Ethics, Place and Environment

Aims & Scope

Ethics, Policy & Environment offers scholarly articles, reviews, critical exchanges, and short reflections on all aspects of environmental ethics, environmental philosophy, and the normative dimensions of environmental policy.

While Ethics, Policy & Environment centers on environmental ethics and policy, its substantive coverage is wider.

Authors have been concerned with a range of subjects, such as applied environmental ethics, animal welfare, environmental justice, development ethics, sustainability, and cultural values relevant to environmental concerns.

The journal also welcomes analyses of practical applications of environmental, energy technology, regional, and urban policies, as well as theoretically robust discussions of common arguments that appear throughout debates on environment and energy policy, either in the scholarly literature or in the broader civic sphere.

Ethics, Policy & Environment is of particular relevance to a number of disciplines, including Philosophy, Environmental Studies, Public Policy, Political Science, Law, Ecology, Economics, Architecture, Geography, and Urban Planning.

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Displacement, Space and Dwelling: Placing Gentrification Debate

  Citation: 196

  Authors: Mark

• Ethical doings in naturecultures

  Citation: 192

  Authors: María

• ‘No Personal Motive?’ Volunteers, Biodiversity, and the False Dichotomies of Participation

  Citation: 170

  Authors: Anna

• Place Geography and the Ethics of Care: Introductory Remarks on the Geographies of Ethics, Responsibility and Care

  Citation: 154

  Authors: Cheryl, Michael K.

• Being Seen and Heard? The Ethical Complexities of Working with Children and Young People at Home and at School

  Citation: 120

  Authors: Gill

• Home, Work and the Shifting Geographies of Care

  Citation: 112

  Authors: Kim

• When foods become animals: Ruminations on Ethics and Responsibility in Care-<i>full</i>practices of consumption

  Citation: 93

  Authors: Mara, Adrian

• Living with plants and the exploration of botanical encounter within human geographic research practice

  Citation: 93

  Authors: Russell, Verity

• Bins, Bulbs, and Shower Timers: On the ‘Techno-Ethics’ of Sustainable Living

  Citation: 91

  Authors: Kersty

• Offshore wind farms and commercial fisheries in the UK: A study in Stakeholder Consultation

  Citation: 86

  Authors: Tim, Claire, Derek