Geographies of Mediterranean Europe

PrefaceSeeking the common arguments of Mediterranean European geographies. Rubén C. Lois-González.
Section I: The great contributions of Mediterranean geographical thought 1.The construction of geographical discourse in Italy over the past half century. Franco Farinelli2.A geographical look at the territorial planning utopias of the past two centuries in the Mediterranean region. Jean-Yves Puyo3.Geography as a social science, education, research and action. The Portuguese case. Joao Ferrao & J.A. Rio-Fernandes. 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 geographyA) The landscape and environmental approach5.Physical geography and environmental issues in Portugal. Lúcio Cunha6.The environment in Spanish geography: a decade of research. Jorge Olcina & María Hernández7.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 activities8.The 'Soft City' of EU power elites: Athens from a neoclassical capital to "Oriental" margin. Lila Leontidu9.The Great Beauty: tourism and geographical thought in Italy. Caterina. Cirelli; 10.National borders and Mediterranean diaspora. Vicenzo Guarrasi  11.The geography of trade in France: a geography in movement. Nathalie Lemarchand.
Section III. The transactional perspective and comparative studies on Mediterranean countries12. A model of development of transport between Spain and France: between recovery and mimicry, overcoming divergences. Jean-Pierre Wolff. 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 planning14. Regions, Nationalities, Nations?  A journey Through the contemporary geographic images of  Spain´s regional diversity. Jacobo García-Álvarez. 15. Geographical presences and absences. The role of geographers in public territorial debates in Spain. Oriol Nel.lo. 16.  Geography and spatial planning in Italy. Piergiorgio Landini