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On-Line Internet Learning Resources For Distant Giseducation, Shivaji Prasad
On-Line Internet Learning Resources For Distant Giseducation, Shivaji Prasad
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Knowing where to find GIS-related information in Cyber Space for beginners of GIS is crucial. This paper provides some of the important Universal Resource Locator (URL) addresses for various GIStopics. The intent is to encourage distantlearning in Geographic Information System (GIS). It is hoped that this paper will encourage on-line learning and will provide an opportunity to seek knowledge from the vast on-line Web-based resources for novice distant learners of Geographic information System (GIS). It will also provide flexibility toward timeand place-constraints as is with the traditional methods of classroom oriented environment. Distant Learners in GIS can set their own …
Long-Term Trend Of Summer Rainfall At Selected Stations In The Republic Of Korea, Il-Kon Kim, Rafique Ahmed
Long-Term Trend Of Summer Rainfall At Selected Stations In The Republic Of Korea, Il-Kon Kim, Rafique Ahmed
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The Republic of Korea (or South Korea) is located in the extreme northeastern region of the East Asian Monsoon climatic zone. Summer (June–September) is the rainy season in the country, which accounts for more than 60 percent of the annual precipitation. Using 50 years of summer (June–September) rainfall data (1951–2000) at 23 stations, this paper presents the geographic distribution of summer rainfall and its coefficient of variation in South Korea; and the long-term trend of summer rainfall at four selected stations. Summer rainfall in South Korea varies from less than 700 mm in the northeast to 800–900 mm or more …
Public-Private Partnerships In Tourism Development: An Analysis Of The Kuwait Experience, Obaid Al Otaibi
Public-Private Partnerships In Tourism Development: An Analysis Of The Kuwait Experience, Obaid Al Otaibi
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Tourism and recreation has become one of the important and influential sectors in most of the modern economies. This sector has been accepted as one of the alternative sources of national income, employment, and foreign exchange. The state of Kuwait has many potentialities in tourism and recreation, and exploitation of this leads to more diversification of the economy besides augmenting its contribution to the GDP. Because Kuwait is an import oriented economy, it requires hard currencies (foreign exchange) to meet the import cost as well as to maintain stability in the international market. To compensate for the revenue fall stemmed …
When Wal-Mart Doesn’T Come To Town: Competitive Responses Of Established Retail Merchants In Edenton, North Carolina, Preston W. Mitchell, Derek H. Alderman, Jeffrey T. Webb, Dustin W. Stancil
When Wal-Mart Doesn’T Come To Town: Competitive Responses Of Established Retail Merchants In Edenton, North Carolina, Preston W. Mitchell, Derek H. Alderman, Jeffrey T. Webb, Dustin W. Stancil
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The study of retail geography is moving beyond an orthodox, spatial science tradition to include a consideration of the cultural and symbolic dimensions of retailing and consumption. This paper contributes to this emerging literature by exploring the cultural politics of retail change. The entry of a large format (or “big box”) retailer into a community is conceptualized as a socially contested process open to a variety of responses from local stakeholders. In the late 1990s, a coalition composed of elected officials, private citizens, and area business and property owners contested a possible plan to locate a Wal-Mart store in Edenton, …
Pioneer Migration To The Western Fringe Of Settlement:1837–1850, H. Jason Combs
Pioneer Migration To The Western Fringe Of Settlement:1837–1850, H. Jason Combs
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The Platte Purchase region did not become part of the state of Missouri until 1837. Prior to its annexation the area had been part of the territory reserved for Native American relocation. By 1850, the region had attracted over 40,000 pioneers from all areas of the globe. The majority of the early settlers followed the major river routes as they migrated west to the Platte region. The census data indicates that upon arrival many of these early pioneers clustered with other pioneers of similar heritage. As a result, there is a north-south settlement gradation present. Finally, the data highlights the …
Editor's Comments, Lawrence R. Handley
Cover And Forewords, Lawrence R. Handley
Cover And Forewords, Lawrence R. Handley
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Cover and Forewords
Getting Started With Geographic Information Systems By Keith C. Clark, Shivaij Prasad
Getting Started With Geographic Information Systems By Keith C. Clark, Shivaij Prasad
