Responsibilities of the Geographical Research Institute HAS with regards to European regulations
Geographic research ; Hungary ; Practice of geography ; Research
Short summary of the challenges that Hungarian geographical research is facing in the 1990s, and the most important research tasks in the Geographical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of sciences in the future. - (JS)
Mines and minerals : a treasure house of Latin American research topics
Latin America ; Mine ; Ore;Mineral ; Raw materials ; Research
General comments on the decline of published research on Latin American topics by North American geographers. Brief review of the slim amount of work done on mining topics.―(DWG)
Didactics ; Education ; Pedagogy ; Research ; Teaching material ; Teaching of geography
This book originated from the Commission on Geographical Education of the International Geographical Union. It contains many criteria for designing and evaluating future research projects on geographical software, maps, teaching modes and testing
Greenhouse, Gaia and global change: a personal view of the pitfalls of interdisciplinary research
Global change is, in many ways, a synonym for global geography: the study of processes and their consequences at the human/environment interface. Assessment of highly complex systems demands integrative, interdisciplinary research; the search
for, and recognition of, negative feedbacks, and, most importantly, the courage to formulate hypotheses which bridge many single disciplines. The A. illustrates some of the pitfalls of interdisciplinary research with reference to his own research in atmospheric science
Medical geographic research in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 1980s and beyond
Caribbean ; Disease ; Health ; Latin America ; Medical geography ; Medical services ; Regional pathology ; Research ; Spatial analysis ; Tropical endemic disease
Geographical research on disease ecology in the 1980s has examined the role of environmental characteristics in the distribution of particular diseases and the contribution of ecological and socioeconomic variables to differential risk of infection
. Research was also published on spatial patterns of health and disease and the provision of health services.―(DWG)
Geographic research ; Hungary ; Physical geography ; Practice of geography ; Research
Detailed chronological review of physical geographical research carried out in the Geographical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in the last fourty years. - (JS)
The impact of research and technological development on social and economic cohesion : some considerations
Economic integration ; Europe ; Gross domestic product ; Infrastructure ; Regional development ; Regional disparities ; Research and development ; Standard of living ; Technology
Geographic research on aboriginal and peasant cultures in Amazonia, 1980-1990
Geographic research on aboriginal and peasant cultures has focused on Indian subsistence, peasant riverine villagers, and frontier settlement. Although geographers have made important contributions, they have written less about rainforest
Recent research on Amerind and peasant cultures in Yucatan and Central America
Adaptation ; Central America ; Cultural geography ; Historical geography ; Human ecology ; Mexico ; Migration ; Research ; Settlement history ; Traditional agriculture ; Yucatan