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Representation of Cruise: Cruisers and Noncruisers Cross Views
2014
The article demonstrates the interest in using social representations as a tool of analysis in the representation of cruise for cruisers and noncruisers. The main objective of this study is to identify and to compare social representations of cruise for these groups. The article is based on a review of the social representation theory literature. Using multiapproach methods focused on organizing principles, the results indicate some resemblance and many differences between both representations. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed before the article concludes with limitations and directions for future research. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Impact of wheeled and tracked tractors on soil physical properties in a mixed conifer stand
2016
Abstract: Damage to forest soil caused by vehicle traffic mainly consists of soil compaction, displacement, and rut formation. Severity of the damage depends on vehicle mass, weight of the carried loads, ground morphology, and soil properties, such as moisture. This paper investigates the impacts of two types of vehicles (tracked or wheeled tractor), traffic intensities (one or five skidding cycles) and soil moisture (24% or 13% by weight) on compaction of a loam textured soil in a mixed conifer stand of central Italy. Changes in porosity, bulk density, shear and penetration resistances were analyzed. The latter three parameters were significantly higher in the trafficked soil portions than…
La crisis del modelo tradicional de regadíos del interior valenciano. El caso de Cortes de Pallás: paisajes del agua y patrimonio cultural
2020
Los sistemas tradicionales de regadío forman un legado que se manifiesta mediante lo que conocemos como paisaje y patrimonio del agua. En las áreas del interior valenciano se experimentan disfunciones socioeconómicas que se evidencian paisajísticamente. A partir del análisis en profundidad de un caso de estudio como es la huerta de Cortes de Pallás, en el sector septentrional del macizo del Caroig, se valora si los procesos en ella identificados explican las dinámicas de crisis de los regadíos históricos del interior. El abandono de una parte destacada de las parcelas ha sido una práctica común, aun manteniéndose su morfología y una red de acequias que sigue en funcionamiento. Els sistemes …
The Uprooting in the Narrative Language of Foreign Land by Jonathan Raban
2022
The language and narrative style of Jonathan Raban, a contemporary English writer author of the novel Foreign Land (1985), seem to find in the themes of uprooting and self-searching a metaphorical and existential interpretation that in the search for identity alternates the desire to return to the origins, recovering lost affections and beloved places, with the attraction to the unknown. In this oscillation, masterfully rendered by the metaphorical and figurative language of the novel, Raban tells the awareness that the return to the origins is not always a point of arrival but a further turning point in life. The article focuses on some particularly effective linguistic and semantic aspect…
What is a tree in the Mediterranean Basin hotspot? A critical analysis
2019
Background: Tree species represent 20% of the vascular plant species worldwide and they play a crucial role in the global functioning of the biosphere. The Mediterranean Basin is one of the 36 world biodiversity hotspots, and it is estimated that forests covered 82% of the landscape before the first human impacts, thousands of years ago. However, the spatial distribution of the Mediterranean biodiversity is still imperfectly known, and a focus on tree species constitutes a key issue for understanding forest functioning and develop conservation strategies. Methods: We provide the first comprehensive checklist of all native tree taxa (species and subspecies) present in the Mediterranean-Europ…
Spiritual search through tourism.Your articulation from the side of the offer
2020
Desde mediados del siglo pasado hemos asistido a una ampliación de las posibilida-des turísticas de forma creciente; han aparecido nuevos tipos o han diversificado su oferta (histórico, cultural, ambiental, étnico, etc.), ampliando así su campo de acción. Queremos pues, reflexionar sobre un nuevo tipo de turismo que se refiere a la circulación mundial de personas que en sus desplazamientos recorren las redes espirituales en busca de nuevas experiencias de lo sagrado y de la vivencia espiritual. Nos hemos acercado a este proceso de reencantamiento del mundo a partir de los centros de terapias holísticos que son en gran medida los nodos que articulan esta nueva espiritualidad transversal que …
Effects of plant species in a horizontal subsurface flow constructedwetland – phytoremediation of treated urban wastewater withCyperus alternifolius …
2013
Abstract Plant species carry out a series of important biological, chemical and physical processes within a constructed wetland wastewater treatment system and make a significant contribution to wastewater purification. This paper compares two emergent macrophytes – Cyperus alternifolius L. and Typha latifolia L. – planted separately in a pilot horizontal subsurface flow system for the phytoremediation of treated urban wastewater in the West of Sicily (Italy). The total surface area of the three units within the pilot system was 99 m 2 . Six subunits were planted with two species and three subunits were left unplanted as the control. The main aim of the study was to demonstrate that, under …
The role of landscape planning in UNESCO site management plans in Sicily. The case of “Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica” and the resili…
2022
During the process of the updating of the UNESCO sites management plans of South-East Sicily, commissioned by the Italian Ministry of Culture and the Sicily Region in 2019, the support of landscape plans proved to be fundamental in order to estimate the protection level of the sites. Scopes of the present contribution are, on the one hand, to state the high protection level of the UNESCO sites granted from the landscape and spatial planning constraints and, on the other hand, to question the protection level in the long term perspective, in face of the effects of the climate crisis and hazardous events. “Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica” have been chosen as a case study becaus…
Les ciutats del cavaller Martorell. La representació de l’urbs en el Tirant lo Blanc
2018
Resum: El Tirant lo Blanc és fruit d’experiències personals de Joanot Martorell. L’escriptor projecta en la novel·la una fina mirada al seu temps i, per a traslladar-ho amb vivesa, empra tota la realitat com a instrument de treball, atorgant al corpus de l’obra un vitalisme renovador. El paisatge urbà és l’escenari que forneix la ficció, que complementa la vitalitat psicològica dels protagonistes i enriqueix el seguit dels fets i històries narrades. Esdevé un recurs estètic que permet a l’escriptor enllestir la trama i guiar la imaginació del lector per l’univers en què es desenvolupa la gesta. El present article analitza la descripció literària de la ciutat per l’escriptor, les seues cons…