Environmental citizenship in geography and beyond
Abstract
The need for wider action against environmental problems such as climate change has brought the debate about the role of citizen to the political, practical, and scientific domains. Environmental citizenship provides a useful tool to conceptualize the relation between citizenship and the environment. However, there exists considerable variation in the ways environmental citizenship is understood regarding both the aspect of citizenship and the relationship to the environment. In this article, we review the literature on environmental citizenship and investigate the evolution of the concept. The article is based on a literature search with an emphasis on geographical research. The concept of environmental citizenship has moved relatively far from the Ancient Greek or Marshallian conceptualizations of citizenship as rights and responsibilities bearing membership of a nation state. Environmental citizenship literature has been influenced by the relational approach to space, focus on citizenship as acts and processes rather than a status and the broad spectrum of post-human thinking. However, conceptual clarification between different approaches to environmental citizenship is needed especially in relation to post-human approaches. Geographical thinking can provide fruitful ways to develop the understanding of environmental citizenship towards a more inclusive, less individualized, globally responsible, and plural citizenship.
Main Authors
Format
Articles
Review article
Published
2020
Series
Subjects
Publication in research information system
Publisher
Geographical Society of Finland
Original source
https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/90715
The permanent address of the publication
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202012107041Käytä tätä linkitykseen.
Review status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1798-5617
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11143/fennia.90715
Language
English
Published in
Fennia
Citation
- Huttunen, S., Salo, M., Aro, R., & Turunen, A. (2020). Environmental citizenship in geography and beyond. Fennia, 198(1-2), 196-209. https://doi.org/10.11143/fennia.90715
Funder(s)
Research Council of Finland
Research Council of Finland
Funding program(s)
Strategic research programmes, AoF
Strategic research programmes, AoF
Strategisen tutkimuksen ohjelmat STN, SA
Strategisen tutkimuksen ohjelmat STN, SA
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Additional information about funding
The study was financially supported by the Academy of Finland, Strategic Research Council (Grant Numbers 313013, 313015 and 335965).
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