Atlas ; Cultural landscape ; Economic development ; England ; Historical geography ; Natural resources ; Staffordshire ; Thematic mapping ; United Kingdom
Staffordshire is an English county with diverse and contrasting historic landscapes. The two major conurbations of the Black Country and the Potteries that now dominate the county co-exist with smaller towns and rural areas. The county’s industrial
complexes, based on ceramics and metalware trades, sit alongside agricultural systems embracing both arable and grassland specialisms. These varied landscapes are both products and reflections of many histories. This atlas includes an array of specially
-drawn, full-colour maps covering themes as varied as natural resources, administration, and various aspects of the socio-economic development of the county up to the mid-20th century. Each spread of maps is accompanied by an explanatory text
Biography ; Historical geography ; History of geography ; Twentieth Century
Michael Williams was an historical geographer, who worked on a variety of themes in England, Australia, and the USA, and on a global scale. Wetland drainage, settlement creation, and the varied fortunes of forests formed major aspects of his work
with tension, with the practice of traditional historical geography. - (HC)
Asia ; Attendance ; Historical geography ; Nineteenth Century ; Palestine ; Tourism ; Tourist facilities
The paper argues for the importance of looking at tourism from a historiacal perspective within modern historical geographical research. Drawing on research of Ashworth, Tunbride and Towner, it proposes that the research uses the terms attraction
Art ; Assam ; Cultural studies ; Education ; Ethnology ; Historical geography ; India ; Prehistory ; Religion ; Society ; West Bengal
The work deals with the varied aspects of the life of the people of the two regions, Assam and Bengal, from the pre-historic time till the end of the twelfth century AD. Similarities and differences that marked the two geographical regions are shown
Continuity and change in historic cities: Bath, Chester, Norwich
type, l'importance et l'effet du changement varie avec les méthodes de planification des pouvoirs locaux et les caractères des différentes villes. Exemples de Bath, Chester et Norwich.
Cultural studies ; England ; Historical geography ; Nineteenth Century ; Population census ; Regional disparities ; Religion ; Religious practice ; United Kingdom
-nineteenth century and that this varies substantially over quite small areas. A county-level areal base is consequently quite inadequate for an analysis of regional variation, even for the omnipresent Church of England.
The objective of this study is to analyze the role of farmer cooperatives in U.S. agriculture, their characteristics, historical development, sectoral and regional structures and the legislation they are affected by. Also explained are the sectoral
and regional processes of concentration and the considerably varying market shares of farmer cooperatives.
Australia ; Colonization ; Farm ; Historical geography ; Land ; Pioneer fringe ; Settlement ; Western Australia
Settlements started near the main rivers before World War I and accelerated with Group Settlements of the 1920s. However many Group settlers abandoned their land before 1940. The rate of persistence of families on each block varied considerably
Contemporary field study by survey and sediment tracing using the magnetic technique indicates the present instability of the sediments in a meandering channel given a trapezoidal cross-section and varied banks. Low-flow adjustments are as important
as flood adjustments in the lower, straightened reach. Lessons for engineering schemes include the desirability of assessing erosion risk by rapid, cheap field techniques and historical investigations, and the consideration of more ecologically acceptable
Combined effects of historical past and the agrarian reform were both highly differentiated size-structure of individual farms and varying proportion of state farms. The individual farming is still dominant and its spatial pattern is characterized
Historic centre ; Location ; Poland ; Territorial identity ; Town ; Twentieth Century ; Urban population
The article presents transformations in Poland's settlement network with the aid of centrographic measures in relation to the three historical periods of the Second Republic, the People's Republic of Poland and the Third Republic, whose varying
The suburbs offer a varied scene brought about by the different types of houses in varied juxtaposition. This corresponds to the local differences, to the historic development and to the social differences in the suburban area. The situation
and historic structure of the houses leads to conclusions regarding the social background of the first inhabitants and the changes in the houses give indications as to the later inhabitants. About the time of First World War independent suburban building styles
Diffusion ; England and Wales ; Epidemiology ; Health ; Historical geography ; Spatial analysis ; Time series ; United Kingdom
expansion and retreat and the duration of infectivity are shown to have varied by category of geographical area and by county of England and Wales. The so-called hygiene model does not adequately account for the events of 1947.
What of the growth of the humanist perspective in geography which has featured moderately prominently in the litterature in North America and England over the past decade? Other than almost accidently among some historical geographers, there have
been few attempts to carry out research under this perspective. To demonstrate the appropriateness of the application of an humanistic perspective to the varied natural and cultural landscape of New Zeland, the A. utilizes the short stories and novels
Eighteenth Century ; Environmental management ; Flood ; Government policy ; Historical geography ; Hydraulic works ; Man-environment relations ; Nineteenth Century ; Rhône ; Stream ; Switzerland ; Twentieth Century ; Valais
L'encaissement du Rhône est sa principale caractéristique géographique. Son régime varie fortement en fonction de la rétention nivale et glacière, le classant ainsi parmi les cours glaciaires les plus caractéristiques d'Europe. Depuis plus de 300
Largest lichen measurements on rockfall blocks that accumulate incrementally as hillslope talus in earthquake-prone California plot as distinct peaks in frequency distributions. Rockfall surface-exposure times are known to the day for historical
earthquakes and to the year where mass movements damage trees. Lichenometry consistently dates regionally synchronous rockfall events with an accuracy and precision of ±5 years. Only historical records and tree-ring dating of earthquakes are better. The 4
crustose lichens used here have constant long-term growth rates, ranging from 9.5 to 23.1 mm per century. Growth rates do not vary with altitude or climate in a 900 km long mountainous study region in California, USA. Linear growth regressions, when
, the extent of tsunami landfall varies significantly depending on the local relief and the propagation direction of the waves. Overall, the most serious threat to the northern part of the Gulf of Kyparissia is related to tsunamis from west and south-west
. Results of numerical simulations are in good accordance with geoscientific field evidence obtained from the northern gulf coast between Katakolo, Epitalio and Kato Samiko, indicating multiple strong tsunami impact in prehistorical and historical times
Some traditions and methodologies of Japanese historical geography
Historical geography ; Japan ; Methodology ; Research technique
The paper provides a selective review of progress in Japanese historical geography over the last 50 years. It focuses on studies of the geography of Japan from the prehistoric period until the beginning of the modern period in 1868. Traditional
and new approaches to the historical geography of Japan are identified as are the links between historical geography and other disciplines.