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Spanish Tourism Geographies

Author : Asunción Blanco-Romero
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031397800
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (313 download)

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Download or read book Spanish Tourism Geographies written by Asunción Blanco-Romero and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of the progress in Spanish tourism geography, particularly after the overlay of financial, pandemic and climate crisis, by the scrutiny of the different geographical areas and variables of analysis. It shows the diversity of geographical environments and their varied relationship with tourism, from the emptied inland regions to urban heritage in historic centres to coastal resorts. The book also introduces the analysis of the most important variables when studying the implications of Spanish tourist specialization. How are the beaches with intensive tourist use managed? What socio-spatial processes do leisure-rooted migrations involve? What are the labour conditions in the Spanish tourism industry? How does saving water boost tourism growth? The book offers answers through a methodological specificity of Spanish geography, which is highly oriented towards the analysis of public policies and even the proposal of new planning and methodology formulas that go beyond diagnostic studies. The domestic perspective, or that of insiders, of these scientists residing in Spain bestows them with special codes for conducting interpretations and analyses based on their everyday proximity to a territory characterised by its intense touristification. The tourism and real estate specialisation that Spanish society, together with its territory and institutions, have forged since the beginning of “developmentalism” permeates this scientific analysis. By providing a strong conceptual and empirical portrait, this book is a great resource for students and scholars in geography of tourism, as well as for social scientists and policy makers.

Spanish Agriculture

Author : James Simpson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521525169
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (251 download)

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Download or read book Spanish Agriculture written by James Simpson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-11-13 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed analysis of Spanish agricultural history,first published in 1996, explaining why it changed so slowly.

Tourism and Agriculture

Author : Rebecca Maria Torres
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113684922X
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book Tourism and Agriculture written by Rebecca Maria Torres and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-03-07 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shifting global consumption patterns, tastes and attitudes towards food, leisure, travel and place have opened new opportunities for rural producers in the form of agritourism, ecotourism, wine, food and rural tourism and specialized niche market agricultural production for tourism. Agriculture is one of the oldest and most basic parts of the global economy, while tourism is one of the newest and most rapidly spreading. In the face of current problems of climate change, rising food prices, poverty and a global financial crisis, linkages between agriculture and tourism may provide the basis for new solutions in many countries. A number of challenges, nevertheless, confront the realization of synergies between tourism and agriculture. Tourism and Agriculture examines regional specific cases at the interface between tourism and agriculture, looking at the impacts of rural restructuring, and new geographies of consumption and production. To meet the need for a more comprehensive appreciation of the relationships and interactions between the tourism and agricultural economic sectors, this book consider the factors that influence the nature of these relationships; and explore avenues for facilitating synergistic relationships between tourism and agriculture. These relationships are examined in thirteen chapters through case studies from eastern and western Europe, Japan and the United States and from the developing countries of the Pacific, the Caribbean and Ghana and Mexico. Themes of diversification, economic development, and emerging new forms of production and consumption, are integrated throughout the entire book. This essential volume, built on original research, generates new insights into the relationships between tourism and agriculture and future economic rural development. Edited by leading researchers and academics in the field, this book will be of value to students, researchers and academics interested in tourism, agriculture and rural development.

A Companion to Spanish Environmental Cultural Studies

Author : Luis I. Prádanos
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1855663694
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (556 download)

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Book Synopsis A Companion to Spanish Environmental Cultural Studies by : Luis I. Prádanos

Download or read book A Companion to Spanish Environmental Cultural Studies written by Luis I. Prádanos and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2023-01-17 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of how writers, artists, and filmmakers expose the costs and contest the assumptions of the Capitalocene era that guides readers through the rapidly developing field of Spanish environmental cultural studies. From the scars left by Franco's dams and mines to the toxic waste dumped in Equatorial Guinea, from the cruelty of the modern pork industry to the ravages of mass tourism in the Balearic Islands, this book delves into the power relations, material practices and social imaginaries underpinning the global economic system to uncover its unaffordable human and non-human costs. Guiding the reader through the rapidly emerging field of Spanish environmental cultural studies, with chapters on such topics as extractivism, animal studies, food studies, ecofeminism, decoloniality, critical race studies, tourism, and waste studies, an international team of US and European scholars show how Spanish writers, artists, and filmmakers have illuminated and contested the growth-oriented and neo-colonialist assumptions of the current Capitalocene era. Focussed on Spain, the volume also provides models for exploring the socioecological implications of cultural manifestations in other parts of the world.

