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Fear and loathing in the San Juan Islands : endangered orcas and the legitimacy of environmental law

Environnement ; Espace de régulation ; Etats-Unis ; Faune ; Législation ; Observation des baleines ; Orque ; Protection de l'environnement ; Risque ; San Juan Islands ; Washington State ; Zonage
Environment ; Environmental conservation ; Fauna ; Legislation ; Risk ; United States of America ; Washington State ; Zoning
Estado de Washington ; Estados Unidos ; Fauna ; Legislación ; Medio ambiente ; Protección del medio ambiente ; Riesgo ; Zonaje
2014
[b1] Dept. of Geography, University of Washington, Seattle, Etats-Unis

The spaces that smart growth makes : sustainability, segregation, and residential change across Greater Seattle

Aire métropolitaine ; Croissance urbaine ; Développement résidentiel ; Endiguement urbain ; Etats-Unis ; Logement ; Politique du logement ; Politique urbaine ; Promotion immobilière ; Seattle ; Ségrégation résidentielle ; Washington State
Housing ; Housing policy ; Metropolitan area ; Real estate development ; Residential segregation ; Seattle ; United States of America ; Urban growth ; Urban policy ; Washington State
Crecimiento urbano ; Estado de Washington ; Estados Unidos ; Política de la vivienda ; Política urbana ; Promoción inmobiliaria ; Segregación residencial ; Vivienda ; Área metropolitana
2014
[b1] Urban Studies Program, Univ. of Washington, Tacoma, Etats-Unis

Academic jet-setting in a time of climate destabilization : ecological privilege and professional geographic travel

Changement climatique ; Climat ; Conférence ; Ecologie appliquée ; Empreinte écologique ; Etats-Unis ; Géographe ; Mobilité ; Privilège écologique ; Réchauffement climatique ; Seattle ; Vol par avion ; Washington State
Applied ecology ; Climate ; Climatic change ; Climatic warming ; Ecological footprint ; Geographer ; Mobility ; Seattle ; United States of America ; Washington State
Cambio climático ; Clima ; Ecología aplicada ; Estado de Washington ; Estados Unidos ; Geógrafo ; Huella ecológica ; Movilidad ; Recalentamiento climático
ecological footprint of the 2011 annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) in Seattle, Washington. It thus highlights the importance of scrutinizing the complex and dynamic interrelationships among consumption; associated socioecological
2014

Assembling insurgent citizenship: immigrant advocacy struggles in the Washington DC metropolitan area

Assembling insurgent citizenship: immigrant advocacy struggles in the Washington DC metropolitan area
Assemblage ; Citoyenneté ; Communauté ; Etats-Unis ; Etranger ; Géographie sociale ; Immigration ; Migration internationale ; Organisation sociale ; Politique de l'immigration ; Washington D.C.
Citizenship ; Community ; Foreigner ; Immigration ; Immigration policy ; International migration ; Social geography ; Social organization ; United States of America ; Washington D.C.
This article examines the political and spatial registers of struggles against exclusionary local immigration policies and for more welcoming policies in the Washington DC metropolitan area, one of the hotspots for both local anti-immigration
-ring suburbs within the Washington DC metropolitan area and across the United States. The com-plexities of these contestations call into question post-political narratives of “proper” politics, un-derscoring the need for an empirically grounded critical
2014

Roads, railroads, and floodplain fragmentation due to transportation infrastructure along rivers

Bassin-versant ; Chemin de fer ; Connectivité ; Cours d'eau ; Digue de protection ; Discontinuité ; Etats-Unis ; Infrastructure routière ; Plaine alluviale ; Transport ; Washington State
Alluvial plain ; Connectivity ; Discontinuity ; Protection dyke ; Railway ; Road infrastructure ; Stream ; Transport ; United States of America ; Washington State ; Watershed
Corriente de agua ; Cuenca hidrográfica ; Discontinuidad ; Estado de Washington ; Estados Unidos ; Ferrocarril ; Infraestructura de carreteras ; Llanura aluvial ; Transporte
This article examines the extent of floodplain disconnection caused by transportation infrastructure across three river basins in Washington State. It shows that a rather great proportion of the studied area is disconnected by the roads
2014
[b1] Dept. of Geography, Central Washington Univ., Ellensburg, Etats-Unis

