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A tour of the world's hidden geographies-from disappearing islands to forbidden deserts-and a stunning testament to how mysterious the world remains todayAt a time when Google Maps Street View can take you on a virtual tour of Yosemite's remotest trails and cell phones double as navigational systems, it's hard to imagine there's any uncharted ground left on the planet. In Unruly Places, Alastair Bonnett goes to some of the most unexpected, offbeat...
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From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming...
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Por primera vez se reúnen, en una publicación, los principales exponentes de la geografía contemporánea, como Brian J. L. Berry, Neil Wrigley, Richard Shearmur, Luc Anselin y Jim Simmons con el objetivo de analizar el pasado, presente y futuro de la geografía aplicada a las actividades comerciales y de servicios. Participan también destacados estudiosos mexicanos como Carlos Garrocho, José Antonio Álvarez Lobato, Tania Chávez y Zochitl Flores...
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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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Comment penser la diversité des territoires aujourd'hui? Quel effet la mondialisation et l'économie du savoir ont-elles sur l'organisation territoriale? Comment rendre compte de la dynamique interne des régions? O en sont les réflexions sur les ples de compétitivité et autres districts industriels? Les mêmes solutions s'appliquent-elles aux zones rurales et urbaines?
Analysant les plus récentes évolutions qui touchent les territoires, des...
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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.
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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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El viaje es un espacio emblemático de encuentro, diálogo y apertura de horizontes. Aquí presentamos un viaje literario, híbrido entre ficción y realidad, un recorrido con variadas e interesantes paradas que evocan mentalidades, lugares, miradas, percepciones, en definitiva, a través de los textos preparados por investigadores del Grupo Oswald de la Universitat de València.
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Certains territoires s'en sortent mieux que d'autres par rapport à la mondialisation en faisant preuve de «résilience territoriale». Ils résistent, s'adaptent, voire se réinventent. À partir de ces exemples, les auteurs apportent un éclairage approfondi des contraintes et perspectives d'adaptation dans le nouveau contexte compétitif global.
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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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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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Este libro describe el origen mecánico de los terremotos. Explica su iniciación por fractura de roca en el interior de la Tierra, la emisión de diversas ondas sísmicas y de qué manera esas ondas afectan estructuras urbanas. Describe también el comportamiento frágil y dúctil de las construcciones, y cómo la aceleración del suelo interactúa con la oscilación de un edificio. Por último, describe el comportamiento probabilístico del riesgo...
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This book shows that transport matters. Comprising a series of highly accessible chapters written by respected experts, it reviews key transport issues and explains how and why effective and efficient transport is fundamental to successfully addressing all manner of public policy goals. Contributors explore how we 'do' transport, as a result of the technologies available to us and the cultures surrounding how we use them, and examine how this has...
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ABSTRACT The Humanity of Warfare: Social Science Capabilities and the Evolution of Warfare addressees the changing nature of conflict and the new focus represented in the Counter-insurgency (COIN) doctrine. Now that the population's welfare is placed at the center, understanding the populations and social dynamics becomes critical. Military commanders and the population's welfare are inextricably intertwined and victory now depends upon the success...
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For the past half-century, the planning system has operated on the basis of a growth-dependence paradigm. It has been based on market-led urban development and has sought to provide community benefits from a share of development profits. However, we do not live in a world where growth can be taken for granted and we are more aware than previously of the implications for well-being and sustainability. This timely book provides a fresh analysis of the...
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