The art and science of geography : U.S. and Soviet perspectives
American school ; Epistemology ; Geographic school ; Geography ; Ideology ; Practice of geography ; Soviet school ; Teaching of geography
Questions and responses from 13 American geographers and 40 cohorts from the ex-Soviet Union on the following themes : the essence of geography as a discipline ; geographic education ; the relevance of geography ; and geographical approaches
The A. present a historical geography of the Lysenkoist and field-based heredity science that in-formed a program of forest modification in Soviet Central Asia in the mid-twentieth century. This program, which used horticultural techniques
to construct forest-orchards (lesosady) in the walnut–fruit forests of Soviet Kirgizia, entered the landscape into scientific controversies, with ramifications for human–forest interactions in Kyrgyzstan today. Field sciences, like Lysenkoist heredity, have
geographies that immerse them in and transform the world. By telling them, political ecologists can better illuminate where and how the doing of science has shaped encounters between people and their environments.
Post-Soviet Geography: rising to the challenges of transition
Ex-URSS ; Post-Soviet Geography ; Pratique de la géographie ; Revue géographique ; Rôle du géographe
L'A. présente les défis à relever en cette époque de transition économique et politique, tant pour l'ex-URSS que pour les autres pays du bloc de l'Est. La revue « Post-Soviet Geography » a un rôle éminent à jouer : elle doit jeter un pont entre la
géographie régionale et la géographie systématique, entre la géographie et d'autres sciences sociales, entre les géographes occidentaux et ceux de l'ex-URSS. - (CLR)
Management of cultural landscapes : what does this mean in the former Soviet Union ? A case study from Latvia
In countries of the former Soviet Union the landscape underwent many changes as a result of agricultural collectivisation and its aftermath. This situation has been analysed for six sample rural municipalities (pagasts) in Latvia. All sampled
pagasts had experienced significant landscape change during the Soviet times that replaced the pre-Soviet character with a new ‘ideological landscape’.
[b2] Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Latvia, Riga, Lettonie
Economic models in regional development and planning. Proceedings of the First Polish-Soviet regional science seminar, Szymbark, Poland, August 29 th to September 5 th, 1973
Planning is particularly important in the Soviet Union since not only most spatial change but all economic planning is the product of a systematic socio-political ideology. Planning is therefore the key to understanding the Soviet economy, Soviet
society and spatial change in the Soviet Union. Indeed, this is the first study in which the focus has been directed specifically at spatial planning in the Soviet Union in any systematic way. Based on the authors'own research, the book provides
a comprehensive review of planning in the Soviet Union for both geography students and Soviet specialists.
The contributions of Chauncy Harris to geographical studies of the Soviet Union| an appreciation in Geographical studies on the Soviet Union. Essays in Honor of Chauncy D. Harris.
Soil science as a branch of the natural sciences - Some observations on the occasion of the Fifteenth International Congress of Soil Scientists
Methodology ; Soil science ; Soviet school ; Twentieth Century
A l'occasion du 25ème congrès international de pédologie (Mexico, juillet 1994), la place de la pédologie dans les sciences et dans la vie est étudiée. L'approche génétique de V.V. Dokučaev en pédologie prend une importance croissante dans cette
branche fondamentale des sciences naturelles actuelles. Article traduit du russe, extrait de: Počvovedenie, 1994, n° 4, pp. 5-11.