Immigration, local policy, and national identity in the suburban United States

Banlieue ; Chicago ; Etats-Unis ; Identité nationale ; Illinois ; Migration internationale ; Minorité ethnique ; Politique d'assimilation ; Politique d'exclusion ; Politique de l'immigration ; Politique urbaine ; Sans papiers ; Washington D.C.
Chicago ; Ethnic minority ; Illinois ; Immigration policy ; International migration ; National identity ; Suburbs ; United States of America ; Urban policy ; Washington D.C.
This article examines four local immigration policies in the Chicago and Washington DC metropolitan areas to explain how suburbs justify their policy positions. It shows that these suburban communities rely on conceptions of American identity
2014

Reimagining the food system, the economy, and urban life : new urban chicken-keepers in US cities

Agrosystème ; Alimentation ; Ecologie urbaine ; Elevage ; Espace urbain ; Etats-Unis ; Imaginaire urbain ; Poules ; Relation homme-animal ; Système alimentaire ; Washington State
Agrosystem ; Food ; Livestock farming ; Relations between human and animal bodies ; United States of America ; Urban area ; Urban ecology ; Washington State
Agrosistema ; Alimentación ; Ecología urbana ; Espacio urbano ; Estado de Washington ; Estados Unidos ; Ganadería
This article examines the food system, the economy, and urban life through new urban chicken-keepers in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington State. It shows that they do it as an explicit effort to promote and enact alternative urban
2014

Explaining smart growth applications : lessons learned from the US capital region

Comté ; Croissance intelligente ; Croissance urbaine ; Etalement urbain ; Etats-Unis ; Maryland ; Planification urbaine ; Utilisation agricole du sol ; Utilisation du sol ; Utilisation résidentielle ; Virginia ; Washington D.C. ; Zonage
Agricultural land use ; County ; Land use ; Maryland ; United States of America ; Urban growth ; Urban planning ; Urban sprawl ; Virginia ; Washington D.C. ; Zoning
The counties of the US Capital Region (Maryland and Virginia) represent unique case studies of urban areas that face tremendous de-velopment pressures resulting from their proximity to Washington, DC. This unique location raises two questions: do
2014

Effects of glacial retreat on proglacial streams and riparian zones in the Coast and North Cascade Mountains

Amérique du Nord ; Bassin-versant ; British Columbia ; Canada ; Changement climatique ; Cours d'eau ; Ecosystème ; Etats-Unis ; Habitat ; Montagne ; Poisson ; Proglaciaire ; Recul du glacier ; Scénario ; Végétation ripicole ; Washington
British Columbia ; Canada ; Climatic change ; Ecosystem ; Fish ; Glacier retreat ; Habitat ; Mountain ; North America ; Proglacial features ; Riparian vegetation ; Scenario ; Stream ; United States of America ; Washington ; Watershed
Proglacial stream development was studied in coastal British Columbia and Washington, focusing on reaches exposed by post-Little Ice Age (LIA) glacier retreat. Channel morphologies were identified by field surveys of 69 reaches in 10 catchments
2014

Post-fire bedload sediment delivery across spatial scales in the interior western United States

significantly decreased with increasing area in 5 of the 6 sites in Colorado, Washington, Utah, Montana and Arizona. The annual SDRs ranged from 0.0089 to 1.15 and these were more closely related to the ratio of the plot lengths than the ratio of plot areas
2014
[b1] Dept. of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State Univ., Pullman, Etats-Unis

Mapping landforms for landslide hazards assessment on the SW flank of Pico de Orizaba volcano, Puebla-Veracruz, Mexico

, landforms and landslide distribution were ascertained through a landslide inventory map created from multi-temporal aerial photographs, field investigations and, an adaptation of the Landslide Hazard Zonation Protocol of the Washington State Department
2014
[b3] Dept. of Ecology, Univ., Washington, Etats-Unis

Local politics and economic geography : information aggregation and polarization

2014
[b1] Dept. of Economics, Washington Univ., St. Louis, Etats-Unis

Drug wars collateral damage. US counternarcotic aid and human rights in the Americas

of this research suggests that policy makers in Washington risk losing regional support for US drug control policies if US laws that govern the allocation of aid are not effectively implemented.
2014

The semantic production of space : pervasive computing and the urban landscape