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Author: Remco Ensel Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004491716 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 302
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This anthropological monograph on a persistent form of social inequality in the Maghreb, examines the affinities between ancient hierarchical categorization and new form to impress social ranking in a modern nation-state, showing how hierarchical ideas are instilled and contested in everyday life.
Author: Francesca de Chatel Publisher: Transaction Publishers ISBN: 1412809886 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 223
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Francesca de Châtel explores the problems and paradoxes of water resources in the Middle East and North Africa. She takes an entirely new angle on the much-discussed question of water scarcity by examining the history and culture of water from a human perspective. Unlike other books on the subject that provide specialized geopolitical, economic, and hydrological analyses, this book presents the reality of water scarcity through the eyes of those confronting the problem on a daily basis. The author provides a colorful and diverse portrait of a resource that is inextricably entwined with the history and future of the region and its peoples. Using research obtained in her travels, she combines lively character sketches, interviews, travel descriptions, historical anecdotes, and hard facts to reveal the complexity of this invaluable resource. Besides identifying the causes of the current water crisis, the book also discusses the reason for a lack of awareness among the general public, and deals with a variety of themes: the role of water in religions and ideologies, the impact of large-scale water projects on people’s perception of the resource, and the politics of water pricing. In exploring the past, present, and future of water in the region, de Châtel exposes the roots of the current water crisis.
Author: Remco Ensel Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004491716 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 302
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This anthropological monograph on a persistent form of social inequality in the Maghreb, examines the affinities between ancient hierarchical categorization and new form to impress social ranking in a modern nation-state, showing how hierarchical ideas are instilled and contested in everyday life.
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Interrogeant les rapports entre ordre social et irrigation, cette thèse étudie la trajectoire d'un dispositif hydraulique intermédiaire relevant à la fois de l'état et d'une gestion collective locale: l'Association Syndicale du Canal de Manosque (france). Pour cela, ce travail se penche sur les controverses au cours des quelles à partir des années 1990 le devenir du canal fut l'objet de disputes entre une société parapublique, les services de l'état, des élus locaux et la population locale. Je montre alors comment les interventions des ingénieurs de la société parapublique sur ce canal créent du politique. Elles ouvrent un jeu de pluralisme légal. Elles interfèrent avec les tensions structurelles entre les autorités dans la définition de leur sphère de compétence. Elles reconfigurent les dépendances réciproques au sein de la population locale autour de l'eau et du foncier. Elles s'accompagnent de l'émergence d'arènes de négociation. La "modernisation" des arrosages est ainsi un processus conflictuel conduisantà une reconfiguration de l'espace hydraulique, juridique, social et public tandis que la société parapublique fait entrer une partie des eaux dans des régulations marchandes, l'association syndicale change de nature en organisant les intérêts d'acteurs stratégiques autour de la gestion des externalités produites. Cette thèse invite ainsi à adopter une démarche qui privilégie la dimension relationnelle, interne et externe, de ce qui relève de l'état, de l'industrie, du collectif et des individus autour de l'eau. Elle propose de considérer les limites entre ces divers domaines de la vie sociale comme le résultat d'un processus conflictuel et négocié.
Author: Kholoud Kahime Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 303159603X Category : Climatic changes Languages : en Pages : 202
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Zusammenfassung: This book provides simultaneously, a cross-sectoral, multi-scale assessment of climate change issues in Morocco and proposes levers of action and innovative practices to be used to strengthen the resilience and adaptation strategies. The book offers the opportunity to debate contemporary mutations, the paradigms of change as a complex process, the dynamics of values, the complexity of the issues and the opportunities for transformation, starting from a reflective approach on the historical, scientific, theoretical and strategic dimensions of action, creativity and environmental innovation in a perspective of sustainability
Author: Thomas K. Park Publisher: Scarecrow Press ISBN: 0810865114 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 742
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This book provides a comprehensive introduction, which focuses on Morocco's history, provides a helpful synopsis of the kingdom, and is supplemented with a useful chronology of major events. Hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on former rulers, current leaders, ancient capitals, significant locations, influential institutions, and crucial aspects of the economy, society, culture and religion form the core of the book. A bibliography of sources is included to promote further more specialized study.
Author: Hsain Ilahiane Publisher: University Press of America ISBN: 9780761828761 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 250
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This ethnography studies how, when, and under what circumstances culture change occurs. It is author Hsain Ilahiane's conviction that culture change directly affects resource use and community building processes. This study investigates the relationship between ethnicity and agricultural production at the household level, as well as the result of recent ethnic transformations in the restructuring of patterns of land access and social mobility within ethnically stratified communities. Ilahiane focuses specifically on the intensive farming systems of Morocco's Ziz Oasis, a 250 km long expanse watered by the Ziz River. Surrounded by Saharan desert, the valley houses a dense, rapidly grown, and ethnically diverse population of Arabs, Berbers, and Haratine (blacks). The author employs a varied body of data collected during fieldwork, including ethnographic accounts, oral histories and colonial archival records, and socio-economic and ecological findings based on a household questionnaire strategy.
Author: Walter Leal Filho Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3030785661 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 520
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This book serves the purpose of showcasing some of the works in respect of applied research, field projects, and best practice to foster climate change adaptation across the region. Climate change is having a much greater impact in the Mediterranean than the global average. In the Paris Climate Agreement, the UN member states pledged to stop global warming at well below two degrees, if possible at 1.5 degrees. This mark, which is expected elsewhere only for 2030 to 2050, has already been reached in the region. The situation could worsen in the coming years if the global community does not limit its emissions. The above state of affairs illustrates the need for a better and more holistic understanding of how climate change affects countries in the Mediterranean region on the one hand, but also on the many problems it faces on the other, which prevent adaptation efforts. There is also a perceived need to showcase successful examples of how to duly address and manage the many social, economic, and political problems posed by climate change in the region, in order to replicate and even upscale the successful approaches used. It is against this background that the book "Climate Change in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Region" has been produced. It contains papers prepared by scholars, practitioners, and members of governmental agencies, undertaking research and/or executing climate change projects, and working across the region.
Author: Liat Margolis Publisher: Birkhäuser ISBN: 3038210064 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 208
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Water scarcity is becoming increasingly familiar to us. Although access to water resources is an issue of global concern, arid climates are where necessity begets inventions that may serve as examples for action or prevention across a multitude of climate zones and geographies. In facing the prevalence of water scarcity across the globe, due to a mix of climatological and man-made factors, the question we must ask ourselves today is Water for What? Which approaches can landscape, urban and architectural designers take in order to apply their specific professional skills and means? What potential do available technologies and materials offer, and what methods and tools can be derived from social engagement? Based on five years of research, the preparation of and feedback on a traveling exhibition, as well as a major conference, the results of the Out of Water project are laid out here in a series of case studies and essays by international experts, including analytical drawings of both projected and implemented solutions.
Author: Hsain Ilahiane Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1442281820 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 489
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Berbers, also known as Imazighen, are the ancient inhabitants of North Africa, but rarely have they formed an actual kingdom or separate nation state. Ranging anywhere between 15-50 million, depending on how they are classified, the Berbers have influenced the culture and religion of Roman North Africa and played key roles in the spread of Islam and its culture in North Africa, Spain, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Taken together, these dynamics have over time converted to redefine the field of Berber identity and its socio-political representations and symbols, making it an even more important issue in the 21st century. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Berbers contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 200 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, places, events, institutions, and aspects of culture, society, economy, and politics. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Berbers.
Author: Remco Ensel
Author: Francesca de Chatel
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Author: Hsain Ilahiane