Qanat

Author : Dale Lightfoot
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0755650808
Total Pages : 881 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (556 download)

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Download or read book Qanat written by Dale Lightfoot and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-08-22 with total page 881 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Qanats are ubiquitous, yet unseen, and a clever way to create streams where none exist in nature. For 3,000 years, they have made life possible in impossible places and still sustain life and livelihoods in many countries today. After 30 years of field research, Dale Lightfoot provides the first comprehensive study of the qanat and sheds new light on their unique locations and distribution, their origins and history, their ecology, current status and use. Qanats are remarkably engineered underground aqueducts, using gravity to bring water to villages and towns where reliable flowing surface water is scarce or absent. Although an ancient technology, more than 46,000 of them still flow around the world today, with their sustainable nature making them a focus of renewed interest. Richly illustrated with images and a series of original maps, this is the most complete record to date of the locations and distribution of qanats worldwide, including examples from the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, Central Asia, China, India, Mexico and South America.

Roots of Empire

Author : John T. Wing
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004261370
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Roots of Empire written by John T. Wing and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roots of Empire is the first monograph to connect forest management and state-building in the early modern Spanish global monarchy. The Spanish crown's control over valuable sources of shipbuilding timber in Spain, Latin America, and the Philippines was critical for developing and sustaining its maritime empire. This book examines Spain's forest management policies from the sixteenth century through the middle of the eighteenth century, connecting the global imperial level with local lived experiences in forest communities impacted by this manifestation of expanded state power. As home to the early modern world's most extensive forestry bureaucracy, Spain met serious political, technological, and financial limitations while still managing to address most of its timber needs without upending the social balance.

El medio ambiente en el nuevo universo audiovisual

Author : León Anguiano, Bienvenido (coord.)
Publisher : Editorial UOC
ISBN 13 : 849116300X
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book El medio ambiente en el nuevo universo audiovisual written by León Anguiano, Bienvenido (coord.) and published by Editorial UOC. This book was released on 2016-11-20 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El nuevo ecosistema audiovisual, en el que las televisiones tratan de convivir con Internet, ofrece grandes posibilidades para informar, sensibilizar y educar al público sobre los retos ambientales a los que se enfrenta nuestra sociedad. Sin embargo, la investigación pone de manifiesto que los medios no han estado a la altura del envite, debido a la complejidad de las cuestiones ambientales, la siempre difícil relación de la ciencia con los medios de comunicación y la creciente tendencia hacia el infoentretenimiento. El medio ambiente en el nuevo universo audiovisual es el resultado tangible de un rico debate generado en la octava edición del foro «Transformar la televisión», reunido en La Casa Encendida, centro social y cultural de Fundación Montemadrid. En las páginas de este volumen, una decena de expertos en la materia analizan, con rigor y valentía, la representación audiovisual del medio ambiente en este nuevo paradigma comunicativo, en el que los formatos televisivos tradicionales han perdido peso y el vídeo en línea ha alcanzado un notable desarrollo, impulsado por las redes sociales.

