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)
Guidelines for college and university-level students on the basic steps in conducting research| how to frame research in a problem focus| differences between inductive and deductive method| and the role of theory in geographical investigations
Foldrajzi kutatas az NDK-ban Fejlodés és tavlatok. (Geographical research in the GDR development and perspectives)
An outline of research in the fifties and seventies, of the establishment of a new research institute in the seventies, of international cooperation and perspectives. (DLO).
Feminism ; Geographical knowkedge ; Practice of geography ; Research technique
Feminist geographers recommend a kind of reflexivity that aims at a full understanding of the researcher, the researched and the research context. The article begins with the A.'s failure at that kind of reflexivity. It then goes on to explore
critiques of transparent reflexivity. It concludes by suggesting that some recent discussions of the uncertainties of research practice offer another model of feminist reflexivity.
Formulaic follies revisited: or, why geography researchers get almost twice as much money as do planners in English universities
Allocation ; England ; Financing ; Geographic research ; Research ; United Kingdom ; University
The funding for research activities in English universities is based on a formula allocation which has many apparent anomalies. The A. shows that a much fairer system can and must replace that currently operated.
Exploring the entry points for political ecology in the international research agenda on global environmental change
Global change ; Land use ; Research ; Research programme
In this paper, it is tried to identify and explore in further detail some major entry points for the newly emerging field of political ecology in the Land-Use/Cover change (LUCC) research agenda. - (MT)
Diagnosing research priorities for small farmers : experiences from on-farm research in Pakistan
Recent experiences in on-farm research programs in Pakistan are reviewed with special reference to the importance of farming system interactions in diagnosing technological interventions for the major food grain crops in various systems. - (l'A.).
Making sense of multiple conversations : research, teaching and activism in and with communities in South African cities
Community ; Decision making process ; Institution ; Organization ; Research ; South Africa ; Urban geography
In the South African context, research is produced in multiple conversations that include conventional academic disciplinary communities, but extends beyond the university, engaging with a wide range of social and political institutions and actors
. This is explored from the author's experience in community based urban research programmes. - (AJC)
Synergy and co-operation : collaborative coastal research projects
Coastal dynamics ; Coastal environment ; Coastal protection ; Europe ; Model ; Project ; Research ; Sediment transport ; United Kingdom
This year's report will discuss some of 1997 large research projects : UK coastal research programmes with the Land-Ocean Interaction Study (LOIS) and the Coastal Area Modelling for Engineers in the Long Term (CAMELOT) project, and the European
Geographical trends in environmental protection research in Hungary in Geographical essays in Hungary.
A general problem is that research methodology is usually more developed than the conditions of its application in practice. Few examples for the types of current environmental research: fundamental research into theory and methodology
The geometry of a research speciality: spatial diffusion modeling
Analyse multivariée ; Analyse-Q ; Citation ; Concept ; Echelle multidimensionnelle ; Ghum ; Généralités sur la géographie ; Pratique de la géographie ; Research speciality ; Théorie
Despite the growing interest of geographers in the sociology of science, no work has been done on the structural analysis of a community of geographers engaged in a particular research speciality. The paper sketches the set-theoretic foundation
for such work and reviews the literature on research speciality.
Breaking the convention : researching the illegal migration of refugees to Europe
The paper examines the responses by researchers in geography and related disciplines to asylum-seeking and other forms of migration that are categorised as illegal as a result of recent European policy developments. The potential for participatory
and/or emancipatory research in such circumstances is explored, through comparative analysis of the ethical issues involved in radical research on a range of trafficking scenarios.
Inter-disciplinary approach ; Man-environment relations ; Research ; Research and development ; Research programme ; Space ; Spatial interaction ; Sustainable development
Spatial aspects of spatial development will become a key question of social debate in the coming decades. However, substantial research deficits exist with respect to the interaction between human activities in space and their economic, social
and ecological impacts. Obviously, these issues cannot be resolved by individual disciplines, but require a holistic research. The article presents an outline of such an interdisciplinary research programme. - (MT)
Research in the mountains of the island of New Guinea
Environment ; Landscape ; Man-environment relationship ; Mountain ; Natural resources ; Papua New Guinea ; Research ; Settlement
An Australian perspective on the history of research activities and findings on this vast island. Research dates from the 1950s, mainly in six disciplines, and has given much attention to historical change. Understanding of human adaptation
is increasingly put into the framework of climatic variability and change. Some of this research has an applied dimension in improving land management system. Compared to Papua New Guinea where Australian scholars have been active, the mountains and people