California ; Dam ; Discharge ; Fluvial hydrology ; Hydraulic works ; United States of America ; Watershed
Reservoirs alter monthly and annual discharge quantities in the Sacramento River Basin of northern California and this practice obscures the natural variability of river discharge. - (DWG)
Agriculture ; Alimentation ; California ; Dégât des cultures ; Escargot ; Etats-Unis ; Exportation ; Géographie de l'Amérique
The European brown snail (Halix aspera) has long been an agricultural pest in California. In the 1980s their culinary possibilities were finally recognized. Sales in 1987 surpassed $US 250 000. - (DWG)
The well-tempered garden : gravel and topiary in California
California ; Esthétique du paysage ; Etats-Unis ; Géographie de l'Amérique ; Jardin ; Paysage ; Paysage culturel
Discussion of a garden style common in Albany, California and spread there by imitation of controlling nature on individual lots by pruning trees and replacing lawns with gravel. - (DWG)
California ; Cyclone ; Flood ; Historical geography ; Precipitation ; Rain anomaly ; Rainstorm ; Temperature ; United States of America
The greatest storm in the written history of California struck the region in the winter of 1861-1862. This unusual weather persisted for some 45 days as a series of middle-latitudes cyclones made landfall along the California coast
[b1] Dept. of Geography, California State University, Fullerton, Etats-Unis
Biogeography ; California ; Habitat;Settlement ; United States ; Vegetation ; Zoogeography
At least eight species of parrots, most of them native to South America, have naturalized in southern California suburbs where they feed mainly on fruits and seeds from introduced ornemental plants. Their colonization potential is still unclear
Fragmentation of rangeland habitat in coastal California
Biogéographie ; California ; Dynamique des populations ; Déboisement ; Dégradation de l'environnement ; Etats-Unis ; Littoral ; Oiseau ; Suburbanisation
Biogeography ; Bird ; California ; Coastal environment ; Deforestation ; Environmental degradation ; Population dynamics ; Suburbanization ; United States of America
Fragmentation of forests in the USA creates edge habitats which favor parasites and predators of nesting birds. A. studies this phenomenon in Coastal California, with detailed examples from Sonoma County where suburbanisation has exacerbated
Depicting California's critical environmental zones
California ; Cartographie thématique ; Dégradation de l'environnement ; Eau ; Environnement ; Etats-Unis ; Nuisance ; Pollution
California ; Environment ; Environmental degradation ; Nuisance ; Pollution ; Thematic mapping ; United States of America ; Water
Discusses series of maps prepared for the State of California that shows air pollution, pollution of inland and coastal waters, hazardous wastes, surface mining, deterioration of forests and sensitive habitats. - (DWG)
The wine appellation as territory in France and California
Appellation ; California ; Etats-Unis ; France ; Législation ; Territorialité ; Vigne ; Vignoble de qualité ; Viticulture
California ; France ; Legislation ; Quality vineyard ; Territoriality ; United States ; Vine ; Viticulture
. It is conceptualized as a form of territorialization devised to regulate and capture advantages to some of the participants in the industry. The distribution of vine varieties in France and California illustrates the tight control in France.
The lie of the land: migrant workers and the California landscape
Agriculture ; California ; Conflit du travail ; Etats-Unis ; Géographie historique ; Géographie sociale ; Migration de travail ; Siècle 20
Agriculture ; California ; Historical geography ; Labour dispute ; Labour migration ; Social geography ; Twentieth Century ; United States of America
Polemic in tone, this is a social geography of labor conflict in California agriculture in the first half of the twentieth century. The landscape in the title does not reflect the book's content. - (DWG)
Morocco and California: comparing environment and society
California ; Culturel ; Enseignement de la géographie ; Environnement ; Etude comparée ; Géographie régionale ; Indicateurs sociaux ; Indicateurs économiques ; Maroc
California ; Comparative study ; Cultural studies ; Economic indicators ; Environment ; Morocco ; Regional geography ; Social indicators ; Teaching of geography
Comparing physical, social and economic characteristics of Morocco and California becomes a case study in refuting environmental determinism and to appreciate cultural diversity. - (DWG)
C14 dating ; California ; Climatic variation ; Paleo-environment ; Palynology ; Pollen diagrams ; Quaternary ; United States
Pollen analysis and five radiocarbon dates of a 687-cm core provide a detailed chronology of environmental change in a marsh at the head of Newport Bay, Orange County, California. Results and discussion.
Time dependence of magnetic susceptibility of soil chronosequences on the California coast
California ; Chronoséquence ; Etats-Unis ; Pédogenèse ; Quaternaire ; Sol ; Susceptibilité magnétique
California ; Chronosequence ; Magnetic susceptibility ; Pedogenesis ; Quaternary ; Soil ; United States
The AA. discuss the magnetic mineralogy of a soil chronosequence formed from beach deposits on uplifted marine terraces in California that range in age from 1 700 to 240,000 yr. They compare the data from three chronosequences to show
U.S.-Mexico economic integration : labor relations and the organization of work in California and Baja California agriculture
Accord commercial ; Agriculture ; Baja California Norte ; Etats-Unis ; Horticulture ; Intégration économique ; Marché du travail ; Mexique ; Organisation du travail ; Plante cultivée ; Travail ; Travaux agricoles
Agricultural work ; Agriculture ; Baja California ; Cultivated plants ; Economic integration ; Gardening ; Labour ; Labour market ; Mexico ; Trade agreement ; United States of America ; Work organization
Through a case study of tomato production in Baja California and California, the paper examines the impact of U.S.-Mexico economic integration on the organization of work and on wage trends and labor costs. The A. explores the impact of cross-border
[b1] Dep. of Urban Planning, School of Public Policy and Social Research, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Etats-Unis
Incidental aquaculture in California's rice paddies : red swamp crawfish
Aquaculture ; California ; Consommation ; Crustacé ; Ecrevisse ; Espèce invasive ; Etats-Unis ; Marché local ; Pêche ; Restauration ; Riziculture
Aquaculture ; California ; Consumption ; Crustacea ; Fishing ; Invasive species ; Local market ; Restaurant trade ; Rice cultivation ; United States of America
Acuicultura ; California ; Consumo ; Crustáceo ; Cultivo de arroz ; Estados Unidos ; Mercado local ; Pesca ; Restauración
Introduction of the red swamp crawfish, Procambarus clarkii, into California and its diffusion throughout northern California's rice paddies created the conditions for an incidental aquaculture economy in a landscape devoted to irrigated grain
production. For more than three decades, fisher-men have harvested this prolific invader and sold their catch to Europe and the Gulf Coast. Since 2004, the diffusion of Vietnamese-American seafood restaurants to California and nationally has created