Recently added articles from Focus on Geography:
Tradition, change, and government policy in the United Arab Emirates East Coast fishing community.
Jun 22, 2008; Al-Qaydi, Sail S. ... Overview The clear waters and rich marine environment of the East Coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been the foundation of a productive fishery that has flourished in the area since the 1920s. The East Coast is situated in the northern part of the UAE, stretching ...
Floodplain management in La Crosse, Wisconsin: newspaper discourse vs. floodplain residents' preferences.
Jun 22, 2008; Rasid, Harun ... Introduction The United States National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is perhaps one of the most frequently cited models for sharing flood losses by floodplain residents (Arnell 2000, Parker 2000). The 1993 experience of the Great Midwestern flood in the Mississippi-Missouri ...
Saffron cultivation and culture in central Spain.
Jun 22, 2008; Halvorson, Sarah ... Introduction Saffron has a glory and allure all its own. Known euphemistically as "red gold," it has long held a reputation for being the most expensive spice in the world. Saffron is derived from the hand-picked tripartite stigmas of the flowers of Crocus sativus L., a member ...
Moorish cultural landscapes of Las Alpujarras, Spain.
Jun 22, 2008; Wright, John B. ... Spain's Sierra Nevada reveals a cultural landscape that challenges our geographic assumptions. In this European setting, dozens of relict Berber, or Moorish, farming villages dominate a remote region called Las Alpujarras. The inlays and overlays of Muslim conquest and Christian reconquest ...