Accessibility ; Education ; Hungary ; Information ; Jazygia region ; Microregion ; Regional development ; Rural history ; Rural society ; Rural-urban relations
The paper summarizes some crucial elements of the Hungarian Information Society Strategy (HISS 2003), namely the information society of the Jazygia micro region. The available data suggest that the impact of an historical rural structure and rural
society on the human and municipal adaptation of information society can be well examined. It is admitted that the accessibility is strongly connected to education and to the fact that numbers of jobs do not require competence in digital or information
Archaeology ; Architecture ; Art ; Buddhism ; Burma ; Cultural studies ; Historical geography ; Patrimony ; Traditional society
The work is divided in 7 chapters. Bagan, land of mysteries and legends, is the location of the first Myanmar Empire and a place of worship for the Burmese buddhists. The book shows mural paintings of the ancient Burmese society and a glimpse of his
Climatic change ; Climatology ; Discourse ; Environment ; Human ecology ; Research technique ; Society-environment relationship
in climate change discourse as well. In their conclusion the AA. argue that a come-back to a more complex environmental discourse and more complex approach of climate change are needed, in science and in society as well. This might be the way to put
the controversies to their right place and to achieve a deliberate and peaceful transformation in the nature-society relationship. - (AM)
This paper describes damage caused by natural disasters in Slovenia and globally between 1995 and 2010. The introductory chapter is devoted to the interpretation of the term damage and related terms, and the vulnerability of society to natural
of Cambridge, the Royal Dublin Society, and the Belfast Natural History Society, the A. shows how the final outcome involved a complex interplay of ideas about place, identity, empire, botanical science, and aesthetics, creating spaces that would educate
Flussi di mobilità all’indomani dei movimenti democratici mediterranei : primo rapporto sulla ricerca sul campo a Lampedusa, 15-19 marzo 2011
As a geographer specializing in the information society, with a special interest in the Mediterranean basin, the A. went to the Italian Lampedusa island in March 2011 in order to study the exposure of migrants to the Internet and to communications
technologies while still in their North-African countries of origin, and the influence of ICTs on recent democratic movements. It is of interest to investigate the implications of ICTs on Maghreb-Mashreq society. The research topic expanded there to the impacts
Disaster reduction through environmental management is a complex issue that requires interdisciplinary applied research related to the natural environment as well as to the socio-economic situation of the endangered societies. In fact
, or even benefits for the whole society in a given territory. Possible relationships between education and different types of capital are shown. - (EN)
Toward a new countermovement : a framework for interpreting the contradictory interventions of migrant civil society organizations in urban labor markets
Chicago ; Civil society ; Illinois ; Immigrants ; Labour ; Labour market ; Neo liberalism ; Organization ; Social reproduction ; United States of America ; Urban immigration ; Welfare
Industrial and provident societies and village pubs : exploring community cohesion in rural Britain
L’A. étudie la création des « Industrial and Provident Societies » dans les villages ruraux et les petites communautés qui empêche la fermeture d’un grand nombre de pubs. A partir de l'exemple de l'Angleterre, il analyse leur fonctionnement sur le
State and society in local governance : lessons from a multilevel comparison
Analysis of variance ; Civil society ; Decision ; Economic policy ; Europe ; Governance ; Institution ; Political geography ; Social geography ; State ; State budget ; Typology