Settlement and land alienation in Western Australia : the shire of Denmark
Australia ; Colonization ; Farm ; Historical geography ; Land ; Pioneer fringe ; Settlement ; Western Australia
Settlements started near the main rivers before World War I and accelerated with Group Settlements of the 1920s. However many Group settlers abandoned their land before 1940. The rate of persistence of families on each block varied considerably
. Geographical expansion of holdings among successive generations of founding families reflects more general processes. Settlers have gradually created a continuously settled landscape in this once densely forested area.
Settlement history and tourism development in two Arizona mountain communities
Arizona ; Community ; Mountain ; Settlement ; Settlement history ; Tourism ; United States of America
The tourism development of two nearby Arizona mountain communities, Heber-Overgaard and Pinetop-Lakeside, was found to be a result of five factors : historical settlement, transportation routes, physical attractions, undeveloped land and recent
Israeli settlement in occupied territories and its impact on housing prices in Israel
Housing ; Housing cost ; Housing market ; Israel ; Model ; Settlement ; Territories ; Time series
The paper investigates the factors standing behind the temporal movement of the real price of housing. Special emphasis is given to the role of government policies that encouraged settlement in occuped territories. A static model of the housing
market is formulated and estimated. Settlement in occupied territories was an important moderating factor in the annual rate of price appreciation.
The valley of Shimshal - a geographical portrait of a remote high mountain settlement and its pastures with reference to environmental habitat conditions in the North-West Karakorum (Pakistan)
Dam ; Glacial surge ; Glacier ; Glacier fluctuation ; Irrigation ; Karokoram ; Mass movement ; Moraine ; Mountain ; Mudflow ; Natural hazards ; Pakistan ; Settlement
This paper presents observations on the natural hazard potential for permanent and seasonal mountain settlements and infrastructure such as routeways and irrigation canals in the North-West Karakorum. The remote high mountain settlement Shimshal
, located in the upper Shimshal valley and surrounded by 3 potential natural glacier dams, is of particular interest. Water supply conditions decide the potential for settlements to exist or expand. Their unprotected slope location exposes the irrgation
Demographic structure ; New Zealand ; Population ; Population ageing ; Population distribution ; Population redistribution ; Settlement ; Settlement history ; Settlement system
Changing contributions of suspended sediment sources in small basins resulting from European settlement on the Canadian Prairies
Agricultural land use ; Aquatic ecosystem ; Canada ; Climatic variability ; Ecosystem ; Europeans ; Geochemistry ; Lacustrine sediment ; Land use ; Palaeo-environment ; Palaeomagnetism ; Palynology ; Pollen analysis ; Prairies Provinces ; Settlement
In the research area, the earliest sediments deposited in the larger lakes predate European settlement, allowing direct evaluation of basin response to settlement. Pre- and post-settlement sediments in a central core were separated on the basis
of an increase in Populus pollen associated with the southward advance of the aspen parkland ecotone caused by fire suppression following settlement. This study focuses on sediment characteristics. At present, topsoil is the dominant suspended sediment source
The rank/scale differentiation on the Czech national settlement system : local, regional, national and supranational level in the frame of European system. Actually a fundamental question is the establishment of optimal degree of the political
Australia ; Farm ; Frontier ; Historical geography ; Land development ; New South Wales ; Pioneer fringe ; Settlement ; South Australia ; Wheat ; Years 1920-29 ; Years 1930-39
for service in the First World War became a major stimulus to expansion. The authorities blamed the settlers when the new wheat frontier proved to be expensive. Even the soldier settlers ultimately achieved a success rate comparable to that of the civilian
Arab World ; Informal settlement ; Poverty ; Quality of life ; Segregation ; Social exclusion ; Squatter settlement ; Urban settlement ; Urbanism ; World
Ankara ; Built up area ; Housing ; Informal settlement ; Production of space ; Squatter settlement ; Turkey ; Urban area ; Urban growth ; Urban planning ; Urban settlement
Central places ; Countryside ; European part of Russia ; Rural centre ; Rural population ; Settlement ; Settlement system ; Spatial organization ; Vologda