Ribeir瓊o Grande
With his work entitled Ribeir瓊o Grande: Natural Dynamics and their Production of Geographical Space, Professor Anderson Peretto aimed to understand the natural elements and the organisation of geographical space, taking as his starting point the Ribeir瓊o Grande Hydrographic Basin, a tributary of the left bank of the Teles Pires river, located to the south of the municipality of Sorriso, in the northern region of the state of Mato Grosso. The study area is located in the heart of Mato Grosso's Cerrado, a biome which, due to the incessant use of mechanised agriculture, has seen a high rate of environmental degradation, which justifies the relevance of the research. Territorial reorganisation in the Cerrado areas of Mato Grosso's plateaus is directly linked to the physical potential of these areas, which currently stand out as important grain-producing regions. The activities developed on the plateau lands of Mato Grosso have earned the state recognition as an agro-exporter. In the context of capitalist production, the research carried out an environmental analysis of the Ribeir瓊o Grande Hydrographic Basin, considering the relationship between the morphometric aspects of different land uses and socio-spatial production.
Displacement, Asylum and the City
This edited volume draws attention to the interlinked yet understudied relationship between the role of cities in dealing with international displacement and forced migration as well as the influence of forced migration in stimulating spatial, societal, and institutional transformations in and of cities.
Water Scarcity and Conflict in African River Basins
The book presents a critical and comparative analysis of the hydropolitical landscape of African transboundary river basins which, for much of the past century, have been affected by water scarcity.
Advances in Cybersecurity
The sixteen papers in this Special Issue cover various aspects of cyber security and will appeal to those involved in cyber security research, practitioners, students contemplating a career in cyber security, and people interested in the topic but who have limited knowledge of the challenges that exist and the possible solutions that can help solve recurring cyber security problems. The emphasis and focus of the papers is threat detection and ways in which to make an organization resilient and able to withstand and counteract cyber attacks. The approaches referred to herein can help deepen an organization's cyber security defence capability, but there are also topics of interest for policy-makers and those involved with governance and compliance. The papers included in this Special Issue involve different methodological approaches and offer practical insights that will help advance the body of knowledge on cyber security.
Federalism and Inter-State River Water Disputes in India
This book examines the Centre-State and inter-State relations concerning water issues in India. It analyses the federal structure in India and looks at its effectiveness in addressing the inter-state river water disputes in the country through three cases - the Cauvery, Krishna and Mahadayi water disputes.
Fuel Cell-Based and Hybrid Power Generation Systems Modeling
This Special Issue gathers research advances in modeling fuel cells, fuel-cell-based hybrid power systems, and green hydrogen production. It focuses on the methodologies for mathematical modeling by illustrating different aspects of fuel cell technology, from system architecture to the hybridization level. In addition, various applications (i.e., automotive, stationary, and cogeneration) and different fuel cell technologies (low and high temperature, hydrogen- and methanol-fed) are addressed. The reprint is a valuable opportunity for those approaching the world of fuel cells, as it offers a broad overview of the efforts that researchers are carrying out in this technology, which is central to the road map of sustainable development.
Protecting Paradise in the Driftless
Protecting Paradise takes the reader through the saga of how the US Army Corps of Engineers removed 149 families from their property in southwest Wisconsin to construct a dam on the Kickapoo River-a dam that was ultimately never completed-and how this failed project evolved into a model for cross-cultural multi-institutional grassroots ecological protection and low-impact recreation through an innovative agreement with the Ho-Chunk Nation. From the author's perspective over more than two decades as the founding Director readers are taken through the journey of how this innovative inspiring and controversial place came to be: from the influence of the national environmental movement scientific modeling of the proposed dam and lake local-scale grassroots activism and a unique Memorandum of Understanding between a State and Sovereign Nation.Marcy West served as the Executive Director for the Kickapoo Reserve Management Board (KRMB) in the formative years of 1996-2021. In Protecting Paradise she takes the reader on a tour of the 8 600 acres she came to know and love as it evolved through federal government ownership for a proposed dam and constructed lake to the unique arrangement with the State of Wisconsin and Ho-Chunk Nation to own and jointly manage the public property through the KRMB.
Formation and Evolution of the Continental Crust in North China Craton during Precambrian
The North China Craton (NCC) preserves ancient rocks dating back to ca. 3.8 Ga, and has witnessed multiple magmatic-metamorphic events during the Archean-Proterozoic era. This critical period may have marked the transformation of the geodynamic regime on early Earth. As a result, the NCC serves as an ideal natural laboratory for deciphering the growth and evolution of continental crust, the onset of plate tectonics, and the architecture of the Archean geodynamic regime. To better understand the geological evolution of the NCC during the Precambrian, we collected 11 contributions for this Special Issue.
