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AI Authoritarianism: Towards an Analytical Framework 

Dekeyser, Thomas; Lynch, Casey R.; Maalsen, Sophia (2025-11-23)

This intervention offers a call for investigating the deepening alignment of artificial intelligence and authoritarian politics. The paper highlights three key features of AI that inflect the workings and logics of ...

Innovation and creativity in the restaurant sector: a systematic review of artifacts 

Kuhn, Vitor Roslindo; Gadotti dos Anjos, Sara Joana; Mundet i Cerdan, Lluís (2025-09-12)

Purpose The restaurant sector faces increasing pressure to innovate in response to competitive, technological, and cultural shifts. Despite a growing body of research, theoretical fragmentation persists. This study aims ...

Estímuls i barreres per adaptar-se als efectes del canvi climàtic a la Costa Brava 

Ribas Palom, Anna (2025-10-31)

This article aims to analyse the barriers to and stimuli for the implementation of strategies and adaptation measures to climate risks affecting a Mediterranean tourist destination such as the Costa Brava. To do so, seven ...

Floating offshore wind farms in Mediterranean marine protected areas: a cautionary tale 

Lloret Romañach, Josep; Wawrzynkowski, Paul; Dominguez-Carrió, Carlos; Sardá Borroy, Rafael; Molins, Climent; Gili, Josep Maria; Sabatés, Ana; Vila Subirós, Josep; Amoros Garcia, Laura; Solé Ollé, Jordi; Berdalet, Elisa; Turiel, Antonio; Olivares Gallardo, Alberto (2025-03)

As offshore wind energy expands in Europe, maritime planners increasingly need to consider the potential effects of these activities on the different types of marine protected areas (MPAs), including Natura 2000 sites. The ...

Physical processes of winter river runoff formation and influence of ice phenomena in the lake Sevan basin on it 

Margaryan, Varduhi G.; Gaidukova, Ekaterina V.; Vila Subirós, Josep; Frunzikyan, Hovakim B.; Misakyan, Amalya E. (2025-08-25)

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Energies renovables, implicacions ambientals 

Sardá Borroy, Rafael; Solé Ollé, Jordi; Lloret Romañach, Josep; Bardalet, Elisa; Olivares Gallardo, Alberto; Vila Subirós, Josep (2025-07-01)

Canvi climàtic i Protecció de la Biodiversitat, dues cares de la mateixa moneda i el futur de l'eòlica marina flotant a Europa, a la Mediterrània i a la costa catalana

Percepções sobre fatores restritivos ao turismo: o caso de Paraty, RJ = Perceptions about tourism restrictive factors: the case of Paraty, RJ = Percepciones sobre los factores que restringen el turismo: el caso de Paraty, RJ 

Valduga, Manoela Carrillo; Machado, Marcello de Barros Tomé; Mundet i Cerdan, Lluís (2025-05-12)

Paraty, located in Costa Verde in Rio de Janeiro, is known for its unique tourist attractions, which include natural resources and a rich historical-cultural heritage. The city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, recognized ...

The nature of AI: Metabolism, energy, water, labour and justice in the urban political ecology of artificial intelligence 

Cugurullo, Federico; Caprotti, Federico; Day, Jennie; Geoghegan, Shona; Lynch, Casey Ryan; Menga, Filippo; Robinson, Caitlin; Williams, Joe (2025-05-30)

The integration of vast volumes of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology into the built environment is chan- ging the metabolism of urban spaces. Due to the presence of various AIs in urban systems, there are now more ...

Deurbanizing for conservation and adapting: framing ecological restoration as a nature-based solution in La Pletera salt marsh, Catalonia (Spain) 

Pereira Lindoso, Diego; Boix Masafret, Dani; Ribas Palom, Anna; Bou Manobens, Jordi; Quintana Pou, Xavier (2025-01-06)

Tackling climate change and biodiversity loss are two of the great global challenges of the 21st century. The nature-based solutions (NbS) approach creates an opportunity to meet efforts on the two agendas while producing ...

