From physical geography to environmental geography: Bridges and gaps (a French perspective)

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Françoise André
Keyword(s):  
Physical Geography ◽  
Environmental Geography

scholarly journals THE PANDEMIC AND THE ‘ENVIRONMENTALISATION’ OF GEOGRAPHY. AN EPISTEMIC-POLITICAL CHALLENGE

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (31) ◽  
pp. 65-85
Author(s):  
Marcelo Souza
Keyword(s):  
Social Research ◽  
Physical Geography ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Academic World ◽  
The Past ◽  
Environmental Geography ◽  
Political Challenge ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Epistemic Objects

The purpose of this article is to extract from the COVID-19 pandemic a lesson for geographers: although without intending (or being possible) to simply go back to the past, it is necessary to re-value, nevertheless, the very quintessence of the identity of the geographical discourse, which has been characterised by a way of building epistemic objects that is committed to a dialogue between social research (represented by what we usually call‘human geography’) and natural research (represented by what we usually call ‘physical geography’). This project, presently called ‘environmentalisation,’ does not aim at anything overly ambitious: there is no case here for an exclusionary thesis in the style ‘geography should be this, and nothing else’; in fact, it just defends the idea that an approach such as that of environmental geography, resulting from an attempt at ‘environmentalisation,’ must have its place assured. Environmental geography, being committed to the construction of hybrid epistemic objects, allows us to mobilise the interfaces and knowledge necessary to deal with complex tasks such as the analysis of the short and long-term effects of the pandemic (among many other issues). However, the environmental geography project not only has to deal with intellectual challenges (integrating what knowledge, how and for what purpose?), but, in the end, it must also face political obstacles: the concrete power relations in the academic world and the zeal with which ‘borders’ and ‘territories’ are patrolled and defended, not to mention the resistance of many researchers to leave their thematic and theoretical-methodological comfort zones.

Harm J. de Blij’s 1983Wine:

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 674-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colleen C. Hiner ◽  
Christi G. Townsend ◽  
Brendan L. Lavy
Keyword(s):  
Physical Geography ◽  
The Political ◽  
Regional Geography ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Environmental Geography ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The Impact

Harm de Blij was one of the most influential scholars in the field of geography. Few modern geographers have accomplished more to advance a public appreciation for the field. He was known primarily for his work in geopolitics, regional geography, and environmental geography, and he published well over 100 articles and books on these subjects. He was also known for his love of fine wine. In 1983, de Blij published Wine: A Geographic Appreciation, a groundbreaking book and bestseller, which, in part, set the stage for the study of the geography of wine and viticulture. This paper examines de Blij’s 1983 tome, including a brief examination of the political, economic, and cultural elements of wine geography followed by a focused discussion of the book’s influence on the physical geography of viticulture. Ultimately, this paper considers the impact and legacy of Wine: A Geographic Appreciation, a classic in physical geography, as the subfield of wine geography continues to develop.

Physical Geography

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Somerville
Keyword(s):  
Physical Geography

Physical geography in the Netherlands

Erdkunde ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
J.I.S. Zonevald
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Physical Geography
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