🌱New in Geo🌱 'Assessing livelihood vulnerability of per-urban farmers to urban expansion and climate variability in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia' by Mastawal Melese et al. doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky
Geo: Geography and Environment
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Geo is a fully open access international journal publishing original articles from across the spectrum of geography and environment research. Edited by @laurieparsons.bsky.social, @chrisdarvill.bsky.social, Le Yu & Karen Bickerstaff.
⛰️New in Geo⛰️ '(Re)Defining ecosystems: A case study of the Colombian Páramo delimitations and shifting boundaries' by Alejandra Uribe-Albornoz & @julietalbot.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
New from our recent PhD graduate and research associate, Brett Cherry -
🔋New in Geo🔋 'How to move from unjust to just transitions for renewable energy futures? Place-making and "unmaking" in the "left behind" coastal town of Blyth, Northumberland, UK' by Brett Cherry doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
🔋New in Geo🔋 'How to move from unjust to just transitions for renewable energy futures? Place-making and "unmaking" in the "left behind" coastal town of Blyth, Northumberland, UK' by Brett Cherry doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
New paper! I was happy to co-author this month the wonderful work of first author and PhD student Alejandra Uribe-Albornoz in @geoopenaccess.bsky.social - in this work we discuss how the delimitation of ecosystems changes over time and why, using the the Colombian páramos as a case study 🧪
Check out this month’s highlights for a snapshot of research published across our journals in June👇 GJ - Wilson et al.: https://ow.ly/YJhw50ZjxJz GEO - Uribe-Albornoz & Talbot: https://ow.ly/UEgi50ZjxJL TIBG - Jeffrey et al.: https://ow.ly/s2Y450ZjxKl AREA - Yu et al.: https://ow.ly/R6LO50Zjx2v
Following Latour, we question explanations that uses "financial capital' or 'farmers'needs' to account for science & technology, and focus on the "visual construction" of those markets and needs via #climateservices rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... tx @geoopenaccess.bsky.social
🍇New in Geo🍇 'The soil and the system: Examining the transformative potential of regenerative viticulture in England' by Claire Lyons et al. This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section on sustainable food systems. doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
The Soil and the System: Examining the Transformative Potential of Regenerative Viticulture in England
Regenerative viticulture has become increasingly prominent within the English wine industry as a flexible and pragmatic alternative to organic and biodynamic certification, promoting soil health, bio...
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'From Space to Village: How Climate Services Colonised Agrarian Futures' in @geoopenaccess.bsky.social. With Giovanna Gioli, we trace how #ClimateServices (satellite data, apps, AI) make smallholder farmers legible to #ClimateFinance, turning #ClimateAdaptation into a market doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
⚫New in Geo⚫ 'Qualifying coal: Materiality and the transformation of import supply chains in Poland' by Magdalena Dąbkowska This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section on the 'Futures of Coal'. doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky
🔋New in Geo🔋 'Participatory pathways to a fairer energy transition: Community visioning for just, clean energy transitions in Europe' by Emily K. Gray et al. This paper compares case studies from Poland, Spain & the UK to explore participatory engagement in energy futures. doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
Participatory Pathways to a Fairer Energy Transition: Community Visioning for Just, Clean Energy Transitions in Europe
In this article, we explore how the participatory futuring practice of community visioning can both reveal participation in energy and energy transitions as well as inform how we understand and shape...
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🍊New in Geo🥔 'Mapping transformation initiatives to sustainable food systems regarding their barriers and strategies' by Lucija Lapuh et al. This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section exploring sustainable food systems. doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
Every month we spotlight papers from across the Society’s journals, capturing the latest in geographical research. Explore May’s highlights. 👇 Dobson: https://ow.ly/XAlo50Z5vVP Fitzmaurice: https://ow.ly/KYiX50Z5vQQ Mosso et al.: https://ow.ly/nPAE50Z5vQN Davies et al.: https://ow.ly/Ufku50Z5vQM
🌏New in Geo🌍 'Interdisciplinary perspectives on geoviolence: Towards relational conceptual integration' by Nora Komposch et al. This commentary explores the concept of 'geoviolence' in the context of accelerating human-driven environmental harm. doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Geoviolence: Towards Relational Conceptual Integration
Environmental degradation is widely recognised as largely driven by human activity, yet the terminology and conceptual frameworks used to describe socioenvironmental interconnections vary across disc...
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New publication #fisheries #foodsystems #politicalecology 🧪🌍🌊🐟
🐟New in Geo🐟 'Is understanding "fish as food" enough? Reclaiming power and politics in aquatic food research and policy' by @sophiestanden.bsky.social This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section on sustainable food systems. doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky
🌍New in Geo🌍 '𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘺 and traditional knowledge: Navigating relational values, food sovereignty and conservation in Masoala National Park's buffer zone, Madagascar' by Svitlana Lavrenciuc et al. This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section on sustainable food systems. doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
Tany and Traditional Knowledge: Navigating Relational Values, Food Sovereignty and Conservation in Masoala National Park's Buffer Zone, Madagascar
This study examines how tany (the Malagasy concept encompassing soil, land, territory, and ancestral domain) mediates relational values within Betsimisaraka farming communities in the buffer zones of...