Is climate change the problem? A feminist analysis of climate change discourses in Spain and Cataloni 

Borràs Escayola, Maria; Ravera, Federica; Rivera-Ferre, Marta Guadalupe (2025-01)

The way climate change is framed and represented matters because it influences the type of actions and strategies promoted by climate-related policies. To understand how policies address climate change in the Spanish ...

Crisis global y ruralidad impacto en emprendedoras jóvenes muy cualificadas 

Baylina Ferré, Mireia; Garcia Ramon, Maria Dolors; Villarino, Montserrat; Mosteiro, Maria Josefa; Porto Castro, Anna María; Salamaña i Serra, Isabel (2024)

The article analyzes the impact of the pandemic on the rural entrepreneurship of highly qualified young women, outstanding in the current socioeconomic transformation of their territories. Their experience is significant ...

Tourism-philia versus Tourism-phobia: residents and DMO's publicly expressed tourism perceptions in Barcelona 

Zerva, Konstantina; Palou Rubio, Saida; Blasco Franch, Daniel; Donaire, José Antonio (2019)

The current research on hosts' perceptions of tourism has focused on survey-based studies, proving their heterogeneity at the moment of the study, but lacking to present any evolution over time. This paper aims to show if, ...

Tracking visitors in crowded spaces using zenith images: drones and time-lapse 

Donaire, José Antonio; Galí Espelt, Núria; Gulisova, Barbora (2020-07)

The aim of this article is to analyse the extent to which zenith images can be used to study visitor behaviour in crowded spaces. The paper presents two studies of zenith image capture in two micro-spaces (both monumental ...

More exposed but also more vulnerable? Climate change, high intensity precipitation events and flooding in Mediterranean Spain 

Ribas Palom, Anna; Olcina, Jorge; Saurí Pujol, David (2020-04-16)

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of high intensity precipitation events in increasing the vulnerability to floods in Mediterranean Spain. Precipitation intensity in this area appears to have ...

Evaluating tourism scenarios within the Limit of Acceptable Change Framework in Barcelona 

Donaire, José Antonio; Galí Espelt, Núria; Coromina Soler, Lluís (2024-11)

This article introduces an expanded Limit of Acceptable Change model, enhancing the traditional approach by incorporating various tourism scenarios and a broader range of indicators. This approach allows to gain a more ...

How guest profile and tourist segment explain acceptance of economic-based water-saving measures. A mediterranean destination case study 

Gabarda Mallorquí, Ariadna; Garcia, Xavier; Fraguell i Sansbelló, Rosa Maria; Ribas Palom, Anna (2022-09)

Saving water in tourist destinations is most effective when guests staying in rental accommodation actively participate and collaborate in it, especially in regions where water is scarce, such as the Mediterranean. There ...

From overtourism to overall mobility 

Donaire, José Antonio; Zerva, Konstantina (2025-05-01)

Drawing from the New Mobility Paradigm, tourist cities embody more complexity than mere dichotomies of 'hosts' versus 'guests.' They are the result of multiple users of urban space overlapping in a highly mobile and ...

A cultural approach to wetlands restoration to assess its public acceptance 

Pueyo-Ros, Josep; Ribas Palom, Anna; Fraguell i Sansbelló, Rosa Maria (2019-05)

Ecological restoration of coastal wetlands is extremely important because they provide a huge variety of ecosystem services but they are the most degraded ecosystems in the world. However, coastal wetlands are usually ...

Addressing ocean planning challenges in a highly crowded sea space: a case study for the regional sea of Catalonia (Western Mediterranean) 

Depellegrin, Daniel; Menegon, Stefano; Abramic, Andrej; Aguado Hernández, Simón; Larosa, Francesca; Salvador Gimeno, Santiago; Martí, Carolina (2024)

Background This study performs an exploratory analysis of current-future sustainability challenges for ocean planning for the regional seas of Catalonia located in the Western Mediterranean (Spain). Methods To address the ...

Sociospatial characteristics, domestic water use and the COVID 19 pandemic: An exploration of relations for urban areas 

Ribas Palom, Anna; Torres Bagur, Maria; Saurí Pujol, David (info:eu-re)

COVID-19 pandemic led to significant changes in domestic water use in many cities. One important question is whether and to what extent the pandemic stressed the resilience of the water supply system. Another question ...

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