The Contribution of Physical Geographers to Sustainability Research

Day, Terence

doi:10.3390/su9101851

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“…First, a variety of landscapes are represented, indicating the breadth of coverage where physical geographical research is concerned. As noted by [12], physical geographers are engaging with sustainability research from a range of locations, representing the natural world as well as the processes involved in a systems framework. Here, there are studies, including a few case studies and a case report, that examine agricultural fertilizers as contributing to nonpoint source pollution in China and flood resilience thinking in the retail sector of Taipei City, Taiwan.…”

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“…In addition to the more established perspectives within physical geography, of spatial-temporal, holistic or integrated, and scale-based approaches, is an emergence now into adaptation research within sustainability (also noted by [12]), including urban sustainability (e.g., [11]). Moreover, because of the interdisciplinary perspective that is created by having several sub-disciplinary fields within physical geography, including geomorphologists, climatologists, soil scientists, biogeographers, and hydrologists, it is possible to include a breadth of research studies and expertise that stretches beyond most environmental disciplines.…”

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“…They are engaging from a spatial perspective, contributing their understanding of human-environment interactions as well as studying the impacts of environmental change through an understanding of the natural world, notions of process and systems, and a range of methodological work. In short, physical geographers have an immense potential value in participating as part of multidisciplinary teams ( [12] article-review style).…”

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Physical Geography and Environmental Sustainability

Thornbush

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:In this introduction to the Special Issue on Physical Geography and Environmental Sustainability, the links between a variety of physical landscapes located throughout the world and long-term wellbeing are considered from a systems approach. Twelve papers were published as part of this call, with half from Asia, especially China. They represent a contribution across topographic landscapes, from mountainous to estuarine, and cover models as well as case studies encompassing landscape and environmental changes. Remotely sensed data, statistical analysis, and GIS were often incorporated in the work, and this particularly conveys the importance of spatial analysis on inputs by physical geographers in sustainability research. Furthermore, scale variations from the local to global are presented as part of a geographical contribution. The connectedness of environments to humans and the reverse (of humans adapting to environmental change) is evident in several of the papers where human impacts and adaptation are concerned. Finally, the last paper provides a comprehensive summary of the potential contribution that physical geographers can make to environmental sustainability from a multidisciplinary approach.

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Physical Geography and Environmental Sustainability

Thornbush

2017

Sustainability

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“…Impoverishing LK and local cultural practices bring about psycho-social, cultural, economic and ecological degradation problems such as:A reduction in community involvement in protecting cultural and natural values, related to a progressive deterioration of the ecosystem, the diversity of land uses and landscapes (Day, 2017; Yinghe and Yeo-Chang, 2021), which widens the fracture between society and territory.A depreciation of the territorial values held by the local community, which can reduce the collective self-trust, identity, cohesion and community competence for resilience in economic or social crises (Aswani et al , 2018; Gandarillas, 2009). Increasing vulnerability towards territorial fracturing, environmental degradation and climate change (UNEP, 2016).…”

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Ecocultural networks as grounds for spatial planning. A psychosocial approach applied to coastal development

Solinís

McCall

2021

JCHMSD

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PurposeThis work critiques the situation of the ecological and cultural heritage in many coastal territories and analyses how current land planning methodologies are responding to it. The study builds a new integrated approach founded on ecocultural values and local knowledge as resources for an effective territorial planning and sustainable development.Design/methodology/approachThe proposed framework was developed through: (1) analysing coastal planning needs and problems in European coastal areas; (2) identifying ecocultural values, including local knowledge, in such areas; (3) selecting best approaches and tools in spatial planning; (4) applying the selected planning approaches to use ecocultural values as resources for spatial planning and sustainable development; and (5) validating the final methodology.FindingsA dynamic approach for maritime-land planning was developed projecting coastal waters and river basins as strategic drivers for sustainable development, based on the natural capacity of water to shape and integrate the ecological and cultural territory. A participatory governance planning methodology supports the new articulations of space based on ecocultural value chains and networks as synergistic vectors, focusing on local knowledge as psychosocial capital for a collective mapping of cultural, historical, social, economic and ecological values into ecocultural littoral plans.Originality/valueThe results show the potentials of combining new approaches applying cultural and ecological heritage into an effective strategy of integration between society and territory as a powerful driver for effective sustainable planning and development.

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“…Because of the global and regional ecological and environmental changes and the challenges of sustainable human development, multi-and interdisciplinary research in earth surface system science via comprehensive and systematic methods is necessary to make fundamental contributions to sustainable development at national and global levels (Fu et al, 2015). When faced with global sustainable development, geography provides a practical target for the development of physical geography in the direction of subject development (Day, 2017a;2017b). With a focus on the coupling of theory and methodology of the human-earth system, the integration across various branches of physical geography, as well as the integration across physical geography, human geography, geographic information science, and other related disciplines, has become a hot spot of contemporary, frontier geography research (Fu and Li, 2016).…”

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New Developments and Perspectives in Physical Geography in China

Tian

Liu

et al. 2019

Chin. Geogr. Sci.

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Physical geography is the cornerstone of geography. In this article, the starting points of disciplines in physical geography in recent years in China are discussed. With the coupling of systems set as the research object, and sustainable development as the ultimate goal, the upgrade of physical geography can be deconstructed into three steps: deepen physical geography from the perspective of pattern-process coupling, improve the focus of physical geography from ecosystem processes to ecosystem services, and increase the understanding of the physical geography 'pattern, process, service, sustainability' research cascade. The incorporation of human activities into physical geographic processes is essential to conduct integrated analysis on physical and human factors at different scales. The development of ecosystem service models that couple supply-demand and sustainable development are of great importance to bridge the role of ecosystem services between the natural environment and human well-being. Moreover, human-land systems and sustainable development have become the core areas and frontiers of integrated physical geography and even geography in general. China faces the great strategic demand of constructing an ecological civilization in a new era, and the development of the disciplines of physical geography should give full access to the advantages of intersecting and comprehensive disciplines, focus on the human-land system patterns, processes, and services in key research areas, and provide disciplinary support for regional, national, and global sustainable development.

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The Contribution of Physical Geographers to Sustainability Research

Cited by 6 publications

References 107 publications

Physical Geography and Environmental Sustainability

Physical Geography and Environmental Sustainability

Ecocultural networks as grounds for spatial planning. A psychosocial approach applied to coastal development

New Developments and Perspectives in Physical Geography in China

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