Methodological exercises in regional geography : France as an example
France ; Languedoc-Roussillon ; Methodology ; Poitou-Charentes ; Practical work ; Regional geography ; Research technique ; Theory
This book is a collection of exercises in modern regional geography. It's aim is to demonstrate how regional geographers now study regions. A methodological framework is presented. Included are case-studies of Poitou-Charentes and Languedoc
It is suggested that in a revision of views about the validity of a hypothesis-testing, critical rationalist methodology might have considerable implications for the practice of environmental sciences, and that accordingly the debate initited
Computer supported reconnaissance planning. Implementing a planning methodology with a Geographical Information System in Noord Brabant, the Netherlands
Within the framework of a research into the tension between sustainability and flexibility, this study operationalizes the methodology of 'searching for possible directions of development' (i.e. the reconnaissance planning approach) at the regional
A methodology to interpret downvalley lake sediments as records of Neoglacial activity: Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada
British Columbia ; Canada ; Glacial features ; Grain size distribution ; Holocene ; Lacustrine sediment ; Methodology ; Organic materials ; Palaeogeography ; Sediment budget ; Sedimentology ; Varves
Downvalley lake sediments from four lakes within Kwoiek Creek watershed, Coast Mountains, are examined with the aim of reconstructing Holocene glacial activity. A methodology is outlined which, through sediment source-sink analysis, separates
Epistemology ; Geographical information system ; Geographical thought ; Methodology ; Practice of geography ; Research ; Spatial analysis ; Urban geography
practice. A secondary aim is to provoke further discussion on the various methodological issues related to GIS in urban studies.
Australia ; Carrying capacity ; Fluvial processes ; Hydrodynamics ; Methodology ; New South Wales ; River bed
The dynamics of river beds can be assessed from scour and fill data obtained from scour chains. Chain insertion, anchoring and relocation can be determined with minimal manpower by utilising a set of tested employment methodologies
The present discourse demonstrates the thoughts related to the possibilities and consequences of an adaptation for the geographic settlement systems research of the methodological approaches and concepts taken from natural sciences, especially
Canada ; Cartographic technique ; Eighteenth Century ; History of cartography ; Map design ; Methodology ; Nineteenth Century ; Quebec
L'A. veut démontrer que la carte n'est pas seulement un outil qui donne une image du paysage, mais qu'elle est aussi un discours sur un territoire, un instrument du pouvoir ; il passe en revue les méthodologies et pratiques de la cartographie du