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Analysis of the suitability for ecotourism in Beira Baixa region using a spatial decision support system based on a geographical information system

open access: yesRegional Science Policy &Practice, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Ecotourism can contribute to the conservation of environmental values, as well as to the development of positive synergies between agents in the tourism sector, tourists and the local population. The growing interest in tourism offers with low environmental impact, which support the local economy, translates into a competitive advantage for ...
Luís Quinta‐Nova, Dora Ferreira
wiley   +1 more source

Selected cartographic sources from the late 18th century to 1939 for the research of Josephine colonization in the Austrian sector of the first partition of Poland

open access: yesPolish Cartographical Review
The article presents a selected base of cartographic sources enabling analyses on Josephine settlements in the Austrian partition from the late 18th century to 1939.
Cepil Monika
doaj   +1 more source

CENTRAL ASIA ON THE RUSSIAN CARTOGRAPHIC SOURCES IN XVIII CENTURY

open access: yesEPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR), 2020
The article is devoted to the problem of formation of cartographic traditions of Central Asia in Russia, especially in XVIII century. This period was one of the fundamental researching of the Central Asian territories by Russian specialists. Given detail information about the cartographic sources, its contents and influence for the future researching ...
openaire   +1 more source

CHINESE UNIVERSITIES AS URBAN DEVELOPERS: The Tale of Two Innovation Complexes in Nanjing, China

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Chinese universities are important but undertheorized players in the production of urban built environments. Most work focuses on purpose‐built university towns, neglecting the redevelopment of underutilized downtown campuses. Therefore, this article considers how two publicly funded universities in Nanjing attempted to establish ‘innovation ...
Hao Chen, Yunpeng Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Local economic resilience and economic specialization in Greece during the crisis

open access: yesRegional Science Policy &Practice, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract This paper scrutinizes the issue of economic resilience, aiming to detect the existence of a systematic link with economic specialization. To this end, the paper conducts an empirical analysis at the local (i.e., municipal) level of Greece during the economic crisis period (2009–2015), providing cartographic visualizations and spatial ...
Panagiotis Artelaris   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

La linea sacra di S. Michele e la sfericità terrestre

open access: yesGEOmedia, 2022
According to several sources, not from the cartographic world, the Sacred Line of San Michele unites seven dedicated shrines to the Archangel, from Ireland to Israel, with a mysterious and suggestive straight line.
Fabio Crosilla
doaj  

Cartographic sources on Finland in Polish documents prepared for the Paris Peace Conference

open access: yesPolish Cartographical Review, 2023
Abstract The article reinstates an understanding of cartography far beyond that of a strictly geographical discipline, primarily concerned with the depiction of space in various aspects of societies. Using the example of several manuscript maps preserved in Polish documents left over from the Paris Conference, depicting the area of the ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Visual and interactive exploration of point data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Point data, such as Unit Postcodes (UPC), can provide very detailed information at fine scales of resolution. For instance, socio-economic attributes are commonly assigned to UPC.
Tobon, Carolina
core   +1 more source

The Coloniality of Data: Police Databases and the Rationalization of Surveillance from Colonial Vietnam to the Modern Carceral State

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
wiley   +1 more source

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