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{"title":"From ‘Small Island Developing State’ to ‘Big Ocean State’: The Blue Economy and the Improvised (Re)Scaling of an Ocean Country","authors":"Carlo Ceglia","doi":"10.1002/geo2.70072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.70072","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper tracks the recent performative (re)scaling that state officials in the Republic of Seychelles, an archipelagic state in the Western Indian Ocean, have been articulating with the early adoption of a novel ocean-focused development paradigm—namely, the Blue Economy. In doing so, it articulates the diverse practices these actors have mobilised to enact environmental governance so that Seychelles could turn from being a ‘small island state’ to a ‘big ocean state’—practices that offer a glimpse into the geopolitical improvisations of environmental state making at the margins. Based on 12-month fieldwork in the country, the paper empirically maps how Seychellois state officials have repurposed some of the definitional features that debt restructuring-based Blue Economy projects now exhibit globally—exemplified by moving from Marine Protected Areas to a Marine Spatial Plan, the definition of a 30% protection target in deep waters, or the scripting of their own oceanic vocabulary—to shift the narrative from being a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) towards a Big Ocean State (BOS[S]). Ultimately, the improvised (ocean) state emerging from this account serves to historically situate the comings-together of an expanding debt-fuelled Blue Economy, while articulating novel geopolitical terrains where power asymmetries are jostled, subjectivities and spaces are performatively brought into being, and environmental state-making is tentatively (re)produced.</p>","PeriodicalId":44089,"journal":{"name":"Geo-Geography and Environment","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/geo2.70072","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147569427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rest in a Warming Workplace: Resituating the Science and Policy of Non-Work Under Climate Change","authors":"Pratik Mishra,&nbsp;Laurie Parsons","doi":"10.1002/geo2.70070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.70070","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Rest is increasingly presented as a key solution to the challenge of rising workplace temperatures under climate change. Yet, despite this growing importance, the scientific literature often treats the relationship between rest and core temperature simplistically, viewing rest as a passive recovery tool essential for cooling the body and maintaining productivity. We frame this dominant approach as the ‘recovery-productivity calculus’ that underpins current debates on rest-based heat interventions, such as the Threshold Limit Values that allocate rest schedules in response to heat risk. This paper presents a critical review of rest under heat stress, arguing that the recovery-productivity calculus overlooks the dynamic, subjective and political nature of rest in the context of heat stress. This oversight (or lacuna) stems from the history of modern heat stress research, where the dominance of military-based research and laboratory studies replaced field-based studies with workers, influencing insights on occupational heat stress. Furthermore, heat research bears parallels to the historical study of industrial fatigue, highlighting how productivity concerns may become dominant. Drawing from critical heat studies and the anthropology of work, we incorporate an analysis of power and subjectivity into the study of rest, considering two forms: planned breaks and self-pacing. Our focus is to develop the question of rest not as secondary or residual within the heat-work relation—as productivity-recovery centred framings construe—but as a nuanced practice that actively informs the success of heat governance. As rest becomes an ever more important tool in the climate-changed workplace, this paper provides a basis to understand the practices that underpin its heat mitigation capacity and seeks to inform the effective uptake of rest-based interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":44089,"journal":{"name":"Geo-Geography and Environment","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/geo2.70070","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147566560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Beyond Animal-Based Diets? Alternative Food Networks and Vegetarianism in the City of Buenos Aires","authors":"Clara Craviotti","doi":"10.1002/geo2.70064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.70064","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article aims to advance on a little-known topic, the relationship between participation in alternative food supply networks (AFN) and the vegetarian condition of consumers in the city of Buenos Aires. To this end, we conducted an exploratory study analysing the features and practices of the clients who join these networks through qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques (20 semi-structured interviews and a survey of 196 cases). Qualitative analysis highlighted the importance of certain moments of rupture in consumers' biographies, such as the transition to veganism or the reduction of meat consumption. The quantitative phase indicated that vegans and vegetarians represent an important group of customers in alternative food networks. Compared to other consumers, they show a greater interest in the systemic aspects of the food system. Likewise, the incidence of their refusal to buy food in supermarkets, their frequent purchase of agroecological and organic food and a high proportion of expenditure in them points to their greater degree of politicisation. These findings allow us to reflect on the implications of the convergence of AFN and plant-based diets for the sustainability of the food system.