Sustainable Living at the Centre for Alternative Technology
This book presents a detailed exploration into the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), an enterprise concerned with finding and communicating sustainable ways of living. A fascinating and revealing read for academics, researchers, students and practitioners interested in all aspects of sustainability and environmental issues.
Essay on the epistemology of planning disciplines
Where does planning begin and end as a field of research and action? Answering this question is a challenge, probably even more so in the first case (field of research) than in the second (field of action), so much so that planning is sometimes confused with urbanism, architecture, geography, civil engineering, design (interior and industrial), planning, etc. To this difficulty is added another, that of defining or rather precisely identifying the theoretical frameworks on which planning research is based, which seems to forage here and there rather than rely on a clearly identified corpus. It is in this context that we have drawn on three theses from different disciplines to better define the specificity of planning disciplines. In order to gain a better understanding of the nature and content of theses from different disciplines, we will first present the main epistemological currents, and then focus our analysis on the content of theses from the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Pharmacy and the Faculty of Planning.
Desertification and Land Degradation
Proposed book explains the concept and characteristics of drylands, desert and desertification, land degradation, wastelands and the concept of ecosystem services including processes involved, their characteristics, physics and indicators with mapping, monitoring and assessment of methods involved.
Geographies of Displacement/s
This book assembles cutting edge contemporary research and thinking on multiple forms and meanings of displacements and their geographies: patterns of shifting, dislocation, or putting out of place; substitutions of one idea for another or the unconscious transfer of intense feelings or emotions; activities occurring outside their normal context; and replacements of one thing by another.The COVID-19 pandemic, declared by the World Health Organization in 2020, produced new displacements and intensified existing patterns of displacement and dispossession. At the same time, socionatural displacements - floods, fires, droughts, hurricanes, sea-level rise, species loss, and dislocation - were the backdrop to the displaced and deferred hopes of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The chapters in this volume contend with how we as geographers conceptualize and theorize displacements; the range of sites, spaces, processes, affects, scales, and actors we study with to understand them; and what is at stake politically in how we research displacements. It is also a pandemic archive of academic labor, in which we find traces of displacements within and beyond the academic discipline of geography.Geographies of Displacement/s will be of particular interest to students, scholars and researchers of Geography including those interested in human geography, socio-natural displacements, and the politics of migration and displacement. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Annals of the American Association of Geographers.
Socio-economic integration of returnees to C繫te d'Ivoire
This book aims to show the importance of returning migrants in the economic and social development of their localities of origin. The aim of our research is to study the reasons for the return of immigrants and their modes of socio-economic integration in the Boli sub-prefecture. This was made possible by surveys carried out among the population and the village and administrative authorities of the aforementioned locality through a census based on the proximity method. The study identified the causes of return migration to Boli. Return migrants are important players in Boli's economic development. By showing their mode of insertion, this research indicates a development of economic activities and achievements of the returning migrant population in the Boli sub-prefecture.
Frontex and the Rising of a New Border Control Culture in Europe
This book examines the rapidly expanding EU agency's distinct role in EU border control, showing that Frontex is a prominent border control actor that reshapes the EU borders by promoting a new border control culture.
The Power of Place in Place Attachment
This book provides geographical perspectives on complex and multifaceted relationship between people and their lived environments. Scholars with varied regional, theoretical and topical specialties offer chapters that explore aspects of a phenomenon so pervasive that no conception of social or political action can afford to ignore it.
Regional Political Ecologies and Environmental Conflicts in India
This book focuses on the regional political ecologies (RPEs) of environmental conflicts in India. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of Political Ecology and South Asian Environmental Studies.
The Brahmaputra River in Assam
Using a multidisciplinary approach, GIS, and geospatial data gathered from different case studies included, this book helps readers develop a thorough understanding of a highly dynamic big river, the Brahmaputra.
