In the course of economic growth, small towns see diversification in the employment structure of its population and the criteria non-agricultural population is getting more and more difficult to define. An improper definition of population sub
Changes are analysed according to size of population, by major functions, and by geographical location. Large and medium-sized cities grew more rapidly than small ones, accounting for 85 per cent of the urban population in 1982. By function
, provincial capitals and mining-manufacturing cities grew more rapidly and are expected to develop further. Cities of coastal regions develop most quickly but in the hinterland regions landward from the coast, city size is more evenly developed because
supplies of Soviet oil have become more uncertain, interest in solar energy has accelerated. Research centers are concentrated in the south, especially in the Crimea, Armenia and Central Asia. Work focuses mainly on practical applications, such as solar
stills and ovens, water pumps, cooling systems, and space heating, as well as basic studies on more complex technologies such as photovoltaics, solar furnaces, and large central power stations.
attending 10 secondary schools in Southend-on-Sea, England, using a modified Bradley-Terry type paired comparison procedure that allows for tied preferences. The results of this experiment are used to suggest that paired comparison procedures may allow more
natural and accurate scaling of environmental images than the more restrictive and taxing ranking procedures employed in previous studies.
Reefs get more and more importance in many countries because great deposits of oil and gas can be connected with them. In this paper a model for the development of reefs basing on a comparison of fossilized and recent reefs of all continents
Palynological evidence indicates more diverse climatic conditions for loess accumulation in the various regions of the USSR than it had been supposed earlier. Loess-like deposits formed in desert, semidesert, steppe, forest-steppe or tundra-steppe
environments. Conditions of soil formation are even more heterogeneous. (DLO).
theory. More specifically the book shows how distinctive political interests are implicity combined in apparently benign theoretical formulations of more traditional texts on urban geography and planning. (AJC).
In the west, minerals are more weathered. The data correspond with results of palynological, faunistic, cryological and other analyses and indicate a more humid climate for Volyno-Podolia in that time. (DLO).
On the year 1980, the foreign tourists have passed more than 30 millions of stays and more than 250 millions of bed nights in France. The tourists number increased by degrees, but the duration of the stays decreased slowly: Germans, Belgians
Kainji resettlement has been more successful than that of Volta because, with greater financial resources, better facilities were available with minimum interference with the traditional way of life. (EMS).
School curriculum development as related to Geography is outlined. Reference is made to differing concepts of knowledge and to learning theories. Attention is then directed towards the more specific subject curriculum and towards the changing nature
Geographical space is the most frequent case of cartographical interpretation. It is conceived more widely by compilation of synthetical maps. Attention is paid to the problems of both cartographical representation of metrics and spatial
. The midden deposit consisted mainly of the remains of shellfish, but also contained animal bones and stone artefacts. Analysis of the shellfish revealed a shift in exploitation from the larger species, which are more difficult to harvest, to use
of the smaller though more easily gathered animals. Study of the number of animals represented by the vertebrate remains, and calculation of the density of material, indicates that this shift is associated whith increased exploitation of the land fauna in later