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81) Des ponts interculturels à la rivière Romaine?: Développement nordique et territorialités innues
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Depuis 2009, la rivière Romaine, sur la Cte-Nord, a été transformée en mégacomplexe hydroélectrique par la société d'État Hydro-Québec. Au point culminant des travaux, plus de 2 000 personnes y ont œuvré: ils ont déboisé et construit une route, des campements, quatre barrages et autant de centrales et de réservoirs, pour un coût estimé à 6,5 milliards de dollars. Cet ambitieux projet se situe en plein cœur du Nitassinan, territoire...
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Doreen Massey was a creative scholar, inspiring teacher and restless activist. Her path-breaking thinking about space, place, politics and economy changed not only geography but the critical social sciences, initiating new ways of seeing, understanding and indeed transforming the world.
This collection of commissioned essays, including from Doreen Massey's long-time interlocutors and collaborators, explores both the generative sources and the continuing...
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A global history of the geography of war from antiquity to modern and contemporary conflict illustrated and brought to life by histories of inter-state war, geopolitical rivalry, 'hot' and 'cold' war and terrorism. Geography is a basic element in all stages of war including preparation, planning, onset of conflict, waging wars, assessment of results, post-conflict negotiations, analysis and preparation for future conflict. Geography is the vital element...
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Esta edición recopila las actas del Congreso Internacional Guerra y Viaje. Una constante Histórico-literaria entre España y Alemania, celebrado en el MuVIM en 2008. Se trata de catorce trabajos centrados en las relaciones culturales hispano-alemanas, desde la Edad Media hasta el siglo XX. Literatura de viajes y viajes en la literatura vistos desde la óptica alemana.
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La diputada socialista chilena Isabel Allende, hija del ex presidente Salvador Allende, fue la encargada de impartir la conferencia en el acto de inauguración de la XXIV edición de la Universitat d'Estiu de Gandia, el 9 de julio de 2007, bajo el nombre 'Gobernabilidad y cohesión social: el caso de Chile'. En ella, Allende resaltó no sólo la importancia que tiene para países como Chile recuperar la democracia, sino que es igual de necesario legitimar...
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It is perhaps the eighth wonder of our world that despite modern mapping and satellite photography our planet continues to surprise us. Hidden lairs beneath layers of rock, forgotten cities rising out of deserted lands and even mankind's own feats of engineering eccentricity lie in the most unusual of destinations.Travis Elborough goes in search of the obscure and bizarre, the beautiful and estranged. Taking in the defiant relics of ancient cities...
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Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Engagement with non-academic groups and actors – such as policy-makers, industry, charities and activist groups, communities, and the public – in the co-production of knowledge and real-world impact is increasingly important in academic research. Drawing on empirical research, interdisciplinary methodologies, and broad international perspectives, this collection offers a critical examination of the...
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Some 30 years after Glasgow turned towards regeneration, indicators of its built environment, its health, its economic performance and its quality of life remain below UK averages. This interdisciplinary study examines the ongoing transformation of Glasgow as it transitioned from a de-industrial to a post-industrial city during the 20th and 21st centuries. Looking at the diverse issues of urban policy, regeneration and economic and social change,...
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Doreen Massey (1944—2016) changed geography. Her ideas on space, region, labour, identity, ethics and capital transformed the field itself, while also attracting a wide audience in sociology, planning, political economy, cultural studies, gender studies and beyond. The significance of her contributions is difficult to overstate. Far from a dry defence of disciplinary turf, her claim that “geography matters” possessed both scholarly substance...
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Esta obra recupera y muestra la vigencia del cuestionamiento que en su momento hicieron Foucault y Lefebvre acerca de cómo el despotismo de los proyectos políticos y urbanísticos sobre las ciudades se ve desobedecido o ignorado por heterotopías, por súbitas desjerarquizaciones del territorio, entradas en crisis del tiempo, por las que penetran o se despiertan energías oscuras, pero a veces esperanzadoras. Durante estos últimos años, la ocupación...
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Well before the innovation of maps, gazetteers served as the main geographic referencing system for hundreds of years. Consisting of a specialized index of place names, gazetteers traditionally linked descriptive elements with topographic features and coordinates. Placing Names is inspired by that tradition of discursive place-making and by contemporary approaches to digital data management that have revived the gazetteer and guided its development...
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C'est cette idée selon laquelle l'imaginaire géographique serait la matrice de notre présence au, de et par ce monde, que les scientifiques de divers horizons réunis dans ce livre explorent en le posant comme un, sinon le principe fondateur de notre condition territoriale.
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"In the frozen wilderness of Antarctica, the Naufragé de l'Antarctique, the castaways of the Endurance, embarked on an epic journey of survival. Led by the unwavering Sir Ernest Shackleton, they endured a relentless battle against the elements, stranded for months in a frozen sea and ultimately abandoning their beloved ship, the Endurance. Through sheer determination and unbreakable camaraderie, they overcame unimaginable hardships, including a treacherous...
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Geographic information systems (GIS) have spurred a renewed interest in the influence of geographical space on human behavior and cultural development. Ideally GIS enables humanities scholars to discover relationships of memory, artifact, and experience that exist in a particular place and across time. Although successfully used by other disciplines, efforts by humanists to apply GIS and the spatial analytic method in their studies have been limited...
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Science du territoire, la géographie aborde le rapport de la société à l'espace. Mondialisation aidant, l'ancrage territorial des collectivités humaines est en constante mouvance, et de nouveaux équilibres (ou déséquilibres) se créent à l'échelle tant régionale que mondiale. Le monde est ainsi tout sauf homogène, d'o l'importance de l'approche géographique pour comprendre les changements qui l'affectent.
Cet ouvrage passe en revue les...
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Ce livre présente le «modèle» de gestion par bassin versant, qui est le pivot des politiques de l'eau développées, et offre un aperçu de la complexité de l'architecture institutionnelle des politiques de l'eau aux États-Unis, au Canada, en France et, plus largement, dans l'Union européenne.
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La presente publicación recoge los aspectos más interesantes del patrimonio hidráulico relacionado con el regadío histórico de la cuenca del Río Amadorio situada en la comarca de la Marina Baixa. El estudio abarca, tanto el análisis de los sistemas de regadío, como los elementos ubicados en ellos, en el eje fluvial del Río Amadorio, el Río de Sella y el Barranc de l'Arc. El libro comprende los regadíos vinculados a la cuenca del río Amadorio...
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About 30 miles south-west of Land's End is the low group of rocks and islands that form the Isles of Scilly. Mysterious, romantic and beautiful, they have long exercised the imagination of storytellers and historians.
Rosemary Parslow has spent many years working on the islands, each of which has its own unique character and special plants and animals. In this New Naturalist volume, she examines the many aspects that make the islands and their flora...
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This radical and experimental book advances a new approach to understanding spectacle, one that helps us better understand how consumer culture paved the way for the post-truth politics of Donald Trump. Miller innovatively blends social and political theory, newspaper articles and contemporary commentary on Trump and Trumpism to provide a unique perspective on how capitalism intersects with and enables fascistic forms of power. His analysis contributes...
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This book explores the history and current practice of food sharing. Illustrated by rich case studies from around the world, the book uses new empirical data to set an agenda for research and action. The book will be an important resource for researchers, policy makers and sharing innovators to explore the impacts and sustainability potential of such sharing for cities.