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The present article focuses on a long-lasting phenomenon that has not yet been treated from a regional and comparative perspective, despite its exceptional character: the walled oases of north-western Arabia. It appears that several oases... more
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      ArchaeologyArchitectureSaudi ArabiaFortifications
Communication présentée au Colloque « Dynamique des Espaces locaux et développement territorial », Université Cadi Ayyad Marrakech, Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, Marrakech, les 25 et 26 avril 2013. Résumé Issu de la... more
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      OasisDéveloppement Territorial
Vaste marqueterie d’espaces en situation d’interface, le bassin du Guir situé à l’extrême Sud-Est marocain est en situation périphérique par rapport au centre du pays et constitue un territoire frontalier, périphérique, fragile et... more
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      Local GovernmentNomadismOasisTerres Collectives
الواحات من مجال مركزي الى مجال هامشي. أية بدائل
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      Western SaharaOasisٍالسكان والتنمية الصحراوية
La palmeraie du Tafilalet représente une construction sociale et écologique particulièrement fragile, est aujourd'hui en crise et menacée de disparition. L'équilibre relatif qui assurait sa résistance face aux contraintes de... more
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      OasisValorisation Des Produits TerroirTafilalet Maroc
New data from current research is proving decisive in questioning old tenets on the date, context and, as a consequence, also the prime movers in the formation of so-called ‘urban’ oases in the Arabian Peninsula. This contribution... more
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      UrbanismOasisArchaeology of the LevantBronze Age Arabia
Si le tourisme écologique ou patrimonial pourrait pennettre d'envisager la protection de ces espaces, il n'en demeure pas moins que, comme le rappelle Abdelkabir Bahani, la population des touristes étant encore loin d'être constituée... more
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      Identité culturelleTraditionCommerceInfrastructure
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This research wants to analyse the architecture and the shape of Muslim urban space, in the different regions and climates of the huge territory controlled by this civilization. The formal and religious mean where this transformation... more
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      Landscape ArchitectureWater resourcesUrban StudiesIslamic Studies
En étudiant l’émergence de nouvelles destinations touristiques en milieu rural, on a pu mettre en évidence le rôle essentiel joué par des investisseurs étrangers, dans la mise en tourisme de ce milieu. Mais si ces porteurs étrangers sont... more
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      Tourism StudiesLocal DevelopmentRural TourismOasis
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      Development StudiesFamily FarmingTunisiaOasis
Palmyra, the UNESCO world heritage site that tragically made headlines following ISIS's destruction of several of its key monuments in 2015, was once a thriving city in the heart of the Syrian Desert. Settled from Neolithic through modern... more
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      ArchaeologyClassical ArchaeologyClimate ChangeAncient Near East
"A Gift of the Desert: The Oases of the Western Desert of Egypt and their Archaeological Treasures" - Introduction chapter to the theme "Egyptian Oases" of Germany's most popular archaeology magazine ANTIKE WELT. Issue 2 of 2011 offers... more
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      EgyptologyLibyan archaeologyLibyan history and archaeologyOases of Egypt
Water Sharing at the Figuig Oasis (Western Morocco). A Historical and Archaeological Approximation El reparto del agua en el oasis de Figuig (Marruecos oriental). Estudio histórico y arqueológico/ Le réseau hydraulique de l’oasis de... more
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      WaterMoroccoOasisMaroc
Análisis del libro "La era del desarrollo sostenible" publicada por el reconocido economista Jeffrey Sachs, que señala la importancia, así como la urgencia, que tiene para los individuos que los Estados se comprometan a... more
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      Global GovernanceOasisAmérica LatinaCooperacion Internacional
In una prospettiva di sostenibilità tesa al raggiungimento dell’equilibrio tra paesaggio naturale, socio-culturale, produttivo ed economico e sistema insediativo, le conoscenze tradizionali possono costituire un vocabolario di riferimento... more
