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Preface: Seeking the common arguments of Mediterranean European geographies. (Rubén C. Lois-González)
Section I: The great contributions of Mediterranean geographical thought
Chapter 1. The construction of geographical discourse in Italy over the past half century (Franco Farinelli)
Chapter 2. A geographical look at the territorial planning utopias of the past two centuries in the Mediterranean region (Jean-Yves Puyo)
Chapter 3. Geography as a social science, education, research and action. The Portuguese case (Joao Ferrao & J.A. Rio-Fernandes)
Chapter 4. Spanish geographical thinking in the present: its influence and original proposals in a context dominated by tradition (Rubén C. Lois-González)
Section II: Relevant topics of study in Mediterranean geography
A) The landscape and environmental approach
Chapter 5. Physical geography and environmental issues in Portugal. (Lúcio Cunha)
Chapter 6. The environment in Spanish geography: a decade of research (Jorge Olcina & María Hernández)
Chapter 7. Geographies of the South. The study of the Portuguese landscape: the characterization to understand the socio-ecological systems that compose it (Teresa Pinto-Correia)
B) Urbanization, diaspora and new economic activities
Chapter 8. The 'Soft City' of EU power elites: Athens from a neoclassical capital to "Oriental" margin (Lila Leontidu)
Chapter 9. The Great Beauty: tourism and geographical thought in Italy (Caterina.Cirelli)
Chapter 10. National borders and Mediterranean diaspora (Vicenzo Guarrasi)
Chapter 11. The geography of trade in France: a geography in movement (Nathalie Lemarchand)
Section III. The transactional perspective and comparative studies on Mediterranean countries
Chapter 12. A model of development of transport between Spain and France: between recovery and mimicry, overcoming divergences. (Jean-Pierre Wolff)
Chapter 13. Urbanization in the Northern Mediterranean in a changing context of economic growth and decline: the cases of Italian, Spanish and Greek urban systems (Petros Petsimeris)
Section IV: Applied geographic thinking: education and spatial planning
Chapter 14. Regions, Nationalities, Nations? A journey Through the contemporary geographic images of Spain´s regional diversity (Jacobo García-Álvarez)
Chapter 15. Geographical presences and absences. The role of geographers in public territorial debates in Spain (Oriol Nel.lo)
Chapter 16. Geography and spatial planning in Italy. Piergiorgio Landini.
Section I: The great contributions of Mediterranean geographical thought
Chapter 1. The construction of geographical discourse in Italy over the past half century (Franco Farinelli)
Chapter 2. A geographical look at the territorial planning utopias of the past two centuries in the Mediterranean region (Jean-Yves Puyo)
Chapter 3. Geography as a social science, education, research and action. The Portuguese case (Joao Ferrao & J.A. Rio-Fernandes)
Chapter 4. Spanish geographical thinking in the present: its influence and original proposals in a context dominated by tradition (Rubén C. Lois-González)
Section II: Relevant topics of study in Mediterranean geography
A) The landscape and environmental approach
Chapter 5. Physical geography and environmental issues in Portugal. (Lúcio Cunha)
Chapter 6. The environment in Spanish geography: a decade of research (Jorge Olcina & María Hernández)
Chapter 7. Geographies of the South. The study of the Portuguese landscape: the characterization to understand the socio-ecological systems that compose it (Teresa Pinto-Correia)
B) Urbanization, diaspora and new economic activities
Chapter 8. The 'Soft City' of EU power elites: Athens from a neoclassical capital to "Oriental" margin (Lila Leontidu)
Chapter 9. The Great Beauty: tourism and geographical thought in Italy (Caterina.Cirelli)
Chapter 10. National borders and Mediterranean diaspora (Vicenzo Guarrasi)
Chapter 11. The geography of trade in France: a geography in movement (Nathalie Lemarchand)
Section III. The transactional perspective and comparative studies on Mediterranean countries
Chapter 12. A model of development of transport between Spain and France: between recovery and mimicry, overcoming divergences. (Jean-Pierre Wolff)
Chapter 13. Urbanization in the Northern Mediterranean in a changing context of economic growth and decline: the cases of Italian, Spanish and Greek urban systems (Petros Petsimeris)
Section IV: Applied geographic thinking: education and spatial planning
Chapter 14. Regions, Nationalities, Nations? A journey Through the contemporary geographic images of Spain´s regional diversity (Jacobo García-Álvarez)
Chapter 15. Geographical presences and absences. The role of geographers in public territorial debates in Spain (Oriol Nel.lo)
Chapter 16. Geography and spatial planning in Italy. Piergiorgio Landini.