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Closer settlement in the Western District of Victoria : a case study in Australian land use policy, 1898-1914
  • Closer settlement in the Western District of Victoria : a case study in Australian land use policy, 1898-1914
  • Australia ; Farm ; Historical geography ; Land ; Land use ; Legislation ; Settlement ; Victoria ; Years 1900-09
  • The region known as the Western District of Victoria was seen as particularly suitable for the application of land-settlement policy. The study illustrates how the basic principles of closer settlement were used to further the interests
  • of particular groups. Secondly it highlights the flaws in foundations of the Closer Settlement Act which impacted on the settlers chances of success.
The peculiarities of Jewish settlement in Estonia
  • The peculiarities of Jewish settlement in Estonia
  • Estonia ; Jews ; Minority ; Settlement ; Settlement history ; Settlement system
Encomienda and settlement : toward a historical geography of early colonial Guatemala
  • Encomienda and settlement : toward a historical geography of early colonial Guatemala
  • Colonization ; Guatemala ; Historical geography ; Modern period ; Settlement ; Settlement history ; Social organization
  • Archival documents on the encomienda in Guatemala and elsewhere in Spanish America permit reconstruction of the historical geography of settlement. Useful article to prospective researchers. - (DWG)
Settlement location in the Murge, Apulia, Southern Italy
  • Settlement location in the Murge, Apulia, Southern Italy
  • Agriculture ; Italy ; Natural resources ; Regional geology ; Settlement ; Southern Italy ; Statistics ; Urbanization
  • This is a study of the settlement pattern of part of Apulia where the population is concentrated in large rural towns. As the topography is very gentle, other factors determining the location of settlement have been suggested in the past
The spontaneous settlement question in South Africa: insights from the international experience
  • The spontaneous settlement question in South Africa: insights from the international experience
  • Community ; Housing ; Housing policy ; Informal sector ; Informal settlement ; South Africa ; Squatter settlement
  • Informal settlement and shacklands are examined in the context of developing countries. Processes of self-help and independence of the formal sector are examined. - (SJC)
Reconstruction and postdevelopmentalism in South Africa: the case of an informal settlement in Pietermaritzburg-Msunduzi (1990-1995)
  • Reconstruction and postdevelopmentalism in South Africa: the case of an informal settlement in Pietermaritzburg-Msunduzi (1990-1995)
  • Apartheid ; Housing ; Informal settlement ; Local authority ; Natal ; Segregation ; South Africa ; Squatter ; Urban policy ; Urban settlement
  • The spontaneous mushrooming of informal settlements was a significant feature of the 1990s. The changing approaches to such activities under the apartheid and post-apartheid local state are examined in relation to the experiences of a specific
Embracing diversity in theory : a theoretical contribution to rethinking relocation settlements
  • Embracing diversity in theory : a theoretical contribution to rethinking relocation settlements
  • Ideology ; KwaZulu-Natal ; Location ; Settlement ; South Africa ; Theory ; Transfer of population
  • This paper aims to contribute to the use of theories of diversity in geographical studies. Through the use of the case study of Bilanyoni (a former relocation settlement in KwaZulu-Natal), the paper discusses the way in which such settlements have
The role of the cooperative in the development of rurban settlements in Israel : some organisational problems
  • The role of the cooperative in the development of rurban settlements in Israel : some organisational problems
  • Recent trends in the field of rural settlement in Israel have resulted in the development of new village forms. These rurban settlements are distinguished by different socioeconomic and organisational characteristics to those of the traditional
  • kibbutz and moshav settlements. Particularly problematic is the role of the Cooperative as providing the appropriate framework for management and flexibility. - (DN)
A falvak településfoldrajzi problémai a Tiszantul kozépso részén. (Settlement geographical problems of villages in the mid-Trans-Tisza region)
  • A falvak településfoldrajzi problémai a Tiszantul kozépso részén. (Settlement geographical problems of villages in the mid-Trans-Tisza region)
  • The changes in the settlement network in the 1980s are reviewed with regard to those in population number, status of settlements, occupational restratification and the economy of settlements. (DLO).
De wedergeboorte van het Nederlandse platteland. Wordt daarbij voldoende op de kleintjes gelet? (The revival of the Dutch rural areas. Is there enough attention to the smaller settlements?)
  • De wedergeboorte van het Nederlandse platteland. Wordt daarbij voldoende op de kleintjes gelet? (The revival of the Dutch rural areas. Is there enough attention to the smaller settlements?)
