Large lakes of the world : a global science opportunity
A multinational program to study and preserve the environmental quality of large lakes on a global basis is proposed. Large lakes are both scientifically interesting and economically valuable, and provide the basis for a global-scale limnology
Silenced rivers: the ecology and politics of large dams
Devastating critique of the environmental effects and human consequences of dams around the world. Considers the powerful political and economic interests behing large dam projects, many proposed and built for large international aid projects
Recent locational trends of large-scale retail stores in the Tokyo metropolitan region
This paper analyzes the difference in the distribution patterns of large-scale retail stores by scales and management types in the Tokyo metropolitan Region. Analysis has been made for the years 1975-1981, during which period a peak of large-scale
Issues in data collection and reliability in marketing multidimensional scaling studies. Implications for large stimulus sets in Proximity and preference. Problems in the multidimensional analysis of large data sets.
This paper develops an empirically-based model of the evolution of large roches moutonnées, based on features in eastern Scotland with lee side cliffs up to 160 m high.
Making connections with individual learners in large introductory geography courses
Addresses obstacles to maintaining a high-quality educational experience at a university level when large lecture classes make students anonymous ; suggestions for what can be done about it. - (DWG)
Spatial scale influences on modeled runoff for large watersheds
The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of spatially discontinuous date on modeled runoff by testing how differences in the size and number of model units affect the ability of a model to simulate the runoff process in a large
The issue of the effectiveness of large cities as forms of settlement remains a lively topic of debate in the USSR. Categorizing the issue into three aspects (economic, ecological and social) the A. reviews the arguments pro and con, with a tone
Recent developments in large-scale water transfers in the USSR
Current status and future plans for large-scale water transfers in the USSR (European diversion projects and Siberian diversion projects)| account given by G. V. Voropaev, director of the Insitute of water problems in Moscow.
The current policy of controlling city size to deter the development of large cities, seems to be either irrelevant or misleading. Instead, against a current background of rapid urbanisation, China should take full advantage of its large cities
and pursue a large-city-led policy for its development.
Large rockslides : their causes and movement on internal sliding planes
Using examples from the Alps, Andes and Cascades, the A. discusses the preconditions for the occurrence of large rockslides and their consequences, including the creation of secondary slides. - (DWG)
The development process and some features of large-scale housing estates in the Morioka urban area
This study aims to explain the development process of large-scale residential areas, 20 hectares and over each, in the Morioka urban area, and to compare some features with other urban and metropolitan areas. - (KA)
The development process of large-scale residential areas in the Kagoshima metropolitan area
This study aims to explain the development process of large-scale residential areas, over 20 hectares each, in the Kagoshima metropolitan area, and to evaluate the role of public-developers in the process. - (KA)
The spatial reorganization of office functions by rationalization : a case study of the large-scale retailer U N Y
This study aims to clarify how one Japanese corporation (large scale retailer U N Y ) rationalized and changed the spatial organization of its office functions during this recession. - (KA)
Diurnal and inter-diurnal variations in large-scale atmospheric turbulence over southern Africa
An examination of regional, seasonal diurnal and inter-diurnal wind variabilities in southern Africa. Mesoscale effects are dominant over those of synoptic scale in the generation of large scale turbulence in the boundary layer. - (AJC)