Energy poverty and other social aspects of energy are an important but under-researched area in the sustainability literature. This article challenges effectiveness traditional expenditure-based 10%-income indicator reflecting nature complexity poverty, with particular reference to a case study Hong Kong. To advance literature, this proposes multi-dimensional framework conceptualise complex linkages between vulnerability factors, impacts, responses energy-poor households. Based on analysis...

This article applies the global-relational conceptual frame developed in recent work on urban policy mobilities to heritage, a seemingly local area, Hong Kong. In response growing public criticism and protests past decade, Kong government launched review of its heritage related institutional framework. was largely an ‘extrospective’ process involving comparison learning from other places. The reviews this exercise, using as case study tertiary education programme that is key node learning....

Research Article| July 01, 2007 TRIASSIC-LOWER JURASSIC FORAMINIFERAL INDICES FOR BAHAMAN-TYPE CARBONATE-BANK LIMESTONES, CABLAC MOUNTAIN, EAST TIMOR David W. Haig; Haig * School of Earth and Geographical Sciences (M004), The University Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009, Australia *Correspondence author. E-mail: david.haig@uwa.edu.au Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Eujay McCartain; McCartain Logan Barber; Barber John Backhouse Author Article...

Hong Kong's retrocession to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 initiated intense interest cultural heritage on the part of divergently positioned actors, including activists, state, and entrepreneurs. Heritage walking tours have proliferated, providing a wide range examples suitable for comparison. This article develops typology trails order consider how they are situated relation tourist economy local context. Theoretically it builds insights new studies debates tourism 'tourist-local divide.' The...

Household, journey-to-work, and workplace dynamics intersect are diverse changing. These intersections contribute to gendered, classed, racialized divisions of labour at home, work, on the road. Research journeys-to-work has generally focused journeys that happen daily, follow similar routes, times, involve travel a single, fixed workplace. Time geography shared some this focus in its attention fixity constraints shape these kinds movements time space. However, change disruption home lives,...

This article investigates the production and maintenance of heritage landscape in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. It argues that unequal power relations produced were inscribed historically continue to operate present. does so by critically evaluating contextualizing contestation over new high‐rise construction on streets below Citadel Hill. Drawing qualitative field work between 2005 2008, suggests meanings values resources, such as views served protect city, are not properly understood. A...

Hong Kong citizens' fierce and evolving struggles, developing from the summer of 2019 onwards, have spawned countless stories, protest tactics, sacrifices, debates in society beyond. In this article, we probe Kong's condition, asking: what is psyche city for which protesters are willing to risk their futures? What soul esteem that these hope preserve Kong? How does revolt reflect broader political-economic social conditions To venture answers adopt notion 'topological operations' unpack...

Protest immobilities have political potential because of the affective atmospheres they produce. In 2019, Hong Kong protest movement targeted International Airport in a series sit-ins resulting two-day shutdown and cancellation more than 1,000 flights. This article is based on participant observation interviews with thirty-two people—aviation workers, tourists, expatriates, demonstrators—who were present at one or sit-ins, it uses perspective informed by work social movements geography. We...

This article explores the experiences of construction-industry workers commuting to major project sites with a view broadening understandings meaning and impact development extractive industries in Newfoundland Labrador since 1990s. Theoretically, draws upon develops concept "mobilities regimes," formulation that locates relations power inequality co-constitution mobility institutional structures. The empirical findings are based on research conducted between December 2014 June 2016 as part...

This article considers how construction workers based in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) negotiate need to be mobile for work at different scales with what effects. It tackles seldom considered question travel becomes normalized as a facet construction, an employment sector characterized by volatility. Specifically, we explore experiences their families negotiating shift from having extensive options places during time high labour demand, limited constrained that may...

Automobiles are ubiquitous objects of private consumption and their meaning use shaped by different aspects identity, including gender. The gender dimensions automobility associated with particular types vehicles have not been extensively researched. This article studies pickup trucks masculinities in relation to home work the industrial construction sector Newfoundland Labrador, Canada. There, like much North America, become most commonly purchased new over last decade. Their widespread...

Until recently, café and restaurant design in modern Hong Kong has been characterized by closed facades that keep cooled air inside the hot humid subtropical climate, interiors allow limited visual contact with street kitchen. A new tendency of openness, however, appeared specialty coffee shops have opened over last decade. In this article we study phenomenon, querying its significance relation to social dimensions trends ideas about openness. The is based on field studies 80 local from 2020...

Travel to and from work, travel as part of in search work livelihoods, within the fabric social, community, family lives – are fragile, complex challenging...

This article considers experiences of rhythmic change related to employment-related geographical mobilities in parts the Canadian construction industry. Drawing on Lefebvrian rhythmanalysis and aspects time-geography, we consider how workers their loved ones negotiate changes space-time patterns across careers industrial construction, especially work at projects tied resource development extraction. Data are derived from in-depth career history interviews conducted with province Newfoundland...

This introduction serves several purposes. First, it provides some context around the phenomenon of Employment-Related Geographical Mobility. Second, introduces papers included in this Special Issue.