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Since its first edition, this book has been an excellent contribution to the field of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). This fourth edition is considerably improved over the previous edition in terms of both extraordinary breadth of subject matter covered and the straightforward manner in which the information is presented. In four sections and 340 pages total, Getting Started With GIS covers the core of most GIS applications needed to address fundamental spatial questions such as where, what, and why. This very readable text is logically ordered with each chapter nicely balanced between GIS concepts and its practical applications. Throughout the …
Volume 46-2 Complete Issue, Lawrence Handley
Volume 46-2 Complete Issue, Lawrence Handley
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Volume 46-2 Complete Issue
Urban Street Systems In Nineteenth-Century Ohio Towns: An Analysis Of Diffusion, John M. Wegner
Urban Street Systems In Nineteenth-Century Ohio Towns: An Analysis Of Diffusion, John M. Wegner
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This study considers the possible “migration” of urban street patterns associated with discrete east coast culture regions to America’s trans-Appalachian interior during the 19th century. Also examined was the possibility that these street patterns became less “culturallybound,“ or more admixed, over time. Ohio, one of the first (and most culturally diverse) trans-Appalachian states, was the focus of the study. To ascertain answers to the above questions, data pertaining to town platting throughout the state (as well as for four distinct survey regions associated with discrete east coast migration) was culled from county atlases and histories. Variables were selected so as …
Human Rights Abuses On The U.S.-Mexico Border, Emily J. Salava
Human Rights Abuses On The U.S.-Mexico Border, Emily J. Salava
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INTRODUCTION This study examines the current human rights abuses found at the United States and Mexico border. For the purposes of this paper, human rights are defined as found in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in 1948, but other agreements may be cited for reference. What one person considers an abuse, another person may coin as a reality of life. The focus of this study is on the existence of human rights abuses, but does not specifically examine the historical causes. There are many agencies working in the region and abroad to protect the …
Gtu’S Conscience, Heart, And Soul: O. Orland Maxfield, A Mentor, Leon C. Hallman
Gtu’S Conscience, Heart, And Soul: O. Orland Maxfield, A Mentor, Leon C. Hallman
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A mentor is defined as a trusted advisor. One usually thinks of mentoring in the context of one person helping another. However, an institution can have a mentor—its conscience, heart, soul, and history. Gamma Theta Upsilon is such an institution and Dr. O. Orland Maxfield is such a mentor. This paper outlines and recaps the ways this mentor has aided this international geographical honor society. Mentoring: one of the oldest forms of influence. One generally thinks that mentoring began with Homer telling about the King of Ithaca asking his fiend Mentor to look after his son Telemachus while he fought …
Of Mentors And Mentoring, O. Orland Maxfield
Of Mentors And Mentoring, O. Orland Maxfield
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Last Sunday afternoon I was at an auction out in the Boston Mountains, standing in line to get a bidder’s number while the man in front of me quarreled about giving information. Then the man behind me said, “I know my name but I don’t know who I am.” I feel a bit like that. It’s my name in the program but am I really the person being honored. I have spoken of this momentous event in my life as being the result of a conspiracy among friends. There is no way that I can thank them adequately for their …
Mentor—Mentoree, What Is In A Relationship?, Lawrence R. Handley
Mentor—Mentoree, What Is In A Relationship?, Lawrence R. Handley
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What is a mentor? I serve as a mentor for two groups: one, to offer advice, to give counsel, and basically to help out new employees within the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); and the other, as an advisor for the Louisiana Environmental Education Association working with new teachers. With USGS, the mentoring is a function of being designated a leader within the Bureau. Because of the size of the USGS, many individuals are mentored by long distance telephone conversations or email communication. These individuals are mostly interested in administrative issues, personal advancement, and misunderstood situations with their supervisors and co-workers. …
In Memoriam O. Orland Maxfield: A Biographical Sketch, Virgil Holder
In Memoriam O. Orland Maxfield: A Biographical Sketch, Virgil Holder
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O. Orland Maxfield, born in 1925, was raised on a farm near Robinson, Illinois, and he always referred to Robinson as his home. His father was a Methodist minister who died when Orland was eleven. His mother, who graduated from Northwestern University, raised him in a disciplined manner. This shows in the fact that he earned his Bachelor’s degree at George Peabody College for Teachers in three years with a double major in Geography and English, graduating in 1945. He earned his Master’s of Arts degree in Geography at Ohio State University in one year.
