High-tech industry ; Information ; Innovation ; Malaysia ; Multimedia ; Science park ; State control ; Technology ; Urban development
This Corridor, a 50-km-long high-tech zone stretching southwards from Kuala-Lumpur, is imagined in the state discourse as part of a transition to a multimedia utopia benefiting all Malaysians throughout the national territory. This article seeks
Optimal urban population size : national vs local economic efficiency
City-region ; Economic growth ; Economy ; National economy ; Per capita income ; Population growth ; Regional economy ; Seoul ; South Korea ; Urban population
This paper explores whether the population size of the Seoul Metropolitan Area (SMA) in Korea is efficient in terms of the national economy. To undertake this analysis, a recursively dynamic interregional computable general equilibrium model
with a population module is developed. The counter-factual analysis shows that national population decentralisation away from the SMA is desirable for Korea’s economic growth. However, the SMA government is likely to have incentive to maintain its population
at around 40 per cent of the national population, where per capita income at the regional, not national, level is maximised.
[b3] Joint Programme on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Etats-Unis
[b1] Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, National Univ., Seoul, Coree, Republique de
[b1] Dept. of Tropical Agriculture and International Cooperation, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan, Province de Chine
[b2] Dept. of Geography, National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan, Province de Chine
The research that has been conducted on the IPCC (United nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) as an institution has come mostly from science and technology studies scholars and a small number of critical social scientists. The IPCC’s
influence on the construction, mobilization and consumption of climate change knowledge is considerable. The review therefore ends by encouraging geographers of science to turn their research and scholarship to understanding the roles played by the IPCC
Antecedents for the adoption of new technology in emerging wireless cities : comparisons between Singapore and Taipei
Communication ; Comparative study ; Consumer behaviour ; Infrastructure ; Innovation ; Internet ; Role of the State ; Singapore ; Taipei ; Taiwan ; Technology
This study examines the direct and indirect antecedents for the adoption of new technology in the emerging wireless cities of Singapore and Taipei (Taiwan). The results show that the development of Taipei wireless city relies on external factors
to the divergent institutional environments that induce different types of expansion and varying degrees of efficacy in the adoption of new technology.
[b1] Institute of Technology Management, National Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan, Province de Chine
sciences et technologies nouvelles, et les valeurs et sensibilités publiques au sens large.
Etude de la relation troublante entre les technologies émergentes, le caractère incertain et amplifiant du risque technologique, et le domaine public. Des décalages, bouleversements et des distorsions existent entre les forces qui guident les
Data bank ; Geomorphology ; Internet ; Software ; Teaching of geography ; Technology
Specifically, this paper focuses on ways to employ computer technology to present geomorphologic information and progress through a hierarchy of knowledge from first-order facts to higher-order ideas, to a level of understanding of dynamic, Earth
-system science. The AA. provide examples from their classes and address issues associated with plagiarism and intellectual property rights. Teaching and research in geomorphology are undergoing a beneficial, but sometimes problematic, transition
with the new technology. Geomorphology can only prosper from the benefits offered by computer technologies.
Retrospect and prospect of Geographical Sciences in China : A comparison with the Strategic Directions for Geography in the USA
China ; Comparative study ; Economic geography ; History of geography ; Human geography ; Inter-disciplinary approach ; Methodology ; Physical geography ; Technology ; United States of America
Etude rétrospective et prospective des Sciences Géographiques en Chine par comparaison avec les Directions Stratégiques pour la Géographie publiées aux Etats-Unis. Le système disciplinaire des Sciences Géographiques est très complexe. Au cours des
[b1] College of Tourism and Geography Sciences, Yunnan Normal Univ., Kunming, Chine
[b3] Key Lab. of Educational Information for Nationalities, Yunnan Normal Univ., Kunming, Chine
[b4] School of Geographical Sciences, Normal Univ., Nanjing, Chine
Tree reactions and dune movements : Slowinski National Park, Poland
Baltique mer ; Dendrochronologie ; Dendrologie ; Dune ; Eolien ; Impact ; Littoral ; Parc national ; Pin ; Pologne ; Transport éolien
Aeolian features ; Aeolian transport ; Baltic Sea ; Coastal environment ; Dendrochronology ; Dendrology ; Dune ; Impact ; National park ; Pine ; Poland
The main aim of this study was to assess whether the annual tree rings of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) growing on the lee side of the Czolpinska dunes in the Slowinski National Park, could be used to measure rates of dune advance
[b3] Fac. of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, Univ. of Science and Technology, Kraków, Pologne
Géographie de la science des pays d'Amérique latine
Applied geography ; Human geography ; Latin America ; Research ; Sciences ; Spatial distribution ; Technology
Amérique latine ; Distribution spatiale ; Géographie appliquée ; Géographie humaine ; Recherche ; Sciences ; Technologie
nouvelles de la science et des technologies.
Discussion sur les problèmes de l'état actuel de la science dans ces pays. Résultats des recherches scientifiques : leur nombre et leur croissance, leur distribution par pays. Directions les plus importantes des études dans les branches les plus
Technologie-Entwicklung und Grundbedürfnisse: Empirische Studie über Mexiko.. (Technological development and basic needs: empirical study on Mexico)
This study was elaborated, within the programme global development at the International Institute of Comparative Social Science Research of the Science Centre (Wissenschaftszentrum) Berlin. While this programme is focused mainly on a critical
analysis and an improvement of theoretical world models, complementary country studies concentrate on special aspects, in this case the development of adequate technologies for the supply of basic needs and the possibilities of relevant cooperation. (EG).
Effects of land-cover change on soil erosion in the Saxon Switzerland national park region
Les AA. étudient les effets des changements de la couverture du sol sur son l’érosion dans la région du Parc national de la Suisse saxonne. Ils en analysent les propriétés, la fréquence des précipitations ainsi que la longueur érosive d’une pente
[b1] Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Institute of Plant Sciences, Zurich, Suisse
[b3] Department of Geography, Univ. of Technology, Dresden, Allemagne