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As the twenty-first century moves towards its third decade, applied theatre is being shaped by contemporary economic and environmental concerns and is contributing to new conceptual paradigms that influence the ways in which socially engaged art is produced and understood. This collection offers fresh perspectives on the aesthetics, politics and histories of applied theatre. With contributions from leading scholars in the field, the book illuminates theatre in a diverse range of global contexts and regions. Divided into three sections - histories and cultural memories; place, community and environment; and poetics and participation - the chapters interweave cutting-edge theoretical insights with examples of innovative creative practice that traverse different places, spaces and times. Essential reading for researchers and artists working within applied theatre, this collection will also be of interest to those in theatre and performance studies, education, cultural policy, social history and cultural geography.

10 Methods to prioritise adaptation options for iconic seabirds and marine mammals impacted by climate change10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Going beyond a shopping list of adaptation options; 10.3 Generating adaptation options; 10.4 Evaluating options using a cost-benefit-risk framework; 10.5 Evaluating barriers to implementing adaptation options; 10.6 Evaluating social acceptability of adaptation options; 10.7 Overall ranking of adaptation options; 10.8 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References.

En pocas ocasiones se brinda a los geógrafos la posibilidad de que sus investigaciones orienten las actuaciones políticas, conjugando academia y praxis. Por ello, la firma de un convenio entre el Parlamento de Canarias y las dos universidades del archipiélago, creando un grupo de expertos y una subcomisión parlamentaria para orientar las actuaciones políticas en la gestión de la inmigración, representó un hito en la acción de dichas instituciones. Para los investigadores, la oportunidad de poner en práctica una disciplina de profunda repercusión social. Para los parlamentarios, la posibilidad de fundamentar sus actuaciones legislativas en un basamento científica y socialmente acreditado. El análisis de esta iniciativa y del trabajo efectuado desde la perspectiva geográfica constituye el objeto de este artículo, planteado desde el convencimiento de que puede guiar otras iniciativas semejantes en las que ciencia y compromiso social estrechen sus vínculos, especialmente en el ámbito de las migraciones internacionales. ; Only seldom do geographers experience the possibility of effectively providing guidelines for policy makers, of bridging the gap that usually separates academia from praxis. The agreement signed between the Parliament of the Canary Islands and the Islands' two universities, setting up a group of experts and a parliamentary subcommittee in order to provide guidance for immigration policy-making, has been a landmark in the case of both academic institutions. The agreement has provided researchers with the opportunity to put an applied knowledge of widespread social impact into practice. Likewise, Members of Parliament have been offered the chance to base their policy-making on sound social and scientific foundations. The present paper analyses this initiative and the work undertaken from a geographical perspective, based on the authors' conviction that it might help other similar institutions to bring science and social commitment closer together, especially within the context of international migrations. ; Il est rarement offert aux géographes la possibilité d'orienter les actions politiques par leurs recherches en conjuguant académie et praxis. Or, la signature d'une convention entre le Parlement des Canaries et les deux universités de l'archipel, entraînant la création d'un groupe d'experts et d'une sous-commission parlementaire pour orienter les interventions politiques dans la gestion de l'immigration, a marqué un tournant dans l'action de ces institutions. Les chercheurs ont eu l'occasion de mettre en pratique une discipline d'une profonde répercussion sociale, et les parlementaires la possibilité d'asseoir leurs décisions législatives sur une base scientifiquement et socialement reconnue. Le but de cet article est d'analyser cette initiative et le travail effectué du point de vue géographique, dans la certitude qu'il peut servir de guide à d'autres initiatives semblables dans lesquelles la science et l'engagement social puissent resserrer leurs liens, en particulier dans le domaine des migrations internationales.

Applied Drought Modelling, Prediction, and Mitigation provides a practical guide to new and recent methodologies for drought characterizations, change modeling, down-scaling, and future predictions. The modeling procedures covered by the book include recent advancements in regional drought extent, coverage, intensity, and water deficit predictions, which are increasingly significant given current climate change impacts on water resources. Each modeling procedure is explained theoretically prior to the mathematical derivation, and includes book examples, exercises, and case studies that

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Social and Cultural Geography on 6 February 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14649365.2015.1126628. ; This article situates interactions between German- and English-language social and cultural geographies since the mid-20th century within their wider intellectual, political and socioeconomic contexts. Based on case study examples, we outline main challenges of international knowledge transfer due to nationally and linguistically structured publication cultures, differing academic paradigms and varying promotion criteria. We argue that such transfer requires formal and informal platforms for academic debate, the commitment of boundary spanners and supportive peer groups. In German-language social and cultural geography, these three aspects induced a shift from a prevalent applied research tradition in the context of the modern welfare state towards a deeper engagement with Anglophone debates about poststructuralist approaches that have helped to critique the increase of neoliberal governance since the 1990s. Anglophone and especially British social and cultural geography, firmly grounded in poststructuralist and critical approaches since the 1980s, are increasingly pressurized through the neoliberal corporatization of the university to develop more applied features such as research impact and students' employability.

