The study, after a short presentation of the history of the Chinese immigrants in Hungary, traces the geography of spatial networks and diasporic settlements of the Chinese community in Budapest, highlighting some consequences of the Chinese
The number of orphans is increasing in Africa, mainly due to HIV/AIDS. This has led to the establishment of child-headed households. Their number in the informal settlements in Nairobi is estimated to constitute about 5-10 per cent of all households
. Squatter settlements in Embakasi, the South-Eastern division of Nairobi, are known to be threatened by mungiki, a criminal sect. Soweto, Kayole, Kiambiu informal settlements etc. are no - go areas - not only for strangers, even for those who live
The Rhino Camp for the Sudanese refugees in North-Western Uganda was established on sites of an ecologically importance. Despite certain negative impacts associated with the settlement of tens of thousands of people in this area, it’s natural
Textual analysis of Shona and British settler memoirs describing life during Zimbabwe’s liberation war was undertaken to investigate non-traditional sources of environmental information and to understand how perceptions of human-environment
activity could be situated. This article is focused on the use of weighted linear average method within the Idrisi32 software application. With the help of mentioned GIS method more and less suitable areas for development of potential settlement from
In Hungary, requirements and conditions of different kind and importance, objective and subjective, strict or soft have always been set for settlements in the preparation process of the proclamation of urban status. The requirements and conditions
The Adatmap pilot program provides information how to use GIS at the local governments in Hungary. The arcticle presents the example of Kozármisleny, one of the most dynamically developing settlements of southern Transdanubia. - (AM)
California ; Homelessness ; Housing market ; San Diego ; United States of America ; Urban development ; Urban district ; Urban geography ; Urban landscape ; Urban policy ; Urban settlement
The aims of this paper are to determine whether the terrace and floodplain sequences of 3 streams in the upper Wollombi Brook drainage basin are the same and whether they responded to European settlement in a similar manner. After describing
This survey compiles abuses by the Burmese army reported during 2008 in relation to the legal framework for crimes against humanity. Between 1996 and 2007, 3200 settlements were destroyed. IDP are estimated to be over half a million persons
Damage caused by natural disasters in Slovenia is frequently linked to the ignoring of natural factors in spatial planning. Historically, the construction of buildings and settlements avoided dangerous flood areas, but later we see increasing
of Slovenia's rivers can not ensure the required level of safety from flooding for unsuitably located settlements and infrastructure. Every year, the Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia issues more than one thousand permits for interventions
Australia ; Channel geometry ; Ecosystem ; Flood ; Human impact ; New South Wales ; River bed ; Settlement ; Stream ; The 1820's
Analyses of floodplain sedimentology, archival records, parish maps and aerial photographs document marked spatial variability in the pattern of channel change since European settlement in the 1820s. Different types, rates and extents of change