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La figura de Teodoro Llorente y Olivares (1836-1911), periodista, político y poeta, ha sido juzgada a menudo en términos demasiado locales, desconectada de los movimientos literarios y políticos que en Europa lucharon contra la colonización de la modernidad y contra la homogeneización social y territorial que el capitalismo estaba imponiendo en el siglo XIX. Llorente es el representante valenciano equiparable a otros personajes europeos que escribieron contra la destrucción del pasado, del patrimonio y de la memoria, del territorio, de las formas tradicionales de vida y del paisaje. El escritor se inserta totalmente en la literatura europea romántica de base geográfica y es, desde este punto de vista, como se entiende mejor su obra.

El mapa de Mallorca (1785), llamado del cardenal Despuig, fue diseñado a una escala suficiente para poder representar la red hídrica correcta. Aquí estudiamos el trazado de los principales colectores y afluentes, su toponimia, los puentes que los cruzan y la desviación cartográfica respecto al sistema real.

Studies of dams require detailed river explorations from the planning phase. This paper analyses El Reconocimiento del río Cabriel [The Reconnaissance of the Cabriel river] (1941) by Luis Janini Cuesta, who was attached to the Confederación Hidrográfica del Júcar. This was a preliminary document which summarized the engineer?s task during his itinerary along the river from the headwaters to the confluence with the Júcar river. The aim of the journey was the identification of the most suitable locations for reservoirs. This technical view ignored other natural values of the Cabriel river.

We evaluate in this paper the accessibility showed by the neighbourhood of Cabanyal- Canyamelar (waterfront of Valencia) in relation with the three campuses the University of Valencia has in the metropolitan area in order to establish the viability of the location of new university facilities as a part of a wider strategy trying to promote a functional revitalisation. We apply specific SIG-T tools to calculate the average time-distance from each city block of the neighbourhood of Cabanyal-Canyamelar to each of the three campuses now existing. These results are interpreted taking into account the mobility patterns of the university community.

L?autor introdueix el concepte de geografia crítica i comenta dues reflexions sobre la geografia. Les aportacions de D. R. Stoddart a Berkeley el 1986 i D. Harvey a Heidelberg el 2004. Llurs propostes propugnen una geografia crítica compromesa amb el coneixement i amb la solució dels problemes ambientals i socials del seu temps.

A case study on coastal planning and management in Australia was selected to undertake an analysis of governance problems and/or solutions. The case study is the Augusta-Margaret River Shire1 in the southwest coast of Western Australia located at 290 km from Perth, the State capital. This case study has been selected from a series entitled ?Case Studies from Coastal Councils? presented by the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA). The case study of Augusta-Margaret River was written in 2005 (Trail J., 2005). In order to update it, local authorities were contacted who kindly provided additional documentation as well as very valuable comments. In parallel, a review of the latest documentation from public sources was undertaken. All information presented in this paper is in the public domain. Useful contacts are included in the footnotes and the reference material. The objective of the paper is to review and analyze the case study on the basis of a conceptual model used for governance studies (Olsen, S.B., Page, G., Ochoa, 2009). This model has been applied in the study of governance in different countries. The model allows for the examination and integrated analysis of the main sources/mechanisms of governance (market, government and civil society) and the interrelationships between them. The model also allows for the review of governance responses to different human interventions along a sequence of time (past-present), and whether they have produce positive or negative impacts. The paper is divided into four parts (See ?Paper?s Road Map? in Annex 1. Part I presents a summary version of the case study as well as a chronology of events associated to coastal management in the Augusta Margaret River Shire through time. On the basis of this information an analysis of the trajectory of change is undertaken. Part II presents a brief review of the conceptual model. Special attention is given to the objectives and benefits of the model as well as its key features, particularly why it is based on the analysis of the past (trajectory of change) as the basis to build up future scenarios, as well as the assessment of governance responses to ecosystem changes through time. The discussion also includes the ?how to?, of measuring the governance process and outcomes. Part III focuses on the analysis of the main sources and mechanisms of governance (government, market and civil society) in Augusta Margaret River. To set the stage for analysis, an due to the complexity of the planning system in Australia, an overview of Australia?s three-tier coastal management system is provided, in order to facilitate the analysis of governance issues within this unique planning scenario. Part III discusses and reflects on the most critical governance issues, weather they are rooted in the government, the market or the civil society, that affect and had affected Augusta-Margaret River Shire through time. Part IV reflects on the applicability and uniqueness of this case study as well as the predominance of different sources of governance, It also discuss the degree of integration in the responses of the governance system and the existence of the necessary pre-conditions for implementation of a plan of action directed to the effective governance of the coastal areas.

The history of cartography is replete with errors of difficult correction. Maps with dating and authorship bearing apocryphal luggage, the copies that remain ritually original content, the well or malicious-intentioned occultation data, references to delineations that no one has seen or onomastic confusion are common examples in this regard. In the case of valencian printed cartography, these misunderstandings affect maps and authors of great prestige and have led to a history fraught with common places that do not conform to reality. This article seeks to correct some of them from the critical review of the latest research in this field.

Rural development policy has become a key to the development of rural areas for the last twenty years. Through a series of initiatives undertaken by the European Union, with the LEADER programme, and by the national government itself, with the PRODER, it has been achieved a diversification of the rural economy, based so far exclusively on farming activities. The aim of this article is to analyze the distribution and dissemination that rural development policies have had in the region of Castile and Leon, one of the regions with the highest index of rurality in the country, through the European Community and national initiatives implemented by Local Action Groups. The results have not been all that was expected but has managed to diversify, and have managed to diversify economically and socially a territory that was doomed to extinction.

While new territorial governance initiatives in coastal areas have recently been evolving and increasing their focus (Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Maritime Spatial Planning, Marine Policy), Valencian Autonomous Region coast still is managed not in a integrated but sectoral way instead. In this paper some experiences and practices across Valencian Autonomous Region are studied (some of them interesting for this purpose), to conclude coastal zones have not to lose strategic opportunity IZCM Protocol for the Mediterranean Sea offers.