Intervention: Critical physical geography

• DOI: 10.1111/cag.12061
• Publication Date: 2013-12-04T07:52:50Z
• Authors: Rebecca Lave; Matthew W. Wilson; Elizabeth S. Barron; Christine Biermann; Mark A. Carey; Chris S. Duvall; Leigh Johnson; K. Maria Lane; Nathan McClintock; Darla Munroe; Rachel Pain; James Proctor; Bruce L. Rhoads; Morgan M. Robertson; Jairus Rossi; Nathan F. Sayre; Gregory Simon; Marc Tadaki; Christopher Van Dyke
• Keywords: Critical Geography; Vitality

Abstract A recent opinion piece rekindled debate as to whether geography's current interdisciplinary make‐up is a historical relic or an actual and potential source of intellectual vitality. Taking the latter position, we argue here for benefits sustained integration physical critical human geography. For reasons both political pragmatic, term this area intermingled research practice geography (CPG). CPG combines attention power relations with deep knowledge biophysical science technology in service social environmental transformation. We that practiced by individuals teams, can improve quality expand relevance because it increasingly impractical separate analysis natural systems: socio‐biophysical landscapes are much product unequal relations, histories colonialism, racial gender disparities they hydrology, ecology, climate change. Here, review existing work; discuss primary critically engaged integrative research, teaching, practice; offer our collective thoughts on how make work.