Growth and internal spatial dynamics of this state capital and manufacturing center. Suburban expansion and ribbon development since World War II have morphologically transformed Chihuahua. - (DWG)
Spatial-temporal changes of Tianjin urban spatialmorphology from 1978 to 2004
China ; Fractals ; Population growth ; Tianjin ; Town ; Urban development ; Urban growth ; Urban morphology
Taken fractal dimension, compact ratio, urban centroid and urban principal axis as the urban spatial characteristic indices, Tianjin city's urban area is investigated in the last 26 years in a quantitative perspective, and its traits and changes
Analysis of linear sand dune morphological variability, southwestern Kalahari Desert
and palaeoenvironmental significance of the Kalahari dunes. This study also provides a detailed classification of the linear dunes, based on quantifiable variables, and examines spatial trends in morphological variations in the dunefield.
In this paper, the AA. investigate the planimetric properties of the southwestern Kalahari linear dunefield. This study was carried out as part of a major project which is examining the surface processes, dynamics, morphological variability
Fonction urbaine ; Géographie théorique ; Hongrie ; Morphologie urbaine ; Méthodologie ; Peuplement ; Structure spatiale ; TIBOR (M.)
to the investigation of the spatial structure of the society. Tibor Mendöl's method, the so-called functional morphology, which essentially tried to find out the relationship between urban functions and morphology, received a main role in this evolutionary process
This study reviews the aims, methods and trends of settlement geography focusing on the internal structures of settlements in Hungary. The theoretical and methodological development of the discipline streches from morphological predominance
. While pure morphological research has been gradually neglected the attention of Hungarian geographers has turned to urban social questions, mainly as an outcome of the appearance of social geography. Nowadays the problems of the built environment
City;Town ; Iran ; Urban area ; Urban history ; Urban morphology ; Urban structure
Influences of the physical environment, trade, historical events, religion and sociopolitical structures on the spatial patterns and morphology of the cities of Iran. Examples drawn especially from Sabzivar, Mashhad, Isfahan and Shiraz. - (DWG)
Etude morphométrique de dolines établies sur des terrasses coralliennes étagées. L'analyse statistique de la répartition des dolines fait ressortir les contraintes spatiales mais suggère également un développement séquentiel. (CM).
Agricultural retreat ; Channel geometry ; Dating ; Dendrochronology ; Floodplain ; Human impact ; Isotope dating ; Land use ; Lichenometry ; Reforestation ; Slovenia ; Spatial variation ; Stream
In this paper, the impact of human interference and especially the effects of reforestation on the river morphology of the Dragonja river is studied. Furthermore, the spatial variability of river response to land-use change in the catchment
in the ridges sails. The aim of this paper is to serve as a basic information about the structure, morphology and distribution of the pressure ridges in the Baltic Sea. The results are compared with the information about the ridges in the Arctic Seas.
Australia ; Coastal dynamics ; Coastal environment ; Coastal erosion ; Coastal geomorphology ; Dune ; Lagoon ; Reef ; Spatial variation ; Western Australia
This paper contributes to the knowledge of Western Australian coastal systems through a review of recent investigations of large-scale accretionary landforms, foredune sequences and sandy beach morphology. It examines the association of particular
Classification ; Deglaciation ; Moraine ; Mountain ; Palaeogeography ; Quaternary ; Spatial distribution ; Sweden
The AA. present data on relict marginal moraine morphology and distribution in the Swedish mountains. These data are used to suggest formational conditions for the moraines and palaeoglaciological implications for the final part of the late
The paper aims to understand the morphological transformation of the urban network of Wrocław caused by the rapid development and urban growth impacts. In an attempt to investigate the reason for morphological transformation of Wrocław urban network
, the study focuses on the analysis of their spatial transformation through the comparative syntactic analysis during the historic process of growth of Wrocław. The spatial analysis based on Space Syntax theories and techniques. - (BJ)
Concept ; Inter-disciplinary approach ; Social structure ; Urban area ; Urban morphology ; Urban settlement ; Urban structure
of the interdisciplinary study of spatial (natural and social) structure. The article reproduces morphology as a subject area of the disciplines for which the study of forms are common. Urban morphology as an art of urban forms is also discussed. – (BJ)
The purpose of this interdisciplinary article is to present a structural unit of urban space termed the morphomark, as a concept adopted from urban morphology. The article compiles concepts of space, as these reflect morphological processes
Dating ; Drumlin ; Geochronology ; Geomorphometry ; Glacial features ; Glacial flow ; Northern Ireland ; Spatial statistics ; Statistics ; Typology ; United Kingdom
. Rock-cored drumlins are more morphologically diverse and occur on high-level plateaus and upland flanks. Morphometric analysis reveals both spatial and statistically significant absolute differences between the elongation ratios and orientations
The aim of this paper is to describe and compare the morphology and morphometry of diamict-dominated and rock-cored drumlins in the Omagh Basin. Diamict drumlins are mainly of classical or fused type and are found in lowland and basinal locations
Relationship between solar radiation and the development and morphology of small cirque glaciers (Maladeta Mountain massif, Central Pyrenees, Spain)
Bilan de masse ; Bilan énergétique ; Cirque glaciaire ; Distribution spatiale ; Déglaciation ; Espagne ; Glacier ; Modèle ; Montagne ; Pyrénées ; Radiation ; Topographie
Cirque ; Deglaciation ; Energy balance ; Glacier ; Glacier mass balance ; Model ; Mountain ; Pyrénées ; Radiation ; Spain ; Spatial distribution ; Topography
The aim of this study was to assess differences in solar radiation on 3 glacial cirques located in the Maladeta Mountain massif, and analyses their implications on glacier development and morphology. A quantitative approach is adopted to obtain
the values of solar radiation (direct, diffuse and global radiation), combining several field data parameters (measured at 55 control-points) with the solar radiation modelling package Ecosim. The results are compared with the spatial distribution
and morphology of glacial features, and a first estimation of the influence of solar radiation on glaciation/deglaciation processes in the Maladeta massif is thus made.
The relation between surface rock-fragment cover and semiarid hillslope profile morphology
Rock-fragment cover on hillslope surfaces profoundly influences the operation of hydrologic and geomorphic processes on those surfaces. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the spatial variability of rock-fragment cover on morphological
Beaver-pond sequence morphology and sedimentation in northwestern Montana
Two adjacent beaver-pond sequences of seven ponds each were examined along the eastern boundary of Glacier National Park, Montana, to determine spatial patterns and amounts of sedimentation, both within individual ponds and along pond sequences
. Dams and their associated ponds were categorized into two age groups, young versus old, based on dam morphology and surface vegetation.
Characteristics and trends of spatial forms of city centers in Japan
Employment ; Inner city ; Japan ; Urban morphology
This paper aims to analyze the spatial form in the city centers in Japan. It proposes the agglomeration district of city center-type (AD) as an absolute reference for the city center based on employee density. - (KA)
This paper is concerned with an approach for studying rural settlement morphology in frontier or permanently occupied areas. A thorough consideration of periodic rural dwelling distribution is provided with the approach since it requires
in southwestern Oklahoma, USA. Nearest neighbor and quadrat analyses are used for describing settlement morphologies that, with time, exhibited clustering tendencies. Dwellings comprising the contemporary settlement occupied sites that indicated rural inhabitants
To understand whether soils on the same geomorphic surface have similar properties, this study examines the morphology of soils developed on the 30-kyr-old Taoyuan Terrace. Relationships among soil morphology, variations in the groundwater table