The paper deals with the nature of rural tourism and its significance as an alternative economic activity for development of rural areas in Bulgaria. The paper draws attention towards and points the resources for development of rural tourism
Transformations of rural areas in Poland and Bulgaria. A case study
Economy ; Infrastructure ; Poland ; Region ; Rural area ; Society ; Years 1990-99
regions in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodship. The subject of the paper includes transformations in social, infrastructural, economic and natural-cultural spheres of the studied area. - (BJ)
The influence of lithology on hillslope development in the area of the Jacupiranga Alkaline Complex and its surroundings (São Paulo, Brazil)
This study examines the relationship between lithology and slope form in an area characterised by a highly varied range of different rock types occurring alongside one another : the Jacupiranga Alkaline Complex. As both the tectonic evolution
Cold area ; Erosion rate ; Erratic boulder ; Glacial cycle ; Glaciation ; Isotope dating ; Quaternary ; Sweden
The AA. use cosmogenic nuclide techniques to test the hypothesis that the tors of the Parkajoki area and, by inference, the surrounding landscape, are in fact relict features that have persisted through one or more glacial cycles. If the tors
of the Parkajoki area are not relict features, then they should have cosmogenic nuclide exposure ages consistent with the last deglaciation.
Can deprived housing areas be revitalised ? Efforts against segregation and neighbourhood decay in Denmark and Europe
The understanding of the nature of deprived areas is uncertain. In Denmark, there is an extensive effort to come at processes leading to increased deprivation. The main instruments are rent decreases, physical improvements and support
A model for mental health needs and resourcing in small geographic areas : a multivariate spatial perspective
England ; London ; Medical services ; Model ; Service ; Spatial analysis ; United Kingdom ; Urban area
The paper considers how small area variations in a set of psychiatric referral outcomes in a London health authority of 750 000 people may inform health need assessment and health resourcing for mental illness based on true need. As well as adopting
Climatic warming ; Cold area ; Gelifluction ; Global change ; Greenland ; Ground survey ; Mass movement ; Slope ; Slope gradient
Re-surveys of surviving mass-wasting target lines established by A.L. Washburn in the late 1950s in the Mester Vig area, northeast Greenland, are used to derive estimates of long-term mass wasting in the area. These long-term rates suggest a general
increase in the rate of mass wasting in the Mesters Vig area ove the last 40 years. This increase may be related to a general pattern of climatic amelioration for the east coast of Greenland.
Agricultural production ; Health ; Impact ; Living conditions ; Poland ; Rural area ; Rural population ; Social life
The main aim of the present study is to characterise factors influencing the health situation of people living in rural areas of Poland. Apart from those having an impact on the general situation, three groups of factors specific to the situations
to the processes of economic transformation taking place at present in Poland, the health situation of people living in rural areas has come to be influenced by two processes above all, i.e. the fast growth of suburban areas and the sudden pauperisation of farming
Transformaciones socio-espaciales en el área metropolitana de Buenos Aires : barrios exclusivos y pueblos privados
Argentina ; Buenos Aires ; Gated community ; Large city ; Metropolitan area ; Private space ; Residential area ; Residential environment ; Residential neighbourhood ; Segregation ; Urban change ; Urban growth ; Urban society
Determining sediment source areas in a tropical river basin, Costa Rica
Four hydrologic events were studied at three gauging stations in the Pejibaye river basin. The objective was to determine if the sediment passing the gauging stations originated in the forested area, the pasture, or the cultivated area during
Using Be 10 and Al 26 to determine sediment generation rates and identify sediment source areas in an arid region drainage basin
Arid area ; Arizona ; Grain size distribution ; Isotope dating ; Model ; Sediment budget ; Sediment transport ; United States of America ; Watershed ; Weathering
the length of Yuma Wash, the AA. identify significant sediment source areas. Nuclide concentrations in upland basins represent the production rate of sediment from the weathering of bedrock (sediment generation). Nuclide concentrations in main stem samples
Alluvial cone ; Anatolia ; Archeological site ; Biostratigraphy ; Climatic variation ; Lake ; Lake level ; Palaeo-environment ; Palaeolimnology ; Quaternary ; Semi-arid area ; Turkey
The detailed lithostratigraphic, biostratigraphic, chemical and physical analyses of lake sediments and alluvial fan sediments done in the Aksaray area, southeast of the basin of Lake Tuz are reported to reconstruct the changes of sedimentary
environments during the Late Quaternary. The A. focuses on the geographic contrast between Konya Basin, where the lake had disappeared at about 10,000 years ago, and Lake Tuz, where a large water area has been kept till now, by comparing environmental histories
of both areas. Data of sedimentary ages and environment of Late Quaternary deposits made clear the lake-level fluctuations and fan developing systems.
Density gradients in Canadian metropolitan regions, 1971-96 : differential patterns of central area and suburban growth and change
and outer parts of the metropolitan area. The predominant trend has been towards suburban-style, low-density expansion, albeit with considerable intercity variation regarding changes in central area and suburban density.
Land-use changes during the 19th and 20th centuries. The case of the Odra River catchment area
Analysis of land use based on information obtained from historical maps and satellite images suggests that the distribution of the 6 main types of land use (forests, arable lands, meadows, built-up areas, waters and marshes), in the Odra River
catchment have not undergone major change. This confirms the supposition that land use in the area has an exceptionally stable configuration.
The functional classification carried out for rural areas in 2000 allowed for the distinguishing of 10 functional classes combined into 5 groups. The analysis of the functional differentiation to rural areas in 1988 and 2000 revealed that areas