Cycling in the Autonomous District of Greater Lom矇 (Togo)
Since 2000, cities in sub-Saharan Africa have been undergoing metropolization marked by urban sprawl and increasing human concentration, posing major mobility challenges. To meet these challenges, public authorities have initiated road infrastructure development policies. Between 2010 and 2018, 810 km of roads were upgraded in the Greater Lom矇 Autonomous District. However, cyclists are poorly represented and marginalized during these works. This study aims to understand the reasons for the low use of bicycles in this metropolis and to propose strategies for improving this soft mode of transport. The methodology combines a literature review on cycling mobility and field analyses based on observations, surveys and interviews. The main obstacles identified were oppressive heat, longer distances between the city center and the outskirts, negative perceptions of cycling, and the absence of bicycle lanes. Currently, 99.37% of the city's streets have no bicycle lanes, and those that do exist are often impassable.
Rewilding Food and the Self
This volume contributes to the return to nature movement that is very much in vogue in contemporary European societies, by examining the place of food and eating in the "rewilding" process.
How the SunGod Reached America (Revised Edition)
How the SunGod Reached America: A Journey Through Megalithic Sites and Ancient Maritime Exploration uncovers the astonishing history of prehistoric transatlantic voyages. This comprehensive guide by Dr. Reinoud M. de Jonge and Jay Stuart Wakefield delves into the decipherment of megalithic petroglyphs and monuments, revealing how ancient civilizations navigated the oceans and discovered new lands long before recorded history. Through meticulous research, the authors demonstrate the connections between European megalithic structures, the SunGod religion, and the early exploration of America. Ideal for history enthusiasts, archaeologists, and those fascinated by ancient mysteries, this book offers a new perspective on the global impact of prehistoric exploration.
How the SunGod Reached America (Revised Edition)
How the SunGod Reached America: A Journey Through Megalithic Sites and Ancient Maritime Exploration uncovers the astonishing history of prehistoric transatlantic voyages. This comprehensive guide by Dr. Reinoud M. de Jonge and Jay Stuart Wakefield delves into the decipherment of megalithic petroglyphs and monuments, revealing how ancient civilizations navigated the oceans and discovered new lands long before recorded history. Through meticulous research, the authors demonstrate the connections between European megalithic structures, the SunGod religion, and the early exploration of America. Ideal for history enthusiasts, archaeologists, and those fascinated by ancient mysteries, this book offers a new perspective on the global impact of prehistoric exploration.
Responding to Environmental Issues through Adaptive Collaborative Management
Focused on forest management and governance, this book examines two decades of experience with Adaptive Collaborative Management (ACM), assessing both its uses and improvements needed to address global environmental issues.The volume argues that the activation and the empowerment of local peoples are critical to addressing current environmental challenges and that this must be enhanced by linking and extending such stewardship to global and national policymakers and actors on a broader scale. This can be achieved by employing ACM's participatory approach, characterized by conscious efforts among stakeholders to communicate, collaborate, negotiate and seek out opportunities to learn collectively about the impacts of their action. The case studies presented here reflect decades of experience working with forest communities in three Indonesian Islands and four African countries. Researchers and practitioners who participated in CIFOR's early ACM work had the rare opportunity to return to their research sites decades later to see what has happened. These authors reflect critically on their own experience and local site conditions to glean insights that guide us in more effectively addressing climate change and other forest-related challenges. They showcase how global and regional actors will have to work more closely with smallholders, Indigenous Peoples and local communities, recognizing the key local roles in forest stewardship.This book will be of great interest to students, scholars and practitioners working in the fields of conservation, forest management, community development, natural resource management and development studies more broadly.The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
Interfacial Chemistry of Rocks and Soils
Knowledge of the basic interactions that take place between geological materials and different substances is the first step in understanding the effects of adsorption and other interfacial processes on the quality of rocks and soils, and on driving these processes towards a beneficial or neutral result. Interfacial Chemistry of Rocks and Soils examines the different processes at solid and liquid interfaces of soil and rock, presenting a complete analysis that emphasizes the importance of chemical species on these interactions.This Second Edition features novel results in the field and expanded coverage of the kinetics of interfacial processes. New content includes models of heterogeneous isotope exchange, sorption isotherms for heterovalent cation exchange, as well as sorption of anions by chemically modified clays.Summarizing the results and knowledge of the authors' research in this field over several decades, this volume: Explores the individual components of the studied systems: the solid, the solution, and the interface Discusses the characteristics and thermodynamics of the interface Profiles the most important analytical methods in the study of interfacial processes Demonstrates transformations initiated by interfacial processes Outlines avenues of treatment that may solve geological, soil science, and environmental problems Drawn chiefly from the authors' years of research at the Imre Lajos Isotope Laboratory in the Department of Physical Chemistry at the University of Debrecen in Hungary, this book discusses chemical reactions on the surfaces/interfaces of soils and rocks; examines the role of these processes in environmental, colloid and geochemistry; and explores the effects on agricultural, environmental and industrial applications.
