The exclusive countryside post‐pandemic

An Exclusive Countryside

Using the example of two English villages, this paper examines whether rural crime concern is evidence of an ‘exclusive society’ (Young, 2002) in the countryside. Specific attention is given to concerns expressed by residents as part of a consultation exercise to establish community-based policing partnerships in rural areas of the West Mercia Constabulary. Based on these findings the paper goe...

Refuelling the Countryside

Countryside Biogeography of Tropical Butterflies

Although most conservation efforts focus on preserving biodiversity in relatively pristine ecosystems, we investigated possible conservation opportunities in human-dominated landscapes. We evaluated butterfly diversity in a tropical countryside that was converted about four decades ago from continuous forest to a mosaic of coffee farms, pasture, and forest fragments. We compared the butterfly f...

Social Complexity in the Aztec Countryside

AZTEC SOCIETY AT THE TIME of the Spanish conquest was highly complex. Inequahty was pronounced, with commoner and noble classes each dvided into a number of ranks. Occupational specialization was common, and goods were exchanged through a variety of channels, including markets, professional merchants, and tribute. The political system was based upon a multilevel hierarchy of power and authority...

Postpandemic Influenza A/H1N1pdm09 is still Causing Severe Perinatal Complications

Although influenza A/H1N1pdm09 is not causing a pandemic anymore, we recently observed two critically ill pregnant women infected by this virus. We present these cases to illustrate the possible severe complications of an - at that moment - seasonal influenza in pregnancy. We discuss the epidemiological differences between the pandemic and post pandemic phase and try to explain the high virulen...