This lecture sketches the contours of a political-legal theory of terrain. It argues that terrain is a useful concept through which to think the materiality of territory. Terrain combines geophysical issues alongside strategic ones, and helps in attempts to develop a broader understanding of territory. Terrain makes possible, or constrains, various political, military and strategic projects; dynamic geophysical features of the earth complicate political-legal understandings. Terrain is where the geopolitical and the geophysical meet, and the lecture suggests that it is a helpful concept for making political-legal understandings of territory better account for the complexities of the geophysical.

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法律领域——领土的政治重要性

本讲座勾勒出地形的政治法律理论的轮廓。它认为地形是一个有用的概念，通过它来思考领土的重要性。地形将地球物理问题与战略问题相结合，有助于尝试更广泛地了解领土。地形使各种政治、军事和战略项目成为可能，或限制了它；地球的动态地球物理特征使政治-法律理解复杂化。地形是地缘政治和地球物理相遇的地方，讲座表明它是一个有用的概念，可以使对领土的政治-法律理解更好地解释地球物理的复杂性。