Pragmatism in paradise : technology and the American landscape
Motivated by an idealized image of rural pastoralism, the technology needed to sustain the American lifestyle is increasingly rejected. The list of locally unacceptable land uses multiplies. Thus the search has quickened for alternative technologies
Regional and local economic policies and technology.
A number of case studies on regional and local economic policies and technology from the Federal Republic of Germany and the Netherlands original presented at a seminar on applied economic geography in Aachen (1988). Recent theoretical view points
on technology and the geographic environment, regional economic strategies and the investigation of local initiatives form the three perspectives in this book. - (AGD)
Green Revolution technologies reconsidered. Another view. The Ethiopian example
The societal modes of distribution are important components of the institutional setting in every society. On the basis of an example from Ethiopia, the socio-political effects induced by the technologies applied during the Green Revolution
will be analysed. This will provide an insight for reassessing modern agricultural technologies in different societies. - (L'A.).
The technology park Berlin-Adlershof as an example of spatial proximity in regional economic policy
Berlin ; Economic geography ; Germany ; Region ; Regional economy ; Saarland ; Technology
This paper discusses to what extent spatial economic policy has contributed to the development of an interlinked cluster. The article deals with technology parks, spatial proximity, spatial economic policy in Berlin-Adlershof and network development
La cartographie dans le champ des nouvelles technologies de l'information et de la communication
Cartography ; Communication ; Computing ; Information ; Modelling ; Technology
The paper gives analytical view of the nature of cartography in the context of modern information and media technologies which have essentially shaped the upsurge of “Web 2.0”. The article deals with Cartography, media technology, Web 2.0, geodata
La diffusion des technologies d'irrigation économes en eau à l'île de la Réunion
Diffusion ; Irrigation ; Model ; Réunion ; Technology ; Water economics
Les déterminants de la diffusion de technologies d'irrigation économes en eau. Les modèles de diffusion technologique appliqués à l'irrigation : la théorie néoclassique et l'approche évolutionniste.
Appropriate technology and rural development: a structuration perspective
Perception ; Project ; Research technique ; Rural development ; Social sciences ; South Africa ; Structuration theory ; Technological innovation ; Transkei
New insights to the publications of the Transkei Appropriate Technology Unit highlights the fundamental task of the social researcher to understand agents through the method of participatory research. - (AJC)
The regional geography of corporate patenting in information and communications technology (ICT) : domestic and foreign dimensions
This paper investigates the interplay between domestic and European foreign electronics firms in European regional development of information and communication technology research activity in order to develop a taxonomy of regional models
The paper presents a commentary upon the call for a broadening of the Geographical Information Systems (GIS) research agenda with the development of GIS as a social technology. The reasons for the lack of transformation are explored. - (AJC)
L'appropriation sociale des technologies de l'information géographique
L'A. définit les critères influençant les appropriations sociales des technologies de l'information géographique qui font des SIG de véritables constructions sociales.
Scientific and technological potentials in developing countries as national and international economic factors
The development of a national scientific and technological potential in developing countries is a vital aspect in their sphere of social and economic life. The authors compare these potentials in different regions of the earth. - (IH)
Rural industry and appropriate technology in Ghana
A study of weaving in Ashanti shows that funds should be injected into rural areas and simple technology encouraged if rural poverty is to be alleviated. (EMS).
Nombreux articles sur les technologies de substitution dans les domaines de l'énergie, de la fertilisation, de la communication. Définition de la TA (technologie alternative ou, mieux, appropriée). Exemples en France et à l'étranger. Lexique
Information technology in real-time for monitoring and managing natural disasters
This paper considers the role of information technology in forecasting, monitoring and managing disasters in real-time (i.e., by analysis of data as soon as they are collected). First, the advantages and pitfalls of a technological approach
to natural hazards are discussed, then the general nature of real-time technology is described.
High technology location and the urban areas of Great Britain : developments in the 1980s
Economic restructuring ; Employment ; Great Britain ; High-tech industry ; Regional disparities ; Specialization ; Technology ; United Kingdom ; Urban economy
New towns appear more successful than other urban areas in attracting high technology, and this continued to be the case during the 1980s. There is evidence of a relative increase of high technology activity in smaller urban areas since 1981