Hewlett and Hibbert’s (1967) ‘Factors affecting the response of small watersheds to precipitation in humid areas’ (hereafter referred to as ‘Factors’) is one of the most important papers published in the field of catchment hydrology. Despite its grey literature appearance as a proceedings paper from the fi rst International Symposium on Forest Hydrology at Penn State University, the work outlin...

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...

The differentiation of human and physical geography is a fundamental distinction in Geography. This commentary examines the past, present, possible future places within Geography, focusing on situation United States. Physical played major role establishment Geography as an academic discipline, but became marginalized soon thereafter. For past 80 years, States has largely been social science tha...