Revisioning Malaysia : landscape, national identity and the Petronas twin towers
Business district ; Capital city ; Development strategy ; Economic growth ; Industrialization ; Inner city ; Kuala Lumpur ; Malaysia ; Modernization ; Semiotics of space ; Skyscraper ; Town ; Urban development ; Urban landscape ; Urbanism
Security implications of a worst-case scenario of climate change in the South-west Pacific
This paper examines the links between climate change and security in the island states of the South-west Pacific. A worst-case scenario of climate change is presented which suggests that land will be lost or rendered uninhabitable in all Pacific
states of the South-west Pacific. Clearly, climate change is an important threat to human security.
Action anthropique ; Bilan d'érosion ; Cours d'eau ; Distribution spatiale ; Erosion des sols ; Etats-Unis ; Exploitation minière ; Géomorphologie ; Vitesse d'érosion ; West Virginia
Erosion budget ; Erosion rate ; Geomorphology ; Human impact ; Mining activity ; Soil erosion ; Spatial distribution ; Stream ; United States of America ; West Virginia
, and particularly in West Virginia and neighbouring states where coal mining is added to more general earth-moving activities. For comparison, rivers in the United States move less soil, and their influence is greatest in the western part of the country where steep
Bassin-versant ; Echelle ; Etats-Unis ; Modèle numérique ; Pente de versant ; Réseau de drainage ; Système d'information géographique ; West Virginia
Drainage network ; Geographical information system ; Numerical model ; Scale ; Slope gradient ; United States of America ; Watershed ; West Virginia
ranging approximately from 150 km2 to 1000 km2 in West Virginia, a geologically complex region, were examined in this study. The AA. found that the performance of the 1:250 000 DEMs was not significantly influenced by basin size, while terrain complexity
Testing the validity of upslope migration in banded vegetation from south-west Niger
The aim of this study is to measure net soil flux in south-west Niger using Cs 137 and to relate it to surface features and transitions in the structure of the brousse tigrée in an attempt to validate the model and quantify the rate of upslope band
Solute transport as an indicator of morphodynamic zonation in a postglacial environment, West Pomerania, Poland
The study basin selected is the catchment of the Kluda River situated in the central part of West Pomerania. The study is based on hydrological and hydrochemical data from the period 1990-1993. Variations in the physical and chemical parameters
Lateralmoränen - Morphologie, Genese und Beziehung zu Gletscherstandsschwankungen (Beispiele aus Ostalpen und West-/Zentralnorwegen
Lateral moraines as typical elements of early-recent (Little Ice Age) glacier forelands in the eastern Alps and West-/Central Norway are studied. Their morphology and genesis is compared and different types of lateral moraines are classified. Those
The 1997 flash flood at Mount Fulufjället, west central Sweden : geomorphic and vegetational investigations of Stora Göljån valley
On 30-31 August 1997, extreme precipitation fell locally over parts of west central Sweden, causing flash floods on the eastern and southern slopes of Mount Fulufjället. In this paper, the AA. report from fieldwork carried out during the first year
AVHRR ; Africa ; Biota ; Central Africa ; Climatic variation ; Desert ; Dune ; Endemic disease ; NOAA ; Palaeo-environment ; Palaeogeomorphology ; Pleistocene ; Quaternary ; Remote sensing ; West Africa
New geomorphological evidence from satellite images is interpreted in the light of recent work on Quaternary desert advance in West and Central Africa to suggest that regions currently supporting tropical lowland rain forest were during
Asia ; Balance of payments ; Eastern Asia ; Economic crisis ; Economic development ; Economic impact ; Economy ; Finance ; Hong Kong ; Indonesia ; International economy ; Investment ; Malaysia ; Money ; Philippines ; Singapore ; South Korea ; South
de l'immigration féminine à destination de Djakarta. Les migrations illégales de travail des Indonésiens de Lombok vers la Malaysia. La mobilité de la population et la transformation d'une communauté villageoise dans le nord de la Thaïlande.