Geographical Magazine December 2019 Retour à l'édition précédente

HEAD IN THE CLOUDS
Large-scale air travel is under public scrutiny, and refusing to fly is increasingly in vogue. Can climate-friendly aviation ever actually exist? If not, can dismantling the industry really be justified?

GREENING São Paulo’s ‘Big Worm’
A central highway in Brazil’s largest city is about to get a green makeover. But are the plans all they’re cracked up to be and who, really, will benefit?

THE SPANISH UNDERGROUND
Continental Europe’s most extensive underground rail transport network, the Madrid Metro, has transformed the life of Europe’s third-largest city. This year, the Metro celebrates a century of steady progress and expansion.