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Forgetting and Remembering: Kenneth Cumberland and Soil Erosion in New Zealand, 1940s to 2020s

open access: yesKōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, Volume 21, Issue 1, March 2026.
The speed and scale of landscape transformation in New Zealand was almost immediately apparent to British geographer Kenneth Cumberland on his appointment to Canterbury University College in 1938. His efforts culminated in the nationally and internationally well‐regarded book ‘Soil Erosion in New Zealand: A Geographical Reconnaissance (1944a)’, which ...
Michael Roche
wiley   +1 more source

6. Classical Economics from Smith to Malthus

open access: yes, 1958
In 1776, several years after his good friend James Watt had obtained the first patent covering the steam engine and several years before the process for making wrought iron was devised, Adam Smith (1723-1790), a retired professor of moral philosophy at ...
Bloom, Robert L.   +6 more
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Ruth Glass: London's Gentrification Urban Visionary

open access: yesPopulation, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper analyses the contribution made by Ruth Glass to our understanding of gentrification and class change in London. It argues that not only was she remarkably ahead of her time in identifying and naming this important new phenomenon over 60 years ago, but that her discussion of the social and housing market impacts of gentrification ...
Chris Hamnett
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting Keynes in the Light of the Transition to Circular Economy. [PDF]

open access: yesCirc Econ Sustain, 2021
Ghisellini P, Passaro R, Ulgiati S.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Dis‐Engaged Patient? Chronic Interfacing in a Regime of Digital Health Convenience

open access: yesSociology of Health &Illness, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Digital health technologies increasingly promise to alleviate the burden of chronic illness work by automating aspects of care. Rather than demanding constant self‐monitoring, automated devices claim to deliver therapy with minimal involvement by patients.
Benjamin Lipp
wiley   +1 more source

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