Fonética Y Fonología Descriptivas de la Lengua Española

Author : Juana Gil
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1647121760
Total Pages : 1302 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Fonética Y Fonología Descriptivas de la Lengua Española written by Juana Gil and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-03 with total page 1302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most up-to-date and comprehensive description of the Spanish language's phonetic and phonological system Though there has been considerable research in Spanish phonology, until now, no in-depth and complete descriptive reference work has existed. Fonética y fonología descriptivas de la lengua española Volumes 1 and 2 is a comprehensive reference, written in Spanish, describing the phonetics and phonology of Spanish. Edited by Juana Gil Fernandez and Joaquim Llisterri, this set provides a comprehensive overview for understanding segmental and suprasegmental topics in Spanish phonology, making clear what further research is needed. The international set of contributors in this essential reference present evidence never before analyzed, introduce new theoretical concepts and issues not considered previously, extend the scope of the case studies, and organize its many subtopics, as well as suggest new topics for future research. A descriptive reference with copious figures and tables, this book is the key to the field's assumptions and a presentation of accepted research on which future scholarship is based. With state-of-the-art information on all topics related to the sounds of Spanish, Fonética y fonología descriptivas de la lengua española will be a valuable resource for researchers, students, and scholars of Spanish linguistics who wish to deepen their understanding of the phonetic and phonological characteristics of all the varieties in the Spanish language.

Agricultural Transformation, Food and Environment

Author : Henry Buller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351791125
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Agricultural Transformation, Food and Environment written by Henry Buller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2001. An interdisciplinary team of leading European scholars bring together case studies from Western and Eastern Europe to illustrate and critically analyze the shifting relationships of agricultural, environmental and food policy in Europe. In the most comprehensive book of its kind it examines the critical changes, both in agricultural, environmental and food politics and the way these domains have been investigated by European social scientists. The book evaluates specific changes, focussing in particular on agricultural restructuring (in the face of globalization, Europeanization and the collapse of the Soviet model of agricultural organization), agriculture-environmental relations and consumer preferences. Beginning by examining the degree to which Europe offers a unique and identifiable rural experience, the book includes a critical re-examination of the process of agricultural transformation. In the light of contemporary events and the over-seductive and essentially mythical notion of post-productivism.

Lingüística textual y enseñanza del español LE/L2

Author : Javier de Santiago-Guervós
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351590219
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Lingüística textual y enseñanza del español LE/L2 written by Javier de Santiago-Guervós and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lingüística textual y enseñanza del español LE/L2 ofrece una visión de conjunto teórico-práctica y actualizada de la Lingüística textual aplicada a la enseñanza del español como lengua extranjera y/o segunda, destinada especialmente a estudiantes graduados y a profesores en formación nativos y no nativos. El volumen, escrito por un elenco internacional de profesores-investigadores, presenta una visión actualizada y práctica de los géneros textuales más frecuentes en programaciones universitarias. Enmarcado por una síntesis actualizada de estudios e investigaciones en lingüística aplicada que recorre distintas perspectivas teóricas y metodológicas, recoge datos y propuestas procedentes de aulas de aprendizaje de español de distintos contextos internacionales. Su principal propósito es suscitar la reflexión teórico-práctica sobre los géneros discursivos y su papel en el aula, y ofrecer una descripción pormenorizada de los mismos para proporcionar al profesorado en formación, nativo y no nativo, recursos prácticos y propuestas didácticas que ejemplifican y guían de manera razonada cómo llevar al aula los distintos géneros textuales. Características principales: • Amplitud de aspectos de la lingüística textual y géneros discursivos abordados enteramente para el español LE/L2 y en español. • Estructuración homogénea de los capítulos que facilita la lectura y da coherencia al conjunto. Atención a géneros escritos y orales desde una perspectiva teórico-práctica que puede inspirar nuevas investigaciones. Atención a la diversidad geolectal del español, a los contextos en que este es L2 (Europa, EEUU) y a la de sus aprendices (hablantes de herencia, L2, LE). Orientado a la aplicación práctica y docente en la clase de L2/LE, cada capítulo dedicado a un género incluye consejos, pautas o actividades para el aula. Incluye temática actual en lingüística textual y aprendizaje de lenguas: escritura académica, divulgación científica, textos jurídicos, aprendizaje mediado por ordenador o el lenguaje de las redes. Capítulos bien fundamentados teórica y bibliográficamente, con sólido respaldo de datos empíricos procedentes de corpus, bien contextualizados. Aborda los aspectos teóricos tradicionales relativos al estudio de la tipología textual y los desafíos metodológicos que afronta el profesor al llevar al aula los distintos géneros discursivos. La presente obra presenta, en un solo volumen, una visión actualizada y práctica de los tipos textuales y géneros discursivos de uso más frecuente desde una perspectiva teórico-práctica: presentación, descripción y puesta en práctica es un esquema de trabajo directo y enormemente útil para su aplicación en el aula. El ámbito internacional en el que se mueven los autores le da una amplitud nunca antes recogida en una obra de lingüística textual. Todo ello hace de Lingüística textual y enseñanza del español LE/L2 una obra de consulta obligada para docentes de español como LE/L2, para estudiantes graduados y formadores de profesores, así como para cualquier persona que desee adquirir una perspectiva actual sobre lingüística textual, géneros discursivos y enseñanza e investigación en español nativo y no nativo.

