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News From The Chapters 1983-1984, Robert M. Ward
News From The Chapters 1983-1984, Robert M. Ward
The Geographical Bulletin
News from the Chapters 1983-1984
Just Scratching The Surface-Geographers And The Mining West, Rand E. Rohe
Just Scratching The Surface-Geographers And The Mining West, Rand E. Rohe
The Geographical Bulletin
Research for a doctoral dissertation on Western mining disclosed an enormous body of literature on the subject, a paucity of works by geographers, and an almost unlimited potential for such studies.' Most existing studies present and examine facts in their historical context with little or no attention to geographical interpretation.2 Yet, such analysis is essential to a full understanding of the significance of mining. Without geographic studies of mining, its perspective in the development of the West remains vague and its enduring significance to the present uncertain. While hundreds of works exist on the various gold and silver rushes, few …
The Syrian Tabqa Dam: Its Development And Impact, Monib Ei-Khatib
The Syrian Tabqa Dam: Its Development And Impact, Monib Ei-Khatib
The Geographical Bulletin
The Euphrates River has its sources in eastern Turkey's Anatolian Plateau and extends 3,000 kilometers through Syria and Iraq before it discharges into the river's delta at Shat AI-Arab in the Arabian Gulf. It is an exotic river, a center of past civilization and population, and a managed river with an extensive delta. It floods in early summer but its flooded area dries-out very quickly in the semiarid climate. The Euphrates River can maintain an annual flow throughout its course because of relatively high rainfall and snow-melt at higher elevations. Utilization of its drainage basin has been intensified from its …
A Primer In Scientific Geographic Research Terminology: Implications For Teaching Geography Majors, Sharafat Khan
A Primer In Scientific Geographic Research Terminology: Implications For Teaching Geography Majors, Sharafat Khan
The Geographical Bulletin
The major purpose of this paper is to (1) focus on the meaning of geographic research and (2) identify and elaborate upon the basic terms utilized within geographic research literature. Geographic research is the critical objective study, investigation and explanation of specific cultural and physical phenomenon. Transportation planners, economic planners, military personnel and others are heavily dependent upon geographic research to provide pertinent data they need to make tactical and strategic decisions. Specifically, geographic research is utilized in many diverse academic and non-academic organizations and agencies. As more data become available about the world, there will be more demand for …
Land Use Related Adjustments To Aquifer Depletion In Southwestern Kansas, M. Duane Nellis
Land Use Related Adjustments To Aquifer Depletion In Southwestern Kansas, M. Duane Nellis
The Geographical Bulletin
From prairie to wheat field, the historical transformation of the Kansas landscape has been dramatic. The contributions to this transformation have been based on many factors including new grain varieties, irrigation technology, and other resource converting-space adjusting techniques. In Western Kansas in particular, with inadequate precipitation (14 to 16 inches average from AprilSeptember) for high yield intensive cropland agriculture, the structure of land transformation has been strongly influenced by the availability of water for irrigation. Since surface sources are negligible, groundwater from the Ogallala Aquifer is the critical source for irrigation water. With the dramatic increase in land area irrigated …
New Opportunities In Historical Geography: Guest Editorial, Marshall Mclennan
New Opportunities In Historical Geography: Guest Editorial, Marshall Mclennan
The Geographical Bulletin
Traditionally universities and colleges have served as the employer of opportunity for aspiring geographers. The "baby boom generation" has graduated from the nation's universities, however, and its offspring won't make a significant numerical impact upon the hallowed halls of higher academia until late in the next decade. Demographics have dictated a contraction of the traditional employment market, and it behooves today's geography students to seek other outlets for useful application of the geographer's set of expertises. Alternative employment opportunities have proven particularly hard to come by for aspiring cultural and historical geographers. Consequently, the Department of Geography & Geology at …
Cover And Forewords, Robert M. Ward
News From The Chapters 1983-84, Robert M. Ward
News From The Chapters 1983-84, Robert M. Ward
The Geographical Bulletin
News from the Chapters 1983-84
Volume 27 Complete Issue, Robert M. Ward
