Italy ; Local economy ; Marginal area ; Molise ; Regional development ; Rural area
The article explains the current potentials of the rural areas that are still based on agriculture, forestry and sheep farming. This perspective of analysis aims at providing a direct contribution to the many thoughts raised by the field trips
Recent changes in administrative-territorial division of post-soviet area
This paper presents the main tendencies of the changes in administrative-territorial division at the post-soviet area (15 countries) and show where the changes are most significant and where was the increase or decrease of administrative units
Decentralisation in the form of creating new states and local government areas has taken place in Southwestern Nigeria over a period of about four decades. The study examines the resultant spatial pattern of development of local government areas
. The paper concludes that creating local government areas has succeeded in spreading development to previously bakward areas. - (AJC)
Chemistry and late Quaternary evolution of ground and surface waters in the area of Yabulai Mountains, western Inner Mongolia, China
Arid area ; China ; Desert ; Groundwater ; Holocene ; Hydrochemistry ; Inner Mongolia ; Lake ; Palaeo-environment ; Palaeoclimatology ; Palaeohydrology ; Surface water
Using the area of Yabulai Mpountains, as an example, this paper provides insight into the chemistry of ground and surface water in western Inner Mongolia. The recharge mechanisms of groundwater and the hydrological evolution in this region during
Spatial and functional changes in built-up areas in selected slovene rural settlements after 1991
Aerial photography ; Land use ; Rural area ; Rural development ; Rural settlement ; Slovenia ; Statistical data ; Suburbanization ; Years 1990-99
We determined changes in the settled areas of rural settlements by means of aerial photos and orthophotos, statistical data, and data obtained through field research. The expert sample comprised 14 rural settlements with 500 to 1100 inhabitants from
a variety of Slovene natural and statistical regions which in the past ten-year period have shown positive growth in the number of inhabitants, jobs, and houses. We identified how the following categories changed in settled areas in the period from 1991
to 2005 : residential areas, areas with central functions (supply, service, and business), traffic areas and green and other open spaces. Most apparent were differences among the types of settlements. We related land use to the relief and type
Article reviews some elements of development process if border areas of Slovenia as regards influences of pre-accession programme Phare cross-border co-operation (Phare CBC). Republic of Slovenia received Phare assistance from 1992 onwards. Regional
development of slovene border areas was closely related to the geopolitical situation and function of border areas. After 1994 it was included also in the programme of cross border co-operation Phare CBC. It was aimed at fighting regional differences of border
areas that were neglacted as regards investments and remained most peripheral areas of the country. - (IKR)
Land use in selected erosion-risk areas of Tertiary low hills in Slovenia
risk (elevation, slope, and aspect of the surface) and types of land use (arable land, vineyards, orchards, grassland, woodland, and built-up and other areas) in six 24km2 sectors in Tertiary low hill areas in Slovenia : Koprska brda, Brkini, Goriška
brda, Haloze, Slovenske gorice and Goriško. The areas selected are of particular interest due to the prevalence of rock substrates which are susceptible to erosion. The potential erosion risk was determined by the stream power index. In the Haloze
Interpretation of causes of a flash flood in the Olešenský potok brook drainage areas
The main cause of the so-called flash flood that occured in the Olešenský potok Brook drainage area in June 10 and 11 2004, was above all an abnormal rainfall. Human interventions into the natural environment had only a negligible impact
Tectonic units from the Sierra Espuña - Mula area (SE Spain) : implication on the triassic paleogeography and the geodynamic evolution for the Betic-Rif Internal Zone
This paper mainly shows the stratigraphic characteristics of the tectonic units from the Espuña-Mula area, discussing the meaning of the sedimentary facies and their lateral distribution to provide better palaeogeographic reconstructions as well
Neogene extension in the Northern Apennines (Italy) : insights from the southern part of the Mt. Amiata geothermal area
This paper deals with new geological data from the Mount Amiata volcano-geothermal region and the Roccalbegna area, providing a kinematic evolutionary model for the formation of the extensional Tuscan Nappe boudins. Integration of fieldwork data
Local development ; Mozambique ; Nature conservation ; Nature park ; Rural community ; Tourism ; Trans-border area
The merger of three national parks - South Africa's Kruger, Mozambique's Limpopo and Zimbabwe's Gonarezhou - into an 89000 km2 conservation area - the great Limpopo Transfrontier Park - is supposed to boost tourism, protect biodiversity and promote
harmony between neighbouring states in southern Africa. It is concluded that not one of the anticipated outcomes will be realised if the position or role of local communities within this area plays a subordinate role. - (AJC)
Outline of the hydrogeology of the Cimino and Vico Volcanic area and of the interaction between groundwater and Lake Vico (Lazio region, Central Italy)
The study area covers the Cimini and Vico volcanic complexes in the province of Viterbo (Northen Lazio Region, Italy), where a large-scale exploitation of the water resources co-exists with fragile environmental conditions. The main aim of the study
This study examines channel head position and characteristics in a catchment in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. The aims of this study are to measure the area-slope attributes of channel heads in this catchment and to investigate to what
extent channel head location can be predicted by the area-slope relationship and the cumulative area distribution. The effect of digital elevation model grid resolution on the ability to locate channel head position and assess hillslope length will also
Expert-driven semi-automated geomorphological mapping for a mountainous area using a laser DTM
This paper presents an expert-driven semi-automated method to define geomorphological units in a partly forested alpine area in Austria, using detailed statistical information derived from a laser DTM and an object-oriented classification approach
Cold area ; Deglaciation ; Glacial features ; Moraine ; Norway ; Quaternary ; Sedimentology
In this paper, the main focus is on the part of the hummocky landscape situated above 200 m a.s.l., called the central hummocky area. The morphological and sedimentological observations in the area, and their implications for the understanding
Early formation of gnammas (weathering pits) in a recently glaciated area of Torres del Paine, southern Patagonia (Chile)
of Torres del Paine. Based on these measurements, the surface area and the volume of the gnammas were calculated. Finally, the Francés Valley population is compared with an older gnamma population to discuss the significance of the results for gnamma