Recasting geomorphology as a landscape science

Slaymaker, Olav; Spencer, Tom; Embleton-Hamann, Christine

doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107723

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“…When the bigger cycle on a worldwide scale within the scope of panarchy is considered, the concept of Anthropocene gains a relatively critical importance. The Anthropocene defines the Earth's most recent geological time period as human-influenced or anthropogenic, based on the overwhelming global evidence that atmospheric, geological, hydrological, biospheric, and other earth-system processes are now altered by human beings (Slaymaker, Spencer & Embleton-Hamann, 2021). As Eisenman and Murray (2017) remarks, Geddes' integrative, developmental, and creative orientation and at the same time his holistic theoretical framework seems to be characterized also by an anthropogenic world due to its emphasis on environmental challenges and overcrowding of cities.…”

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Enfoque de ecodiseño en un campus universitario: MSKU cine al aire libre y área de actividades

2023

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Los sistemas socio-ecológicos evolucionan en ciclos de adaptación ecológica aumentando la resiliencia de los lugares. El objetivo de este artículo es presentar los procesos de diseño e implementación del Proyecto de Área de Actividades y Cine al Aire Libre que se aplica en uno de los valles del Campus Principal de la Universidad Mugla Sitki Koçman. El proyecto se realizó utilizando el enfoque de ecodiseño como método de diseño y planificación basado en los conceptos de panarquía y transecto, que tienen sus raíces en los estudios de Patrick Geddes. Los criterios adoptados para el diseño del área del proyecto fueron determinados por el proceso de levantamiento, análisis y diseño en el marco de las oportunidades que ofrece el entorno en la interacción de la naturaleza y el ser humano. De acuerdo con los criterios básicos de diseño, se completó la fase de aplicación del proyecto y se puso en servicio el Cine al Aire Libre y el Área de Actividades.

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Enfoque de ecodiseño en un campus universitario: MSKU cine al aire libre y área de actividades

2023

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“…Thrift, 2002), rather than in terminological use. Very recently, the question of geomorphology's visibility has again been raised, in an internationally authored commentary that suggests the term is potentially an impediment to its practitioners' contributions to tackling major environmental problems at the international scale (Slaymaker et al, 2021, but also see Lane, 2012, for an earlier expression of the concerns). Slaymaker et al's (2021) suggestion is to recast geomorphology as a landscape science, as well as retaining its place as a geoscience.…”

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“…Slaymaker et al’s (2021) suggestion is to recast geomorphology as a landscape science, as well as retaining its place as a geoscience. Reading the commentary, I tend not to agree with its central tenets – for example, ‘as traditional geoscientists, we are not used to thinking of coastal flooding, permafrost degradation and snow depletion as centrally important to our science’, to which my immediate response is: Really?…”

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Geography needs science, science needs Geography

Thomas

2022

Environment and Planning F

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Physical geography continues to have complex relationships both with Geography as a whole and the natural sciences. At a time when the nature and future of physical geography and its sub-disciplines has been questioned, I explore these changing relationships and their impacts on the discipline itself and on our collective ability to understand and address environmental crises. The exploration is through the themes of disciplinary shape and institutional change, physical geography’s content and interactions, and how its practitioners badge themselves in an increasingly inter- even trans-disciplinary world. I conclude that there is now a fluidity between disciplines in which Geography holds an important place in research addressing key environmental challenges. This is evidenced by records of publication, conferences and employment mobility between the silos of academic departments. More than ever, the challenges facing environment and society today require collective, inclusive, efforts to achieve solutions that are beyond the capacity of a single discipline. Geography’s complexity and frequent rewiring position it well to be part of the research into global grand challenges that require disciplinary agility. Fears over Geography’s shape and practice can be more than offset by the need to contribute to holistic endeavours, so long as vital sub-disciplinary building blocks are not lost in desiloing endeavours.

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“…Rivers and their floodplains rank among the most degraded ecosystems (IPBES, 2019;Vörösmarty et al, 2010), and their decline has progressed more rapidly than terrestrial ecosystem types (Tickner et al, 2020). Yet, rivers and floodplains are a key arena for intensive conservation and restoration efforts (Beechie et al, 2010;García et al, 2021), an example of the positive dimension of human agency (Slaymaker et al, 2021).…”

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A case for stronger integration of physical landscape processes in conservation science and practice

Cienciala

2024

Conservation Biology

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In this perspective, I argue that the dynamic nature of contemporary landscape‐shaping (geomorphic) processes deserves more consideration within conservation science and practice. I begin by presenting a simple bibliometric analysis of the Web of Science, which reveals that, during last two decades, key geomorphic terms have appeared in a small fraction (<2%) of the conservation biology literature. I interpret this result as reflective of a rather peripheral attention that, more generally, landscape‐shaping processes currently receive in the field of conservation. I contend that in the current conservation paradigm, physical habitat is often perceived as largely static, with consideration of its dynamic aspects (processes) often limited to extreme events. Focusing on river‐floodplain environments as a model system, I then highlight multifaceted reciprocal interactions between biota and erosional and depositional processes. These strong and ubiquitous interdependencies underscore the fact that geomorphic processes (regardless of their magnitude or intensity) are an integral part of ecosystem dynamics at the timescales relevant for conservation. I proceed to show that, because of these close links, erosional and depositional landscape responses modulate many environmental influences associated with past and current anthropogenic activities. As a result, I submit that the absence of more explicit and widespread consideration of geomorphic processes in conservation science and practice is not only surprising but also detrimental to their effectiveness. I conclude with a call for efforts, among both conservation and geoscience communities, to integrate the contemporary landscape dynamics within the modern conservation framework. Although such integration across disciplines is always challenging, given different conceptual and methodological paradigms, in this case, I believe that recent developments have created the right set of conditions. These developments include the rise of the ecosystem‐based and social‐ecological systems approaches in conservation as well as the growth of interdisciplinary subdisciplines within the geosciences, including biogeomorphology, ecohydraulics, and geoconservation.Article Impact statement: This perspective contributes to debate on how improvements to conservation science and practice can facilitate better conservation outcomes.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved

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Recasting geomorphology as a landscape science

Cited by 12 publications

References 78 publications

Enfoque de ecodiseño en un campus universitario: MSKU cine al aire libre y área de actividades

Enfoque de ecodiseño en un campus universitario: MSKU cine al aire libre y área de actividades

Geography needs science, science needs Geography

A case for stronger integration of physical landscape processes in conservation science and practice

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