Geography & Environment Publications
Urbanizing Physical Geography
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Volume
61
Journal
The Canadian Geographer
First Page
102
Last Page
106
URL with Digital Object Identifier
https://doi.org/10.1111/cag.12318
Abstract
The physical environment of cities and processes of urbanization have a long-standing presence in the field of physical geography and can give physical geography a renewed relevance in urban sustainability and planning. Existing approaches in physical geography will be a valuable component of this work. New insights and understanding of urban environments may be gained by engaging with ideas of urban landscapes as socio-natures; adopting critical, political and reflexive modes of thought and practice; and thinking beyond the physical structures and spatial boundaries of the city to planetary urbanization. Thinking about urban environments in these ways also opens up possible changes in the scope of and approaches to physical geography as a whole.
Notes
This is a draft of an article published in The Canadian Geographer.