Cultural Geography Group
The Cultural Geography (GEO) chair group is committed to social theory in all its spatial articulations. The group advances creative, critical-constructive scholarship through exploring the ecological and social challenges facing all life on earth.
Researching space, place and culture, engaging with current, historic and future dynamics of societies globally, the group pays special attention to questions of inequality, exclusion, mobility, plurality along with deploying critical tourism studies to all aspects of social and environmental sciences, unravelling relational complexities in wilderness to urban settings. Thereby the group translates knowledge into practical action in four closely related fields of application. These are: health & care, tourism, nature and landscape.
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The Cultural Geography Group
Atlas member
We are a member of The Association for Tourism and Leisure Education and Research (ATLAS). ATLAS was established in 1991 to develop transnational educational and research initiatives in tourism and leisure and currently has members in about 60 countries. ATLAS provides a forum to promote staff and student exchange, transnational research and to facilitate curriculum and professional development.
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Capita Selecta: Intersectional feminisms, period 6 (2 ECTS)
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Tourism@WUR
For the urgent challenges within the domain of tourism, there are no clear-cut solutions. However, by executing high-quality scientific research, helping to translate our knowledge into practice worldwide and by training professionals and students, we aim to contribute to sustainable tourism development.
Latest articles in refereed journals
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Importance and threat as determining factors for criticality of natural capital
Ecological Economics (2003), Volume: 44 - ISSN 0921-8009 - p. 187-204. -
Environmental preference and restoration: (How) are they related?
Journal of Environmental Psychology (2003), Volume: 23, Issue: 2 - ISSN 0272-4944 - p. 135-146. -
Influence of sociodemographics and environmental attitudes on general responsible environmental behavior among recreational boaters
Environment and Behavior (2003), Volume: 35, Issue: 3 - ISSN 0013-9165 - p. 347-375. -
Critical natural capital: a socio-cultural perspective
Ecological Economics (2003), Volume: 44, Issue: 2-3 - ISSN 0921-8009 - p. 219-232. -
Heterotopia als sociaal-ruimtelijke constructie
Vrijetijdstudies (2003), Volume: 20, Issue: 3 - ISSN 1384-2439 - p. 7-20. -
Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism in Manuel Antonio and Texel: a Tourist Perspective
Journal of Sustainable Tourism (2004), Volume: 12, Issue: 5 - ISSN 0966-9582 - p. 409-431. -
The role of urban parks for the sustainable city
Landscape and Urban Planning (2004), Volume: 68, Issue: 1 - ISSN 0169-2046 - p. 129-138. -
Angst voor natuur: een theoretische en empirische verkenning
Landschap : tijdschrift voor landschapsecologie en milieukunde (2004), Volume: 21, Issue: 3 - ISSN 0169-6300 - p. 137-145. -
Over de zin en onzin van ecolabels
Vrijetijdstudies (2004), Volume: 22, Issue: 2 - ISSN 1384-2439 - p. 86-87. -
Met vallen en opstaan: de invoering van PMZ bij Nederlandse touroperators
Vrijetijdstudies (2004), Volume: 22, Issue: 4 - ISSN 1384-2439 - p. 21-32.