Comparison of two natural environments, the tropical Dominican Republic and the subtropical American Gulf South, in the production of sugarcane and how this relates to technological change in agriculture. Written to serve as a middle-school lesson
A geographical study of childhood asthma in Cessnock, New South Wales
is compared with that of asthmatic children identified by a parental questionnaire survey conducted through public primary schools. Certain socioeconomic and housing variables may exacerbate, but not cause, asthma.
Africa ; Desertification ; Ecology ; Environment ; Environmental degradation ; Geographic research ; German school ; Politics;Policy ; Regional development ; Research ; Semi-arid area ; Soil degradation ; Vegetation degradation ; West Africa
Durant les 20 dernières années le débat sur l'environnement de l'Homme dans les études écologiques faites par des géographes allemands sur les pays en voie de développement a été en grande partie ignoré. Depuis la fin des années 80 on constate dans
Discoveries ; Erosion ; Geographical thought ; Geomorphology ; German school ; History of geography ; Mountain ; Nineteenth Century ; Prospecting ; United States
Africa ; Anthropology ; Ethnography ; Exploration ; Geographical association ; History of geography ; Italian school ; Italians ; Nineteenth Century ; Practice of geography ; Research
Concept ; Ecology ; Eighteenth Century ; Environment ; France ; French school ; Garden ; History of geography ; History of ideas ; Image ; Landscape ; Landscape esthetics ; Man-environment relations ; Nineteenth Century ; Practice of geography
pratiques qui produisent les notions de paysage, de milieu, d'aménagement de la nature durant l'époque moderne ; analyser les positions théoriques des géographes sur la question du milieu depuis l'institutionnalisation de la discipline dans la 2e moitié du
School desk atlases : South African practice and international trends
Although geography educators agree that school atlases are essential teaching aids, the effeectiveness and frequency of use are reported to be low. The reasons why this should be so are explored and some remedies suggested. - (AJC)