Environmental Historical Geographies
Environmental historical geography is a diverse, dynamic and active subfield with close connections to environmental history. Here, I examine developments in three overarching and overlapping themes within the subfield: environmental reconstruction, environmental knowledges and discourses, and environmental impacts and interventions. For each area, I highlight recent approaches to, and applications of, environmental historical geography. I also draw attention to several promising areas of research where environmental historical geography can build on its existing strengths and continue reinvigorating understanding of environment-society relations. These include contextualising environmental knowledge and data production amidst advances in big data and AI; illuminating the multi-directional interactions between environmental change, knowledges, and materialities; revealing the entangled physical and intellectual legacies of imperial and colonial projects; and enhancing comparative research.
History
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- School of Natural Sciences (Research Outputs)
- College of Health and Science (Research Outputs)
Publication Title
Geography CompassVolume
18Issue
12Pages/Article Number
e70013Publisher
WileyExternal DOI
eISSN
1749-8198Date Submitted
2024-07-12Date Accepted
2025-01-06Date of First Publication
2025-01-21Date of Final Publication
2025-01-21Open Access Status
- Open Access
Date Document First Uploaded
2025-01-26Will your conference paper be published in proceedings?
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