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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Geography and environmental studies in Australia: Symbiosis for survival in the 21st century? |
Author: | Harvey, N. Forster, C. Bourman, R. |
Citation: | Geographical Research, 2002; 40(1):21-32 |
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia |
Issue Date: | 2002 |
ISSN: | 1745-5871 0004-9190 |
Statement of Responsibility: | N. Harvey, C. Forster and R.P. Bourman |
Abstract: | This paper presents the results of a detailed survey into the reasons for the spate of mergers between Geography and Environment Studies that took place in Australian universities from 1989 to 1999. The results, from a 1998 survey, suggest that the development of a symbiotic relationship between the two areas of study is merely a veneer masking a complexity of underlying factors. These include financial reasons, internal university politics, staff changes and mobility, and only in some cases, a genuine academic rationale for a merger. The paper concludes that the superficial appearance of a symbiosis between Geography and Environment Studies generally masks an opportunistic pragmatism which is very site specific in its complexity. The result has been a series of departmental mergers which, although providing a firmer financial footing, raise questions about the academic implications for the development of both study areas as we move into the third millennium. |
Keywords: | Geography environmental studies university department mergers australian universities |
Rights: | © Blackwell |
DOI: | 10.1111/1467-8470.00158 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8470.00158 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Geography, Environment and Population publications |
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