Volume 27 Complete Issue, Robert M. Ward
The Geographical Bulletin
Volume 27 Complete Issue
An Historical Perspective Of The Growth And Development Of Canada's Petroleum Industry: 1946-1970, Elwood J. C. Kureth
An Historical Perspective Of The Growth And Development Of Canada's Petroleum Industry: 1946-1970, Elwood J. C. Kureth
The Geographical Bulletin
Prior to 1947, 85% of Canada's crude oil requirements were met by importing oil from foreign sources. Most of this oil came from the United States and Venezuela. The oil from the United States entered Canada by means of pipe lines to the Sarnia and Montreal areas while that shipped into the prairie provinces arrived by railroad tank car. Canada's coastal refineries, in the Maritimes and in British Columbia, received their oil by way of tankers. In all, domestic oil production in Canada in 1946 amounted to only 21,000 barrels per day, while imports exceeded 200,000 barrels per day.' This …
Mental Maps Of Language Distribution In Rio Grande Do Sui (Brazil), Denni R. Preston
Mental Maps Of Language Distribution In Rio Grande Do Sui (Brazil), Denni R. Preston
The Geographical Bulletin
Preston, 1982 used informant-drawn maps to show young, well-educated Hawaiians' perceptions of language differences in the United States. Figure 4 displays one informant's response to the request to outline and label areas where people " speak differently." Figure 5 shows the technique (similar to the "bundling of isoglosses" in traditional dialect geography) which permits a composite (Figure 6) to be created.
The Nowruz Oil Spill In The Arabian Gulf: Case Study Of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah S. Ai-Amirah
The Nowruz Oil Spill In The Arabian Gulf: Case Study Of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah S. Ai-Amirah
The Geographical Bulletin
The Arabian Gulf has suffered from hundreds of oil spills, some of them reported but most unreported. In many cases the amounts of the spills and their causes are usually undetermined. During 1978-1979, tanker captains reported to the Japan Oceanographic Data Center about 412 oil slicks in the Gulf and its approaches.' Table 1 shows major oil spills exceeding 3,000 barrels which occurred between August, 1980, and August, 1982. Although these are relatively current, it should be noted that other significant oil spills have occurred since oil was discovered in the region by Iran in 1908.
Landslides Along The Lewis Overthrust Fault, Glacier National Park, Montana, Jack G. Oelfke, David R. Butler
Landslides Along The Lewis Overthrust Fault, Glacier National Park, Montana, Jack G. Oelfke, David R. Butler
The Geographical Bulletin
As development in the mountainous areas of the western United States continues to accelerate, the exposure of humans and structures to natural hazard threats from high-magnitude masswasting events also increases. This encroachment into previously uninhabited, undeveloped mountain areas creates situations whereby mass-wasting events now pose threats to human activity. Glacier National Park, Montana, is one such location where the potential exists for high-magnitude mass-wasting events. The mountains in this area commonly have steep slopes, high relief, and weathered bedrock features. These features, combined with a mid-latitude climate conducive to extensive frostweathering action, have resulted in a landscape possessing many slope …
Editorial Comments, Robert M. Ward
Editorial Comments, Robert M. Ward
The Geographical Bulletin
The message in this issue is directed to my teaching colleagues, but it is also appropriate for the student body. My topic pertains to enrichment and overall maturity of our students beyond the subject matter in our geographic specialities. From a student perspective the contents of this editorial applies to those majoring in any educational pursuit. Specifically I am concerned about the development of writing and oratory skills, as well as personal and character growth. This is predicated on the assumption that college graduates should be expected to attain some level of leadership and consequently should have mastered the knowledge, …
Cover And Forewords, Robert M. Ward
News From The Chapters 1985-1986, Robert M. Ward
News From The Chapters 1985-1986, Robert M. Ward
The Geographical Bulletin
ighlights of Activities: After a very intensive recruitment program where GTU members visited Geography classes and explained the importance of GTU membership, the ZETA XI Chapter initiated six new members. The first activity of the year included a presentation by Dr. Lawrence Hoffman on his summer trip through China and the U.S.S.R. At a reception afterward, both students and faculty were able to discuss Dr. Hoffman's travels with him. In December GTU members attended the traditional Departmental Christmas Party.
