I will be making use of this to explore the coast and go along with the DME that I also use from Internet Geography.
Monday, 31 August 2020
Coasts Virtual Tour - preparing for the new academic year
New on InternetGeography is a virtual tour of Flamborough Head.
I will be making use of this to explore the coast and go along with the DME that I also use from Internet Geography.
I will be making use of this to explore the coast and go along with the DME that I also use from Internet Geography.
Saturday, 29 August 2020
ONS Household Spending Data
One for the Geography of Stuff unit.
This visualisation from ONS explores what people spend their money on.
This visualisation from ONS explores what people spend their money on.
Webinar on the drainage of the Fens
Free to register on Eventbrite.
Today's Fenland landscape is essentially the creation of the past 500 years, although some evidence of Roman and early medieval attempts at reclamation can still be seen. This talk explores how successive generations have tried to secure the Fens against flooding, from Vermuyden's work in the 17th century through windmill drainage in the18th, steam in the 19th to diesel and electric power in the 20th, and then the major works that followed the 1947 floods.
Throughout much of the period drainage was further handicapped by administrative confusion and conflicts of interest, for example between drainage and navigation and the hostility of King's Lynn towards inland works that could adversely affect the harbour and the Ouse outfall into the Wash.
This outwardly simple landscape of straight lines and great skies has a hidden complexity: every dyke, field, road, railway and building has a rich story to tell, if you know where to look.
Today's Fenland landscape is essentially the creation of the past 500 years, although some evidence of Roman and early medieval attempts at reclamation can still be seen. This talk explores how successive generations have tried to secure the Fens against flooding, from Vermuyden's work in the 17th century through windmill drainage in the18th, steam in the 19th to diesel and electric power in the 20th, and then the major works that followed the 1947 floods.
Throughout much of the period drainage was further handicapped by administrative confusion and conflicts of interest, for example between drainage and navigation and the hostility of King's Lynn towards inland works that could adversely affect the harbour and the Ouse outfall into the Wash.
This outwardly simple landscape of straight lines and great skies has a hidden complexity: every dyke, field, road, railway and building has a rich story to tell, if you know where to look.
Friday, 14 August 2020
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
Hans on the wall...
Ready for the start of new term.
Hans Rosling is up on the wall with the Factfulness poster next to him.
Made with the Rasterbator website.
This will make a 6 x 3 grid - A4 or A4 portrait. Use the trim lines to trim the pages to overlap and line up each page. Work out your size first...
Hans Rosling is up on the wall with the Factfulness poster next to him.
Made with the Rasterbator website.
This will make a 6 x 3 grid - A4 or A4 portrait. Use the trim lines to trim the pages to overlap and line up each page. Work out your size first...
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