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Fred B. Kniffen: a special kind of anthropologist

Fred B. Kniffen: a special kind of anthropologist
1994

Poitou-Charentes, two of a kind ? A regional geographic analysis of a region as object, system and set

Poitou-Charentes, two of a kind ? A regional geographic analysis of a region as object, system and set
1994

The social geography of disaster recovery: differential response to the north coast earthquake

Three major tremors hit the north coast of California on April 25-26, 1992. Evaluates the recovery in five towns in Humboldt county, which was a function of the magnitude of physical damage, but also the kind of social structure in each community
1994

Going up the country: internationalization and urbanization on Frankfurt's northern fringe

kinds and two discourses on growth. Central and peripheral growth are linked in an oscillating movement of mutually reinforcing dynamics. The articulation of these dynamics with the local political space of the northern fringe is examined.
1994

Methodendokumentation Bodenkunde. Auswertungsmethoden zur Beurteilung der Empfindlichkeit und Belastbarkeit von Böden

of the soil to specific hazards: potential susceptibility to compaction, retention capacity and others. All methods represent deterministic models based on simple empirical relationships. Methods can be compared, information is given about the kind of input
1994

Farmer perception of soils in the mountains of the Dominican Republic

In Las Cuevas north of Azua 80 farmers were interviewed about their soils : 48% of them were aware of soil erosion, but had little interest in soil conservation. None of the farmers named more than six kinds of soil. Stoniness or soil depth were
1994

Wave flume experiments on the formation of longshore bars produced by breaking waves

Mechanisms and processes of longshore bar formation were investigated in connection with vortices induced by breaking waves in the laboratory. Four kinds of wave-flume experiments were conducted using a two-video-camera system to examine
1994

Fossil arthropods from a full-glacial site in northeastern Italy

Fossil remains of beetles and oribatid mites from a peat deposit dated 18,870 ± 300 yr B.P. near Verona, northeastern Italy, represent the first insect fauna of its kind from the last glacial maximum to be described from Italy. The paleoenvironment
1994

Transport of suspended load in the Parseta River during the flash flood of june 1988, Poland

the flood period because of a strong hysteresis effect. Three kinds of hysteresis loops are distinguished: clockwise, anticlockwise and two-part. They represent different conditions of water and sediment supply from the catchment and the Parseta channel
1994

Dendrochronology for the last 1400 years in eastern Tibet

kinds of signatures in a tree-ring series and amount of growth change in relation to the previous year. The various types of signatures can be related to meteorological events like cold winters and summers, summer drought or to recreation reactions after
1994