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Toponymy in Focus. Review of the book: Barandeev, A. V. (Ed.). (2018). Voprosy geografii. Sb. 146. Aktualnye problemy toponimiki [Problems of Geography. 146. Topical Issues in Toponomastics]. Moscow: Codex. 312 p. [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2019 The review observes a new collection of studies devoted to the problems of Russian toponymy. Released under the authority of the Russian Geographical Society that keeps a constant focus on toponymy on the pages of its journal “Problems of Geography ...
Konstantin A. Gein
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Проект Байкал, 2021 The modernist development of Irkutsk and related issues of its toponymy are considered. The impact of the Irkutsk architectural school of the 1960s, its founders V. Pavlov, V. Voronezhsky and V.
Елена Григорьева +1 more
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Urban identity and the image of the city in the communicative paradigm of toponymy
World of Science. Series: Sociology, Philology, Cultural Studies, 2021 The scientific article is devoted to the consideration of the correlations of urban identity and the image of the city as an important symbolic aspect of such identity and urban toponymy. It is determined that the city dweller, constructing his own urban space, acquiring the status of a place, actualizes the images of "his city" (due to subjective ...
Anna Kuznetsova, Irina Petrulevich
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The Urban Toponymic Space: “Cultural Layers” in Lexicographic Perspective [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2018 The paper addresses the problem of linguocultural description of urban toponymy in different types of dictionaries, by proposing a new conceptual framework that accounts for their functional specificity.
Tatyana G. Nikitina
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Two centuries of spatial and temporal dynamics of freshwater fish introductions
Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 32, Issue 9, Page 1632-1644, September 2023., 2023 Abstract Aim Investigating major freshwater fish flows (translocations) between biogeographic regions and their temporal dynamics and also quantifying spatial patterns and temporal changes in the array of introduced species, and the emergence and distance between major donor and recipient regions. Location Global. Time Period 1800–2020.
Rafael Muñoz‐Mas +6 more
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Toponymic Landscape of Shadrinsk in Aspect of Regional and Local Identity: A Sociolinguistic Study
Научный диалог, 2023 This article addresses the issue of representing regional and local identity in urban toponymy. Based on a sociological interpretation of the phenomenon of territorial identity in an urban environment, the authors aim to identify how residents perceive ...
M. V. Golomidova, S. O. Goryaev
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City &Society, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 101-111, August 2023., 2023 Abstract Decades of politically motivated place renaming have prompted the population of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, to adopt a bottom‐up vernacular toponymic register, wherein locations are indicated in relation to points of reference known as orientiry. Orientiry take cues from the built environment and are generated through the population's
Nikolaos Olma
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People need freshwater biodiversity
WIREs Water, Volume 10, Issue 3, May/June 2023., 2023 Freshwater biodiversity (i.e., plants, animals, fungi, microbes, and other living things) provides a suite of critical ecosystem services to people. Collapses in freshwater biodiversity impact people, across all regions of the globe, rural–urban gradients, and the full socioeconomic spectrum, but perhaps most particularly indigenous and marginalized ...
Abigail J. Lynch +21 more
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Historical geographies of place naming: Colonial practices and beyond
Geography Compass, Volume 17, Issue 5, May 2023., 2023 Abstract European colonialism sought to inscribe order and meaning on non‐European landscapes through the process of place naming. Naming or renaming was fundamental to the extension of imperial control over physical and human environments. This article offers a brief overview of the ways critical place name studies has addressed these colonial ...
Beth Williamson
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Toponymy in a Relocated City: the City of Most, Czech Republic [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2018 This article addresses the toponymy of the North Bohemian city of Most, Czech Republic, and its development during the second half of the 20th century.
Jaroslav David
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