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      Mediterranean StudiesOasisEcovillagesCohousing
Main results of the French component of the Saudi-Italian-French archaeological project in the oasis of Dûmat al-Jandal (Saudi Arabia, Jawf province ; dir. G. Charloux, CNRS, and R. Loreto, univ. L'Orientale of Naples) between 2010 and... more
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      ArchaeologySaudi ArabiaIslamic StudiesArabian Peninsula in Antiquity
Al-ΚAyn Oases Mapping Project is a collaboration between the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA) and Zayed University. It aims to document the present oasis landscape and identify surviving historic components, while at the same... more
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      Islamic ArchaeologyArabian GulfArabian/Persian Gulf ArchaeologyOasis
Mutation territoriale et conséquences sur le peuplement des vil-les sahariennes BRAHIM KERROUMI* Derrière le folklore targui organisé sur un fond de danses ances-trales, des mises en scène de combat à l'épée et des cercles de femmes et... more
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      Maghreb studiesColonisationOasisFRONTIERS
oasis de Tozeur et Chenini Gabès : diversité et durabilité des formes de valorisationà l'ère de la mondialisation et des crises du développement. Col-
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      GlobalizationSustainable DevelopmentAgricultureTunisia
The workshop presents the results of the first year of research of the working group of Sapienza University of Rome and University of Perugia of the PRIN 2017 project "Fluid Crescent. Water and Life in the Societies of the Ancient Near... more
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      Near Eastern ArchaeologyGeomorphologyMesopotamian ArchaeologySyria (Archaeology)
En los últimos años, Canadá ha salido de su zona de confort en los asuntos hemisféricos para hablar y actuar enérgicamente, como lo expresó la ministra de relaciones exteriores, Chrystia Freeland, en solidaridad con “el pueblo de... more
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has embarked on an ambitious plan of nation-building transforming the landscape of the country. Whereas Abu Dhabi and Dubai with their modern architecture promote an international urban lifestyle, the third... more
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      Landscape ArchitectureEnvironmental SustainabilitySpatial planningAl Ain
The ruins of the settlement of Qasr Allam, which in the Third Intermediate Period was part of a religious ensemble connected to a “Precinct of Amon”, were reused as a cemetery after abandonment. During the end of the Late Period and/or... more
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      Ancient Egyptian ReligionArchaeologyEgyptologyAnthropology
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      HistoryAncient HistoryGeographyPapyrology
Los enfoques que analizan las dinámicas de colaboración de investigación científica de corte binario: “Norte-Sur” y “Centro-Periferia” tienden a no reconocer la arbitrariedad del sistema científico internacional y matizan en sus análisis... more
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Las grandes cumbres ambientales son referencias importantes, tanto para la generación de políticas nacionales específicas como para lineamientos teóricos como p. ej., en la educación ambiental. Pero no siempre se encuentran análisis... more
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L’agriculture exercée dans les périmètres oasiens urbains est aujourd’hui menacée au Maroc. À Tiznit, l’inversion des rapports de valeur entre l’eau et la terre a favorisé une urbanisation anarchique sur des terres historiquement... more
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      MoroccoUrban AgricultureOasis
At Bîr Tirfawi and Bîr Sahara in the now hyperarid Egyptian Sahara, relict lake deposits located in adjacent deflation basins near 22 54 0 57.58 00 N 28 50 0 19.54 00 E preserve evidence of different hydroclimate conditions that enabled... more
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      Quaternary GeologyEgyptQuaternarySub-Saharan Africa
La société amazighe s'est constituée autour de biens communs fonciers mis à mal par la colonisation puis la forte croissance démographique de la deuxième moitié du XXe siècle. Face à la prédiction d'une tragédie des biens communs, dans de... more
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      CommonsLocal Government and Local DevelopmentOasisAmazigh culture
Le génie humain a toujours su trouver les solutions les plus adaptées qui font preuve de la capacité humaine à s’adapter et à relever le défi de l’existence. L’originalité et la génialité de ces solutions font des oasis, des chefs... more
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      Urbanisme, aménagement, développement durableOasisTourisme et patrimoine