In Memoriamc. Nicholas Raphael (1937–2004), Robert M. Ward, Carl F. Ojala
In Memoriamc. Nicholas Raphael (1937–2004), Robert M. Ward, Carl F. Ojala
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February 21, 2004 was a sad day for all of us acquainted with C. Nicholas Raphael. On that morning, at age 66, he passed away suddenly, leaving a community he loved and one which loved him. Nick had been our dear friend and colleague for more than three decades. He will be remembered by many in the geographical profession as the editor of Gamma Theta Upsilon’s The Geographical Bulletin, a position he proudly occupied since 1987. Nick began a productive and fruitful life as the son of R. George and Angela Raphael on September 3, 1937, in Detroit, Michigan. He …
A Note From Editor, Steven M. Schnell
Volume 47-2 Complete Issue, Steven M. Schnell
Volume 47-2 Complete Issue, Steven M. Schnell
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Volume 47-2 Complete Issue
Cover And Forewords, Steven M. Schnell
Adapting To Drought And Floods In The Semi-Arid Landscape Of Santa Cruz County, Arizona, Cynthia L. Sorrensen
Adapting To Drought And Floods In The Semi-Arid Landscape Of Santa Cruz County, Arizona, Cynthia L. Sorrensen
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This paper analyzes the actions of key interest groups and major institutional regulatory agreements that influence land use change and water demand in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, in order to better understand the capacity of residents in the county to adapt to hydroclimatic hazards (drought and flooding). We found that there are strong special interest groups working in the region to ensure their own livelihoods and interests. At times, the actions of these groups enhance the adaptive capacity of the county, but their actions can also conflict with each other, producing a less-clear outcome for adaptation. We also note that …
Geographer At Work: Frank Salmon, Gis Manager, Leon Yacher
Geographer At Work: Frank Salmon, Gis Manager, Leon Yacher
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Frank Salmon remembers to the day when he decided Geography was going to be his career. Frank had just taken his seat before his first Geography final exam at Gateway Community Technical College when the professor announced to the class that “any of you who liked this course and want to pursue this as a major at Southern Connecticut State, I will guarantee that you will have a career when you graduate.” Not that Frank really needed this persuasion; he had loved Geography since he was a child. This first Geography class simply articulated for him what he now believes …
Adaptation To The Effects Of Suburbanization And Drought In Central Massachusetts, Troy Hill, Colin Polsky
Adaptation To The Effects Of Suburbanization And Drought In Central Massachusetts, Troy Hill, Colin Polsky
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Central Massachusetts receives more than 1100 mm of precipitation each year on average, with little inter-annual variation. Despite this, water supply shortfalls have become increasingly common, demanding responses (adaptations) from community water systems. This paper examines the process of adapting to drought in a ten-town study area. A grounded theory approach to data collection and analysis was used. Methods consisted of archival work and interviews, which investigated how structural and agent-based forces affect adaptation to drought. Suburbanization revealed itself as a major stress on water systems, jeopardizing and complicating efforts to adjust to water shortages. Structural forces and local actors …
Water Woes: Structure And Agency Influences On Adaptive Capacity In Southwest Kansas, Rorik Ford Peterson
Water Woes: Structure And Agency Influences On Adaptive Capacity In Southwest Kansas, Rorik Ford Peterson
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Concerns over the continual reduction of available groundwater in southwest Kansas have been increasing. This concern is compounded by the high dependence on irrigated agriculture and the related agribusiness industry, which is a staple to the regional economy and employs a large labor force. Future climate variation may enhance the sensitivity of the region to limited water availability. Through archival research and interviews, this study examines the impact of both structural forces (such as policy makers and legal bodies) and individual agents (local farmers, ranchers, and other citizens) on the capacity of southwest Kansas to adapt to climate variation. Although …
