This paper reviews and reconsiders the various equilibria concepts. Because the term is most frequently used qualitatively rather than quantitatively in geomorphology, conflation, imprecision, and outright error have been promoted. Given
the difficulty of measuring thermal energy in the field, its inefficient use in nature, and the uncertainty with which it and form can be related, thermodynamic equilibria concepts would appear, presently, to offer geomorphologists only very limited opportunities.
Concept ; Consommation ; Géographie de la consommation ; Méthodologie ; Niveau de vie ; Russie ; Région ; Satisfaction
Concept ; Consumption ; Living standard ; Methodology ; Region ; Russia ; Satisfaction
Définition des principaux concepts et problèmes. Présentation des principes méthodologiques pour la mise en évidence de la consommation des régions. Etude du concept d'efficacité de la consommation.
The present discourse demonstrates the thoughts related to the possibilities and consequences of an adaptation for the geographic settlement systems research of the methodological approaches and concepts taken from natural sciences, especially
the concept of deterministic chaos along with the concept and measures of entropy.
Concept ; Government intervention ; Indonesia ; Lesotho ; Rural development ; Rural planning
Beginning from a synopsis of the concept and scope of rural development the study assesses the experiences of the government interventions which aimed at promoting rural development in Indonesia and Lesotho. - (AGD)
Different types of impaired areas on the one hand and ecological potential areas on the other are determined in an inventory of the ecological situation. The currently available ecologically oriented concepts are then presented. The legally required
regional plans are distinguished from informal regional concepts which were developed on a volontary basis. - (TH)
Remarques concernant 2 articles parus dans la revue Geomorfologiâ en 1992 et 1993, où G.F. Ufimcev explique le sens caché large ou profond du concept de genèse du relief.
Canada ; Concept ; Cultural identity ; Ideology ; Independence ; Language ; Nation ; Nationalism ; Political geography ; Quebec
Quebec nationalism is seen either to have precipitated divisions within the nation or as a response to the problems of a divided nation. Both perspectives reflect an unquestioning acceptance of the concept of nation which limits their capacity
Brésil ; Changement global ; Concept ; Déboisement ; Développement ; Développement durable ; Echelle ; Environnement ; Flux ; Relation société-environnement ; Rondônia
Brazil ; Concept ; Deforestation ; Development ; Environment ; Flow ; Global change ; Rondônia ; Scale ; Society-environment relationship ; Sustainable development
The intellectual value and practical utility of such concepts as diversity, flow, scale, and visualization represent opportunities to contribute to questions of significance to both general learning and social decisionmaking. Geography's
Concept ; Condition féminine ; Différence entre sexes ; Patriarcat ; Relations sociales ; Société ; Théorie
Concept ; Gender difference ; Societal relations ; Society ; Status of women ; Theory
This paper reviews Walby's reconceptualisation of six dimensions of patriarchy, based on a relist view of causation, which attempts to reintroduce empirical complexity and institutional variation into the concept. The A. suggests that an integration
This paper describes a unifying concept of rupturology proceeding from the essential role of geotectonics and morphotectonics with regard to the evolution of the Earth and its crust.
Gradation par chapitre, à partir de l'évolution du concept: région et classification régionale, région comme espace vécu, région et inégalités sociales, région comme complexe spatial, paysage et région fonctionnelle, et la région comme géosystème
Concept géographique de littoral; usages et activités, orientations méthodologiques et techniques pour l'aménagement et la planification de l'espace littoral. - (AAG)
Activité économique ; Concept ; Développement durable ; Développement régional ; Ecologie ; Gestion des ressources ; Indicateur ; Modèle
Concept ; Ecology ; Economic activity ; Indicator ; Model ; Regional development ; Resource management ; Sustainable development
The notion of sustainable development is discussed by linking socio-economic and ecological elements. The relationship of the regional concept with both the global concept and sustainable use of resources is discussed. The use of models
The concept of the historical within geography must be clearly separated from the pseudo-historical development concept, as employed in relation to the theory of deterministic chaos. The scientific methodological problem, present in geography
Le texte débute avec quelques exemples d'utilisation du terme paysage rural dans le langage courant, puis avec l'étude du mot paysage dans ses différents domaines d'application. Puis sont présentés différents concepts qui sont liés à ce terme. Enfin