
From "debt diplomacy" to donorship? China's changing role in global development
(2022)Since the mid-1990s the Chinese state and the country’s businesses have significantly increased their activity throughout the Global South. In International Development, China’s impacts on this varied meta-region have ... -
Assessing the sustainability impacts of food sharing initiatives: User testing The Toolshed SIA
(2022)The food system is unsustainable and requires reconfiguration, however more data is required to assess the impacts of action which might contribute to a more sustainable food future. Responding to this, extensive research ... -
Restricted participation: Drivers, experiences and implications of disability stigma in Ethiopia
(2023)Background: Community-based inclusive development (CBID) acknowledges society’s critical role in supporting the active participation of persons with disabilities. However, research on how this approach relates to the ... -
Hard borders and soft agreements: Evaluating governance within the Global Compact for Migration
(Routledge, 2023)Welcomed as a milestone in the governance of transnational migration, the adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration marked a significant step forward in international cooperation on migration ...