DNL Géographie

La disparition des bisons des Grandes Plaines nord-américaines

Ce texte est la traduction du chapitre "The Vanishing New World", tiré de l'ouvrage ((Beyond Geography: The Western Spirit against the Wilderness)) de Frederick Turner. Dans cet extrait, l'auteur évoque le rapport des colons au (...) Lire la suite

La nature sauvage dans la guerre du Vietnam

Cet article présente trois conceptions de la nature vietnamienne (nature-refuge, nature-cible et nature-martyre) durant la guerre du Vietnam (1955-1975). Lire la suite

Measuring the Global Influence of a City

Le professeur Hiroo Ichikawa de la Mori Memorial Foundation nous explique le fonctionnement du Global Power City Index qui classe les métropoles mondiales selon 70 critères. La définition de la « puissance » ("power") (...) Lire la suite

The policy of "danization" of the local Greenlandic populations as viewed by inhabitants of Ilulissat

The acculturation of the Danish colony of Greenland during the 20th century was less brutal than in other latitudes. However, under the guise of the modernization and rationalization of the built environment, the urbanization (...) Lire la suite

The transcendentalist approach to wilderness in US culture

This presentation tackles the significance and legacy of the Transcendentalist understanding of wilderness in US culture. It begins with a brief overview of the largely hostile attitudes toward wilderness that pre-dated (...) Lire la suite

Urbanizing coastal areas facing environmental challenges: The case of Timor-Leste

When Timor-Leste (East Timor), a country smaller than Slovenia, gained independence in 2002, everything had to be either built or rebuilt. Based on a study of the coastline, this article addresses the following question through (...) Lire la suite