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1 Online-Ressource (viii, 165 Seiten)
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ISBN:
9783319538266
Series Statement:
Pioneers in arts, humanities, science, engineering, practice volume 11
Content:
Contents -- 1 Milton Santos and the Centrality of the Periphery -- Abstract -- 1.1 Milton Santos: A Geographer of the South? -- 1.2 The Restless Thinker -- 1.3 A Miltonian Epistemology -- 1.4 Crossing Linguistic Divides -- 1.5 The Book -- References -- 2 The Return of the Territory -- Abstract -- 3 Technical-Scientific-Informational Milieu, Networks and Territories -- Abstract -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Space, a Hybrid -- 3.3 Technical-Scientific-Informational Milieu -- 3.4 The Geography of Networks -- 3.5 Horizontalities and Verticalities -- 3.6 New Frontiers -- References -- 4 How Can Santos's Theory and Concepts Help Us to Better Understand Third World Dynamics and Problems? -- Abstract -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Milton Santos and the Third World -- 4.3 Cities of the Third World -- 4.4 The Two Circuits and the Shared Space -- 4.5 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Psychosphere and Technosphere: Complex Relations in the Hospital Realm -- Abstract -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Psychosphere and the Technosphere of Fear: Hospitals in the Middle Ages -- 5.3 The Hospital's Technosphere and Psychosphere in the Scientific and Technical Period -- 5.4 The Complex Hospital Technosphere and Psychosphere in the Technical-Scientific-Informational Period -- References -- 6 The Political Economy of Territory and Agribusiness in Brazil -- Abstract -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Toward a Political Economy of Territory -- 6.3 Pact of the Political Economy of Territory Based on Agribusiness -- 6.4 Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces: The Expansion of the Agricultural Frontier and the Commanding Role of the Metropolis of São Paulo -- 6.5 Final Considerations -- References -- 7 Territorial Planning in Brazil: An Interpretation Based on the Ideas of Milton Santos -- Abstract -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The 'First Era' of Territorial Planning in Brazil
Content:
7.3 The Current Dynamics of Territorial Planning in Brazil -- 7.4 A Non-Conclusion -- References -- 8 Rethinking Federalism through the Work of Milton Santos -- Abstract -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The Relevancy of the Used Territory in the Analysis of the Federation -- 8.3 Federalism as Geographical Event -- 8.4 Selective Renovation of Materialities and the Distribution of Tributary Resources Among Federate Entities -- 8.5 Final Considerations -- References -- 9 Milton Santos's Contribution to Understanding the Transformations Underway at Modern Agricultural Frontiers -- Abstract -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 New Expansion of the Modern Agricultural Frontier in the Brazilian State of Mato Grosso -- 9.3 Milton Santos on the Agricultural Frontier -- 9.4 New Space-Times of Mato Grosso -- 9.5 New Contradictions in Mato Grosso and Pará: Competing Values and the Exploitation of Labour and Natural Resources -- 9.6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 10 Geography and Indigenous Peoples: Milton Santos and the Richness of the Present Time -- Abstract -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Territory and Indigenous Peoples in Brazil -- 10.3 Slow People and Opaque Spaces: Proposing a Geographical Perspective on Indigenous Land Issues -- 10.4 Conclusion: Transforming Geographic Thought -- References -- 11 Milton Santos's Thought and the Logic of Environmental Conservation in the Contemporary Period -- Abstract -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Conservation Units: Vertically Imposed Scientific and Informational Objects -- 11.3 New Use and Management Norms -- 11.4 Effects of Conservation Units in the Reshaping of Places -- 11.5 Final Thoughts -- References -- 12 Environmental Crisis Through the Theories of Milton Santos -- Abstract -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Ontological -- 12.3 Epistemic -- 12.4 Technical -- 12.5 Ethical
Content:
12.6 Final Remarks: Santos and the Environmental Crisis as 'Deterritorialization' -- References -- Milton Santos's Selected Bibliography -- About Milton Santos -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783319538259
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Melgaço, Lucas Milton Santos: A pioneer in critical geography from the Global South Cham : Springer International Publishing,c2017 ISBN 9783319538259
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