Within the wider ecosystem of public social spaces, how varied drinking spaces in rural areas act to facilitate the identities of local communities is of great interest to both rural geographers and those engaged in studying the geography of drink. Such spaces are key to analyse, given the reported centrality of such establishments in facilitating ...
Published in Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete
Editions of four papyri of the British Library with lists of villages and requisitioned work-force, foodstuff or taxes from the area of Hermopolis.
De opheffing van het treinstation in een klein Zweeds dorp beroert de lokale gemeenschap. Vanwege de extra reistijd, maar vooral het verlies aan toekomstperspectief en het gevoel niet gehoord te worden door de regionale en nationale overheid. Na ruim negen jaar lijkt het tij te keren. Tijden veranderen?
This contribution is the first of a series of articles about rural areas. This series features stories about people, villages and remarkable places. With our stories we will touch upon general rural dynamics and demonstrate how those that work, live and decide about the countryside adapt.
The influence of climate and weather-based advisories in planning and managing agricultural systems under highly variable conditions was evaluated to understand the potential benefits and challenges associated with the use of probabilistic climate and weather information. A pilot study, conducted with 720 farmers in Anantapur district of Andhra Pra...
Peri-urban transformations in emerging economies like India demand scientific attention given their impact on global environmental change processes. Some studies examine past or ongoing peri-urban adaptation processes, but insight into future adaptation needs and aspirations of peri-urban communities is lacking. Also, it is unknown how the high deg...
Published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Urbanization is a highly disperse process, resulting in urban sprawl across landscapes. Within such landscapes, structural heterogeneity may be an important factor for maintaining biodiversity. We investigated the importance of habitat heterogeneity on bats in villages across the Schwäbische Alb, Germany, a progressively urbanized region. Bat activ...
