Oases and globalization : ruptures and continuities /: ruptures and continuities. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Emilie Lavie, Anaïs Marshall, editors.
• Editors: Lavie, Emilie; Marshall, Anaïs
• Contents: Introduction -- Part I The genesis of the oases in South East Arabia -- The Southern-Tunisian oases paradox: renovation or death of a concept -- Real and imaginary oases in the Arabic world -- Part II Marginalization and spatial reversal -- Spatial reorganization of piedmont oases of the Peruvian coast -- Insular Oases in the Globalization: the Ribeiras of Cape Verde Archipelago, fragmented and fragile Spaces on the Way of Marginalization -- Liwa: the transformation of an agricultural oasis in a strategic water storage for Abu Dhabi -- The mutation of the Oases of Mendoza (Argentina) Or how the oases' socio-spatial structures have been reversed by the 2000s' crisis -- Part III Global control at different temporal scales Water management as main actor -- The Oasis of the Chicama Valley: Water Management from the Chimú to the Spaniards (11th to 17th A.D.) in the North Coast of Peru -- Changing agricultural practices in the oases of southern Tunisia: conflict and competition for resources in post-revolutionary and globalization context -- Who controls the oasis? The case of the middle Orange River, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Pr David BLANCHON) Local impacts of external control -- Global Kashgar -- from trading oasis to special economic zone -- High-mountain-oases facing new roads: case studies from the Andes and the Himalayas -- Tourism, development and territorial integration in the Thar Desert, India -- The Kunduz Oasis and Military Globalization.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 255 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 551.41/5; Geography; Oases; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; Oases; Science -- Global Warming & Climate Change; Physical geography & topography; Economic geography; The environment; Physical geography; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319507491; 3319507494
• Related ISBNs: 9783319507477; 3319507478
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 4, 2017).
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