La Cultura Latinoamericana En El Español De Aquí Y Allá

Author : Bernardo Vallejo Ph.D.
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1524563463
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (245 download)

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Download or read book La Cultura Latinoamericana En El Español De Aquí Y Allá written by Bernardo Vallejo Ph.D. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-12-28 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The format of this book enables the student in spanish to understand being bilingual on the part of the communicative process; that of being bicultural is an indispensable element. The text tunes the learner, at the advanced level, by introducing the communicative performance taking into consideration the spanish dialectal variations into some cultural aspects of the traditional and contemporary systems of latin american societies. The book applies a practical approach to learning spanish as a foreign language by focusing on most latin american countries culture with specific topics: family, social stratification, politics, religion, the position of women, transportation problems, drugs and trafficking, traditional healers, the concept of time, the social stratification of language, the life of some indigenous cultures in the high Andes and in the deep jungles, students visiting a foreign country, in addition to some other topics of interest. Each chapter starts with an ethnographic description of some cultural aspects of a geographical area and its people. Some cultural aspects are suggested to participate on discussions related to the chapter. The student is asked to translate simple sentences into spanish. The verbal interaction among the people in the described area is reflected in the dialectal variations collected, which leads to questions to measure the students comprehension level. Cultural notes are explained at the end of each chapter.

El bilingüismo en el mundo hispanohablante

Author : Silvina Montrul
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118291662
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (182 download)

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Download or read book El bilingüismo en el mundo hispanohablante written by Silvina Montrul and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Esta amplia introducción al bilingüismo en español abarca los contextos sociales, políticos y culturales del español en EEUU, España y Hispanoamérica. Escrito para estudiantes no nativos de español, es el primer libro de texto de estas características para los estudiantes de lingüística hispánica. Este libro de texto en español presenta los temas fundamentales en el estudio del bilingüismo a estudiantes y profesionales Explora comunidades bilingües en Estados Unidos, Hispanoamérica y España Crea conciencia crítica sobre la complejidad del bilingüismo como un fenómeno sociopolítico y cultural Se organiza en tres secciones principales centradas en la sociedad y el individuo: el bilingüismo y la sociedad; el bilingüismo y el individuo; y la política y la educación Incluye mapas, recuadros de resumen del capítulo, vocabulario y conceptos clave y preguntas de comprensión, así como preguntas para reflexionar, investigar y comentar al final de cada capítulo This wide-ranging introduction to Spanish bilingualism covers the social, political, and cultural contexts of Spanish in the US, Spain, and Hispanoamérica. Written for non-native Spanish learners, it offers the first textbook of its kind for students of Hispanic linguistics. This Spanish-language textbook introduces students and professionals to the fundamental issues in the study of bilingualism Explores bilingual communities in the United States, Hispanoamérica, and Spain Raises critical awareness of the complexity of bilingualism as a sociopolitical and cultural phenomenon Organized in three main sections which focus on both society and the individual: bilingualism and society; bilingualism and the individual; and politics and education Includes maps, chapter summary boxes, key terms and concepts, and comprehension questions, as well as questions for reflection, research and discussion at the end of each chapter

