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Agriculture and its conflicts is a traditional debate in contemporary rural geography, associated with the organization and transformation of cultural landscapes by social groups. One of the most important areas of research is the perspectives and responses of farmers on the urban-rural fringe. The problems associated with land use change and the varying influences on new uses of traditional landscape introduce renovating and permanent elements to the management, responses and perspectives of farmers: extensification, changes in the organization of farm, relocation, etc. The purpose of this research is to analyze the conflicts, key responses and perspectives over farmland uses and their coexistence with the main dynamics of local and regional land use governance in the metropolitan rural area of Madrid, Spain. This contribution presents the main results of an empirical research in a key area in the north of the Madrid region: the municipalities of Colmenar Viejo and Tres Cantos. The methodology is mainly qualitative, based on an ethno geographical approach concerning livestock farmers directly affected by the urbanization process. The main results reflect the relevance of local politics and the individual livestock farmers' strategies.

For almost a decade, since September 11, 2001, people in the west especially have thought more about threats. Is it safe to travel on public transport, to go to a particular country? But dealing with such threats may not make us more secure. Instead, those who defend us need to focus on risks, especially risks which might appear in the future. Adapted from the source document.

The article investigates the perspectives of innovation economy development in Russia. The author comes to the conclusion that the Russian economy contains the system of institutional limitations, making it unreceptive to the innovational path of development. The solution of the problem is possible only within the general concept of "innovational spurt" of the economy. The article considers possible directions of innovation sphere financing, the participation of RF regions in innovation processes and the reform of innovation statistics.

This article assesses recent debate regarding dimensions of post‐cold war conflict in Africa. It reviews the populist, and influential assertion that the 'coming anarchy', in Africa and elsewhere, is the result increasingly of clashes between cultures rather than states, and that these nation states necessarily give rise to primordial ethnicities. There continues to be a view that Africa's ills lie with overpopulation, environmental degradation and ethnic conflict. In contrast to the travel writing of authors like Kaplan nuanced perspectives challenging conventional wisdom can be underpinned by the force of anthropology and contemporary debates, relating to the new ecology and critiques of power.

THIS ARTICLE CONSIDERS THE GROWING NUMBER OF CLAIMS THAT MARKETS ARE THE BEST WAY TO REDUCE POLLUTION AND FOSTER SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE-USE PRACTICES. THE AIM OF FREE MARKET ENVIRONMENTALISM IS TO STRUCTURE RESOURCE-USE DECISION MAKING SO THAT THE DECISIONS RESPOND, NOT TO BUREAUCRATIC MANDATES, BUT TO THE MORE DISCIPLINED SIGNALS OF THE MARKET. AN EXAMINATION OF FREE MARKET ENVIRONMENTALISM ARGUMENTS REVEALS THAT THEY ARE LESS NEW AND LESS POWERFUL THAN THEIR PROPONENTS CLAIM.