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ItemNo Preview AvailableHabits(SAGE Publications, Inc., 2007)
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ItemA 5600-yr history of changing vegetation, sea levels and human impacts from the Black Sea coast of Georgia(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2007)Mid-late Holocene pollen evidence from the Ispani-II Sphagnum bog in lowland Western Georgia shows that 4500 years ago Castanea (chestnut)-dominated woods rapidly declined to be replaced by alder swamps and, later, during the first millennium be, by open, marshy landscapes in which fire played a prominent part. Around 1900 years ago, Sphagnum blanket bog encroached on the marshes and dense Fagus-Carpinus (beech-hornbeam) forest enveloped the surrounding land. This vegetation remained until the mid-twentieth century, when forests were clear-felled and marshes were drained for large-scale, mechanized agriculture. Previous studies have emphasized climate's governing role in setting the course of Holocene vegetation development in lowland Western Georgia, but our results provide little support for this hypothesis. To a much greater degree, episodes of coastal subsidence, sea-level rise and human impact have shaped the vegetation history of coastal Western Caucasus.
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ItemCalluna vulgaris and Spiranthes amoena in the Colchis mire flora: weeds or relicts?(Sciendo (De Gruyter), 2007)ecent botanical discoveries in the Colchis lowland of Western Georgia have renewed interest in the extensive Sphagnum peat bogs along the Black Sea coast. This area has long been recognized as an important refugium for thermophilous, Tertiary relict plants, but is also home to some plants typical of the boreal zone. In this paper, we present palynological and historical data that calls into question the idea that Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull and Spiranthes amoena (Bieb.) Spreng., the Euro-Siberian elements recently discovered in the Colchis Sphagnum bogs, are adventive. We argue instead that they are relicts of late Pleistocene age that elsewhere in the Western Asia were pushed out by afforestation and sea-level rise during the early-mid Holocene.
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ItemEnvironment and society in the late prehistory of southern Georgia, Caucasus(Editions CNRS, 2007)
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ItemInfluences on farming family’s strategic decisions( 2007)Farming families create opportunities for themselves to take action in a wide range of areas such as, recreation, socialisation, education, farm-enterprises, businesses, off-farm investments and hobbies. Some of these actions are strategic and lead to major changes in the family’s future. Over the last few years we have developed a ‘decision-systems theory’ (DST) about strategic decisions taken by farming families. The theory was developed from in-depth interviews with farming families. The theory provides an understanding of why farming families create these opportunities. This understanding is important for businesses and governments wanting to influence farmers’ actions. However, and perhaps rather surprisingly, it is also useful for farming families to know about the ‘decision-systems theory’ because it provides a framework to help them make better strategic decisions and also assists family members participate in these decisions. The decision-systems theory has six parts; five relate to the farming family and the sixth concerns how third parties (such as businesses and governments) can interpret the theory for policy development. The paper outlines the six parts of the theory and discusses its use as a tool to build strategic-decision capacity in farming families. The paper ends with an outline of proposed work program to refine and apply the theory in the coming two years.
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ItemMobilising Place( 2007)Unlike many other aspects of new technology, mobile media are fundamentallyconcerned with our negotiation and engagement with space and place. It is this facet ofmobile media use that I am interested in here. In this paper, I will look at how mobiletechnologies impact on notions and experiences of place. To do this, I’m examining theliterature on mobile media; this examination forms the first part of the paper.The argument that I want to develop in this paper – as suggested by the title – is twofold:First, that how we understand and engage with place is in key respects transformed bymobile media; and secondly, at the same time, place remains an important concept – oneworth mobilising – in order to better understand everyday mobile phone use. In thesecond part of the paper, I propose an alternative conception of place that might provemore productive and better suited to the present age of mobile media.Prior to an examination of the mobile media literature, it is necessary to make a fewprefatory remarks regarding why place remains an important concept and how thisconcept is framed and understood for the purposes of this paper.
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ItemThe Haunting Affect of Place in the Discourse of the Virtual(Informa UK Limited, 2007-03)