Nonsecessionist regionalism in India : the Uttarakhand separate State movement
Administrative division ; Autonomy ; Conflict ; Democracy ; Federalism ; India ; Political geography ; Regionalism ; State ; UttarPradesh
The A. examines the recent mass movement for a separate state of Uttarakhand, an area which currently forms the Himalayan part of the State of Uttar Pradesh. He concentrates on one aspect of the movement, namely how protestors have mobilised
particular grammars and strategies of resistance in their struggle to persuade the central government that their demands are justified and that the creation would benefit both the region and the country.
Estimating relative standard of living in the United States using cross-migration data
Decision ; Economic equilibrium ; Internal migration ; Living standard ; Migratory flow ; Origin-destination ; Probability ; United States of America ; Utility fonction
A new estimator links migration data to a random utility model to compare the relative living standards of pairs of regions. An algorithm converts pairwise comparisons into rankings of the US states for 1970, 1980, 1990. The rankings indicate living
1997
[b1] Dep. of Economics, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, Etats-Unis
Late Quaternary temporal and event classifications, Great Lakes region, North America
Canada ; Chronostratigraphy ; Classification ; Glacial features ; Great Lakes ; Interglacial ; North America ; Quaternary ; Stratigraphy ; United States of America
Le cercle de Samarcande : géopolitique de l'Asie centrale
Asia ; Central Asia ; Cultural studies ; Economic space ; Ethnic community ; Frontier ; Geopolitics ; Ideology ; Language ; Nation-state ; Natural environment ; Political geography ; Soviet Central Asia
Asie ; Asie centrale ; Culturel ; Espace économique ; Etat-nation ; Ethnie ; Frontière ; Géographie politique ; Géopolitique ; Idéologie ; Langue ; Milieu naturel ; Srednââ Aziâ
Exemple d'une résurgence dans le champ des connaissances et des représentations. Le dessin du cercle sert à aider à replacer l'Asie centrale d'aujourd'hui dans son contexte historique, et à insérer les républiques dans leur nouveau cadre
Offshore sediment transport through a blowout at Coquina Beach, Outer Banks, North Carolina, USA
Beach ; Coastal dune ; Coastal environment ; Eolian deflation ; North Carolina ; Sediment budget ; Sediment transport ; United States of America ; Vegetation ; Wind
Bilan sédimentaire ; Dune littorale ; Déflation éolienne ; Etats-Unis ; Littoral ; North Carolina ; Plage ; Transport sédimentaire ; Vent ; Végétation
Cultural studies ; Mental image ; Place ; United States of America
. Discussion includes results of a survey of an Internet users group dedicaced to all aspects of Jimmy Buffett and his music ; the Parrot Heads were asked to describe Margaritaville and give its map location. Athough Key West was the most common response
Illinois ; Place ; Place names ; Regionalization ; United States of America
Place naming in early America was a form of vernacular expression. The Land of Lincoln, based on Lincoln place and business names is in central Illinois, and trends toward the southeast where the Lincoln family entered the state. While the Lincoln
Numerical simulation of permafrost evolution as a part of sedimentary basin modeling : permafrost in the Pliocene-Holocene climate history of the Urengoy field in the West Siberian basin
Asian part of Russia ; Glacial features ; Model ; Numerical model ; Palaeo-environment ; Palaeoclimate ; Permafrost ; Pliocene ; Quaternary ; Soil temperature ; West Siberia
1997
[b1] Museum of the Earth, State Univ., Moscow, Russie, Federation de
Asia ; Central Asia ; Ethnic community ; Geopolitics ; International relations ; Kazakhstan ; Kyrgyzstan ; Minority ; Nation-state ; Nationalism ; Political geography ; Political regime ; Soviet Central Asia ; Tadzhikistan ; Turkmenistan
Coastal environment ; Coastal plain ; Erosion rate ; Forest ; Holocene ; Human impact ; Land use ; Natural hazards ; North Carolina ; Quaternary ; Sea level ; Sediment budget ; Soil erosion ; United States of America
Action anthropique ; Bilan sédimentaire ; Erosion des sols ; Etats-Unis ; Forêt ; Holocène ; Littoral ; Niveau marin ; North Carolina ; Plaine côtière ; Quaternaire ; Risque naturel ; Utilisation du sol ; Vitesse d'érosion
Despite flat terrain, extensive forests, and little urbanization, there has been extensive landscape change in the Croatan area of North Carolina's lower coastal plain in the past 300 years. Culturally-accelerated erosion, sedimentation
Alluvial cone ; Canyon ; Mass movement ; Mountain ; Mudflow ; Rainstorm ; Regional planning ; Slope dynamics ; United States of America ; Utah ; Watershed
A high-intensity rainstorm focused above Slide Canyon in North Ogden, Utah, during September 1991. This storm exceeded all previous records for the state and resulted in a debris flow that discharged onto an existing fan and into a residential
California ; Capitalism ; Enterprise ; Historical geography ; Industrial establishment ; Industrial location ; Industrialization ; Los Angeles ; Spatial allocation ; United States of America ; Years 1920-29
Branch-plant industrialization depended upon a dense railroad infrastructure and a central location in the metropolitan network. It required the complex coordination of initiatives by national manufacturers, regional business elites, railroads
, utilities, industrial land developers, and residential subdivisers. The success of the branch-plant strategy depended upon the ability of the local market to supply cheap land in central locations that met the requirements of mass-production processes.
Livestock, pastures, and the environment in the Kyrgyz republic, Central Asia
During the Soviet period and its collective and state farm practices, livestock were kept well in excess of the carrying capacity of natural pastures and cultivated fodder areas. Since Kyrgyz independence, livestock numbers have fallen dramatically
Geomorphic analysis of late Quaternary faulting on Hilton Creek, Round Valley and Coyote warp faults, east-central Sierra Nevada, California, USA
C 14 dating ; California ; Earthquake ; Fault ; Moraine ; Quaternary ; Seismicity ; Sierra Nevada ; Stratigraphy ; Thermoluminescence ; United States of America
Business cycle ; Economic sector ; Employment structure ; Industrial branch ; Industrial location ; Industry ; Product cycle ; Redevelopment ; Theory ; Time series ; United States of America ; Value added
1997
[b1] Dep. of Economics, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, Etats-Unis
Health ; Historical geography ; Legislation ; Nineteenth Century ; Nuisance ; Pollution ; Town ; United States of America ; Urban environment
and business activities. The source of the several dozen cases is West's American Digest, Century Edition (1897). The sources of industrial stenches in New York City are located via old sanitary district maps. - (SLD)