Welcoming the wind ? Determinants of wind power development among U.S. States
Electricity ; Energy ; Farm ; United States of America ; Wind energy
The article analyses the emerging geography of wind energy on a state-by-state basis. The primary determinants of wind energy development among U.S. states are human geographic factors of population distribution, and resulting geography
of electricity demand and transmission line accessibility, together with state-based energy policies, including electric utility restructuring, renewable postfolio standards, and procedures for siting and permitting wind farms.
History of the Shan State : from its origins to 1962
Birmanie ; Ethnie ; Histoire ; Politique ; Shan State
Comprehensive reference book, for all Shan scholars, divided in 20 chapters. 1- The Shan in Myanmar, 2- Shan State, 3- The Shan hegemony in Upper Myanmar from 1287 to 1555, 4- Relations between the Myanmar kings and the Shan Chiefs, 5- political
situation in the Shan States before the British occupation, 6- A military expedition to the Shan States, 7- Pacification of the Cis-Salween States, 8- The British occupation and the settlement of Frontier problems, 9- The British administration in the Shan
States, 10- The Japanese conquest of Myanmar. Occupation and partition of the Shan States, 11- The first multinational political Conference at Panglong in 1946, 12- Postwar political developments in the Shan States, 13- A second Pang long Conference
and its historic Agreement, 1947, 14- The Kuomintang incursion into the Shan State, 15- The Shan State Council, 16- The transfer of feudal power to the Shan State Government, 17- Proposal for revising the Constitution, 18- The All States Conference
National maps, digitalisation and liberal cartographies : transforming nation-state practices and symbols in postcolonial Ecuador
Cartographic technique ; Cartography ; Development ; Ecuador ; Land ; Nation-state ; Neo liberalism ; Post-colonialism
The paper explores the connection between computerised techniques of mapping and the role of maps in modern nationhood. A case study of Ecuador demonstrates how the relationship between cartography and the nation-state is being altered
Geographies of state failure and sophistication in maritime piracy hijackings
Analysis of hijacking incidents suggests that state failure is associated with less sophisticated attacks, while state weakness encourages more sophisticated attacks. Through case studies of the process by which pirates carry out their attacks
Citizen's place : the state's creation of public space and street vendor's culture of informality in Bogotá, Colombia
The A. argues that two technologies of governance are central to contemporary rule in Colombia : state fragmentation and citizen education. A proliferation of state agencies and plans define the problem of public space as one of its invasion
2009
[b1] Dept. of Political Science, the State Univ. of New Jersey, New Brunswick, Etats-Unis
Cultural studies ; Former Yugoslavia ; Institution ; Religion ; State ; War
In a religiously very heterogeneous country where the Communist state was quite successful to impose secularization, the wars in the context of the dissolution of Yugoslavia which were mainly nationalist but implicitly had religious aspects led
to a strengthening of the role of the religious institutions in all successor states. - (EN)
The role of business education in the development of entrepreneurship in the Member States of the European Union.
The paper aims at analysing the role of entrepreneurship in the educational strategy of European Union as well as the position of business education in the systems of national education in selected European states in relation to the level
State, science and the skies: governmentalities of the British atmosphere
certain things about the quality of the air we breathe, and how this knowledge has shaped collective relations with the atmosphere. Using archival materials, this text provides a historical account of the development of the state science of atmospheric
Buffalo ; Choix de l'habitat ; Concentration spatiale ; Coût du logement ; Espace urbain ; Etats-Unis ; Ethnie ; Logement ; Modèle ; New York State ; Quartier ; Ségrégation
Ethnic community ; Housing ; Housing cost ; Model ; Neighbourhood ; New York State ; Residential choice ; Segregation ; Spatial concentration ; United States of America ; Urban area
2009
[b1] Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning, the State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, Etats-Unis
Animal fouisseur ; Biodiversité ; Changement climatique ; Dynamique de versant ; Ecosystème ; Etats-Unis ; Montagne ; Propriétés du sol ; Sol ; Variation saisonnière ; Washington State
Biodiversity ; Burrowing animal ; Climatic change ; Ecosystem ; Mountain ; Seasonal variation ; Slope dynamics ; Soil ; Soil properties ; United States of America ; Washington State
This short paper aims to describe and evaluate some of the geomorphic effects of pocket gopher activity at a site in the Cascade Mountains, Washington State, USA, in particular the formation of sediment-filled tunnels produced through winter-time
Understanding the economic performance of metropolitan areas in the United States
Economic efficiency ; Innovation ; Labour market ; Multivariate analysis ; Quality of life ; Socio-economic system ; Town ; United States of America ; Urban structure
2009
[b2] Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, State Univ., Cleveland, Etats-Unis
Comparative study ; Cultural studies ; Europe ; Political geography ; Religion ; Territorialisation ; United States of America
The aim of this paper is to explain this gap between Europe and the United States on the basis of social science theory and theoretical insights derived from political and cultural geography. - (EN)