  • The author deals with the problems of the smaller settlements within larger municipalities. There is much evidence at least in the province of Friesland that these smaller settlements are forgotten while growth is directed at the main settlement
Germany after unification : urban settlement systems in the 1990s
  • Germany after unification : urban settlement systems in the 1990s
  • Exurban settlement ; Germany ; Settlement ; Settlement system ; Suburbanization ; Urban development ; Urban network ; Urbanization
  • The urban settlement system in Germany is polycentric : it doesn't exist one sole primate city. As a result of federal policy and seen as advantageous in European-wide competition the spatial planning pursues a concept of decentralised concentration
  • . The settlement development between West and East shows significant differences. In West Germeny the process of urbanisation is concentrated on rural areas and hinterland regions instead of central cities. In the new Länder all categories of settlement-structural
  • , where new large-scale facilities are built up, fraught with loss of importance in cities are characteristic for the urban settlement system in the new Länder. - (HPB)
Settlement frontiers revisited : the case of Israel and the West Bank
  • Settlement frontiers revisited : the case of Israel and the West Bank
  • Boundary;Frontier ; Israel ; National territory ; Nationalism ; Political geography ; Settlement ; Social change ; Spatial dynamics ; West Bank ; Zionism
  • The Israeli pre-state frontier is analyzed in terms of five major frontier elements : land (price, location, use); sociospatial dynamics (pre-settlement, expansion, movement); institutions (settlers, nation); social relations and the polity
  • . The West Bank settlement enterprise is assessed, to represent a changing form of expansion coupled with varying contributions to social change.
Moving to an informal settlement : the Gauteng experience
  • Moving to an informal settlement : the Gauteng experience
  • Gauteng ; Housing ; Housing policy ; Informal settlement ; Internal migration ; Residential mobility ; South Africa ; Urban settlement
  • In Gauteng, 34 informal settlement have been targeted under projects to implement the government's housing subsidy scheme. Four of these have been closely monitored and the experiences of migrants recorded. The findings suggest that residents
  • ' backgrounds and the geographical location of the settlements are important factors shaping their attitudes to urban life and therefore the potential for creating stable, well-integrated communities. - (AJC)
Településföldrajzi sajátosságok a dél-alföldi Duna-völgy közép-Falvaiban
  • Danube ; Hungary ; Rural settlement ; Valley ; Village
  • Although medium-size and large villages are among the typical forms of settlement in the Great Plain, they have received little attention in settlement studies. An outline is provided on the development and main properties of this settlement studies
  • . An outline is provided on the development and main properties of this settlement network and special attention is given to the morphological features of these settlements. - (JS)
Der Fluss als Standortfaktor ländlicher Siedlungen. Slawische und deutsche Siedlung im Oderbruch
  • Agriculture ; Germany ; Location ; Mecklenburg-West Pomerania ; Oder ; Rural settlement ; Settlement ; Stream
  • The river is a location factor of rural settlements. The article deals with the Oder and the rivers beside as lines of the settlements at the Oderbruch and the agriculture structure. The paper explains the different forms of settlements and reports
  • of the inland colonialism of Slavic settlements. - (IfL)
Sídlo a obec : základní pojmy geografie osídlení a jejich vztah
  • Cultural landscape ; Landscape unit ; Municipality ; Settlement ; Spatial organization
  • Settlement and municipality are fundamental terms in geography of settlements, which are often identified or interchanged. A settlement is an inseparable part of cultural landscape and a landscape unit with certain physionomy in particular
  • . Settlement organization within the system of settlements is the image and product of human activity in certain landscape, whereas character and number of municipalities are the image and product of spatial organization of society. - (EN)
Hungarian industry in a context of settlement network and pattern
  • Hungarian industry in a context of settlement network and pattern
  • Hungary ; Impact ; Industrial development ; Industrialization ; Settlement
  • The economic sectors have always played an important part in shaping the actual settlement pattern and network. Agriculture used to dominate for centuries, whereas industry came to the fore during the past two hundred years and its immanent changes
  • have formed the settlement network. The paper is aimed to describe the post-1989 impact of the transformation of the industry and its branches upon the Hungarian settlement pattern and prospects are outlined for the forthcoming decades. - (AM)
Settlement of embankments in permafrost regions in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
  • Settlement of embankments in permafrost regions in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
  • This paper first reviews the causes of settlement of embankments built over permafrost. Limitations of the present evaluation methods for each cause are presented. Then, using 2 case studies, of a highway and railway on the Qianghai-Tibet Plateau
  • respectively, the 3 different processes (thaw settlement, creep induced settlement, freeze-thaw induced settlement) are verified and an equivalent permafrost table is proposed.
Soldier settlement in New Zealand after World War I : two case studies
  • Soldier settlement in New Zealand after World War I : two case studies
  • Farm ; Historical geography ; Landed estate ; Living conditions ; New Zealand ; Settlement ; Years 1920-29
  • The shared orthodoxy has emphasised the widespread failure of many soldier settlers and settlements. Recently there have been signs of a revisionist interpretation of the scheme. The paper extends this critique by considering the meanings of failure
  • and success in broader terms through two New Zealand case studies. The discussion suggests that there were subtle graduations of both administrative and settler success and failure.
ACTION FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
  • ACTION FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS