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Place attachment and place remaking in marginalized neighborhoods by their inhabitants
A study analyzes the characteristics of environmental activism in historically marginalized urban neighborhoods of Casc Antic in Barcelona, the area of CayoHueso in Havana and Dudley in Boston. The place...
Vulnerability to climate change in the Aiguamolls de l’Empordà
The Aiguamolls de l’Empordà area is the second largest wetland in Catalonia, and was the first to be declared a protected area in the Costa Brava. A participatory study on vulnerability and adaptation to climate change reveals the...
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Researchers Address Economic Dangers of ‘Peak Oil’ in USA
Researchers from the ICTA-UAB and the University of Maryland (UMD) demonstrate in a new study which sectors could put the entire U.S. economy at risk when global oil production peaks (‘Peak Oil”). This multi-disciplinary team...
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Use, modelling and organization of biodiversity data
A doctoral dissertation presented at CREAF, at the UAB, proposes an information system through the use of species distribution models, of interest for conservation species and exotic invasive species with the aim of generating maps useful in the conservation of...
Effects of Rising Oil Prices on Tourism Studied
A study involving an ICREA researcher at the UAB recommends designing strategies that minimize the economic impact on the Spanish tourism sector of a potential rise in oil prices. This paper has analyzed the possible effects of peak oil in this sector. According to these...
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