Unique or universal ? Mechanisms and processes of social change in post-socialist Warsaw
Budapest ; Changement social ; Différenciation spatiale ; Dynamique spatiale ; Espace urbain ; Etude comparée ; Europe ; Europe de l'Est ; Géographie urbaine ; Hongrie ; Pologne ; Post-communisme ; Praha ; Quartier résidentiel ; Tchèque république
Budapest ; Comparative study ; Czech Republic ; Eastern Europe ; Europe ; Hungary ; Poland ; Post-communism ; Prague ; Residential neighbourhood ; Social change ; Spatial differentiation ; Spatial dynamics ; Urban area ; Urban geography ; Warsaw
The paper aims at providing new knowledge about the processes and dynamics of socio-spatial changes in post-socialist cities through the example of Warsaw. As reference cities for comparison author uses two other post-socialist capital cities
Sweeping ethno-demographic changes in Kazakhstan during the 20th century : a dramatic story of mass migration waves Part I : from the turn of the 19th century to the end of the Soviet era
Demographic change ; Demographic structure ; Ethnic composition ; Forced migration ; Former USSR ; Immigration policy ; Kazakhstan ; Local population ; Migration ; Twentieth Century
The aim of the paper is to trace the changes in the total population and its ethno-demographic structure in Kazakhstan from the end of the 19th century to the very end of the 1980s, and to determine the role of migration in these changes
Agroclimatology ; Climatic change ; Climatic warming ; Impact ; Precipitation ; Temperature ; Vegetation cycle ; Vine ; World
. L'évaluation du changement climatique à échelle fine est donc primordiale dans l'optique de la mise en place d'une politique raisonnée d'adaptation. L'ouvrage développe une méthodologie reposant sur des observations agroclimatiques et sur la modélisation
China ; Climatic change ; Impact ; Model ; Simulation ; Twenty-first century ; Vegetation
Le changement climatique attendu pour le 21ème siècle risque de modifier profondément la distribution spatiale de la végétation. Les simulations réalisées font état d'un possible ou probable accroissement des superficies couvertes par les forêts
On développe un concept à propos des institutions pour examiner les corrélations entre le changement institutionnel et économique dans une perspective de géographie économique. On ne voit les institutions ni comme des régularités comportementales
, comment ceci amène les décisions économiques et de nouvelles séries d'action. On explore trois modes de changement institutionnel : l'hystérèse, le changement émergent et l'esprit d'entreprise institutionnel.
This article examines practices, politics, performativities in document production in the 2012 Doha Conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. First, it unpacks the manifold practical and material entanglements
Changement climatique ; Climat urbain ; Effet de serre ; Empreinte écologique ; Etats-Unis ; Gouvernance ; Northwest Pacific ; Politique climatique ; Politique des transports ; Politique urbaine ; Secteur privé ; Secteur public
Climate policy ; Climatic change ; Ecological footprint ; Governance ; Greenhouse effect ; Private sector ; Public sector ; Transport policy ; United States of America ; Urban climate ; Urban policy
This article explores two interrelated research objectives. First, it seeks to understand how local governments regulate climate change. Second, it examines the motivations for participation in urban climate change programs. Results show
a preference for policies that rely on changes in individual behavior, economic incentives, and federal inaction on local government justification for climate-related policies. It concludes with a discussion of urban climate governance as part of a wider sys
Climate change and conflict : making sense of disparate findings
Afrique ; Afrique subsaharienne ; Changement climatique ; Climat ; Conflit ; Groupe de rebelles ; Géographie politique ; Inde ; Moyens d'existence ; Philippines ; Récolte ; Rôle de l'Etat ; Sécheresse ; Typhon ; Vulnérabilité
Africa ; Climate ; Climatic change ; Conflict ; Crop ; Drought ; India ; Livelihood ; Philippines ; Political geography ; Role of the State ; Subsaharan Africa ; Typhoon ; Vulnerability
Dans ce numéro spécial consacré au changement climatique et aux conflits qui y sont liés, on touvera les articles suivants : 1-Rice or riots: On food production and conflict severity across India ; 2-Sustained drought, vulnerability and civil
conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa ; 3-Trends and triggers redux: Climate change, rainfall, and interstate conflict ; 4-Collaboration or obstruction? Rebel group behavior during natural disaster relief in the Philippines ; 5-Climate security vulnerability
in Africa mapping 3.0 ; 6-On exposure, vulnerability and violence: Spatial distribution of risk factors for climate change and violent conflict across Kenya and Uganda ; 7-Conflicting messages? The IPCC on conflict and human security.