</p>","PeriodicalId":44089,"journal":{"name":"Geo-Geography and Environment","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/geo2.70064","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147565171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Systematic Review of Agent-Based Modelling of Residential Low-Carbon Energy Technology Uptake and Its Integration of Place-Based Approach","authors":"Yuan Feng,&nbsp;Yu Jia,&nbsp;Ying Miao","doi":"10.1002/geo2.70066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.70066","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The residential uptake of low-carbon energy technologies (LCETs) is crucial for energy transition. Emerging literature employs agent-based modelling (ABM) as an effective computational approach to study this topic. ABM is particularly valuable because it can address the multi-level dynamics, complexity and emergent phenomena in socio-technical energy transitions, simulate innovation diffusion and inform decision-making in policy and planning. However, no systematic review has yet been conducted on the growing ABM literature on residential LCET uptake. Residential LCET uptake, as a key part of the notably place-based energy transition, can benefit from a place-based approach (PBA) which explicitly considers local actors and socio-spatial contexts. The integration of PBA in this literature remains underexplored. This paper systematically analyses 22 articles from the Scopus database, focusing specifically on evaluating the application of ABM in researching residential LCET uptake and examining how PBA is embedded or reflected. We analyse key modelling aspects including model purposes, theoretical and empirical background, agent-decision making, interactions, heterogeneity, stochasticity, observation and emergence. Our findings highlight the significant potential of ABM in elucidating underlying mechanisms and emerging trends in residential LCET uptake, supporting decision-making for policymakers and stakeholders and informing policy design and evaluation. We identify a research gap concerning qualitative inputs and a research challenge of empirical validation. A common place-based focus, demonstrated through the incorporation of socio-spatial contexts and engagement with local actors and stakeholders, is also identified among the reviewed models. We further discuss potential pathways of integrating PBA to advance ABM research on residential LCET uptake.</p>","PeriodicalId":44089,"journal":{"name":"Geo-Geography and Environment","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/geo2.70066","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147563847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mapping Fire Management: A Spatial Social Network Approach","authors":"Christoph Neger,&nbsp;Cody Evers,&nbsp;Kapil Yadav,&nbsp;Octavio Romero Cuapio","doi":"10.1002/geo2.70068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.70068","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Maps are an essential tool to inform fire governance and management. For instance, they can highlight which areas are most vulnerable to adverse fire impacts or be used to plan interventions for risk reduction and prevention. In recent years, several studies have mapped the fire management activities and the networks between the multitude of involved actors. They build upon previous advances to combine quantitative and qualitative social network analysis with geographical analysis and cartography, aiming to highlight areas of opportunity to enhance fire governance. This paper continues this line of research, examining cooperation in fire management within the south-eastern part of the state of Chiapas. This area is the main fire risk area in Southern Mexico, characterised by the involvement of many different fire management actors. The paper proposes two advances to better visualise the networks between these actors—integration with modularity clustering and a thematic map integrating different spatial scales—and discusses the implications of these fire network maps for governance. The paper's main results are, first, the confirmation of the considerable influence of spatial distance and aspects of human and physical geography on network formation. Second, it shows the capacity of mapping to inform regional fire management arrangements.</p>","PeriodicalId":44089,"journal":{"name":"Geo-Geography and Environment","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/geo2.70068","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147562985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Navigating Climate Governance: Intersectional Youth Visions of Just Urban Adaptation","authors":"Grace May,&nbsp;Meg Parsons,&nbsp;Karen Fisher","doi":"10.1002/geo2.70049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.70049","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article investigates climate justice, specifically exploring youth perspectives, gender and intersectionality within urban climate adaptation governance in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. Addressing significant gaps in existing research, it focuses explicitly on how young women and gender-diverse youth perceive climate adaptation, experience participation barriers and envision transformative pathways to achieve climate justice. Our qualitative, participatory research explores three central questions: (1) What barriers do young women and gender-diverse youth face in climate governance? (2) How do neoliberal discourses shape youth