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Maps as social constructions : power, communication and visualization
Cartography ; Communication ; Map ; Power
Two developments in cartography mark an epistemic break with the assumption that maps are unproblematic communication devices. These are 1) investigations of maps as practices of power-knowledge, and 2) geographic visualization which uses the map's
power to explore, analyze and visualize spatial datasets to understand patterns better. These developments are key components of a maps as social constructions approach, emphasizing the genealogy of power in mapping practices, and enabling multiple
2001

Interdisciplinary and social power

Situating communicative planning theory : context, power, and knowledge
Australia ; Epistemology ; New South Wales ; Participation ; Power ; Theory ; Urban development ; Urban planning ; Urban policy
2001

Renewable energy strategies for Indian power sector
energy trajectories for the power sector under different future scenarios. Specific policy interventions are outlined for overcoming the barriers and enhancing deployment of renewables. It considers integration of renewable energy strategies
2001

On the outside of in : power, participation, and representation in oral histories
2001

Living silence. Burma under military rule

Army ; Buddhism ; Burma ; Conflict ; Crisis ; Daily life ; Policy ; Political regime ; Power ; Religion ; Society
with the regime in order to carry on with their daily life. A. also explores the strategies and techniques which the military has skilfully deployed in order to maintain itself in power in defiance of the popular will. After 1988 the internationalization
of Burma's politics has been realized by both the military regime and the democratic opposition as they seek allies and support abroad. But the regime unwillingness to share power with a democratic government hampers the introduction of measures to resolve
2001

Monuments, power and contested space - the iconography of Sackville Street (O'Connell Street) before Independence (1922)
2001

Competition ; Europe ; Local authority ; Nation-state ; Political geography ; Political life ; Political power ; Region ; Regionalization ; Town ; Urban administration ; Urban policy
This paper explores some issues in representing the geographies of mayoral power in contemporary Europe. It begins by summerizing the idea of a Europe of the Cities and an emerging new mayoral political class in Europe, and then discusses some
2001

Campania ; Comparative study ; Economic power ; France ; Housing policy ; Italy ; Management ; Marseille ; Naples ; Political power ; Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ; Urban administration ; Urban policy ; Urbanism
2001

Labour market flexibility in Scotland and the new Parliament's income tax varying powers
2001

Armament ; China ; Economic power ; Economy ; External trade ; Living standard ; Policy ; Political power ; Population growth
2001

Urban regeneration, social exclusion and shifting power geometries on the South Bank, London.
2001

Economic power ; Germany ; Political power ; Region ; Spatial organization ; Urban area ; Urban policy ; Urban region
2001

GIS and collaborative urban governance : understanding their implications for community action and power
2001

California ; Conflict ; Local government ; Local policy ; Los Angeles ; Power ; Separatism ; United States of America ; Urban growth ; Urban policy
The A. argues that the politics of municipal reorganization must be seen in a broader context than just the formal powers and responsibilities of the local state. It is embedded in a wider politics of urban growth. To bring out the relationship
2001

Out of sight, out of mind, out of power : leprosy, race and colonization in Hawaii
2001

Une nouvelle classe politique en Russie ?

Federalism ; Policy ; Political power ; Political reform ; Political regime ; Political sociology ; Russia
2001

In the paper, the A. wishes to question the methodological power of critical realism for social geographical thought. By recourse to Hegel, Marx and Lefebvre, he wants to show that critical realist and critical realist geographers in fact pursue
2001

Community ; Development ; Participation ; Power ; Project ; South Africa ; Sustainable development
2001

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