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30 years of GEOGRAPHY REVIEW

This issue marks the 30th year of GEOGRAPHY REVIEW as the flagship magazine for sixth-form geographers. The front covers shown here demonstrate that over that time the style of the magazine has changed, as has the way it is produced, with a shift from analogue to digital production methods. A lot has changed in 30 years and this of course is also true of the nature of the geography that we study

The first ever issue of GEOGRAPHY REVIEW. The first article in this issue was on ‘why geography matters’ by Doreen Massey (see pages 28–29 of this issue)

One of the most significant changes of the last 40 years in human geography was under way around the time of the first issue of the magazine. This was the adoption of more qualitative methods of analysis. It meant a focus on understanding the social and cultural practices which make places, rather than simply studying patterns of human activity across space.

In 1987 concerns about climate warming were in their early stages. In the 1980s anxiety about climate had focused on the risks of a new ice age, or a ‘nuclear winter’ as result of nuclear warfare. The environmental challenge looming largest was the impact of acid rain across northern Europe.

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