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Cartography III: A post-representational perspective on cognitive cartography
, 2015 In this third report, I focus on cognitive cartography in order to examine how the historical division between empiricist and critical approaches in cartography has shifted recently.
Caquard, Sébastien
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Fontes e técnicas da cartografia medieval portulano
Terra Brasilis, 2015 This paper proposes a reflection on the question of the sources in the historical analysis of medieval cartographic representation from the cartographic genre Portulano considered technical basis of Renaissance Cartography.
Magali Gomes Nogueira, Mario de Biasi
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Why do some informal neighborhoods receive public investment while others are neglected or evicted? This article addresses the inconsistent governmental responses to informal settlements in Jakarta, Indonesia, during the democratic period. State actions range from violent evictions to tolerance and community‐led improvements.
Kadek Wara Urwasi
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The 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
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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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Semantics of the Historical Map. Constructing and Using Symbols for Historical Maps
Историко-географический журналThis article is devoted to the methodological and editorial issues of the formation and use of conventional signs when carrying out historical and cartographic work.
E. S. Grishin
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Historical cartography of Muscovy: symbols and emblems
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2019 Abstract The article is devoted to the historical cartography of Moscow kingdom of the 16- 17th centuries and symbolic emblematic designation of Muscovy and adjacent territories. Four types of heraldic emblems were revealed. Some of them have various own versions. The rider was used by cartographers only in the 16th century.
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Late Antique Allāh: Ancestral Arabian Religion and the Monotheistic Zeitgeist
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay addresses the ongoing scholarly tension between the monotheistic interpretations of late pre‐Islamic Arabian religion, pioneered by G. Hawting and P. Crone, and the traditional accounts of rampant Arabian polytheism found in later Islamic literary sources.
Ahmad Al‐Jallad, Hythem Sidky
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Digital library of historical cartography: open access to cultural heritage and public good
, 2011 This paper describes the integration of information between Digital Library of Historical Cartography and Bibliographical Database (DEDALUS), both of the University of São Paulo (USP), to guarantee open, public access by Internet to the maps in the ...
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Visualising a temporal cartography of travel
, 2013 This study asserts that contemporary cultural perceptions of wilderness have been heavily influenced by topographic cartography. It compares different historical conceptualizations of wilderness in the cartographies of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Southern ...
Abbott, Michael
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