Search results for "southern Europe"
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Modeling temporal and spatial colony‐site dynamics in a long‐lived seabird
2003
We studied the determinants of colony site dynamics in Audouin's gull, Larus audouinii, breeding in a small archipelago of the western Mediterranean. Data on island occupation were available for a series of 25 years, since first colonization of the archipelago in 1973. Group behavior was studied in relation to the components of dispersal: permanence or abandonment (extinction) on an island previously occupied and permanence or occupation (colonization) of another island. Generalized Linear Mixed Models (GLMMs) were used to identify the relative contribution of each explanatory variable to the probability of colony abandonment. Gulls showed a low probability (3%) of abandoning one of the isl…
At the Margins : Challenges for Sociologists of Education in Southern Europe
2019
The aim of this Special Issue of the Italian Journal of Sociology of Ed-ucation, published at the same time of the n. 3/2019 of RASE (Revista de Sociología de la educación), is to reflect on Sociology of Education from a Southern European perspective. Undoubtedly, the starting point is the well-consolidated international debate on the so-called "Theories of the South" (Connell, 2007) or "Epistemologies of the South" (Santos, 2007), and the call for a "Global Sociology" (Burawoy, 2016) also in a postcolonial per-spective (Bhambra, 2014). These approaches have made visible the need to seek new theoretical and empirical contributions to think about the social realities of the Global South outs…
The southernmost beech (Fagus sylvatica) forests of Europe (Mount Etna, Italy): ecology, structural stand-type diversity and management implications
2013
The southernmost European beech forests are located in the upper forest vegetation belt on Mount Etna volcano. Their standstructural patterns were analysed to assess the effects of the site-ecological factors and previous management practices on the forest structure. Five main structural-silvicultural types were identified among the main beech forest types: coppice, highmountain coppice (HMCo), high forest, coppice in conversion to high-forest and non-formal stand. A detailed standstructural analysis was carried out through measured dendrometric parameters and derived structural characters linked to both the horizontal and the vertical profiles. Plant regeneration processes were also assess…
Introduction (European Modernity and the Passionate South)
2022
En el largo siglo XIX, los estereotipos dominantes mostraban a las personas del sur mediterráneo como particularmente apasionadas e ingobernables y, por lo tanto, incapaces de adaptarse a los deberes morales y políticos impuestos por la civilización y la modernidad europeas. Este libro estudia, por primera vez en perspectiva comparada, la dimensión de género de un proceso que legitimó jerarquías internas entre el Norte y el Sur del continente. También analiza cómo se respondió a este fenómeno desde España e Italia, señalando las similitudes y diferencias entre ambos países. Empleando como fuentes de estudio los relatos de viajes, sátiras, obras filosóficas, novelas, obras de teatro, la óper…
Gallantry and Sociability in the South of Europe: Shifting Gender Relationships and Representations
2022
Este capítulo analiza de forma comparada cómo enjuiciaron las relaciones galantes entre mujeres y hombres, y en particular el vínculo entre una dama casada y un caballero conocido como cicisbeo, chichisveo o cortejo, algunos viajeros y filósofos del Norte de Europa que en el siglo XVIII visitaron Italia o España y de qué modos respondieron autores y autoras locales a esas miradas. Los primeros tendieron a interpretar esas relaciones en clave de adulterio, haciendo de ellas prueba de la incapacidad de los meridionales para controlar sus pasiones, por razón del clima o de la religión; solo algunos, más perspicaces o empáticos, comprendieron la lógica de una costumbre que daba respuesta a la i…
Introduction to the special issue
2021
The article is the introduction to an Urban Research and Practice special issue conceived with the aim of exploring some of the different ways EU regional policy may have influenced the development process of four Southern European cities, Porto (PT), Malaga (ES), Palermo (IT), and Thessaloniki (GR). The selection of case studies relates to cities at the ‘margins of Europe’ in both the sense of places outside the geographical core of the continent and located in those regions – the ‘less developed regions’ – where EU Cohesion policy has been manifested in significant investment over an extended period of time. For that reason, the special issue also seeks to provide an urban perspective to …
Urban Change and Regional Development at the Margins of Europe: Evaluating the Effects of the EU Policy
2022
Since the beginning of the 1990s, regions and urban areas have become a primary target of EU Cohesion Policy. For a number of European cities, especially in the less developed regions, this has resulted in a unique opportunity for the implementation of extensive development projects, as well as delivering innovations in urban policy and local governance. Through the detailed observation of planning processes which took place in four European cities – Porto (PT), Malaga (ES), Palermo (IT), and Thessaloniki (EL) – this book explores the different ways that EU intervention can affect the policy process locally, from the regeneration of decayed neighborhoods and the creation of key services for…
Dopo Los Angeles: prospettive per una geografia urbana critica in Italia
2020
La geografia urbana si confronta da sempre con la scuola di Chicago, ma più di recente la scuola di Los Angeles ha introdotto nuovi elementi di riflessione, rafforzando peraltro la componente più geografica. Dal confronto tra le due scuole, e dalle critiche mosse negli ultimi venti anni alla seconda, emergono spunti di grande interesse. Occorre capire che direzione stiano prendendo gli studi urbani dopo le lezioni di Los Angeles, grazie anche alla nascita del comparative urbanism. A questo quadro già complesso va affiancato un ragionamento sulla situazione italiana. Dopo decenni di rapporti con le teorie francesi e tedesche, negli ultimi anni anche la geografia urbana italiana ha cominciato…
Nuevas perspectivas de análisis para entender la migración cualificada del sur de Europa hacia México
2018
This article focuses on skilled migration flows from Southern Europe into Mexico. From semi-structured interviews with Spanish and Italian immigrants living in four Mexican cities of Mexico, it addresses both reasons for immigration and labour incorporation in Mexican labour markets. Specifically, it explores: i) the role of the economic crisis and the lack of good employment in the countries of origin as a key factor when deciding an international migration; ii) the employment opportunities offered in Mexican labour markets for the highly-skilled immigrants, and iii) the role played by the Mexican state and its current immigration law when channelling this group into the labour market
European Modernity and the Passionate South
2023
En el largo siglo XIX, los estereotipos dominantes mostraban a las personas del sur mediterráneo como particularmente apasionadas e ingobernables y, por tanto, incapaces de adaptarse a los deberes morales y políticos impuestos por la civilización y la modernidad europeas. Este libro estudia, por primera vez en perspectiva comparada, la dimensión de género de un proceso que legitimó jerarquías internas entre el Norte y el Sur del continente. También analiza cómo se respondió a este fenómeno desde España e Italia, señalando las similitudes y diferencias entre ambos países. Empleando como fuentes de estudio los relatos de viajes, sátiras, obras filosóficas, novelas, obras de teatro, la ópera y…