The Hero Reu Experience: Undergraduate Research On Vulnerability To Climate Change In Local Places, Cynthia L. Sorrensen, Colin Polsky, Robert Neff
The Hero Reu Experience: Undergraduate Research On Vulnerability To Climate Change In Local Places, Cynthia L. Sorrensen, Colin Polsky, Robert Neff
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Undergraduates are an integral part of many university research programs. We are very pleased to showcase the efforts of some of our undergraduate students in the papers that follow, and to introduce them within the larger context of our research, here in this introduction. The Human-Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) program is a five-year research program, funded by the National Science Foundation (through an infrastructure grant) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (through the Office of Global Programs). Our goal is to develop a research approach to monitor ongoing human-environment relationships at the local scale as they interface with the …
A Note From Editor, Steven M. Schnell
Cover And Forewords, Steven M. Schnell
Volume 47-1 Complete Issue, Steven M. Schnell
Volume 47-1 Complete Issue, Steven M. Schnell
The Geographical Bulletin
Volume 47-1 Complete Issue
Latitude And The Magnetic Earth, By Stephen Pumfrey, Richard Earl
Latitude And The Magnetic Earth, By Stephen Pumfrey, Richard Earl
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The Earth location scheme based upon spherical coordinates, known as latitude and longitude, was developed by the Greeks over two thousand years ago (National Geographic Society 1999). This system was applied and expanded to include arc minutes and seconds to the gazetteer and maps generated by Ptolemy (ca. 90-168 AD) (Wilford 2001). Accurately determining latitude and longitude has been a focus of geographic inquiry ever since, spanning the technological realm from protractors to the Global Positioning System. Reasonably accurate latitude determination was mastered by the ancient Greeks from solar angle measurements, but the determination of longitude took much longer. Longitude, …
Predicting Attendance At Southeastern U.S.A Musement Parks Using Accessibility- And Amenity-Based Models, James Andrew Mccall, Joe Weber
Predicting Attendance At Southeastern U.S.A Musement Parks Using Accessibility- And Amenity-Based Models, James Andrew Mccall, Joe Weber
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This research examines the extent to which traditional geographic concepts of proximity can explain attendance to amusement parks in the Southeastern United States. Accessibility models were calculated for nineteen parks using both miles and driving times as measures of distance from population centers. Results show only weak relationships between attendance and distance from population. To test whether other factors are more important predictors of attendance, regression analysis was carried out using variables describing amenities and characteristics of the parks. The results show that a high level of explanation for attendance to parks is provided by ticket price, parking cost, the …
Ideologies Of Land And Place: Gĩkũyũ And Settler Colonist Women In Kenya, Heidi G. Frontani, Rachel Rebecca Hewitt
Ideologies Of Land And Place: Gĩkũyũ And Settler Colonist Women In Kenya, Heidi G. Frontani, Rachel Rebecca Hewitt
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Gĩkũyũ and settler colonist women’s life histories were analyzed using textual analysis of first-person accounts to understand the ideologies behind women’s perceptions of land, place, and human-environment relationships, and to fill a gap in the literature on women in central Kenya. Earlier studies have focused on social relations between Gĩkũyũ and colonists, social issues affecting these groups, or land as an important, but nongendered construct. Our major finding was that the women’s understandings of humanenvironment relations and place reflected gender awareness, but overall were consistent with the dominant ideologies of men from their cultural background and time. Settler colonists took …