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Nature Conservation and Sustainable Tourism in a Former Baltic Sea Coastal Military Area

Land
The coastal zone consists of diverse littoral habitats, which we categorize into two primary types: linear and areal. Investigating linear littoral habitats is crucial for resolving the ‘coastal squeeze’ phenomenon in coastal and marine protected areas ...
Egidijus Jurkus, Julius Taminskas, Arvydas Urbis, Ramūnas Povilanskas   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hinterland Gothic: Subtropical Excess in the Literature of South East Queensland

eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 2019
South East Queensland’s subtropical hinterlands—the mountainous, forested country lying between the cities of the coast and the Great Dividing Range—are sites of a regional variation of Australian Gothic.
Emma Doolan
doaj   +1 more source

Dutch dilemma: Housing prices and flood risk exposure

Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This article studies the impact of flood risk exposure on housing prices in a major river delta. Analyzing 1.8 million property transactions from 1998 to 2023 in the Netherlands, we find an average price discount of 1.1%. We observe considerable heterogeneity in price effects driven by exposure intensity, institutional settings that vary ...
Piet Eichholtz, Nils Kok, Philibert Weenink   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

New Results From the Pre‐Pottery Neolithic Site of Al Uyaynah, Tabuk, in Northwestern Saudi Arabia

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Al Uyaynah is a low sandstone mound on an alluvial plain, long known for its extensive surface remains of stone‐built circular and rectangular structures. Following test excavations in 2012, more detailed excavation was undertaken in 2016 within one of the largest rectangular stone structures.
Khalid Alasmari, Stephanie F. Piper, Kirsten Grothe, W. Derek Hamilton, Delphine Joly, Penny Bickle, Geoff Bailey   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reimagining the Rural Hinterland: an investigation of participatory digital placemaking in rural communities

Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research
Rural locations often form a hinterland – geographically and culturally - for large conurbations that dominate a particular region. They are interconnected, sometimes interdependent, but also separated by the social and spatial perceptions of a place ...
Rachael Ironside, Peter Reid
doaj   +1 more source

Ecosystem service bundles in global hinterlands

Environmental Research Letters, 2019
In the face of projected increases in globalization and urbanization, there is growing recognition that cities and their hinterlands will play a pivotal role in both creating and addressing the sustainability challenges of the future.
Daniel Haberman, Elena M Bennett
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Between the Indian Ocean and the Gulf: Ceramics From Ḥattā Oasis in the Emirate of Dubai

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents the ceramic finds from archaeological investigations conducted in 2024 at two settlements: ‘Islamic Village' and Suhaila 2, one of a number of mountain villages of the Late Islamic period within the Ḥattā Oasis: a high‐altitude exclave in the Emirate of Dubai. The sites are located on the northeastern slopes of Jabal Qallāt
Seth M. N. Priestman, Agnese Kukela, Mansour Boraik, Hassan Mohammed Zein   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of the Australian Black Summer Fires on Bat Occupancy and Activity: The Role of Traits and Conservation Status

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
The response of bats to Australian megafires was assessed one year after fires. High severity fire had a negative effect on total bat activity and the activity or occupancy of six species, while a further 10 species was not associated with any fire covariate. Overall, bat responses were complex and not easily predicted by traits alone.
B. Law, G. Madani, L. Gonsalves, L. Hall, A. Sujaraj, I. Kerr, A. Lloyd, C. Turbill   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Living between Lakes and Alps: A Data Set of Bronze Age Archaeological Sites from the Canton of Bern, Switzerland (2200–800 BCE)

Journal of Open Archaeology Data
The dataset contains all known Bronze Age sites in the present-day canton of Bern (Switzerland) up to December 2023, including evidence for settlements, burials, trade/transport, depositions and single finds. It was provided by the Archaeological Service
Cyrielle Aellen, Kristin Ismail-Meyer, Caroline Heitz, Wenke Schimmelpfennig, Regine Stapfer   +4 more
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Caste criminalisation in South India and permanent migration to Fiji, 1903–1927

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Does the official criminalisation of a group lead to permanent out‐migration? In the early 20th century, British officials in south India designated multiple castes as inherently criminal under the Criminal Tribes Act (CTA). The CTA required police registration and could force entire groups into special settlements.
Alexander Persaud
wiley   +1 more source