Modern Spain

Author : Pamela Beth Radcliff
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119369924
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book Modern Spain written by Pamela Beth Radcliff and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Spain: 1808 to the Present is a comprehensive overview of Spanish history from the Napoleonic era to the present day. Places a large emphasis on Spain's place within broader European and global history The chronological political narrative is enriched by separate chapters on long term economic, social and cultural developments This presentation of modern Spanish history incorporates the latest thinking on key issues of modernity, social movements, nationalism, democratization and democracy

Women's Lives

Author : Nahir I. Otaño Gracia
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1786838354
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book Women's Lives written by Nahir I. Otaño Gracia and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on a variety of medieval women, which will grant readers a more complete view of medieval women’s lives broadly speaking. These essays largely take a new perspective on their subjects, pushing readers to reconsider preconceived notions about medieval women, authority, and geography. This book will expand the knowledge base of our readers by introducing them to non-canonical and non-European subjects.

Congrès international, conservation, réhabilitation, recyclage

Author : Université Laval. Ecole d'architecture
Publisher : Presses Université Laval
ISBN 13 : 9782763769561
Total Pages : 836 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (695 download)

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Download or read book Congrès international, conservation, réhabilitation, recyclage written by Université Laval. Ecole d'architecture and published by Presses Université Laval. This book was released on 1981 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cat‡logo flor’stico de Navarra

Author : Mikel Lorda LÃ³pez
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 8494199609
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (941 download)

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Download or read book Cat‡logo flor’stico de Navarra written by Mikel Lorda LÃ³pez and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-11-30 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Primera obra moderna sobre las plantas vasculares de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra. NO ES UNA GUÍA FOTOGRÁFICA Viene estructurado por orden alfabético de familias. Se enumeran un total de 3073 taxones, de los que 2796 se son propios de la flora navarra actual. De cada uno se da su estatus de presencia; origen y ecología; hábitats de importancia comunitaria en los que se puede encontrar -cuando se trata de un taxon característico-; distribución general, en comarcas geográficas y biogeográficas (regiones Alpina, Atlántica y Mediterránea), en este último caso asignando un índice de frecuencia/abundancia; estatus legal de conservación cuando existe; observaciones de índole taxonómica o nomenclatural, errores de citas, localidades relevantes, presencia en el Catálogo español de especies exóticas invasoras, etc. Tiene un capítulo sintético sobre diversos aspectos de la flora navarra, sus grupos corológicos, endemismos, grado de abundancia/rareza por sectores corológicos y las plantas protegidas o catalogadas.

Spain

Author : Joseph Harrison
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317051661
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Spain written by Joseph Harrison and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps more than any other European country, Spain has undergone a remarkable transformation in the post-war period. To the surprise of many, it has succeeded in making the leap from a predominantly agricultural and politically repressed country, to a modern European democracy with a diversified economy containing important manufacturing and service sectors. Yet, despite the fact that at the beginning of the twenty-first century Spain is the world's eighth largest economy, old stereotypes that see the Iberian nation as an inflexible, unchanging society, persist. As such, scholars will welcome this new study which challenges the picaresque and outdated notions of Spanish economic development, replacing them with a picture of rapid and profound modernization. Building upon the recent work of historians and economists, the authors provide a thoughtful and compelling overview of the subject that clearly elucidates both the positive and negative aspects of modern Spanish development. Thus, as well as charting the undoubted successes achieved, persistent problems - most notably high unemployment - are also explored. Written in a straightforward and engaging manner, this book engages with research from a wide variety of disciplines, and will be of interest to anyone with a specific interest in modern Spain, or a wider interest in economic development within the framework of the European Union.