Can Public Policy Perpetuate the Memory of Disasters?
Colten and Grismore examine the Amite River flood in August 2016 against the backdrop of collective flood memory and public policy.
policies
Landscape and Change in Policy: Understanding Cultural Values
Bolton explores how Natural England creates landscape management plans in partnership with local communities.
Memory as Claim-making in Kalahari Socio-environments
LaRocco examines how the San people of Botswana use memory as a form of claim-making to contest their marginal position.
Sites of Remembering: Landscapes, Lessons, Policies
About this issue
This volume explores the potential contribution memory studies can make to policymaking, in particular on conservation and disaster resilience.
Content
Who Are Green Cities Actually For?
May Tan-Mullins looks at the decision-making processes involved in developing the Sino-Singaporean Tianjin Eco-city in China.
A Tale of Two Cities: Climate Policy in Münster and Dresden
Cindy Sturm looks at differences in climate-related policymaking Münster and Dresden.
The Limits of Techno-management in Transitioning to Green Cities
Nir Barak explores the limits of techno-managerial approaches towards creating greener cities.
Green City Promises and "Just Sustainabilities"
Vanesa Castán Broto critiques sustainable development agendas that approach green cities as merely engines of economic growth.
Review of Enterprising Nature: Economics, Markets and Finance in Global Biodiversity Politics, by Jessica Dempsey
Ryan Hackett reviews Jessica Dempsey’s book Enterprising Nature: Economics, Markets and Finance in Global Biodiversity Politics.
"Power and Purity: Nature as Resource in a Troubled Society"
Gremaud’s article analyses representations of nature as brand and resource in current Icelandic society, through an interdisciplinary approach involving cultural geography and visual methodologies.