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It is easy to compile a list of issues that young people will face, and for which geography offers powerful ways of thinking, including: population growth, globalization, information movement, climate change, shifting patterns of employment, migration, sustainability, interdependence, etc. As Roberts (2011) asserts ‘it is precisely because of its (the future’s) unpredictability that it is worth thinking about’ (p. 245)—here issues that have a geographical expression can be judged, acted upon and mediated. Nonetheless with the super-complexity of some problems we must acknowledge that geographers may need to work in an inter-disciplinary way to address them successfully.
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Brooks, C., Butt, G., Fargher, M. (2017). Introduction: Why Is It Timely to (Re) Consider What Makes Geographical Thinking Powerful?. In: Brooks, C., Butt, G., Fargher, M. (eds) The Power of Geographical Thinking. International Perspectives on Geographical Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49986-4_1
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