The 13th meeting of geographers in Prachatice. Proceedings Seminar was in essence devoted to Central European character of towns. The town and its hinterland measures taken to ensure the development of the Šumava Region. - (MS)
Author investigates the historical evolution of the notion of Central Europe (Mitteleuropa) and the changing geopolitical conditions of this region. Special attention is paid to the political processes having taken place since the fall of the Iron
have taken place in the town. The A. mentions the disappearance of numerous traditional places. New constructions such as villas, hotels, railway station and markets can be seen on the 78th street. Supermarkets are now built in the center of the city
The intent of the paper is to give an historical insight regarding the economic and demographic trends in Greenland. The origin and the evolution of the main settlements have been taken into accounts, including the long developing of the Ultima
The paper presents comparative research of air circulation and variability of cloudiness. The meteorological data from Warsaw for the period 1951-2000 were taken into consideration. - (BJ)
Economic geography often criticizes the New Economic Geography, but it does not take into account that the core-periphery-model of 1991 is only the initial one and new developments have taken place since then. The article presents some thoughts
Pradesh 180 years ago, the measures taken are still unable to wipe out the problem fully, 3500 slaves are still waiting for their liberation. As history has caught up with the Puroik after centuries of back waters, unavoidable changes, sometimes unwelcome
The AA. describe the introduction of several new techniques to measure and monitor permafrost properties at a site near the east coast of the Hudson Bay, northern Quebec. Cores taken from the permafrost below the active layer of the lithalsa show
This particular time period has seen considerable wide-ranging advances in slope research. There has been an almost complete turnaround in the approach taken towards slope research. Two linked themes provide the principal focus for this article
is determined, as are the presumed changes in these characteristics in the light of anticipated changes in climate. Data for this elaboration were taken from the database of the National Forest Monitoring Programme. - (BJ)
on the background of its historical changes. Localization and functions of Jakubowice Konińskie are also taken into consideration. The paper is based on statistical data as well as information gathered by the author in the village. As a final conclusion, the author
A comparative and math-simulation methodology is employed in this research to investigate the impact of resolution and terrain roughness on the accuracy of mean slope derived from grid DEMs. Six areas from different terrain types are taken as test
The study area is in the county of Suffolk, in east Anglia. A total of 148 samples were taken and their analysis was used to produce a variogram of the spatial variation in 137Cs. The spatial variation of wind erosion and deposition processes
This paper contains the results of geological, geomorphological and geological-technical studies carried out on the largest landslide to have taken place on 5th May 1998 in Tavernole, on the western outskirts of the S. Felice a Cancello village
For this work, daily data from the Capo Mele (220 m. a.s.l.) weather station, in the Andora (SV) district - Western Liguria (Italy) - have been taken into consideration. This is an Airforce station, which is fully automatic. A climatic analysis