Labour migrations from East Indonesia to East Malaysia. Recent trends
Asia ; Clandestine immigration ; Economic crisis ; Foreign worker ; Indonesia ; International migration ; Labour ; Labour migration ; Malaysia ; Migratory flow ; Regional development ; South-Eastern Asia
Efforts to protect biodiversity and promote sustainable forestry in the Appalachian Mountains : an interview with West Virginian landowner John Dalen
Dalen discusses his effort to bring back the balsam first in about half of Blister Swamp, which was cleared for grazing by his great, great uncle, John McClure. Then he answers a number of questions about logging practices in West Virginia
as logging is his main source of livelihood. He thinks that the forested area of West Virginia is increasing, mainly due to the abandonment of small farms. - (SLD)
Aménagement foncier ; Appalachian Mountains ; Association ; Bassin-versant ; Environnement ; Etats-Unis ; Gestion de l'eau ; Protection de l'environnement ; West Virginia
Appalachian Mountains ; Association ; Environment ; Environmental conservation ; Land management ; United States of America ; Water management ; Watershed ; West Virginia
Author discusses watershed conservation measures in West Virginia, which has 32 catchment areas. Each watershed is evaluated officially for a number of factors every five years. In addition, there are 90 grass-roots watershed associations that deal
with nonpoint polllution, sewage, water quantity, and land management and other issues. A case study of the watershed association in Knapps Creek, West Virginia is presented. - (SLD)
Assessing the impacts of foreign manufacturing on regional economies : the case of Wales, Scotland and the West Midlands
Economie régionale ; Entreprise industrielle ; Impact économique ; Industrie ; Investissement étranger ; Modèle d'entrée-sortie ; Productivité du travail ; Royaume-Uni ; Scotland ; Wales ; West Midlands
Economic impact ; Foreign investment ; Industrial firm ; Industry ; Input-output model ; Labour productivity ; Regional economy ; Scotland ; United Kingdom ; Wales ; West Midlands
Examen des rôles direct et indirect joués par les entreprises industrielles étrangères dans les économies régionales du Pays de Galles, de l'Ecosse et des West Midlands. Evaluation du rôle comparatif de quelques secteurs à capital étranger ou
The Holocene vegetational changes on Qeqertarsuatsiaq, a West Greenland island
Holocene changes in vegetation and climate on a West Greenland outer coastal island were revealed by analysis of sediment cores from a lake just below the upper marine limit. Pollen- as well as macrofossil-samples were analysed. Throughout
Asia ; Brunei ; Clandestine immigration ; Ethnic community ; Indonesia ; International migration ; Kalimantan ; Labour ; Labour migration ; Malaysia ; Manpower ; South-Eastern Asia ; Tribe ; Wage
Communication ; Cyberspace ; Government intervention ; High-tech park ; Industrial policy ; Malaysia ; Multimedia ; Planning project ; Technology ; Town
A comparison of reef-protected environments in Western Australia : the Central West and Ningaloo coasts
Variability in the regional setting and morphology of cuspate forelands on the west coast of Western Australia is examined in this paper. In accordance with this aim, principal differences in the geologic and geomorphic setting of 3 prominent sites
on the west coast were established and their association with historical changes and contemporary oceanographic processes was examined. The cuspate forelands investigated are Jurien Bay, Winderabandi Point and Turquoise Bay. The most significant differences
Relations between soil colour and waterlogging duration in a representative hillside of the West African granito-gneissic bedrock
Catena ; Model ; Precipitation ; Soil ; Soil properties ; Soil water ; Togo ; Tropical zone ; West Africa
The purpose of this study was to analyse if the colour of soils on granito-gneissic bedrock of West Africa could give some simple indicators of the duration of soil waterlogging. A toposequence on a representative hillside in central Togo
The essay examines components of population changes with particular attention to East-West comparison. In the early 1990s Germany was confronted with a high level of immigration (max. 1992, gain of 593 000 foreigners). Whereas in west Germany showed
population gains, in the new Länder heavy losses by emigration and a dramatic birth decline were characteristic. In the following years these disparities between West and East were reduced. The East-West migration (1991 about 250 000 persons) continually
Because the few cross-border roads between the former Federal Republic and West Berlin were entirely unable to cope with the dramatic increase in West-East traffic after 1989, primary importance was given to the development of the most significant
East-West axes within the framework of the Verkehrsprojekte Deutsche Einheit. These projects got important impacts for the accessibility of East German regions and economic development in their close vicinity. After industry collapsed the railway lost
more than half of its previous volume of transports, and road transport of goods increase to a similar position as in the West. The development of personal transport in the new Länder is characterised by a previously unseen growth in motorised
Since 1990 the number of agricultural holdings in West Germany decreased from 630 000 to 485 000 until 1998, whereas it increased in the new Länder from 4 750 to about 32 000. In eastern Germany all agricultural production cooperatives and state
farm enterprises cultivate about 49 ha, this is twice the size of corresponding farms in West Germany. The radical transformation process was accompanied by a massive reduction of employment to only one sixth of the initial employment figure. Today
, medium-sized farms in the new Länder are even more profitable than their counterparts in the West. - (HPB)
The geomorphic significance of rock glaciers : estimates of rock glacier debris volumes and headwall recession rates in West Greenland
To obtain knowledge on rockwall retreat rates at sites with rock glaciers, an inventory of about 400 individual rock glacier sites in West Greenland was carried out by means of field studies, and using aerial photographs and topographic maps