Kartographie im Umfeld moderner Informations- und Medientechnologien
The paper gives analytical view of the nature of cartography in the context of modern information and media technologies which have essentially shaped the upsurge of “Web 2.0”. The article deals with Cartography, media technology, Web 2.0, geodata
Motivation for mountain biking in Norway : change and stability in late-modern outdoor recreation
Les AA. essaient d'établir dans quelle mesure les motivations pour une pratique moderne du vélo en montagne diffèrent des motivations pour des pratiques plus traditionnelles. Deux enquêtes effectuées en 2002.
Is the hydrologic cycle sustainable ? A historical-geographical critique of a modern concept
This paper describes the gestation of the hydrologic cycle as a distinct entity in the English-speaking hydrological tradition and explains how and why it attained a specific form in the United States in the 1930s. This modern hydrologic cycle
, it is argued, internalizes the historical and geographical circumstances in which it was formed; namely a northern temperate society in the throes of modern, state-led industrial development. These circumstances, however, no longer pertain to a majority
of people. To the extent that it structures an understanding of water that is increasingly at odds with social and hydrological experience, the modern hydrologic cycle can be considered unsustainable.
The emigration state and the modern geopolitical imagination
communautés en diaspora ; les deuxièmes les impliquent dans des liens de réciprocité avec leur pays d’origine. Il est pratique de considérer ces institutions et pratiques comme l’Etat d’émigration ou une imagination géopolitique moderne.
Mapping the early modern state : the work of Ignaz Ambros Amman, 1782-1812
. présente un épisode critique de la vie d'Amman et souligne les tensions entre les délimitations traditionnelles de l'espace et les descriptions modernes.
Anthropology ; Asia ; Ethnic community ; Geopolitics ; Modernization ; Political economy ; Social change ; Society ; Sociology ; South-Eastern Asia ; Tradition ; Underdevelopment
The book aims to provide to students a general view on the sociological aspects of Southeast Asian countries. Over the last thirty years many and rapid changes took place in the area. Traditional societies followed the pace of modernization. While
and economic players. The work is divided in 11 chapters : 1 - The Sociology of a Diverse Region, 2 - The Sociological Context, 3 - Modernization and Post-War Social Change, 4 - Underdevelopment and Dependency, 5 - Social Class, the State and Political Economy
, 6 - Ethnicity and Society, 7 - Patronage and Corruption, 8 - Asian Values and Social Action, 9 - Transformations in the World of Work, 10 - Transformations in Urban Worlds, 11 - Modernity, Globalization and the Future. - (GL)
Behaviour ; British people ; Identity ; Journey ; Modernism ; Post-modernism ; Project ; Risk ; Third World ; Tourism ; Young people
risques, qu'il s'agit de modérer, selon les organisateurs. Il convient grâce à ces stratégies de parvenir à un certain accord entre tendances modernes et post-modernes.
Early modern maps : to what extent are they metrically accurate ? A contribution to the determination of metrical accuracy in some 16th-century maps of Flanders
Belgique ; Carte ; Carte ancienne ; Histoire de la cartographie ; Siècle 16 ; Technique cartographique ; Temps modernes ; Vlaanderen
Belgium ; Cartographic technique ; Flanders ; History of cartography ; Map ; Modern period ; Old map ; Sixteenth Century
Cities in modernity : representations and productions of metropolitan space, 1840-1930
This book explores connections between culture, economy and built environment drawing evidence mainly from London, New York and Toronto. It discusses the cultural experience of modernity and the material modernization of cities, placing emphasis
Over the past decades the rapid modernization of Bavaria has gained more and more public attention. Of particular main importance is the question how an industrially backward region could become one of the most successful economical
Au-delà des frontières de la culture géographique pré-moderne
L’A. met au centre de sa recherche « les frontières », faisant émerger le sens qu’il a acquis dans l’élaboration, la perception et de la représentation fournies par la société pré-moderne. - (NF)
A revival has occurred in the use of historical architectural styles for modern suburban houses but this has attracted little attention from journalists and academics. Coinciding with the beginnings of inner-city gentrification, the historicist
Numerical analysis of modern and fossil pollen data from the Tibetan plateau
This study applies a number of multivariate numerical techniques in the analysis of modern and fossil pollen data for the purpose of paleovegetational reconstruction in the Tibetan Plateau. Modern pollen spectra from 227 sampling sites
in the Tibetan Plateau were classified into groups using cluster analysis and detrended correspondence analysis. By comparing the quantitatively derived groups with local vegetation types at sampling locations, the modern pollen spectra were assigned into 5 major
Georeferenzierte Altkarten aus Mecklenburg als Basis moderner Kulturlandschaftsforschung mittels Geo-Informationssystemen
Cartes anciennes géo-référencées du Mecklembourg comme base d'une recherche moderne sur les paysages culturels grâce aux systèmes d'information géographique
Biographie ; Commerce international ; Découverte ; Esclavage ; Exploration ; Expédition scientifique ; Histoire de la géographie ; Migration internationale ; Piraterie ; Relations internationales ; Temps modernes ; Voyage
Biography ; Discoveries ; Exploration ; History of geography ; International migration ; International relations ; International trade ; Journey ; Modern period ; Scientific expedition ; Slavery
relations, including European settlement in North America, the East India Company's trade and empire, the transatlantic slave trade, the rise and fall of piracy, and scientific voyaging in the Pacific. Through these biographies, early modern globalisation
Cosmographie ; Europe ; Histoire de la cartographie ; Histoire de la géographie ; Monde ; MÜNSTER (S.) ; Représentation cartographique ; Siècle 16 ; Temps modernes
Cartographic display ; Cosmography ; Europe ; History of cartography ; History of geography ; Modern period ; Sixteenth Century ; World