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Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Mark G.E. Kelly, Normal Now: Individualism as Conformity – Polity, March 2022 This is a book about what we consider normal. It details how the very concept of normality emerged in the modern era, and…

New research shows that chemical reactivity, seasonality and distribution of airborne particulate matter are critical metrics when considering air pollution’s impact on human health. Current environmental regulations focus on the mass of pollutant particles, and researchers at the University of … Continue reading →

An Aerotropolis is a metropolitan subregion whose infrastructure, land use, and economy are centered on an airport.It fuses the terms “aero-” (aviation) and “metropolis”. Like the traditional metropolis made up of a central city core and its outlying commuter-linked suburbs, the aerotropolis consists of 1) the airport’s aeronautical, logistics, and commercial infrastructure forming a multimodal, … Continue reading →