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🗺️New in Geo🗺️ 'Wildland-urban interface planning: Lessons from a participatory mapping exercise' by Clara Mosso et al. This paper examines how participatory mapping can help inform spatial planning in expanding cities in Argentina. doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky
Wildland–Urban Interface Planning: Lessons From a Participatory Mapping Exercise
This study examines how participatory mapping can help capture stakeholder values, co-develop future urban expansion scenarios, and inform spatial planning in San Martín de los Andes, Argentina, a ci...
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🌍New in Geo🌏 'Feeling environmental transitions in Nottingham: Love, social justice and place in the "Rebel City"' by Katie Keddie This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Instrumentalising place-based approaches to urban energy transitions'. doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky
Hot off the press 🌍 🌎 🌏 'Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Geoviolence: Towards Relational Conceptual Integration' - a collaborative commentary with my colleagues Nora Komposch and Mauro Fischer, published open-access in @geoopenaccess.bsky.social. ➡️ rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/SRZEJC...
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Geoviolence: Towards Relational Conceptual Integration
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🌊New in Geo🌊 'Thinking with, from and across the energy transition in Barbados: Island spatiality between connection and separation' by Carmen Séra-Penker et al. This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section on the political ecologies of islands. doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky
Thinking With, From and Across the Energy Transition in Barbados: Island Spatiality Between Connection and Separation
The figure shows the Exclusive Economic Zone of Barbados as blue ocean and the proportionally correct size of the island state of Barbados as a small green landmass. Next to it is the enlarged green ....
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Love the State, but Hate (Neo)Colonialism? Discussing Sacrifice Zones and (Green) Colonialism in Political Ecology
By underwriting, or ignoring, the state's integral role within the colonial model, which continued to spread and consolidated through colonialism, academic production lends itself not only to facilit...
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🐟New in Geo🐟 'Is understanding "fish as food" enough? Reclaiming power and politics in aquatic food research and policy' by @sophiestanden.bsky.social This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section on sustainable food systems. doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky
New Paper Alert! @sophiestanden.bsky.social Is Understanding‘Fish as Food’ Enough?Reclaiming Power and Politics in Aquatic Food Research and Policy 📈Despite aquatic food systems gaining global attention, the role of power dynamics shaping debates is still overlooked. 👇 tinyurl.com/FishAsFood26
🌱New in Geo🌱 'Gendered pathways to climate adaptation among smallholder farmers in rural Ghana: Perspectives from Ejura Sekyedumase Municipality' by Louisa Boakye et al. doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky
Gendered Pathways to Climate Adaptation Among Smallholder Farmers in Rural Ghana: Perspectives From Ejura Sekyedumase Municipality
Climate change is reshaping smallholder farming systems in rural Ghana, yet adaptation outcomes are unevenly structured by gendered access to resources and institutions. Guided by Feminist Political ...
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🥔New in Geo🥔 'Evaluating UAV multispectral imagery, machine learning and image analysis techniques for mapping taro and sweet potato in a smallholder cropland in Swayimane, South Africa' by Mishkah Abrahams et al. doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky
Looking for something to read this Friday? Check out our April highlights from across the Society's journals: Finch-Race, D. A., and P. Lewis: https://ow.ly/K3uo50YRBLM Preci, A.: https://ow.ly/BA7l50YRBLN Hein, J.: https://ow.ly/CIQa50YRBLL Migozzi, J., and D. Wójcik: https://ow.ly/lN6x50YRBLP
Check it out! A new publication @geoopenaccess.bsky.social explicitly discussing the relationship between sacrifice zones, extractivism, green colonialism & the politics behind them🔥 @pollenetwork.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social
🌏New in Geo🌍 'Love the state, but hate (neo)colonialism? Discussing sacrifice zones and (green) colonialism in political ecology' by @drxdunlap.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky
🌊New in Geo🌊 'Towards an urban political ecology of coastal land reclamation' by Jonas Hein doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky
🌊New in Geo🌊 'Aquapelagic entanglements in the Panchagangavali Region' by Deepta Sateesh & Vigna Priya Adhanki This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'More than a Shoreline: Mapping the Complexities of the Coasts'. doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky
Aquapelagic Entanglements in the Panchagangavali Region
Recently, the wet region of Panchagangavali has been facing dramatic transitions—climate change and intense development, while sustainable local livelihood practices are fast disappearing, along with....
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🌱New in Geo🌱 'Agricultural practices used by smallholder farmers to mitigate greenhouse gases and enhance carbon sequestration in the Bosomtwe District, Ghana' by Frank Baffour-Ata et al. doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky