Framing and reframing questions of human–environment interactions Исследовательские парадигмы взаимодействия человека и окружающей среды: взгляд сквозь столетие

Ways in which geographers have framed research on human–environment interactions have changed over time.This review emphasizes the limitations of previous ways of framing human–environment research and indicatesnew opportunities to be pursued by reframing the research questions. It begins with the research and influenceof W. M. Davis and follows with research framed as environmental determinism, human ecology, naturalhazards, human impacts on the environment, and sustainability. Studies of interactions between people andenvironments are central to geography, but such studies have dominantly been one-sided as a result of the type ofrelationship studied or the perspectives (physical or social) brought by the investigators. Awareness of the natureof nature and the dynamic, interactive behavior of biophysical and human systems has the potential to bringnew perspectives to the traditional human–environment dichotomy. Because many of the world’s importantproblems involve interactions between people and environments, geographers are encouraged to turn theirattention to this core area of the discipline. Research opportunities include studies of the effects of environmentalchange on human populations, including the complex web of interactions and feedbacks involved; studies ofhow environmental services are valued and managed; and other studies that provide knowledge to supportmore sustainable human–environment interactions, especially in an urbanizing world. The article was translated by Dmitry Mitin exclusively for “Cultural Geographies & Geohumanities” with kind permission of the authors and Taylor & Francis Ltd. on behalf of Association of American Geographers. The original paper was published in the Annals of the Association of American geographers. 2012. Vol. 102. No. 4. P. 737-747. Статья посвящена изменениям, которые происходили в географических исследованиях взаимодействий в системе человек – окружающая среда в США в течение прошедшего столетия. Автор обращает вн