Introduction : Contested Landscapes, Asian Cities

Introduction: Contested Competences in the European Union

In this article, we set out an approach to European Union politics that seeks to explain its development using theories of institutional change. In contrast to dominant theories which assume that the Treaties, the governing texts of the European Union, faithfully ensure that the desires of member states are respected, we argue that these theories are incomplete contracts, rife with ambiguities....

Urban Landscapes and Sustainable Cities

Ecological research targeting sustainable urban landscapes needs to include findings and methods from many lines of ecological research, such as the link between biodiversity and ecosystem function, the role of humans in ecosystems, landscape connectivity, and resilience. This paper reviews and highlights the importance of these issues for sustainable use of ecosystem services, which is argued ...

Contested Landscapes: social-ecological interactions between forestry and reindeer husbandry

Soundscape of European Cities and Landscapes – Harmonising

The majority of people in the European Union is exposed to environmental sound between 50 and 60 dBA,Lden[1]. General reduction of sound levels in this intensity range is difficult to achieve by classical acoustic means and nonacoustic factors play an important role in this exposure range. Furthermore, the annoying properties of sounds with the same intensity can vary widely and are not conside...

The Archaeology of South Asian Cities

Urbanism in the Indian subcontinent occurred in three distinct time periods in which cultural cohesion over large regions is archaeologically demonstrated through the architecture and artifacts of social, ritual, and economic activity. In the Indus (2500– 1900 B.C.) and Early Historic (3rd century B.C. to 4th century A.D.) periods, cities were not necessarily tied to political territories or gu...