Reference Books and Physical Geography Teaching

Judging Books by Their Covers: Teaching about Physical Attractiveness Biases

Sociologists have developed a wide range of pedagogical strategies to facilitate student learning about racial/ethnic, class, and gender inequalities. Despite the growing subdiscipline of the sociology of the body and evidence pointing to the prevalence of inequalities based on physical attractiveness, the pedagogical literature has yet to develop strategies for teaching students about biases b...

Physical Geography and Environmental Sustainability

In this introduction to the Special Issue on Physical Geography and Environmental Sustainability, the links between a variety of physical landscapes located throughout the world and long-term wellbeing are considered from a systems approach. Twelve papers were published as part of this call, with half from Asia, especially China. They represent a contribution across topographic landscapes, from...

Progress in Physical Geography

Whither Physical Geography?

T he one-hundreth anniversary of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) is an appropriate occasion to reflect on the future of geography in the U. S. During the past hundred years, American geography has been haunted by various dichotomies—none more pronounced than the distinction between human and physical geography. Although the dichotomy can be viewed as invalid (James 1967), it is ne...

Progress in Physical Geography