Geographical education in universities of China since 1949
This article gives a concise review of the three development stages of geographical education in universities of China and the future development tendency.
The geographical significance of development of Minshuku Region
The purpose of this paper is to review the development processes of minshuku regions based on case studies, and to discuss their geographical relevances. It concludes that regional change is a process where the use of time and space is intensified
A review of recent frozen soil engineering in permafrost regions along Qinghai-Tibet Highway, China
China ; Geographical information system ; Geotechnics ; Periglacial features ; Permafrost ; Qinghai ; Road ; Soil temperature ; Thawing ; Tibet
The nature of frozen soil research along the Qinghai-Tibet Highway between 1993 and 2000 is systematically reviewed. Recent studies involve the engineering geology of frozen soil, the study of ground temperatures under the roadbed and the influence
of the frozen soil environment, the engineering classification of frozen soils, and the use of geographical information systems. This research will materially assist in the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.
The use of geographical information systems in climatology and meteorology
Bibliography ; Bioclimatology ; Climatic variation ; Climatology ; Digital elevation model ; Ecology ; Energy ; Forecast ; Forestry ; Geographical information system ; Health ; Hydrology ; Meteorology ; Urban environment
This paper presents a review of the role of geographical information systems, GIS, in climatology and meteorology by discussing methods used to derive and refine spatial climate data, and reviewing the bespoke application of GIS and spatial climate
Bibliography ; Environment ; Geographical information system ; Model ; Regional planning ; Remote sensing ; Risk
The year 1991 saw further developments in the use of geographical information systems (GIS) for research in physical geography and the environmental sciences. There is now arguably a subfield within physical geography and environmental science which
can be characterized as Environmental GIS. The methodological problems and applications of this subfield have resulted in a huge number of new publications: this review contains details of a few dozen out of around 200 papers surveyed.
Biogeography ; Concept ; Data base ; Geographical information system ; Habitat ; Land use ; Model ; Spatial variation
In this report, the acronym GIS refers to geographical information science, reflecting the GIS paradigm. This article is a review of GIS activities for the year of 1996 only. 4 specialist areas are identified and discussed in turn : geosciences
What's new in FOCUS and at the American Geographical Society ?
Geographical periodical ; Practice of geography ; Société de géographie ; United States of America
Discusses the new editor, Dr. Gregory Chu of U. of Wisconsin-La Crosse, and editorial board, the new column entitled Window on Cybergeography, the new co-editors of the GeographicalReview, Drs. Douglas Johnson and Viola Haarmann of Clark U
Critical reviews of geographical perspectives on business organization of production: towards a network approach
The article aims to present three recent theoretical perspectives in economic geography: the post-Fordist flexible specialization thesis; the regulationist perspective; network analysis. The basic argument is that, despite decades of geographical
Reviews of geographic software : Applepips, IBM educational software series, Mini-max, Multimap, World geography series, US Geography Quiz, U.S. geography adventure
Présentation critique de plusieurs logiciels intéressant les géographes et les cartographes.
This article offers a concise review of the theoretical debate on landscape and the geographical area (planning) carried on within geographical studies during the twentieth century. - (NF)
Seven articles concerned with China's agriculture and six reviews of books concerned with China comprise volume. The history and description of Chinese agriculture is primary focus. One article on forestry and two on Taiwan included. (DOH).
Polish pedological studies on Spitsbergen. A review
Polish geographical investigations in different climato-geomorphological zones. Special issue
A review of Polish pedological studies carried out on Spitsbergen since 1957. The first part deals with the important papers going through the sections of soil science. Special attention was focused on arctic soil forming processes, physical
Rural geography in Russia, Ukraine and in Belarus – a literature review
Belorussia ; Comparative study ; Geographical periodical ; Rural geography ; Russia ; Ukraine
The article is an overview of the literature on rural geography published in the Commonwealth of Independent States during the two decades that passed since the breakup of the Soviet Union. First, a brief review of the Soviet period is presented
Current approaches to modelling the spread of wildland fire : a review
Ecosystem ; Environmental management ; Forecast ; Forest fire ; Geographical information system ; Model ; Remote sensing
This article reviews some of the important trends in modelling fire behaviour and the likely directions of future research. A consideration of such fire behaviour models is important because they form the basis of many contemporary fire and resource
Spatial modelling of vegetation change in dynamic landscapes : a review of methods and applications
Bibliography ; Forest ; Geographical information system ; Landscape ; Landscape ecology ; Model ; Simulation ; Spatial analysis ; Vegetation ; Vegetation dynamics ; Years 1990-99 ; Years 2000-2009
This review considers the development and application of landscape-level spatially explicit ecological models, with an emphasis on vegetation dynamics and disturbance, and the management applications of these models. Mechanistic and stochastic