Impact of Climate Change on Livestock Health and Production
This book takes into account the climate change adaptation, mitigation practices, and policy frameworks for promotion of sustainable livestock and poultry production.
Jackals, Golden Wolves, and Honey Badgers
This book explores the fascinating and complex lives of the honey badger, the African jackals (black-backed jackal and side-striped), African golden wolves and Eurasian golden jackals. It will interest researchers, scientists, and students in wildlife conservation, human-wildlife relations, zoology, biology and environmental science.
Social Progress and the Authoritarian Challenge to Democracy
This book examines the authoritarian challenge to present-day democracy through a framing of social progress theory and the idea of the social contract. It will appeal to academics, researchers and postgraduate students of sociology, political science, philosophy, environmental sustainability and development studies.
Environmental Communication and Water Management in India
This book analyses the underlying communication strategies of grassroots water management practices in India through a case study-based ethnographic approach. Drawing from fieldwork experiences, this volume provides a detailed overview of Parmarth, a not-for-profit NGO, which is the case study for this research.
Sustainable Groundwater Development for Improved Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the benefits and challenges of intensifying groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for improving smallholder agrarian livelihoods. It was originally published as a Special Issue of Water International journal.
Climate Governance in China
This book explores how and why innovative climate policies spread across sub-national regions and between governance levels in China.
Public Banks, Public Water
This book explores the potential for public banks to help finance the expansion, democratization, and sustainability of public water services in Europe, with implications for public water financing elsewhere in the world.Financing the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 6 for water and sanitation will be enormously expensive and will also depend largely on public water operators. Where will this money to fund public water services come from? One option is public banks. These state-owned institutions constitute just under 20% of global banking assets, holding close to $50 trillion in assets. Many public banks have explicit mandates to finance public water management and related public goods, and they have been doing so for decades. And yet, despite a resurgence of interest in public banks, their roles and potential in funding public water services have been largely ignored by researchers and policy makers.This book aims to measure the scale and nature of interactions between public banks and public water operators in the European region; identify challenges and opportunities for deeper engagement between public banks and public water operators; recognize promising practices and how these might be transferred elsewhere in the world; and assess possibilities for more democratic forms of public bank and public water interactions. This volume will be of great use to students and researchers interested in political ecology and economy, development and cooperation, public policy as well as water governance and management.The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Water International.
Geothermal Energy
This book focuses on usage of geothermal energy in countries with low enthalpy reservoirs. It covers fundamentals of geothermal energy, classification of geothermal resources and their importance including reaction, production, potential assessment, perspective analysis, life cycle and environment assessments of Enhanced Geothermal Systems.
Rivers, Mountains, Sky and Sea
Rivers, Mountains, Sky and Sea: The Materiality of Spirit and Place explores the many ways that human lives are shaped through association with the total environment - with land, sea and sky. At a time when environmental issues are top of the global agenda it is essential to understand how nature is imagined, how natural spaces are used and represented, and how we attribute value to the built environment.The chapters in this book are all based on material originally presented at a conference at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. They offer a timely reminder of the essential role that the natural world plays in determining how lives can be lived, drawing on a rich variety of locations and cultures. Together they demonstrate how environmental relationships are have always been fundamental to the creation of both sacred and mundane cultural spaces and places. In doing so, they form a celebration of people's relationships and conceptions of the world they dwell with and provide a reminder of our fundamental reliance on worldly materials. The book is aimed both at the general reader, along with students of ecology and the environment.
Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Invasive Aquatic Plants
This work tells us about the dynamics of the proliferation of invasive plants in the riverbed in the District of Bamako (Mali). The study aims to analyze the spatio-temporal dynamics of EABs in the Niger River bed at Bamako level between 2000 and 2018. The study also aims to assess the impact of VAE on river flow from 2000 to 2018. The methodological approach relies essentially on remote sensing through the acquisition of Landsat ETM+ and OLI satellite images via "earthexplorer.usgs.gov" and their processing for cartographic rendering. Based on a multi-date diachronic analysis, the study shows that the dynamics of VAE proliferation on the river are contrasted from one year to the next. Over the period 2000 - 2018, the study shows a decrease in VAE from March to September, but also inter-annual growth, with a spatial expansion rate of 15.50%.
