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The Environment Short of War The world now can claim that there are fewer declared wars for the first time in almost two decades. Is it a time for celebration or for further reflection on what might come next? I recently dusted off a never-shown slide presentation on post-conflict responsibilities written in 1992. It was put aside then because of a sudden eruption of internal wars in Africa, As...

East Side. It examines how global factors such as expanding " content " industries, market differentiation , and the Internet have reinforced perceptions of the area as real and authentic while opening it to dramatic change. Specifically, the article considers a recent trend of commercial camouflage — hidden shops, restaurants and clubs that " represent " tradition by meticulously preserving de...

This article aims to heighten our understanding of community managed cultural facilities, considering that these may be key for the future cities. The research includes observant participation, thematic analysis group debates and in-depth interviews with activists professionals in domain action Barcelona. I document construction active collaboration networks a wide variety organizations fosteri...

This paper examines one of the less-discussed modes of anti-globalization, relocalization or local autonomy. It describes a range of autonomous movements, summarizes their political economic ideas, and discusses some common social critiques raised in regard to local autonomy. Apologists for the costly side effects of the globalization process argue that integration into the global economy bring...

Urban theory, produced in North Atlantic centres, has been perpetrated as universal and recent urban studies have pointed to the limits of this calling for a Southern turn. The call is dislocate concentration power knowledge metropolis. Owing concentration, concerns metropolis often become (or are made become) periphery. Taking informality practice, not embedded people (marginalised) or places ...

S *=Poster Conservation implications of a changing predator landscape Rob Butler, Candian Wildlife Service Variation in shorebird use of diurnal, high tide roosts: How traditional are roosts? Mark A. Colwell, T. Danufsky, N. Fox, J. Roth and J. Conklin Department of Wildlife, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA In coastal environs during the non-breeding season, many shorebirds congregate at ...

In her article "Rewriting Space in Ruiz de Burton's Who Would Have Thought It?" Bernadine M. Hernandez analyses María Amparo Ruiz de Burton's text in the context of Mexican American and US-American literary history. In her novel published in 1872, Ruiz de Burton creates a space of racial and class difference that is a direct response to Mexicano displacement after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalg...

It is well established that for multiple biophysical contexts there are legacies of past government policies in present land conditions. Despite this recognition, however, investigation of ongoing tropical deforestation dynamics often de-emphasizes the past. The case of the southern Yucatán peninsula demonstrates the need for historical analysis in identifying key drivers of deforestation. The ...