This research cluster involves geographers in the Department of Geosciences at UMass-Amherst, with active research interests in the following areas:

Piper Gaubatz: CGECC urban form, urban development, globalization and urban change, East Asian urban geography

Julie Graham: rethinking economy, alternative livelihoods, constructing community economies in the face of globalization

Stan Stevens: CGECC Political ecology, cultural ecology, conservation geography, environmental history, Indigenous conservation, protected areas, commons

Richard Wilkie: environmental perception and behavior, spirit of place, migrant lives, urbanization in Latin America

Emeritus Faculty:

James Hafner: developing landscapes, rural systems, social forestry, participatory resource management, EMCC, sustaining community diversity

Rutherford Platt: land and water resources, Ecological Cities, urban planning and environment, natural disasters