Enseignement de la géographie ; Géographie physique ; Planétologie ; Tectonique ; Volcanisme
Key concepts in physicalgeography, including tectonism, vulcanism, cratering, wind, gradation, and temperature, can be elucidated by comparing the surface environment of Earth with that of other planets in our solar system. - (DWG)
This review assesses the role of physicalgeography in the « New Environmental Age »; it addresses especially the role of the natural systems approach after 20 years in which this has constituted the main fabric of physicalgeography in the UK.
Physical process studies in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Australian physicalgeography.
Australie ; Corallien ; Great Barrier Reef ; Géographie de l'Océanie ; Géomorphodynamique ; Hydrodynamique ; Lagune ; Littoral ; Sédimentologie ; Transport à la côte
Geography of Oceania
This review summarizes the results of recent physical process studies in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park established under the GBRMP Act (1975), with emphasis on relationships with the terrestrial environment, hydrodynamics, sediment movement
Incorporating physicalgeography into the Guideline's movement theme
Human geography ; Physicalgeography ; Primary education ; Secondary education ; Teaching of geography ; United States
Enseignement de la géographie ; Enseignement primaire ; Enseignement secondaire ; Etats-Unis ; Géographie humaine ; Géographie physique
The five themes of the 1984 report, « guidelines for Geographic Education », now increasingly used in primary and secondary schools in the USA, was heavily weighted toward human geography. The AA. recommend ways in which physicalgeography can
Conversations with others ? Physicalgeography in South Africa
Methodology ; Natural environment ; Physicalgeography ; Public policy ; Research technique ; South Africa ; Theory
Afrique du Sud ; Géographie physique ; Milieu naturel ; Méthodologie ; Politique publique ; Technique de recherche ; Théorie
Unlike human geography, where there is a vibrant critical geography, physical geographers in South Africa have apparently failed to develop novel and fundamental theories and methods despite its remarkable, physical environmental circumstances
. Nevertheless, a more integrated physicalgeography in South Africa has the opportunity to grapple with key environmental and socio-economic problems, including poverty, that have the potential to re-invigorate the discipline. - (AJC)