The development process of large-scale residential areas in the Kagoshima metropolitan area
Housing estate ; Japan ; Kyushu ; Residential area ; Town ; Urban development ; Urban infrastructure
This study aims to explain the development process of large-scale residential areas, over 20 hectares each, in the Kagoshima metropolitan area, and to evaluate the role of public-developers in the process. - (KA)
Land degradation and its management in the arid and semi-arid areas of China
Arid area ; China ; Desert ; Desertification ; Drought ; Irrigation ; Oasis ; Over-grazing ; Regional planning ; Semi-arid area ; Soil erosion ; Water resources
In the arid and semiarid areas of China, human actions play a significant role in desertification processes. The main problems are the reduction of biomass, decline of preferred species and soil erosion induced by overgrazing. The AA. show the land
Water availability, protected areas, and natural resources in the Andean Desert Altiplano
Andes ; Arid area ; Climatic variation ; Ecosystem ; Environmental conservation ; Groundwater ; Mountain ; Natural resources ; Precipitation ; South America ; Water resources
Distribution of mountain protected areas of the Andean Cordillera and the extent of the arid diagonal, the zone from SW Ecuador to eastern Argentina, are compared. Authors find very few mountains protected areas in the most arid ecosystems, from
about 18 to 30° S. Noting that the recharge of water resources there is presently very limited, they call for establishment of new protected areas that will assure sufficient water for human development and nature conservation. - (SLD)
Tafoni in the El Chorro area, Andalucia, southern Spain
Andalusia ; Arid area ; Eolian deflation ; Flysch ; Lichen ; Lithology ; Mediterranean area ; Micromorphology ; Precipitation ; Salt ; Spain ; Taffoni ; Water erosion ; Weathering
Using a combination of field, laboratory and micromorphological evidence, this study examines tafoni in the El Chorro area of Andalucia, and makes inference concerning the processes responsible for their formation. 25 tafoni were randomly selected
for field examination. A phased model of tafone evolution is proposed whereby the features pass through 4 phases of development-initiation, enlargement, amalgamation and degradation; in the study area there are examples of tafoni in each of these phases
Food consumption and nutrition in rural areas of Madhya Pradesh, India (with special reference to Sagar division)
The A. presents systematic and interpretative analyses of per capita foodstuffs consumption and nutritional level in the rural areas of Sagar division. The survey reveals that the existing food habits in the villages lead to an imbalance of food
Towards an environmental management system for ski areas
Description of elements of an environmental management system which is suited to use in mountain ski area operations. This is not meant as a substitute for government regulation. - (DWG)
The manifold influences of tourism on coastal areas are analysed from three different angles : the development of seaside tourism including the changes of socio-economic and settlement patterns; its cultural impact on the local population; its
The linkage between immigration and internal migration in large metropolitan areas in the United States
Large metropolitan areas suffer net losses of internal migrants for reasons other than the flow of immigrants to these localities. The finding of a significant linkage between internal migration and immigration depends on the empirical experiment
used. The models show that the net migration loss of unskilled native workers from metropolitan areas is a function of the cities's population size rather than immigrant flow to them. It is more likely the result of industrial restructuring than
Biostratigraphic and geomorphic investigations in areas of Hungary subsided during the Holocene
Late Pleistocene and early Holocene crustal movements created subsidences in several areas of Hungary. Through the parallel study of basin fills and fossil faunas the A. attempts to reconstruct the Holocene geomorphic and biosuccessional evolution
of these areas of Hungary. The sedimentological and faunal investigations of 17 sampling sites in the best-studied depressions of Hungary resulted in the identification of 3 stages of evolution.
Distribution patterns of leaf area index for major coniferous forest types in China
Leaf area index (LAI) of natural vegetation is recognized as the most important variable for measuring vegetation structure over large areas, and for relating it to energy and mass exchange. In this paper, according to the statistical analysis based
Funzioni economiche e area di gravitazione di Lanciano
Abruzzi ; Area of attraction ; Commuting ; Italy ; Specialization ; Town ; Urban economy ; Urban function
specialized urban centers in the river Sangro valley have emerged : Lanciano plays a cultural and administrative role. The various elements which make up the urban frame of the area are connected and identified through the analysis of the commuters.
Las transformaciones socioterritoriales del Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires
Argentina ; Buenos Aires ; Large city ; Metropolitan area ; Socio-economic system ; Spatial differentiation ; Urban area ; Urban change ; Urban structure
Competition ; Honshu ; Japan ; Market area ; Retail trade
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the changes in the retail central place system as the result of competition of trade areas in the case of Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. - (KA)
The spatial distribution of loess and loess-like sediments in the montain areas of Central and high Asia
Aeolian features ; Arid area ; Asia ; China ; Frost action ; Loess ; Microstructure ; Mongolia ; Mountain ; Plant cover ; Plateau ; Quartz ; Spatial distribution ; Tibet ; Wind
Results of observations and detailed profile studies of the distribution and compositions of loess and loess-like aeolian sediments in selected mountain areas of Central Asia are described. The accumulation of loess deposits in Central Asia
is restricted to areas with steppe vegetation, low surface-wind speeds and a low percentage of surface sand. SEM-analyses of quartz-grain surfaces show aeolian transport and frost weathering in these cold-arid mountain environments. In several samples
Five years of observations on sedimentation rates in two ponds located near transformed land areas in the Kobe district of central Japan have shown the relationship between sedimentation and development during land transformation. One of the ponds
observed has artificial land transformation in its drainage area (KR), whereas the other does not (KN). Changes in catchment factors, which indicate the topographical and hydrological conditions in the catchment area, are inversely proportional to change
in the ratio of the reclaimed to the natural area; this is indicative of change in the erodibility of the surface material in the catchment area.
Gypsum karstification in the Middle Miocene Fatha Formation, Mosul area, northern Iraq
Karstified Middle Miocene sediments are widely exposed in northern Iraq particularly in the area surrounding the city of Mosul. 2 karst systems were identified, an active and recent system characteristic of all the anticlinal structures and an older
in sinkholes and elongated tunnels formed along a series of sinkholes. Karst areas are related to densely fractured areas.
Arid area ; Carbon dioxide ; China ; Climatic variation ; Concept ; Desert ; Desertification ; Global change ; Greenhouse effect ; Precipitation ; Semi-arid area ; Statistics ; Temperature
Based on meteorological data obtained from more than 700 meteorological stations in 30 years running in China, the A. made statistical analysis of China's arid area by applying Thornwaite's formula. The development of desertification