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The Global Sugar Countryside
The production, consumption and trade of sugar have over the years been relatively volatile, influenced mainly by global economic restructuring – trade liberalisation, policy changes, FDI as well as improved agricultural systems, increased ethanol production, incomes and rising domestic demand for sugar.
Diversity in an Irish Small Town
In contrast to other Irish small towns, which experienced rapid immigration in the 2000s, Ballyhaunis has grown the last 40 years, with over 40 nationalities and 48% residents born outside Ireland. The residents are proud of their cosmopolitan town, and there is much that other communities can learn.
Woolly Networks – From Sheep to Shop
With the diversity of UK sheep industry, having approximately 45,000 registered wool producers, 22.9 million sheep producing about 68,000 tonnes of wool types yearly that goes through the BWB, it is impossible to trace the provenance of British wool back to the individual farm.
The Making and Remaking of a Cane Countryside
Australia's internal highly regulated quota, single desk sugar industry became unhelpful to the inconstancy of global changes and Nambour is an interesting example of how these restructuring sifted through the Australian system to make and remake a rural cane sugar town.
From Yosemite to Antarctica via Burundi
Rural areas have been integrated into multinational networks of trade; bringing benefits through access to international markets, but dependency on global firms has also made rural economies more vulnerable to distant economic events in this era of Globalization.
Soft Drinks Stories: Tracing Fanta to Newtown, Wales
How exactly does globalisation work? How is it that we can buy a branded soft drink like Fanta in Newtown, Wales, just as easily as we can over the other side of the world ? A product, which is “worse than useless”, on account of it being the root of .............
Migration in Mid-Wales
In this story map we look at recent migration patterns into Newtown and connect the trends and experiences we observe here with wider national and international processes and events. We look at how this shaped the development and building of Newtown.
How GIS Can Benefit Research Projects
This summarizes how GIS is used in social sciences research in a case of the Global-Rural project which examines globalization & rural. From design to data collection, management, analysis, mapping, visualization, storytelling & public engagement.
Being Global
Globalization describes different processes and changes in how the world works. It is often seen as the integration of businesses, markets, economies, culture, people and politics across the world.