perceptions and experiences of adaptation responsibility? (3) What transformative approaches do these youth advocate for achieving inclusive climate justice? Our findings reveal significant procedural and recognitional injustices; participants described persistent marginalisation due to their age, gender identity and ethnicity, reflecting broader structural exclusions in climate governance processes. Despite initially internalising neoliberal adaptation narratives of individual resilience, participants critically challenged such discourses following experiences of inadequate systemic support during recent climate disasters. They advocated strongly for inclusive, community-based governance that addresses intersectional vulnerabilities and promotes genuine equity and procedural justice. Moreover, youth participants argued explicitly for systemic changes, including co-governance arrangements grounded in mātauranga Māori (Indigenous knowledge) and critiques of neoliberal capitalism and colonial frameworks. Ultimately, we argue that meaningful youth engagement requires transformative, intersectional approaches to climate adaptation that go beyond tokenism to redistribute decision-making power and address deeper social and environmental injustices.</p>","PeriodicalId":44089,"journal":{"name":"Geo-Geography and Environment","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/geo2.70049","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147568877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Transforming the Floodplain: Agricultural Encroachment and Landscape Change in the Northwestern Ganges-Padma Basin","authors":"Md. Jahidul Hoque,&nbsp;Md. Sazzad Hossain,&nbsp;Saida Islam Sejuti,&nbsp;Murad Ahmed Farukh","doi":"10.1002/geo2.70067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.70067","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Ganges-Padma floodplain of Bangladesh is a highly productive agricultural region critical to national food security and rural livelihoods. Over the past three decades, this fertile landscape has experienced significant land use and land cover (LULC) changes, particularly the expansion of agricultural land. This study analyses the spatial and temporal dynamics of such changes across six floodplain districts, namely Kushtia, Pabna, Rajbari, Chapai Nawabganj, Natore and Rajshahi from 1990 to 2023. Using Landsat imagery and a Random Forest classifier in Google Earth Engine, LULC maps were generated for five time points, achieving overall accuracies of 93%–99% and Cohen's kappa of 0.91–0.99. Findings reveal a net agricultural land gain of 771.70 km², primarily at the expense of water bodies (−634.23 km²) and vegetation cover (−224.71 km²). Change detection and transition-flow analyses show that wetlands and vegetated areas were the main sources of new cropland, driven by population growth, rising food demand and supportive agricultural policies. Built-up areas also expanded, though to a lesser extent. While agricultural growth supports food production, it has contributed to wetland degradation, biodiversity loss and heightened climate vulnerability. These trends underscore the urgent need for integrated land management strategies that balance agricultural expansion with ecological sustainability. The study offers critical insights for policymakers and planners aiming to promote sustainable land use in deltaic and floodplain regions.</p>","PeriodicalId":44089,"journal":{"name":"Geo-Geography and Environment","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/geo2.70067","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147320820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Perceptions of Climate Change, Meteorological Trends and Implications for Smallholder Cashew Farming in Ghana: Evidence From the Jaman North District","authors":"Frank Baffour-Ata,&nbsp;Lawrence Guodaar,&nbsp;Winifred Ayinpogbilla Atiah,&nbsp;Patrick Davies,&nbsp;Peter Kwasi Forson,&nbsp;Ruth Akorli","doi":"10.1002/geo2.70061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.70061","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Agricultural systems face significant threats from climate change due to their high sensitivity to expected risks. While discussions about the impacts of climate change on food security, especially food crop production, are inconclusive, less attention has been given to cash crop production, which greatly contributes to the local economies of producing countries. Adapting agriculture to climate risks benefits from analysing trends and perceptions of climate change and its effects. This research examined the intersection of climate change and local perceptions, analysing climatic factors and their perceived impacts on small-scale cashew farming in Ghana. Using insights from the Jaman North District, primary data were collected from 250 cashew farmers through household surveys, 10 focus group discussions, and 5 key informant interviews. Trend analysis revealed a shifting start and end of the rainy season, an extended growing period, and increased rainfall (<i>p</i> &gt; 0.05) and temperatures (<i>p</i> &lt; 0.05). These findings supported smallholder farmers' perceptions of rising temperatures (98.4%), changes in the timing of the rainy season (99.6%), and rainfall variability (99.2%). The farmers reported experiencing various adverse effects from these climatic changes, including a decrease in household income (95.2%), lower cashew nut yields (90.0%), reduced market value (90.0%), and increased pest and disease pressure (85.2%). This study highlights the urgent need for adaptation strategies and policies to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change on vulnerable farming communities and to sustain cashew production in the region.