Browsing by Subject "Social debate"

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    De "Lobos solitarios" a "Carpas africanas": estrategias de despersonalización en las metáforas empleadas por el discurso periodístico en torno a los refugiados
    (Universidad de Murcia, Editum, 2020) Cruz Moya, Olga
    En este artículo se ofrece un análisis de las metáforas empleadas en la representación de los refugiados en el corpus de prensa española DIPURE durante 2015. Tomando como referencia la categorización de las metáforas conceptuales en dominios fuente y meta, se clasificarán las mismas y se realizará una interpretación partiendo de la despersonalización como categoría sociosemiótica.
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    Desalination and water security in Southeastern Spain
    Bernabé Crespo, Miguel Borja; Gil Meseguer, Encarnación; Gómez Espín, José María; Geografía
    The Segura Hydrographic Demarcation (DHS), in Southeastern Spain, is an area of hydric deficit caused by low and irregular rainfall and a dense population. In this region water scarcity is a burning issue that polarizes society for or against different models of ensuring water supply. Given the current demand for water throughout Spain, desalination has been used to increase water supply, and as insurance against drought. Ten seawater desalination plants and hundreds of brackish aquifer desalination plants treat water in the Southeast of the Iberian Peninsula, both for human consumption and for irrigation, contributing to economic, energetic, processual and economic aspects of territorial organization in the Southeast of Spain. This article reviews debates over desalination, water transfers, and the best way to meet water demands in that region. While desalination allows an increase in water supply, dependence on that source increases energy costs and may lead to mistaken assumptions among users about water scarcity and availability.