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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article builds on recent interventions into the study of planetary urbanization that call for greater interaction with the multiple social struggles and standpoints that embed this process. To do so, we advocate for academic engagement between planetary urbanization and the concept of the ‘construction state’. This is a term used in Japan
Laam Hae, Jamie Doucette
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Kartografija i Geoinformacije, 2012 The Commission on the History of Cartography of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) in collaboration with Dr. Zsolt Török from the Loránd Eötvös University in Budapest organized the 4th International Conference of the ICA Commission on the ...
Marina Rajakovic, Miljenko Lapaine
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The lake region of central Africa: A contribution to the history of African cartography [PDF]
, 1891 E. G. Ravenstein
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, 2012 The remnant of the 1513 world map of the Ottoman corsair (and later admiral) Muhiddin Piri, a.k.a. Piri Reis, with its focus on the Atlantic and the New World can be ranked as one of the most famous and controversial maps in the annals of the history of ...
Pinto, Karen C.
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Visualization in cyber-geography: reconsidering cartography's concept of visualization in current usercentric cybergeographic cosmologies [PDF]
, 2000 This article discusses some epistemological problems of a semiotic and cybernetic character in two current scientific cosmologies in the study of geographic information systems (GIS) with special reference to the concept of visualization in modern ...
Johansson, T.D.
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THE AESTHETICS OF URBAN METABOLISM: Landscape, Design and the Politics of In/Visibility
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In this article, we chart the evolving aesthetic contours of urban metabolism across London, focusing on the River Lea and Thamesmead to the north and south of the River Thames, respectively. We begin in the nineteenth century, when these two sites formed critical nodes within a new sewerage system that relegated the city’s circulatory flows ...
Ben Platt, Zuhri James
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Regional 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
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Properties of cartographic modelling under contemporary definitions of a map
Polish Cartographical Review, 2016 The identity of cartography is determined by the manner of defining and interpreting the concept of “map”. However, the term has not been unequivocally articulated as yet.
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Missing Links in the Development of the Ancient Portuguese Cartography of the Netherlands East Indian Archipelago [PDF]
, 1919 E. C. Abendanon, Edward Heawood
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