André Guilcher’s major doctoral thesis examined the geomorphology of southern Brittany. Research for his minor thesis, on rural settlement in a northwestern part of the peninsula, was facilitated by his knowledge of Breton. After high school
, advocated geographical involvement in environmental management, and retained his life-long interest in history and in Breton culture. - (HC)
. It concludes by suggesting that geographers need to reconsider their understanding of digital images and be as attentive to the interfaces embedded in the image as to the CGI’s visual content.
2014
[b2] School of Social Sciences, Brunel Univ., Uxbridge, Royaume-Uni
that geographic, historic, economic, demographic, and transport variables differentiate land use pattern types. Based on their multidimensional distinctions, this research labels the four types of metropolitan areas: Ascendants, Insulars, Redevelopers
2014
[b1] School of Public Policy and Administration, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, Etats-Unis
This study examines how the relationship between active travel (AT) and the built environment (measured at 14 different geographical scales) is influenced by the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP) in Halifax, Canada. The results suggest
2014
[b1] School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Canada
campaign to elect Philippe Buache, to a new Academy position as a geographer rather than an astronomer. It concludes that this campaign emphasised the social and political utility of geography, though the Academy's decision to recognise this new
2014
[b1] School of Geography, Univ., Nottingham, Royaume-Uni
Criminality ; Geographical information system ; Seasonal variation ; Social geography ; Space time ; Stockholm ; Sweden ; Urban transport ; Vulnerability
2014
[b1] CEFIN–School of Architecture and the Built Environment , Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Suede
such as Tim Jackson and Serge Latouche, the article examines the contours of debates on post-growth, décroissance (de-growth) and prosperity without growth. It begins by examining growth debates and existing contributions by economic and other geographers
by economic geographers to academic and societal debates on economic transitions and post-growth paradigms. Particular attention is paid to approaches currently discussed in economic geography, such as socio-technical transition studies.
2014
[b2] School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ., Plymouth, Royaume-Uni
This investigation illustrates the landslides and geomorphologic changes of debris flow deposits in the town of Santa Cruz Pueblo Nuevo, State of Mexico, by using a multicriteria analysis in Geographic Information Systems to obtain a potential
2014
[b3] Dept. of Biology, Sciences School, UNAM, Mexico, Mexique
Comparative study ; Concept ; Education ; France ; Germany ; Knowledge ; School curriculum ; Teaching of geography ; United Kingdom
Les géographes retirent une fierté d'observer comment des peuples divers vivent de manière différente dans les diverses parties du monde. On découvre avec une certaine surprise que des géographes et des enseignants en géographie ont tendance à ne
[b2] School of Geographic and Environmental Sciences, Guizhou Normal Univ., Guiyang, Chine
[b1] State Key Lab. of Remote Sensing Sciences, School of Geography, Normal Univ., Key Lab. for Remote Sensing of Environment and Digital Cities, Beijing, Chine