Departament de Geografia (2009- ): Recent submissions
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Percepción del cambio climático y medidas de ahorro de agua en alojamientos turísticos de la cuenca del río Muga (Girona, España)
This thesis analyses the perception of climate change and problems with water perceived by lodging industry. 33 in-depth interviews to owners or managers of hotels, campsites and rural lodgings of the Muga river basin have ...
Transformacions territorials, canvi climàtic i risc d'inundació a la conca de la riera d'Argentona (1956-2050)
The application of the different parameters of the territorial transformations according to the determining factors for each one of the study periods through the Geographic Information Systems and the subsequent calculation ...
Vida quotidiana, espai públic i construcció de sentit de pertinença a Girona. Una anàlisi intergeneracional, interseccional i de gènere
This thesis wants to focus on the different paths that two large urban areas of Girona have followed since their construction and/or reconstruction and to analyse their effects. The purpose is to take an in-depth look at ...
Catalan gastronomy in the province of Girona: a study of tourists’ awareness of gastronomy and the available gastronomic options in accommodations
Tourists are interested in getting to know the gastronomy of the destinations. Those tourists who visit the Costa Brava are confused with the knowledge of Catalan cuisine. Based on this observation, the web pages of ...
Els sistemes dunars de la costa catalana. Evolució històrica, estat actual i potencial de restauració
Human developed coasts in Catalonia show a high-degraded dune landscape. Along the last decades, dunes have disappeared from 60% of the beaches studied, whereas 30% of dunes have been reduced in extension, and only 10% ...
Life cycle assessment of cities: the first steps for standardization
Cities are recognised as great generators of impacts and, consequently, seen as an opportunity for reducing them Worldwide. Cities are environmentally relevant because of two reasons. Firstly, because they are responsible, ...
Fronteras y europeización del territorio: el papel de ciudades y regiones en la cooperación transfronteriza
he thesis aims to provide a new perspective for cross-border cooperation, as a key process in the construction of European territory. With cohesion policies, border areas become key to advancing community goals. And regions ...
Identificació, interpretació i valorització turística de les zones humides litorals del Baix Ter
The aim of the thesis is to analyse the relationships between mass tourism in Baix Ter and the coastal wetlands. The goal is to know if the wetlands are able to become tourism resources and, thus, to provide arguments for ...
L'habitat alternatif en Catalogne, un modèle émergent?: la (re)naissance d'une "troisieme voie", entre pragmatisme et utopie
The research aims to analyze all current forms of alternative housing based on participation and cooperation in Catalonia, those formal initiatives with collective dimension which put the inhabitant at the center of the ...
Paisatges de frontera dels territoris de pas dels Pirineus: els casos de l’àrea central de l’Espai Català Transfronterer i l’àrea central de l’Eurociutat Basca
Border landscapes often constitute geographical unities which have experimented distinct landscapes dynamics in each side of the border. This fact occurs because these border landscapes belong to different countries. The ...
La vulnerabilitat del comerç de la ciutat de Girona a les inundacions del riu Onyar
This paper analyzes the vulnerability of commercial establishments in the city of Girona to potential floods caused by the River Onyar. We identified all the shops located on the ground floor within the flood areas with ...
Canvis recents en el consum i la gestió de l'aigua en espais turístics. El cas de la Costa Brava (Girona)
Tourism has become one of the most important economic sectors in the Mediterranean coast. Despite the economic benefits generated by tourism at local and regional level, the environmental impacts related to water consumption ...
Food tourism in rural areas: the case of cheese in Vall de Boí, a World Heritage Site
Food tourism is a type of tourism that over recent years has been achieving a greater interest by academics and tourism professionals, and evidently also as a tourist motivation. The framework of the thesis is based on ...
Diseño de una metodología de identificación y cartografía de unidades de paisaje a diferentes escalas. Aplicación al caso de Puerto Rico.
En este trabajo presentamos una jerarquía sistematizada de unidades de paisaje para el archipiélago de Puerto Rico, ubicado en la cuenca del Caribe. En este caso, aplicamos la metodología a dos escalas de análisis: a nivel ...
Green citites and green urban economy; contributions from case studies for a necessary low-carbon future
City Governments engaged in climate change mitigation and adaptation face the multiple challenge of self-commitment, the need to involve their communities and stakeholders, and top-down and multi-scalar processes out of ...
Socioeconomic status determines floristic patterns in suburban domestic gardens: implications for water use and alien plant dispersal in the Mediterranean context
The recent growth of low-density urban developments in the Mediterranean coast has led to an increase in the number of private domestic gardens. This thesis examines the flora, features and management practices of 258 ...
Vers una gestió territorial del regadiu. Model i aplicació a tres casos d'estudi de l'Europa meridional
La tesi doctoral "Vers una gestió territorial del regadiu. Model i aplicació a tres casos d’estudi de l’Europa meridional" aprofundeix en la gestió del regadiu des d’una perspectiva territorial, tot definint i aplicant el ...
Nous processos d'urbanització i consum d'aigua per a usos domèstics. Una exploració de relacions a l'àmbit gironí
This thesis aims to expand knowledge about the management of domestic water consumption. Among the various factors that influence water consumption, price and other economic variables have already been addressed by much ...
Explorant la jove pagesia: camins, pràctiques i actituds en el marc d'un nou paradigma agrosocial. Estudi comparatiu entre el sud-oest de la província d'Ontario i les comarques gironines
The research has explored the reality of generational renewal in agriculture in order to understand the entry process, the agricultural practices of young people and their attitudes toward a new agrosocial paradigm. The ...
Environmental governance from a gender perspective. Theoretical reflections and case studies
In the second half of the twentieth century we saw the environmental debate escalate into one of the most challenging and complex issues that authorities at international, national, regional and municipal levels have to ...