In South East Arabia (Sultanate of Oman and United Arab Emirates), oases are irrigated gardens characterised by intensive and mixed farming: date palms form a canopy under which other crops are protected from the sun’s rays and the heat.... more
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      Landscape ArchaeologyIrrigationArabian GulfArchaeology of Oman
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      Arabic PhilosophyOasisGreek into Arabic
Results of the 2015-2016 seasons of excavations at the main north-eastern gate of the Divar-i Kanpirak – the famous oasis wall of Bukhara
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      Central Asia (History)Islam in Central AsiaAbbasid HistoryCentral Asia
In the context of the German-Omani co-operation project “Transformation processes in Oasis settlements in Oman” the last phase of archaeological investigations started in the spring of 2005. After Izkī and the Jebel al-AΟΡar in 2004,... more
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      ArchaeologyNear Eastern ArchaeologyBronze Age ArchaeologySurvey Research
Città-oasi, oasi-città " Dappertutto dove gli abitanti scavando nella terra lunghi buchi verticali sono riusciti a tirar su dell'acqua, fin là e non oltre si è estesa la città ". Così Italo Calvino descrive Isaura, una delle sue città... more
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Beauty, aesthetics and perceptions: No discussion of beauty would be comprehensive without including aesthetics, sometimes synonymous with our concept of beauty. In fact it is "our" sense of perceptions that really concerns us. To what... more
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      AestheticsCultural HeritageSaudi ArabiaMetaphor
Los grandes oasis del oeste argentino son sujeto de investigación por distintas disciplinas, sin embargo en el marco de especialización de las ciencias, los estudios en torno a los mismos y sus problemáticas se presentan sectorialmente, o... more
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      GeographyPolitical EcologySustainable Water Resources ManagementWater Conflicts
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      Public OpinionOasis
Oasis settlements are the most common form in the Saharan regions of North Africa, identified by a strong harmony between urban forms and palm groves, which present the economic capital for these regions. On the other hand, these oases... more
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      EngineeringAlgeriaNorth AfricaPhysical sciences
Dans les oasis du Wad Nûn, nulle apologie de l’autochtonie, nulle prééminence du premier arrivé : chacun vient d’ailleurs et veille à en conserver et exhiber le souvenir. Cet ailleurs est orienté : au sud, prestigieux, est attaché un... more
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      AnthropologyGenealogyEthnographyKinship (Anthropology)
Popular music research was stretching for some decades from subcultures theories to music sociology; from traditional musicology to new musicology, and from cultural studies of modernist and post-modernist culture to semiotics and music... more
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      HistoryCultural StudiesMusic HistoryPopular Music
This book is a reference work about the study of oases in the context of globalisation. It is based on selected papers presented at the international colloquium entitled Oases in the Globalisation, Ruptures and Continuities in Paris... more
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      Globalisation and DevelopmentIrrigation water ManagementScalesOasis
Las poblaciones del Sudeste de Marruecos se organizan en torno a la construcción y el mantenimiento de las infraestructuras que captan el agua y la gestión de su reparto. En las últimas décadas, el cambio climático ha provocado la... more
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      TurismoOasisComunidades RuralesSostenibilidad Ambiental
Asian rice (Oryza sativa L.) was identified, among other plant remains, from several contexts in a fortified elite residence at the site of Mleiha (United Arab Emirates) that was partially destroyed by fire in the third century AD. These... more
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      ArchaeologyArchaeobotanyInternational TradeAgriculture
During the winter of 2019 the Archaeological Mission at Bāt and al-Arid (MBA) conducted a first season of investigations jointly on both sites of Bāt and al-Arid (15 km northwest of Bāt), in central Oman. This article aims to present the... more
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      IrrigationArchaeology of OmanHabitatOasis
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      ArchaeologySaudi ArabiaArabian/Persian Gulf ArchaeologyArabian Peninsula