2009
Print versionGeography media coverage
A selection of media coverage from the Department of Geography in 2009.
Calls to free UK yacht crew detained in Iran
Channel 4 News 1 December 2009
Richard Schofield, Senior Lecturer in Boundary Studies, Department of Geography, was interviewed as five British sailors have been detained in Iran after straying into Iranian waters. *Also on BBC Radio 4's The World at One.
Seized at sea
The Daily Mirror (p9) 1 December 2009
Five British sailors are being held hostage after their racing yacht was seized by the Iranian Navy. Richard Schofield, an expert on international boundaries in the Middle East in the Department of Geography comments. *Also in The Sun.
De kwijnende pub
Het Financieele Dagblad (Netherlands, p15) 28 November 2009
Article on the decline of British pubs, including comments from Dr David Green and Professor Chris Hamnett, both from the Department of Geography.
Grant winners
THE 12 November 2009
Dr David J P Moore, Department of Geography, has been awarded £56,961 to look at the response of soil respiration to insect-induced tree mortality.
Multicultural London
LBC Radio 24 September 2009
Dr David Green from the Department of Geography commented on the history of multiculturalism in London.
Iraq
BBC Five Live 'Simon Mayo' programme 20th August 2009
James Denselow, a Middle East Security Analyst in the Department of Geography, comments on the bombings and motor attacks in Baghdad.
The last word - Apple melt
New Scientist (p65) 8 August 2009
Thomas Smith, Environmental Monitoring and Modelling Group, Department of Geography, provides an answer to why snow at the base of an apple tree melts quicker than snow elsewhere.
Hostages taken Iraq
BBC Radio 5 Live 'Simon Mayo' 29th July 2009
James Denselow, Department of Geography, was interviewed about the two British hostages taken Iraq in 2007 are very likely to have died in captivity.
"The legends of the Amazon"
The Guardian (Weekend Magazine, p6) 11 July 2009
Dr Jaime Moreno Tejada, Department of Geography, comments in his letter on the article 'Rumble in the Jungle' from 4 July.
Deaths as bomb hits Baghdad market
Al Jazeera (web) 27 June 2009
James Denselow, PhD student in the Department of Geography, comments on the latest bombing in Baghdad.
Climate Change negotiations
BBC1 Breakfast 26 June 2009
Paul Ekins Professor of Energy and Environment Policy, Department of Geography, was interviewed about Climate Change negotiations.
Iraq hostage strategy
BBC Radio 5 Live: Victoria Derbyshire show 22nd June 2009
James Denselow, Phd Student in the Department of Geography, discussed hostage strategy following the deaths of two men in Iraq.
The property bubble has finally burst
Independent 16 May 2009
Comment article by Simon Read who says that property market was a bubble waiting to burst and cites a policy paper for the Institute for Public Policy Research think-tank by Chris Hamnett, Professor of Human Geography, who proposes the introduction of strict limits on residential lending.
'Distributed power' to save Earth
BBC News Online 11 May 2009
Paul Ekins, professor of energy and environment policy in the Department of Geography, comments in an article about the Research Connections 2009 conference.
Raids and arrests on North West of England
BBC News Show: BBC News 8 April 2009
Dr Brooke Rogers, Lecturer in Risk and Terror in the King’s Centre for Risk Management (KCRM), Department of Geography, discussed the consequences of the raids and arrests on North West of England.
Rude names are dying of embarrassment
The Times (p16) 25 March 2009
Analysis conducted by Professor Richard Webber, Visiting Professor of Geography has found that names with rude overtones have experienced the sharpest decline over the past 120 years as their owners have changed them to something more innocuous.
*Also reported in The Guardian (G2) and Daily Mail
Do nations go to war over water?
Nature 19 March 2009
The United Nations warned as recently as last week that climate change harbours the potential for serious conflicts over water. Professor Tony Allan, Department of Geography, summarized the not-so-subtle argument as "if you run out of water you reach for a Kalashnikov or summon the air strike"
Gorbachev launches 'Peace with Water' initiative
EurActiv.com 14 February 2009
A new initiative calling for water issues to be included in UN negotiations over a successor to the Kyoto Protocol was launched by the former Soviet leader. Professor Tony Allen of King's Geography department said that there was enough water for everybody but that poverty was a major obstacle to access.
