 The journal was edited by Light and Smith up to 2009, and has published work by philosophers, geographers, and others in allied fields, on questions of space, place, and the environment broadly construed.It has come to be recognized as instrumental in expanding the scope of the field of environmental ethics to include work on urban environments.In 2009 Smith retired from the journal and Benjamin Hale from the University of Colorado came on as the new co-editor.