</p>","PeriodicalId":44089,"journal":{"name":"Geo-Geography and Environment","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/geo2.70061","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147288296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Using Participatory Mapping to Strengthen Indigenous Resilience for Wildfire Risk: Lessons From Capoto/Jarina, Brazil","authors":"Michel Valette,&nbsp;Roiti Metuktire,&nbsp;Jayalaxshmi Mistry,&nbsp;Kokokrotire Metuktire,&nbsp;Yarika Juruna,&nbsp;Juliana Martins,&nbsp;Rafael Chiaravalloti,&nbsp;Juliana Bonanomi,&nbsp;Morena Mills","doi":"10.1002/geo2.70062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.70062","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon are critical to ecosystem conservation and cultural preservation but face increasing wildfire risks exacerbated by climate change and environmental degradation. This study explores how participatory mapping supports local resilience against wildfire risks, drawing on experiences from three villages in the Capoto/Jarina Indigenous land in Brazil. In each village, participatory maps were produced, and participants identified important locations for fire management, marking areas based on fire use, wildfire risks or the presence of fire-vulnerable resources. The results provide local insight into vegetation changes affecting wildfire and demonstrate how the interaction between vegetation and traditional fire use, including some small fires that are not detected by satellite, shapes wildfire risk. Results revealed the role of invasive plant species, such as <i>Brachiaria</i> spp., in shaping local wildfire risks. Participatory mapping helped pinpoint critical resources and vegetation types that are fire-sensitive and essential to local livelihoods. Finally, participatory mapping provided a spatially explicit representation of fire use, some of which were specific to environmental benefits, and wildfire risk management strategies across communities. The findings demonstrate that participatory mapping can help strengthen the resilience of local communities to wildfire risks by eliciting local fire use and wildfire management preferences while facilitating the creation of new local fire knowledge. The maps can be integrated into a broader wildfire risk assessment process, bringing together different knowledge systems to enrich stakeholders' understanding of shifting wildfire risks and planning for targeted interventions. As Brazil embraces the benefits of Indigenous and traditional fire use, participatory mapping can serve as a valuable tool for strengthening community-driven resilience strategies such as local fire brigade initiatives. Its accessibility and adaptability make it particularly effective for engaging diverse stakeholders, enabling greater participation and supporting the continuous adaptation of fire management practices in response to evolving environmental conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":44089,"journal":{"name":"Geo-Geography and Environment","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/geo2.70062","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147288295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Transdisciplinary Art and Climate Science Collaborations: Framework Conditions Creating Epistemic Injustices","authors":"Johanna Paschen","doi":"10.1002/geo2.70060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.70060","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Transdisciplinary art-science collaborations addressing the climate crisis aim to co-create knowledge by integrating diverse perspectives and knowledge types to tackle complex sustainability challenges. Despite growing institutional and funding support, little research has been done on how framework conditions shape such collaborations. This study examines how framework conditions of transdisciplinary art-science collaborations influence collaborative dynamics of knowledge integration and contribute to epistemic injustice. Framework conditions refer to circumstances, thus structural and situational factors shaping collaboration, which can enable or constrain it. Epistemic injustice involves knowledge-related injustices, including the exclusion or silencing of knowers. Applying semi-structured interviews and the transdisciplinary storywall method, six Switzerland-based transdisciplinary art-science collaborations addressing climate, ecological or sustainability issues were analysed. The exploratory thematic analysis identified the six key framework conditions of temporality, financing, location, internationality, partnering and outcome, which elicit circumstances creating epistemic injustice. Applying four epistemic injustice dimensions to categorise collaborators' experiences on conditions further, the findings show that these conditions most frequently contribute to participatory and procedural, followed by distributive and then recognition epistemic injustices. Early phases of collaboration were found to be particularly influential in shaping unjust processes. This study suggests the need for greater awareness of injustice among scientists, practitioners and artists and calls for structural adjustments by those shaping or initiating such collaborations. It offers practical recommendations to reduce epistemic injustices and strive for more inclusive and pluralistic knowledge integration and co-creation in art-science contexts, as well as across broader transdisciplinary sustainability efforts to address the climate crisis.</p>","PeriodicalId":44089,"journal":{"name":"Geo-Geography and Environment","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/geo2.70060","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147320812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}