Higher Education and Sdg14
With sea levels rising, marine life disappearing, and global temperatures still climbing, the challenges of SDG14 are as vast and wide as the oceans themselves. Featuring timely work from leading universities, Higher Education and SDG14 offers a 'deep dive' into current geopolitical and sustainable affairs, as well as the critical role the higher education community can play in identifying and implementing planet-saving solutions. Addressing issues such as climate change, aquatic life, habitat management, and conservation, chapters offer key insights, including firsthand accounts from students, into universities' creative, mission-driven teaching and research. Showcasing the commitment of the aquatic and marine science agenda to fulfilling the core values of SDG14, the authors approach sustainability holistically with a special focus on environmental stewardship and responsibility. Uniting real-world crises with everyday research and learning, this pioneering work champions the importance of governance and global cooperation for enacting era-defining change and sustaining and protecting life below water. Higher Education and the Sustainable Development Goals is a series of 17 books that address each of the SDGs through the lens of higher education. Adopting a solutions-based approach, each book focuses on how higher education is advancing delivery of Agenda 2030. The series is edited by Wendy Purcell, Professor with Rutgers University and Academic Research Scholar with Harvard University; Emeritus Professor and University President Emerita.
Writing the City Square
This is an encyclopaedic book combining an overview of the history of city squares with analytical examples in literature. It will interest researchers, students, architects, urban planners, and readers with an interest in urban culture, architecture, history, lit and cultural studies.
The Rhetorical Construction of Vegetarianism
This book explores themes in the rhetoric of vegetarian discourse. A vegan practice may help mitigate crises such as climate change, global health challenges, and sharpening socioeconomic disparities, by ensuring both fairness in the treatment of animals and food justice for marginalized populations.
Conservation Agriculture in India
This book examines conservation agriculture in India, discussing the current situation. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of conservation agriculture, sustainable agriculture, crop and soil management, and environmental and natural resource management more broadly.
Lahore in the 21st Century
Analysing the evolution of Lahore's social organization, culture and ideologies since Pakistan's independence in 1947, this book explores how social and cultural changes affect the social economy, spatial structure and the urban environment. It uncovers the internal dynamics and functional order of the city that sustain everyday life, despite its challenges and seemingly disorderly institutions. The book offers a strategic vision for the city's development that emphasizes equitable policies for public utilities and the built environment. In addition, the author proposes a complementary programme for social development and civic ethos.This book will be a valuable resource for academics and students in the fields of urban planning, geography, urban studies and sociology and those interested in the urbanism of the global south, particularly Pakistan.
Mainstreaming Gender in Global Climate Governance
This book explores the role of feminist activists in The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and highlights the progress they have made in mainstreaming gender as a key issue in global climate governance.
Life Cycle Assessment
This book offers an itemized analysis of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), for use in any processes, products, services, industries, organizations and so forth. Various challenges faced during applications of LCA, and its extension are discussed including their benefits. Further, the book provides practical examples of LCA in different core sectors, such as cement and construction. Each chapter functions as a stand-alone unit within the book and defines its individual role within the overall concept of LCA. Features: Covers Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and future challenges including its practical applications as climate change tool. Connects life cycle management and LCA/environmental management. Explains benefits of LCA studies for both internal and external purpose in terms of various impact parameters. Identifies different raw materials or alternate energy mediums for changing inputs to reduce environmental impacts. Discusses extension of LCA concept like LCC, LCSA, SCLA, and OLCA. This book is aimed at professionals in all engineering areas and environmental studies.
Development and Modification of New or Recycled Materials and Technological Processes toward Sustainable Development
LiptaiNumerous researchers are attempting to develop various recycling technologies to recover high-quality raw materials, while others are working on methods to reduce or prevent waste, or developing technologies to eliminate water, soil or air pollution. Many are looking for strategies to optimize technological processes to minimize their environmental impact or ensure that the outputs of these processes are products that will be efficiently recycled at the end of their life cycle. However, it should be noted that for these efforts to be impactful, collective contributions are necessary rather than relying on others to solve the problems.
Smart Water Management
This book contributes to the debate about the suitability and challenges of the Smart Water Management approach. It includes examples of SWM systems in practice in diverse locations from Korea, Mexico, Paris, the Canary Islands and southern Africa, aimed at addressing a diverse set of problems, including monitoring water supply to refugees.
