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Post-Urban Life in the Italian Alps during a Pandemic
Exchanges, 2022 In the twentieth century, depopulation in the Italian Alps was the result of the vision of a mountain world as isolated and of the persistence of stereotypes such as that of the 'poor mountain dweller'.
Maria Anna Bertolino
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From the Margins: Positionality in Area Studies
AUC STUDIA TERRITORIALIA, 2022 This article analyzes the positionality of the researcher in the field of area studies, taking as an example our engagement with African and Dalit studies and issues of race and caste. We present an autoethnographic essay on our own historically constituted agentive positionality by weaving together different angles of inquiry – Lithuanian area studies
Garalytė, Kristina, Simonson, Karina
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Ecotones: Marginal or central areas of transition? [PDF]
Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, 2006 Areas of environmental transition, where ecological communities coincide, are sometimes termed ecotones. These regions often correspond with sharp environmental gradients. Ecotones occur at multiple spatial scales, ranging from transitions between biomes to local small-scale transitions.
Kark, Salit, van Rensburg, Berndt J.
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Valori e Valutazioni, 2023 The current economic situation has highlighted the difficulties and fragility of some previous programmatic choices, which have strongly penalized Italian marginal areas.
Rubina Canesi
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Towards European Transitions: Indicators for the Development of Marginal Urban Regions
Land, 2022 Urban transitions and urban-scape have been heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and will likely be affected by the current Ukrainian-Russian conflict.
Rubina Canesi, Giuliano Marella
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The pasture-type approach for mountain pasture description and management
Italian Journal of Agronomy, 2012 The study of pastoral resources can take different approaches with the main goal of characterizing pasture vegetation and its potential carrying capacity.
Giovanni Argenti, Giampiero Lombardi
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International Journal of the Commons, 2022 Commonly used pastures have provided great socio-cultural, economic and ecological values across European mountain ranges. Since the last century, under-use is threatening these socio-ecological systems.
Florian Brossette +2 more
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The Margination of Particles in Areas of Constricted Blood Flow [PDF]
Biophysical Journal, 2018 Stroke is a leading cause of death globally and is caused by stenoses, abnormal narrowings of blood vessels. Recently, there has been an increased interest in shear-activated particle clusters for the treatment of stenosis, but there is a lack of literature investigating the impact of different stenosis geometries on particle margination.
Erik J, Carboni +3 more
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Agri-cultural resistance and local development
Scienze del Territorio, 2021 The reconversion of raw lands into productive areas through cultivation may be considered as a practice of resistance toward territorial policies dictated from outside.
Maria Anna Bertolino
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Saffron growing in Italy: a sustainable secondary activity for farms in hilly and sub-mountain areas
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2023 Italy has faced a renewed interest in the production of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) in recent times. However, little is known about the status of this agri-food chain.
Luca Giupponi +4 more
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