The strategy of Yugoslavia's technological development
Technological development strategy adopted by the Assembly of the SFRY on April 29, 1987. Here are presented : objectives, directions of technological development, criteria to evaluate technology, set priorities for joint projects and joint
programmes, implementation of Yugoslavia's technological development strategy.
Traditional technology cannot help in producing adequate food to feed the Nigerian people. So it is necessary to develop science and technology. There is some effort to make to not only adapt foreign technologies, but develop indigenous technology
Irrigation technologies in Bangladesh. An evaluation of consequences of different technological levels
In the article attention will be directed to the national and individual efforts aiming at utilizing water for irrigation in order to be able to evaluate the potentiel and effects of irrigation, especially of the different technologies which
Representing things to come : feeling the visions of future technologies
Audiovisual ; Prospective study ; Technology
The paper adresses the production of embodied anticipation inherent to video representations of technological futures. The focus of inquiry is videos produced by HP Labs and Microsoft to illustrate future worlds of technological experience.
The transfer of technology from Great Britain to Sweden 1825-1850
Diffusion of innovations ; Great Britain ; Historical geography ; Importation ; Industrialization ; Industry ; Nineteenth Century ; Sweden ; Technological innovation ; Technology ; Technology transfer ; United Kingdom
The AA. have traced the import of machine-tools to Sweden, and mapped the diffusion of that technology within Sweden. Britain was the predominant supplier of technology to Sweden, and the city of Gothenburg was the principal entry point
for the inflow of machinery. The technology imported was not the most advanced available.
Boundary objects and the social construction of GIS technology
Geographical information system ; Social group ; Technology
The AA. examine several instances of how GIS technology involves social negotiation by using a construct of boundary objects developed in a social constructivist framework. Boundary objects stabilize relationships through the negotiation of flexible
Choice ; Distance ; Technology ; Transport ; Transport cost
This paper studies the endogenous choice of transport technology, traditional versus modern, by a shipper. Although the modern technology is characterized by higher fixed costs and a higher speed of transport, it is chosen for intermediate distances
, rather than to long distances. The reason is that, when the shipper switches to the modern technology, the industrial firm changes production from the home to the foreign city. Thus, the demand for transport decreases proportionally to the distance
between the home and foreign city. For long distances, revenue from transportation becomes so low that the modern technology does not break even.
Agglomeration ; Export ; Exporting industry ; Flexible production ; France ; Innovation ; International trade ; Italy ; Production system ; Specialization ; Technological innovation ; United States
The increasing export specialization of advanced industrial nations cannot be explained by comparative advantage, nor by the new trade theory based on economies of scale. It must be due to technological or « absolute » advantages on the part
of the specialized exporter. These advantages are product-based and renewed by learning. The export-oriented industries tend to be found in one or a few subnational regions. They are organized in « Technological districts ».
Regional specialization and technological leapfrogging
Competition ; Enterprise ; Industry ; Model ; Regional economy ; Specialization ; Technology
The paper investigates circumstances where a region loses its technological leadership after some major technological breakthrough. Input-output linkages between firms in a Cournot upstream industry and a perfectly competitive downstream industry
create forces for agglomeration in particular locations, driving up prices of immobile factors. A new technology that is incompatible with the old will not benefit from these linkages and so is more likely to be established in locations with little
The end of geography or the explosion of place ? Conceptualizing space, place and information technology
Communication ; Determinism ; Information system ; Place ; Production of space ; Space ; Technology ; Telecommunications
Examen critique de la manière dont les relations entre technologies de l'information, espace et lieu sont conceptualisées dans une littérature ou des discours récents sur les géographies du cyberespace.
Technology in geographic education : reflections and future directions
A. believes that spatial technologies (telecommunications, computer graphics, geography computer programs and simulations, GIS, SPS, and remote sensing) need to be taught to students. Discusses future directions for using this technology. - (DWG)