Wescoat, James L. Jr.
Published in
Frontiers in Water
Complex water-stressed basins like the Colorado River in North America have multiple institutional levels of water management. Each institutional level is characterized by rules, organizations, and spatial jurisdictions that developed over decades to centuries to shape a dynamic multi-level system. After introducing the concept of institutional lev...
Jacobsson, Oscar
Large landscape transformations were an integral part of the agricultural revolution in Sweden, starting during the late 18th century. The 19th century was an especially intensive century when it comes to the transformation of the cultural landscape, not the least marked by extensive changes in the use of agricultural wetlands with interventions in...
Majewska, Anna
The article discusses selected issues concerning the morphology of cemeteries of completely depopulated rural settlement units located in the part of East Prussia that was incorporated into Poland in 1945. The boundaries and spatial forms of the cemeteries were analysed and interpreted. These are actually the best-preserved components of the landsc...
Hrissimov, Nikolay
The article tries to answer three questions related to the tribes that came into conflict with the Bulgarian state during its expansion to the west in the first third of the 9th century. And the questions addressed in it are: 1. How many and which tribes were in conflict with the Bulgarian state?; 2. When were the lands of the Timociani annexed by ...
Figlus, Tomasz
This paper presents the results of geographical and historical research concerning the development of the village of Wilamów in Szadek municipality. The village belonged to the royal estates, but for most of the surveyed period it remained under the tenancy of the nobility. The study analyses socio-economic changes using tax registers, inspection r...
Williamson, Bethany
The Strutts of Belper have been an important industrial family for understanding how industrial pioneers and paternalists influenced the space they inhabited and manoeuvred through the creation of factory settlements. The earlier generations of the Strutts are notable for their contribution to Derby through ideas of improvement and Enlightenment pr...
Dumont, Gérard-François
Populations, peuplement et territoires : ces trois termes sont très liés entre eux. C’est donc en questionnant leurs interactions en France que ces notions de populations, peuplement et territoires sont appréhendées dans cet ouvrage. Trois grilles de lecture différentes de ces interactions sont pro-posées.Dans la première partie, l’accent est mis s...
Olsson, Patrik
The aim of this article has been to describe, analyse and discuss the Swedish deerpark (djurgård or djurhage in Swedish) and its development from a historical geographical perspective 1600–1800. The study is an overview and was performed by analysing historical maps regarding size, design, location, purpose and development. The survey located 120 d...
Taylor, Charles A Rising, James
Published in
Environmental Research Letters
Agricultural land use has recently peaked, both globally and across country income groups, after centuries of expansion and intensification. Such shifts in the evolution of global land use have implications for food security, biodiversity loss, and carbon emissions. While economic growth and land use are closely linked, it is difficult to determine...
Pilhofer, Philipp
Published in
Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient Christianity
The city of Leontopolis in Isauria first appears in the sources towards the end of the 5th century, more precisely: in a legal text of the later Codex Iustinianus. In general, the surviving information is very sparse. In this essay, the source material is reviewed, in particular the mentioned law and the Martyrdom of Konon of Bidana. On this basis,...
