Olympic territorialization

Territorialization of State Power through Land Development in Southern China

This article examines the relationship between urban land development and municipal finance in a Chinese regional economy undergoing rapid urbanization. Drawing upon insights from the perspective of political economy, this article identifies a strategy by which land-centered urbanization has been actively pursued as a means of revenue generation in response to the reshuffling of state power. Th...

Olympic Run

Most game interfaces restrict the player to a place in front of the computer screen. In mixed reality applications the point of interaction seems to be moving away from technical devices towards a more natural user interface. Actions of players are no longer indirect and mediated by devices: i.e. a jump is a jump. A mixed reality enhanced game is presented, where the traditional interface is re...

Homeland Defence and the Re/Territorialization of the State

The YCISS Working Paper Series is designed to stimulate feedback from other experts in the field. The series explores topical themes that reflect work being undertaken at the Centre.

Territorialization of the European Union: Differences in Integration

Olympic conservation gloom

The European brown bear is one of the continent's most threatened species, being found in low numbers in many of their remaining, fragmented habitats. The largest population, numbering around 160, are found in the Pindus Mountains of northern Greece. But even this population is under increasing pressure from human activity and events such as the extensive forest fires last summer. Conservationi...