ReAFFIRM: Real-time Assessment of Flash Flood Impacts: a Regional high-resolution Method [PDF]
Flash floods evolve rapidly in time, which poses particular challenges to emergency managers. One way to support decision-making is to complement models that estimate the flash flood hazard (e.g.
Berenguer Ferrer, Marc +4 more
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The Problem of Separatism in Modern Spain: the Catalan Question
Catalan nationalism, rooted in the 19th century, transformed into separatism in the 1980s, threatening the existence of the Spanish state. The unstable political situation in the country caused by the crisis of the party system and serious economic ...
S. M. Gavrilova
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Political Homophily in Independence Movements: Analysing and Classifying Social Media Users by National Identity [PDF]
Social media and data mining are increasingly being used to analyse political and societal issues. Here we undertake the classification of social media users as supporting or opposing ongoing independence movements in their territories.
Liakata, Maria +3 more
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Prospects for the government of Pedro Sanchez in the context of socio-political situation in Spain
The left and the right parties in modern Spain often approach many problems that the country faces very differently. In these conditions, the question of whether the left-wing coalition government led by Pedro Sánchez will remain in power until the end ...
S. M. Khenkin
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ESP, EMI and interculturality: How internationalised are university curricula in Catalonia? [PDF]
This study analyses Internationalisation at Home (IaH) courses across a wide range of bachelor’s degrees, from humanities to hard sciences, in public universities in Catalonia, as an in-depth analysis of a South European context. IaH courses selected for
Aguilar Pérez, Marta +1 more
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La crisis en la Unión Europea: el caso de Cataluña (2017)
Este trabajo pretende analizar someramente un evento de lo que consideramos la crisis estructural de la zona euro: el conflicto independentista en Cataluña (2017).
Damian Bil
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Catalan domination in Greece during the 14th century: History, archaeology, memory and myth [PDF]
In this article, we present one of the most mythicised episodes in the history of Catalonia, first the cooperation and later the clash between the Catalan Company, led by the intrepid Roger de Flor (also known as Roger von Blume and Rutger Blume), and ...
Eusebi Ayensa i Prat
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Social Return and Economic Viability of Social Farming in Catalonia: A Case-Study Analysis
In Europe, Social Farming (SF) and agritourism are multifunctional agriculture activities that arise when agricultural land is abandoned in rural and peri-urban areas; it is difficult to develop commercial agriculture if it is not intensive.
Tulla Antoni F. +3 more
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NEW MODELS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EVOLUTION IN SPAIN
The economic crisis in Spain that began in 2008 led to the deep social discontent that later turned into the movement of «Indignant», citizens tiered of economic restrictions, unemployment, corruption scandals. That movement brought new political parties
Yu. V. Slivchikova, E. V. Kryukova
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A preliminary approximation of the fungus gnat fauna (Diptera: Keroplatidae and Mycetophilidae) is presented, captured in caves of the Parc Natural dels Ports (Tarragona, Catalonia) following surveys conducted in the massif in 2012.
J. Mederos Lopez, P. J. Chandler
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