built environment

"Socio-Ecological Transformation from Rural into a Residential Landscape in the Matadepera Village (Barcelona Metropolitan Region), 1956-2008"

In this study the authors offer an analysis of the socio-ecological transformation of Matadepera, a wealthy suburb of metropolitan Barcelona that evolved out of a rural village inhabited by poor peasants who farmed rain-fed cropland and managed the forest.

¡Vivan las Antipodas!

In ¡Vivan las Antipodas!, award-winning documentary filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky visits four rare inhabited regions of the world that are antipodal to other landmasses and creates unexpected images that turn our view of the world upside-down.

1996 Oakfield F5 Tornado

Oakfield Wisconsin survives a direct strike from an F5 tornado on July 18th, 1996 without a single fatality. Although property damage is extensive, the outcome could have been far worse.

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