The approximation between historical geography and economic history seems to be scientifically successful on the comprehension of territorial formation connected to spatial economy. Therefore, the view held in this article is that spatial economy, distinct in each region of the Portuguese colonization in Brazil, is derivative of a network of cities...
Since the incorporation of the Wallmapu/Araucanía territory into the Republic of Chile, important transformations in this territory have been taken place. Once the land was usurped from the Mapuche people, fertile valleys and dense forests were replaced by wheat cultivation until the early twentieth century. This article explores the ‘invention’ of...
status: published
Delo temelji na opazovanju razvoja poselitve na Logaškem. V sklopu historične karakterizacije, pri čemer sem želel razumeti razvoj naselja, ki se ga lahko prepozna v današnji (tlorisni) podobi mesta, sem se opiral na različne vire: geografski, zgodovinski in arheološki viri (zemljiške knjige, zemljevidi, urbar in arheološka odkritja). S temi viri s...
Published in Journal of Environmental Geography
The article discusses the causes and effects of the plague which is said to have spread over many Polish towns in 1507. The focus is on its possible causes, related to the occurrence of droughts and floods in Central Europe in the late 15th and early 16th century. Available sources from the late mediaeval period have also been analysed for the reco...
Published in Polish Cartographical Review
The author’s aim is to reflect on the cartographic modelling of historical borders based on the example of the series “Historical Atlas of Poland. Detailed maps of the 16th century” (HAP). HAP presents secular (state, palatinate, district) and religious borders (dioceses, archdeaconry, deanery, parish). The belonging of historic settlements to admi...
In recent decades an imaginary has been constructed, that represents Costa Rica as a “green” country, exemplary in environmental management. This imaginary has not only provided a strong visibility at the international level, but also constitutes an axis around which Costa Rican nationalism has been reinvented and reconfigured, in a certain way, co...
Les petites rivières de l’ouest de la France présentent la particularité d’être de faible énergie et sont considérées comme des paysages « ordinaires ». L’attention qui leur est portée est souvent modeste, malgré la forte patrimonialisation dont elles sont l’objet et les enjeux locaux qu’elles concentrent. Pourtant, les paysages de ces hydrosystème...
The main aim of the chapter is to analyze the preserved forms of the Josephine villages in the area of former Galicia. After a short introduction concerning legal aspects of delimitation of new villages, the newly created forms of settlements were interpreted. The analyses covered the following forms: street-type villages (including streetplane) an...
This paper begins by looking at the concept of “social space” as a constructive, comprehensive, and interpretive key to the whole of Henri Lefebvre’s work. Therefore, it sets forth the genealogy of the Lefebvre’s project of “spatiology” (or analysis of the social production of social space) and its importance for contemporary critical thinking. At ...