Channel 4 News 1 December 2009
Richard Schofield, Senior Lecturer in Boundary Studies, Department of Geography, was interviewed as five British sailors have been detained in Iran after straying into Iranian waters. *Also on BBC Radio 4's The World at One.
Seized at sea
The Daily Mirror (p9) 1 December 2009
Five British sailors are being held hostage after their racing yacht was seized by the Iranian Navy. Richard Schofield, an expert on international boundaries in the Middle East in the Department of Geography comments. *Also in The Sun.
De kwijnende pub
Het Financieele Dagblad (Netherlands, p15) 28 November 2009
Article on the decline of British pubs, including comments from Dr David Green and Professor Chris Hamnett, both from the Department of Geography.
Grant winners
THE 12 November 2009
Dr David J P Moore, Department of Geography, has been awarded £56,961 to look at the response of soil respiration to insect-induced tree mortality.
Multicultural London
LBC Radio 24 September 2009
Dr David Green from the Department of Geography commented on the history of multiculturalism in London.
Iraq
BBC Five Live 'Simon Mayo' programme 20th August 2009
James Denselow, a Middle East Security Analyst in the Department of Geography, comments on the bombings and motor attacks in Baghdad.
The last word - Apple melt
New Scientist (p65) 8 August 2009
Thomas Smith, Environmental Monitoring and Modelling Group, Department of Geography, provides an answer to why snow at the base of an apple tree melts quicker than snow elsewhere.
Hostages taken Iraq
BBC Radio 5 Live 'Simon Mayo' 29th July 2009
James Denselow, Department of Geography, was interviewed about the two British hostages taken Iraq in 2007 are very likely to have died in captivity.
"The legends of the Amazon"
The Guardian (Weekend Magazine, p6) 11 July 2009
Dr Jaime Moreno Tejada, Department of Geography, comments in his letter on the article 'Rumble in the Jungle' from 4 July.
Deaths as bomb hits Baghdad market
Al Jazeera (web) 27 June 2009
James Denselow, PhD student in the Department of Geography, comments on the latest bombing in Baghdad.
Climate Change negotiations
BBC1 Breakfast 26 June 2009
Paul Ekins Professor of Energy and Environment Policy, Department of Geography, was interviewed about Climate Change negotiations.
Iraq hostage strategy
BBC Radio 5 Live: Victoria Derbyshire show 22nd June 2009
James Denselow, Phd Student in the Department of Geography, discussed hostage strategy following the deaths of two men in Iraq.
The property bubble has finally burst
Independent 16 May 2009
Comment article by Simon Read who says that property market was a bubble waiting to burst and cites a policy paper for the Institute for Public Policy Research think-tank by Chris Hamnett, Professor of Human Geography, who proposes the introduction of strict limits on residential lending.
'Distributed power' to save Earth
BBC News Online 11 May 2009
Paul Ekins, professor of energy and environment policy in the Department of Geography, comments in an article about the Research Connections 2009 conference.
Raids and arrests on North West of England
BBC News Show: BBC News 8 April 2009
Dr Brooke Rogers, Lecturer in Risk and Terror in the King’s Centre for Risk Management (KCRM), Department of Geography, discussed the consequences of the raids and arrests on North West of England.
Rude names are dying of embarrassment
The Times (p16) 25 March 2009
Analysis conducted by Professor Richard Webber, Visiting Professor of Geography has found that names with rude overtones have experienced the sharpest decline over the past 120 years as their owners have changed them to something more innocuous.
*Also reported in The Guardian (G2) and Daily Mail
Do nations go to war over water?
Nature 19 March 2009
The United Nations warned as recently as last week that climate change harbours the potential for serious conflicts over water. Professor Tony Allan, Department of Geography, summarized the not-so-subtle argument as "if you run out of water you reach for a Kalashnikov or summon the air strike"
Gorbachev launches 'Peace with Water' initiative
EurActiv.com 14 February 2009
A new initiative calling for water issues to be included in UN negotiations over a successor to the Kyoto Protocol was launched by the former Soviet leader. Professor Tony Allen of King's Geography department said that there was enough water for everybody but that poverty was a major obstacle to access.
