Article
Geography
Farhana Sultana
Summary: The uneven and inequitable impacts of climate change result in different experiences, responses, and coping strategies for people in different locations. Climate coloniality, influenced by global racial capitalism, colonial dispossessions, and climate debts, affects everyday life and limits opportunities. Decolonizing climate requires addressing colonialism, imperialism, capitalism, international development, and geopolitics, and challenging existing global governance structures and solutions.
POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
(2022)
Editorial Material
Geography
Farhana Sultana
Summary: Climate change has unevenly impacted different regions, emphasizing the need for a common but differentiated responsibility to address resulting injustices. Critical climate justice, guided by feminist perspectives, enhances solidarity and collective action for more impactful climate change discussions and actions.
GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Geography
Yuanzhi Guo, Yang Zhou, Yansui Liu
Summary: After nearly seventy years of poverty alleviation, China has basically solved the problem of providing food and clothing to the rural poor. However, the islanding effect of the distribution of the poor and the marginal diminishing effect of the antipoverty resources restrict the effects of poverty-eliminating strategies. In response, the Chinese central government has introduced targeted poverty alleviation, aiming to achieve genuine outcomes by accurately identifying and assisting poverty-stricken households.
JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Desiree Fields
Summary: This article explores the role of digital technologies in financial accumulation and real estate investment, particularly within the US housing market. Digital innovations and advancements in information technology allow investors to efficiently manage property portfolios and provide stable income flows to capital markets. The study demonstrates that technological transformations actively participate in financial accumulation strategies and highlights the significance of digital technologies in shaping housing's position in contemporary capitalism.
ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING A-ECONOMY AND SPACE
(2022)
Article
Geography
Muntasir Murshed, Nhung Thi Tuyet Dao
Summary: This study examines the impact of export quality on the relationship between economic growth and carbon dioxide emissions in South Asian economies, and validates the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis in the context of Bangladesh and India. The findings show a U-shaped association between economic growth and carbon dioxide emissions in Pakistan, while economic growth is found to decrease carbon dioxide emissions in Sri Lanka and Nepal. Additionally, improving export quality is found to lead to lower levels of carbon dioxide emissions.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jason Hickel, Christian Dorninger, Hanspeter Wieland, Intan Suwandi
Summary: Unequal exchange theory suggests that economic growth in the global North relies on a large appropriation of resources and labor from the global South through price differentials in international trade. The study reveals that in 2015, the North appropriated a significant amount of resources from the South, enough to end extreme poverty multiple times. This unequal exchange is a key driver of global inequality, uneven development, and ecological breakdown.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2022)
Article
Geography
Hannah Barrett, David Christian Rose
Summary: This article explores the association of technologies with the fourth agricultural revolution and investigates the perception and anticipated impacts of this revolution. The findings reveal that emergent, game-changing technologies are associated with the fourth agricultural revolution in media and policy documents. The benefits to productivity and the environment were prioritized, with less attention given to social consequences. However, the impacts were overwhelmingly presented positively, despite the fact that technologies also bring negative consequences.
SOCIOLOGIA RURALIS
(2022)
Article
Geography
Muntasir Murshed, Mohammad Haseeb, Md Shabbir Alam
Summary: The study assessed environmental quality in five South Asian economies and found that increasing renewable energy consumption and output is crucial in reducing carbon and ecological footprints. Results indicate that economic growth is both the cause of and solution to environmental issues in South Asia, and increasing the use of renewable energy contributes to improving environmental quality in the region.
Article
Geography
Ximing Yin, Jin Chen, Jizhen Li
Summary: A world with large disparities in development between rural and urban areas cannot achieve sustainable development goals. This paper proposes the concept of rural innovation system and compares it with urban innovation system. It introduces a theoretical model of the rural innovation system and outlines future challenges. This has significant implications for rural studies, innovation systems, and public policy.
JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Zihan Xu, Jian Peng, Jianquan Dong, Yanxu Liu, Qianyuan Liu, Danna Lyu, Ruilin Qiao, Zimo Zhang
Summary: This study quantitatively analyzed the spatiotemporal changes in ecosystem services (ES) supply and demand in Guangdong Province from 2000 to 2015. The results showed spatial heterogeneity in the changes, with ES supply being significantly affected by ES demand. Different zones also exhibited spatial correlation in ES supply and demand changes.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2022)
Article
Geography
Xiao Huang, Junyu Lu, Song Gao, Sicheng Wang, Zhewei Liu, Hanxue Wei
Summary: This study examines the relationship between demographic and socioeconomic variables and home-dwelling time during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, finding significant correlations between economic status and compliance with stay-at-home orders. Specifically, median household income and percentage of high income are identified as key factors influencing home-dwelling time, highlighting the luxury nature of stay-at-home orders that lower income groups may not be able to afford. The findings suggest a long-standing social inequity issue that disproportionately affects vulnerable populations during the pandemic, calling for a high-priority assessment of its long-term impact.
ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GEOGRAPHERS
(2022)
Article
Geography
Innocent Chirisa, Tafadzwa Mutambisi, Marcyline Chivenge, Elias Mabaso, Abraham R. Matamanda, Roselin Ncube
Summary: This paper examines the plight of urban poor in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the spread and prevention of COVID-19 among urban poverty. The study finds that COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the urban poor due to urbanization and increased poverty, calling for national, regional, and local level planning and measures to alleviate their suffering.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Josephine M. Chambers, Carina Wyborn, Nicole L. Klenk, Melanie Ryan, Anca Serban, Nathan J. Bennett, Ruth Brennan, Lakshmi Charli-Joseph, Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez, Kathleen A. Galvin, Bruce E. Goldstein, Tobias Haller, Rosemary Hill, Claudia Munera, Jeanne L. Nel, Henrik Osterblom, Robin S. Reid, Maraja Riechers, Marja Spierenburg, Maria Tengo, Elena Bennett, Amos Brandeis, Paul Chatterton, Jessica J. Cockburn, Christopher Cvitanovic, Pongchai Dumrongrojwatthana, America Paz Duran, Jean-David Gerber, Jonathan M. H. Green, Rebecca Gruby, Angela M. Guerrero, Andra-Ioana Horcea-Milcu, Jasper Montana, Patrick Steyaert, Julie G. Zaehringer, Angela T. Bednarek, K. Curran, Salamatu J. Fada, Jon Hutton, Beria Leimona, Tomas Pickering, Renee Rondeau
Summary: Research suggests that co-productive agility is crucial in sustainability transformations as it helps in turning tensions into transformations. It opens up multiple pathways by elevating marginalized agendas, questioning dominant agendas, navigating conflicting agendas, and exploring diverse agendas.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2022)
Article
Geography
Yang Zhou, Yansui Liu
Summary: Geography of poverty (GOP) is a branch of human geography that studies the geographical patterns, distribution characteristics, and evolution mechanism of poverty, as well as the relationship with geographical environment and antipoverty measures. The research in GOP includes the study of impoverished areal system (IAS), regional and individual poverty, and the use of 5W + H models for analysis. Key areas for future research include the life cycle evolution law of IAS, multidimensional poverty measurement, geographical identification of poverty, dynamic simulation of poverty, poverty mapping, antipoverty measures, and poverty reduction effectiveness evaluation. Poverty geography research should focus on the complexity, spatial heterogeneity, and mechanism of poverty, and develop anti-poverty paths and models suitable for different countries.
JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Amy Horton
Summary: This paper explores the ownership of UK care homes by investment funds, shedding light on the relationship between financialization, neoliberalism, and labor. The low status of the mostly female workforce allows investors to acquire care homes, and the labor of caregivers contributes to the value for investors. However, caregivers also resist being disposable, which may lead to resistance against financial discipline. Governments condone the financialized system, shifting responsibility for the failures of neoliberal welfare onto financialized corporations.
ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING A-ECONOMY AND SPACE
(2022)
Article
Geography
Yi Hu, Binbin Li, Zhenghe Zhang, Jian Wang
Summary: This paper presents an empirical analysis of the impact of farm size on agricultural technology progress in China using primary data from farmers and panel data from provinces. The results indicate that larger farms are more willing to adopt new technologies and invest more in agricultural knowledge.
JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Geography
Yingnan Zhang, Hualou Long, Li Ma, Shuangshuang Tu, Yurui Li, Dazhuan Ge
Summary: China's rural areas have undergone intense restructuring driven by e-commerce, resulting in a new wave of rural rejuvenation. E-commerce has had a significant impact on industry structure, employment patterns, and household economies. Rural elites, technology innovation, resource endowments, and government support have all contributed to this restructuring process.
JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Quan-Jing Wang, Gen-Fu Feng, Hai-Jie Wang, Chun-Ping Chang
Summary: This research examines the relationship between political ideology and national greenhouse gas emissions using multinational panel data from 98 countries between 1990 and 2016. The results indicate that left-wing governments tend to have lower carbon dioxide emissions compared to right-wing governments. The study also highlights the role of energy efficiency and education, showing that leftist parties promote energy efficiency and allocate more funds to secondary education, resulting in reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Additionally, the moderating effects of economic performance, globalization, and political systems on the relationship between political ideology and emissions are explored.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Matthew Sparke, Owain David Williams
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the harmful effects of neoliberal globalization on world order, exacerbating existing issues. By exploiting the vulnerabilities of neoliberal societies and states, the virus has raised global health security concerns, prompting questions about the viability of neoliberal norms. Despite the significant damage caused by neoliberal disease, the prospects for political-economic transformation on a global scale remain limited.
ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING A-ECONOMY AND SPACE
(2022)
Article
Geography
John Wall
Summary: This article proposes a new lens called childism, which aims to criticise adultism and promote age-inclusive research and social development. It is similar to feminism and other critical movements, while also making its own distinct theoretical and methodological contributions.
CHILDRENS GEOGRAPHIES
(2022)
