Convenors:
Dr. Manoranjan Ghosh, Assistant Professor of Climate Change and Sustainability Studies, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts (SSLA), Symbiosis International University (SIU), Pune. Email- manoranjan.ghosh@ssla.edu.in
Prof. Somnath Ghosal, Centre for Rural Development and Innovative Sustainable Technology, Indian Institute of Technology …
Convenors:
Michael Woods, Aberystwyth University, m.woods@aber.ac.uk
Damian Maye, University of Gloucestershire, dmaye@glos.ac.uk
Chi-Mao Wang, National Taiwan University, chimaowang@ntu.edu.tw
In a recent paper in Dialogues in Human Geography, Wang et al (2023) propose a new framework for ‘planetary rural geographies’. The …
Prof. Sarah Neal (University of Sheffield)
Dr Anna Gawlewicz (University of Glasgow)
Dr Jesse Heley (Aberystwyth University)
Rhys Dafydd Jones (Aberystwyth University)
Rural spaces have always been defined by mobility even as they have been presented as fixed and static. …
Convenors:
Dr Richard Byrne, Dr Fiona Williams, Dr Kreseda Smith
Harper Adams University
For many, rural environments are an escape from the chaos and frenzy of urban lifestyles. As such they are often idealised and romanticised to the point where …
The RGS Annual Conference 2024 call for sessions is open, and we would like to invite anyone interested in organising an RGRG-sponsored session to submit a proposal.
We ask that proposals are relevant to the conference theme of Mapping, …
The following sessions will be sponsored by the RGRG this year. Please follow the links below to find out more about each session.
The true cost of decarbonising rural spaces: challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.
Session conveners: Théo Lenormand (tlenormand@glos.ac.uk) and Emanuele Amo (ema18@aber.ac.uk)
Keywords: Rural geography, Crisis, Change, Social science, Countryside
This annually held Rural Geography Research Group session looks to explore new and emerging ideas across rural geography by discussing the work of …
Chairs: Cathy Smith (c.smith@rhul.ac.uk) and Kayla De Freitas, both of Royal Holloway University of London / Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society.
Abstract: In the context of climate change, landscape fires are increasingly visible in the media and of …
Convenors: Michael Woods, Aberystwyth University, m.woods@aber.ac.uk
Damian Maye, University of Gloucestershire, dmaye@glos.ac.uk
Chi-Mao Wang, National Taiwan University, chimaowang@ntu.edu.tw
Abstract:
The provocative thesis of planetary urbanization has been countered in recent literature by calls for geographies of planetary ruralization (Krause, 2012; …
Convener: Andrew Grayson, Nottingham Trent University (andrew.g.grayson@ntu.ac.uk)
Abstract: This session is intended as an open forum to discuss and critically analyse planning approaches to rural areas, with a particular focus on sustainability and engaging with climate change. The planning system …