Sacred Geography
Sacred Geography: Conversations with Place considers the meaning and nature of sacred spaces and landscapes. It asks profound questions, weaving together historical insights, philosophical musings, and contemporary studies to explore the sacredness embedded within our environments. In this volume, contributors explore these themes with a phenomenological approach, allowing places to speak for themselves. They ask: What draws life to a particular place? How do places maintain their identity and resist change? What sacredness do they hold, whether in the quiet solitude of a mountain or the bustling energy of a city street? Sacred Geography invites readers to view their surroundings with fresh eyes, to recognize the sacred in the mundane, and to appreciate the deep connections between land, sky, and human existence. Whether through ancient rituals or modern urban planning, this book offers a rich tapestry of thought, urging us to listen to the landscapes that shape our lives.
Strata
The epic stories of our planet's 4.54-billion-year history are written in strata--ages-old remnants of ancient seafloors, desert dunes, and riverbeds striping landscapes around the world. In this brilliantly original debut work, science writer Laura Poppick decodes strata to lead us on a journey through four global transformations that made our lives on Earth possible: the first accumulations of oxygen in the atmosphere; the deep freezes of "Snowball Earth"; the rise of mud on land and accompanying proliferation of plants; and the dinosaurs' reign on a hothouse planetPoppick introduces us to the researchers who have devoted their careers to understanding the events of deep time, including the world's leading stegosaur scientist. She travels to sites as various as a Minnesotan iron mine that runs half a mile deep and a corner of the Australian Outback where glacial deposits date from the coldest times on Earth. Ultimately, she demonstrates that the planet's oceans, continents, atmosphere, life, and ice have always conspired to bring stability to Earth, even if we are only just beginning to understand how these different facets interact.A work in the tradition of John McPhee, Strata allows us to observe how the planet has responded to past periods of environmental upheaval, and shows how Earth's ancient narratives could hold lessons for our present and future.
Urban and peri-urban community gardening
The main aim of this work is to analyse how urban agriculture works, with an emphasis on community gardens, and to see if they are within the logic of the Solidarity Economy. The work also briefly discusses the definition of the concept of urban agriculture based on a theoretical foundation, defining the main advantages and disadvantages of the practice with a case study in Campinas. The specific objective was to understand the practices of self-management of resources at community level, analysing under the principles of solidarity and cooperation, how social and economic relations take place and how they requalify the meanings of work.
Natural phenomena in oil and gas fields
Accumulations of oil and gas are confined to natural traps, which are characterized by a complex internal structure, the fluid flow in which cannot be described within the framework of Darcy's law. When hydrocarbons penetrate into permeable sediments, heavy hydrocarbon fractions interact with porous media. The exploration and development systems used do not take these natural phenomena into account that causes a low completeness of oil and gas recovery and low reliability of oil and gas reserve estimates.
L'Eau Et l'Environnement Des Espaces Phoenicicoles
Cette 矇tude s'inscrit dans la probl矇matique de la d矇gradation des 矇cosyst癡mes fragiles et vuln矇rables face aux fluctuations climatiques et aux interventions humaines irrationnelles. Elle vise ? inventorier les acteurs institutionnels et les habitats de l'oasis de Tilouine au niveau du moyen Rh矇ris. La m矇thodologie adopt矇e se fonde sur l'矇laboration d'une probl矇matique, des lectures th矇oriques et des sorties exploratoires, des entretiens avec les acteurs et la collecte de donn矇es. L'analyse montre que la zone d'矇tude est marqu矇e par une diversit矇 topographique, g矇ologique et g矇omorphologique, impos矇e par sa situation g矇ographique, et un climat aride avec de faibles pr矇cipitations et de fortes temp矇ratures, entrainant la raret矇 de l'eau. L'homme s'est adapt矇 ? ces conditions par le d矇veloppement d'une activit矇 agricole oasienne durable. Cependant, l'analyse de la d矇mographie actuelle r矇v癡le des reculs pr矇occupants de la population et des mutations sociales, aggrav矇s par l'immigration continue et des infrastructures rudimentaires. L'矇tude montre aussi que la zone a 矇t矇 fortement affect矇e par des fluctuations climatiques instables et irr矇guli癡res, et tr癡s vuln矇rable.
Lower G獺vea
The city of Rio de Janeiro has many forms of entertainment, including the gathering of friends around a table in a bar or restaurant. This activity, like other forms of leisure, leaves its mark and disposition in a certain space, among which the neighbourhood of G獺vea stands out, where it is customary to hold bohemian gatherings in Pra癟a Santos Dumont, popularly known as Baixo G獺vea. By investigating this agglomeration of bars, our aim is to unveil Baixo G獺vea through a geographical lens.