Climate change is increasingly discussed in apocalyptic terms, a spectre-invoking crisis discourse that simultaneously legitimises society-wide action, while de-politicising this very political issue. This paper examines the depoliticisation
of climate change adaptation in Kenya, a country which has been recently praised as a developing country with a progressive adaptation policy. Using examples from fieldwork in Kenya, it focusses on Kenya's recently adopted National Climate Change Response
The dynamics of desertification in the farming-pastoral region of North China over the past 10 years and their relationship to climate change and human activity
Action anthropique ; Agro-pastoralisme ; Années 2000-2010 ; Changement climatique ; Chine ; Chine du Nord ; Désertification ; Indice de végétation ; MODIS ; Télédétection
Agro-pastoralism ; China ; Climatic change ; Desertification ; Human impact ; MODIS ; Northern China ; Remote sensing ; Vegetation index
by comparing the change in the Net Primary Production (NPP) that was induced by climate change and human activity for each pixel that experienced desertification reversion and expansion. From 2000 to 2010, the coupling of climate change and human activity
The impacts of climate change on streamflow are investigated in this study. The ensemble of outputs from three different Global Circulation Models models: GISS, CCCM, GFDL developed for the emission scenario A1B were analyzed to infer projected
changes in climatological conditions for the region of the Upper and Middle Odra basin. Obtaining hydrological scenarios of future changes for the scale of subcatchment required simulating short-term and fine scaled weather patterns for this area
. The results show considerable changes in annual and seasonal runoff daily distributions for selected study catchment in the future time horizons of 2030 and 2050. - (EN)
Repositioning urban governments? Energy efficiency and Australia’s changing climate and energy governance regimes
Australie ; Changement climatique ; Climat ; Efficacité énergétique ; Energie ; Gouvernement local ; New South Wales ; Politique climatique ; Politique urbaine ; Politique énergétique
Australia ; Climate ; Climate policy ; Climatic change ; Energy ; Energy policy ; New South Wales ; Urban policy
This review traces the changing nexus of Australia’s climate policy, energy policy and energy efficiency imperatives and its reposi-tioning of urban local governments. Focusing on New South Wales, it characterizes the ways urban local governments
’ capacities and capabilities are being mobilised in light of a changing multi-level political opportunity structure around energy efficiency. The shifts it observes not only extend local governments’ role in implementing climate change responses but also
Land use land cover dynamics as a function of changing demography and hydrology
This paper describes the spatiotemporal changes pertaining to land use land cover (LULC) and the driving forces behind these changes in Doodhganga watershed of Jhelum Basin (Kashmir). Firstly, it shows that the changes in the stream discharge
are found responsible for the conversion of agricultural land into horticulture, as it has increased in spatial extent. Secondly, that increasing human population together with decreasing stream discharge account for LULC changes in the watershed. Therefore
, the existing policy framework needs to focus upon mitigating the impacts of forces responsible for LULC change so as to ensure sustainable development of land resources.
Air temperature ; Altitude ; Climate ; Climatic change ; Desert ; Entropy ; Habitat ; Nevada ; Plant species ; Precipitation ; United States of America ; Vegetation
The AA. examine and assess thirty years of climatic change and desert vegetation distribution in Southern Nevada's Mojave desert. To do so, they use Maximum Entropy model with environmental and climate variables to predict probability of species
Afrique du Sud ; Blancs ; Changement social ; Gouvernance ; Géographie sociale ; Industrie ; Industrie du vin ; Noirs ; Responsabilisation ; Transfert de compétences
Blacks ; Empowerment ; Governance ; Industry ; Social change ; Social geography ; South Africa ; Whites
structures and normalising changing attitudes This paper concludes that, to be transformative, empowerment needs to be reembedded within South Africa as a multiscalar, multidimensional dialogue and, while recognising the continuation of structural constraints
, positions the local as the critical scale at which to initiate broader social change.
From agriculture to nature - a study of land use change in a peri-urban landscape
On étudie les facteurs qui contribuent aux changements d'utilisation du sol dans un paysage périurbain. Méthode centrée sur les stratégies d'acteurs et le processus de décision. On collecte des données agricoles en effectuant une enquête à Roskilde
, dans un paysage périurbain animé par une dynamique intense. Une analyse de groupes sert à étudier les motivations associées aux changements d'utilisation du sol. Le désir d'améliorer les aménités de la propriété est le motif dominant.