Las transformaciones registradas en la situación económica, social y política actual se traducen en una reorganización del territorio a todas las escalas. Frente a este proceso de globalización, se ha generado una notable expansión de los estudios relacionados con la escala local. El territorio, entendido como el campo de relaciones e interdependencias entre factores diversos, es uno de los elementos que refuerzan y consolidan la función y el significado de la Geografía. El análisis de la estructura ecológico-ambiental y socioeconómica es fundamental en toda actuación vinculada al desarrollo. En estos análisis debería predominar el carácter integrado, no obstante, no son extraños aquéllos donde priman los enfoques sectoriales o los que resultan de la mera suma de elementos individualizados. ; The changes produced in the current economic, social and political position turn into a land reorganization at every scale. Facing this world-wide extension process, it is generated a remarkable enlargement of researches that have to do with local scale. The land, understood as the area of relationships and interdependences among different factors, is one of the elements that strengthen and consolidate Geography's significance and function. The analysis of ecological and socio-economic structure is essential in every proceeding linked to development. In these studies, ought to prevail the integrated condition, nevertheless, studies where approaches relating to a particular sector or ones resulted of a simple addition of elements are very common.

The changes produced in the current economic, social and political position turn into a land reorganization at every scale. Facing this world-wide extension process, it is generated a remarkable enlargement of researches that have to do with local scale. The land, understood as the area of relationships and interdependences among different factors, is one of the elements that strengthen and consolidate Geography's significance and function. The analysis of ecological and socio-economic structure is essential in every proceeding linked to development. In these studies, ought to prevail the integrated condition, nevertheless, studies where approaches relating to a particular sector or ones resulted of a simple addition of elements are very common. ; Las transformaciones registradas en la situación económica, social y política actual se traducen en una reorganización del territorio a todas las escalas. Frente a este proceso de globalización, se ha generado una notable expansión de los estudios relacionados con la escala local. El territorio, entendido como el campo de relaciones e interdependencias entre factores diversos, es uno de los elementos que refuerzan y consolidan la función y el significado de la Geografía. El análisis de la estructura ecológico-ambiental y socioeconómica es fundamental en toda actuación vinculada al desarrollo. En estos análisis debería predominar el carácter integrado, no obstante, no son extraños aquéllos donde priman los enfoques sectoriales o los que resultan de la mera suma de elementos individualizados.

The topic of Applied Demography is clearly evolving as its practitioners become involved in the emerging trends of the Twenty-First Century. This book derived from the first post-2000 national conference on Applied Demography, held in San Antonio, Texas, January 7-9, 2007, at The University of Texas. The conference presented a unique opportunity and this resulting work provides a cross-sectional view of Applied Demography and an evaluation of its likely future

Preface -- Chapter 1 Research Methods and the Planning Process -- Chapter 2 Identifying the Research Problem -- Chapter 3 Research Design -- Chapter 4 Data Collection -- Chapter 5 Data Presentation -- Chapter 6 Communicating the Research Findings -- Chapter 7 Statistical Analysis -- Chapter 8 Qualitative Data Analysis -- Chapter 9 Demographic Analysis -- Chapter 10 Analyzing the Local Economy -- Chapter 11 Evaluation Research -- Chapter 12 Urban Land Use Analysis -- Chapter 13 Transportation Planning Analysis -- Chapter 14 Environmental Analysis -- Chapter 15 Housing Analysis. .

Much of the theoretical literature in planning and human geography at present is materialist in perspective. This offers a powerful critique but locates the dynamics of urban systems too specifically in just one basic social relationship. It fails to provide an intellectual base broad enough for constructive, detailed urban analysis, partly because it fails to do justice to the reflective awareness of the individual. The alternative humanist position redresses the balance in favour of the individual but again cannot serve the practical requirements of urban analysis since it so often ignore

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