Much of the early literature on downshifting proposed that reduced hours at work would lead to reduced levels of consumption, increased hours of leisure, and a more sustainable and fulfilling life, and yet recent survey research has challenged these assumptions. Our study contributes knowledge on the differentially lived experience of contemporary downshifting and its relationship to sustainable and/or

Practices involving the consumption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) are increasingly important to the maintenance of everyday life for older New Zealanders. Developing competency with ICT can provide a way of challenging negative discourses of ageing. Interviews with 20 older New Zealanders reveal that “keeping up” with the times, with changing technologies, and with others is a means

This article draws on empirical research to develop an understanding of the social and cultural geography of food and its waste in the workplace. Our aim is to contribute to the wider body of literature on everyday geographies of waste and wasting in relation to food, paying attention to the complex trajectories of the disposal of the waste produced by food consumption beyond the scale of the household

Recent widespread calls and strategies for consumers to change and reduce meat consumption position meat as both an environmentally unsustainable and highly desired food. Such change is often understood as an unattractive and difficult process of relinquishment, and that perspective informs interventions designed to lessen the presumed hardship involved. This article troubles such assumptions by reference

Inner‐city universities are noteworthy in relation to food provisioning and consumption because of their locations and spatial characteristics. Among 18,500 university students surveyed by Universities Australia in 2017, one in seven reports being unable to eat in regular patterns. This finding suggests that it is important to explore how eating spaces at inner‐city universities intersect with students'

Master‐planned estates are not only new urban spaces for living but also represent new approaches in urban governmentality. They entail systems of private governance not only to encourage self‐regulation of resident behaviour, but also to control how residents “consume” the estate. In middle‐class ethopolitics, acceptance is based on consumption that supports homeownership as an investment, supporting

Recent scholarship illustrates the significant role media content plays in shaping home renovation outcomes, suggesting additional focus on the media–renovation dynamic is warranted in the face of increasing household consumption. Examining the reflexive characteristics of media‐engaged practices in renovation reveals the ways in which future household consumption practices are imagined and materially

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Soil (SL) and organic carbon losses (SOCL) have increased with human population and climate change linked extreme events. While SL and SOCL are clearly associated with surface run‐off, the impact of land use is still not well understood. This article elucidates the effects of land use, surface cover, and other environmental factors on SL and SOCL using data from 55 published studies. The overall SL

The author of Social Imaginaries of Space: Concepts and Cases (original: “L'espace de l'Imaginaire: Essais et detours”), Bernard Debardieux, is a Professor of Political and Cultural Geography at the University of Geneva. Earlier work written with Gilles Rudaz (Debarbieux & Rudaz, 2015) is an historically rich account of the geographical imagination and socially constructed nature of mountains. It was

Geography: Shaping Australia's Future (2018) provides a ‘strategic plan’ for geography aligned with the national research priorities, as well other key areas where Australian geographers are addressing environmental and societal challenges. To provide context, we first describe the state of geography in Australian universities. We then articulate ways forward for strengthening Australian geography—both

This study revisits region‐specific determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Eastern, Central, and Western China using econometric and spatial analyses. It uses a data set covering 31 Chinese provinces and autonomous regions spanning the period 2005–15, together with panel data regression. Our statistical results show that in Eastern China, FDI is significantly associated with bilateral trade

As the world population becomes increasingly urbanised and mobile, “third places” take on greater importance for incorporating new residents into their neighbourhood and reducing social isolation. The third place concept has been applied to a range of public space research and embraces informal public meeting places outside of home (first place) and work (second place). This article critically investigates

Current approaches to environmental management are critiqued as symptomatic of a capitalist system that rests on the appropriation and instrumental use of planetary resources. I argue that people need to find different ways of relating to our co‐members in the web of life. A set of ecofeminist philosophical principles is proposed on which to build that new relationship; the need to develop an ecocentric

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How lovely that several unexpected benefits have emerged over four years working as Editor‐in‐Chief of Geographical Research on behalf of the Institute of Australian Geographers. High on the short‐list would be the annual day for publishers and editors that Wiley organises, the last of which was on Wednesday 30 October 2019 at the University of Melbourne. On that occasion, the day was focused on one

Climate change is disproportionally affecting Indigenous peoples' livelihoods across the globe. Despite this fact, climate adaptation planning and responses are not immediate concerns for most Indigenous people, whose key challenges are deeply embedded in colonial history. Through collaborative research centred on climate adaptation planning with the Yuibera and Koinmerburra Traditional Owner groups

This article presents a series of commentaries on Transit Life: How Commuting is Transforming Our Cities, published by MIT Press in 2018. Centring on an in—depth case study of Sydney, the book argues the need to attend carefully to the fine—grained detail of the commuting experience. In all sorts of ways, Transit Life presents a way of thinking about urban transportation radically different from that

Honey from the giant Asian honey bee (Apis dorsata) has been harvested by communities throughout Southeast Asia for centuries. In Indonesia, 80 per cent of the national supply of honey comes from Sumbawa; however, there is limited information regarding the sustainability and importance of honey hunting in supporting rural livelihoods. This study used semi‐structured interviews and questionnaires to

Over the past few decades, rural landscapes have been the subject of increasing international cultural heritage research, and one of the most important issues under investigation at both theoretical and pragmatic levels concerns how to identify the spatial character of rural landscapes for conservation purposes. This article establishes an innovative approach adopting a cultural landscape perspective

Coal seam gas and other unconventional gas industries have often struggled to develop a social licence to operate in surrounding communities, frequently resulting in the emergence of broad opposition coalitions and legal challenges. In this article, the authors explore the relational aspects of coal seam gas's space‐based setting with reference to Keith Halfacree's three‐fold model of rural space.

Barddabardda Wodjenangorddee:We're Telling All of You. The creation, history and people of Dambeemangaddee Country Dambeemangaddee People with Blundell, V., Doohan, K., Vacon, D., Allbrook, M., Jebb, M.A. and Bornman, J., 2017, Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation in association with Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Derby, WA, $44.99, ISBN: 9780646967646 (pbk). Songspirals: Sharing Women's Wisdom of Country

The Adani mine controversy is a significant new space of contestation in conflicts over coal mining and climate change in Australia. Proposed as one of the largest new coal mines in the world, the Adani (or “Carmichael”) mine has become a flashpoint between two broad coalitions—the pro‐mine coalition, consisting of governments, elements of the media, and mining interests, and the anti‐mine coalition

China's South–North Water Transfer Project (SNWTP) is a vast and still expanding network of infrastructure and institutions that moves water from the Yangtze River and its tributaries to cities in North China. This article aims to assess the SNWTP's impacts by beginning to answer seven questions about the project: How is the management of the SNWTP evolving? What are the problems to be resolved when

Cecily Maller's newest contribution to the rapidly growing body of literature on healthy urban environments is a welcome addition. Healthy Urban Environments: More‐than‐Human Theories makes a unique theoretical contribution to scholarship by moving beyond the predominantly deterministic view that built form unilaterally shapes human health. Thus, she joins company with few others who recently have

This book is a recent addition to an increasing number of books on coastal management produced since coastal zone management (CZM) legislation was first introduced to the United States in 1972. A detailed review of CZM in the scientific literature by Birch and Reyes (2018) reveals an initial focus on land use and legal issues, followed by significant increases in the volume of publications after major

Recent decades are often characterised as witnessing the rise of identity politics and consequent and increasing animosities and conflicts, even as the world apparently “shrinks” and homogenises. In this work, philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah effectively chronicles historical and contemporary human geographies, examining the ways in which identity labels are relationally constructed over time and place