A new himalayan state in India : popular perceptions of regionalism, politics and development
Autonomy ; Himalaya ; India ; Local development ; Perception ; Political geography ; Region ; Regionalism ; UttarPradesh
Uttaranchal is a proposed new state to be carved out of the Himalayan part of Uttar Pradesh. Proposal accepted officially by the Government of Uttar Pradesh in 1991 and accepted by newly elected Government of India in April 1998. Proposal
River channel changes of the Subansiri in Assam, India
Assam ; Bank erosion ; Braided channel ; Channel geometry ; India ; Meander ; Photointerpretation ; Stream ; Twentieth Century
The sequential changes in the position of banklines as a result of bank erosion, as well as various changes in the channel have been studied in the Subansiri river in Assam, India. The study was carried out from available topographic maps of 1920
Hindu cosmology and the orientation and segregation of social groups in Northwestern India
Caste ; Cognitive space ; Cultural landscape ; Cultural studies ; Hinduism ; India ; Regional disparities ; Religion ; Segregation ; Semiotics of space ; Social geography ; Social group ; Spatial organization ; Urban district ; Village
Desde a origem, uma geografia das viagens. O interesse pelo Oriente, de clima tropical, culture autóctone, riqueza fabulosa nas obras de João De Barros, O descobrimento da Índia e De Fernão Mendes Pinto, Peregrinação
Asia ; China ; Civilization ; Discoveries ; Exploration ; History of geography ; India ; Journey ; Mental image ; Perception ; Semiotics of space ; Sixteenth Century ; South-Eastern Asia ; Traveller's tale
globales. Il aborde les politiques touristiques gouvernementales, examine le marketing et les stratégies promotionnelles, puis décrit un paysage urbain particulier, le Little India Historic District.