Volume 28-2 Complete Issue, Robert M. Ward
Volume 28-2 Complete Issue, Robert M. Ward
The Geographical Bulletin
Volume 28-2 Complete Issue
Effective Leadership Theories For Geographers In Education, Sharafat Khan
Effective Leadership Theories For Geographers In Education, Sharafat Khan
The Geographical Bulletin
n higher education institutions, the position and merit of geography has been gradually declining. Geography programs have been reviewed regarding the value, nature, purpose, and utility of the discipline. Some geography departments have been terminated, such as the one at the University of Michigan (Kish & Ward, 1981). Skeptics of geography, moreover, point to the great range of problems, such as the identity of geography and the role it plays in education, which have plagued the discipline. Yet effective and efficient leadership have rarely been voiced as one means to enhance the status of geography. It is the intent of …
Catastrophic Michigan Tornadoes, 1950-1984, George M. Howe, Carl F. Ojala
Catastrophic Michigan Tornadoes, 1950-1984, George M. Howe, Carl F. Ojala
The Geographical Bulletin
During the 35-year period from 1950 through 1984, 520 tornadoes were reported and confirmed in Michigan. Slightly less than one quarter of them killed a total of 234 people, injured 3,102, and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage.' A violent tornado in Genesee County on June 8,1953, widely referred to since then as "The Flint Tornado," was responsible for 116 deaths, the greatest number of deaths by a single tornado in the entire United States that year. The worst in Michigan's history, the Flint Tornado death toll ranks fourth largest in the nation, by single tornadoes, for …
Perceptual Comparison Of Four Common Quantitative Map Symbols, Warren W. Lawrence
Perceptual Comparison Of Four Common Quantitative Map Symbols, Warren W. Lawrence
The Geographical Bulletin
A fundamental technique to convey quantitative information on maps is use of symbols.' Four of the most common symbols for this purpose are circle sectors, bar segments, graduated squares and graduated circles . 2 The ability of these four symbols to communicate accurate information to map readers has been the subject of research by those interested in the cognitive process. The purpose of the research reported here was to compare these four symbols in terms of how accurately they were perceived by test subjects. The results of this research indicate some symbols were perceived more accurately than others. This should …
Geographical Elements Affecting Quaintness In Tourist Town Developments-Topography And Transportation, Deborah A. Fitzwater-Dewey
Geographical Elements Affecting Quaintness In Tourist Town Developments-Topography And Transportation, Deborah A. Fitzwater-Dewey
The Geographical Bulletin
An understanding of recreation geography is an important factor, now and in the future, as we strive to make the best decisions to serve the public. Although the roots of recreational geography extend into the 1920s in the United States,l there are few American articles devoted to the subject. Literature pertaining to the field is mainly from British, European, and Canadian sources. How transportation, topography, and planning affect tourist destination patterns is of utmost importance to recreation geographers. Prior studies 1-13 have not reached agreement on what methods may be used for determining the effects of transportation or topography on …
Distribution And Property Value Impacts Displayed By Adult Foster Care Facilities: Ann Arbor, Michigan, Mary Beth Moss
Distribution And Property Value Impacts Displayed By Adult Foster Care Facilities: Ann Arbor, Michigan, Mary Beth Moss
The Geographical Bulletin
The establishment of Adult Foster Care Facilities (AFC's) in residential areas is seen by many people as a Locally Unwanted Land Use (LULU).' Adult Foster Care is needed throughout the nation yet these structural uses often meet with community opposition. In addition to concerns about personal safety, a frequent basis for community opposition to location of a group home in a middle class neighborhood is the fear that property values will plummet, either due to deterioration of the neighborhood or the reluctance of buyers to purchase a dwelling near the facility.2 Such community opposition may be the most evident deterent …
Volume 28-1 Complete Issue, Robert M. Ward
Volume 28-1 Complete Issue, Robert M. Ward
The Geographical Bulletin
Volume 28-1 Complete Issue
Cover And Forewords, Robert M. Ward
News From The Chapters 1984-85, Robert M. Ward
News From The Chapters 1984-85, Robert M. Ward
The Geographical Bulletin
News from the Chapters 1984-85
The South Dakota State Geography Convention: A Unique Educational Opportunity And Event, Edward Patrick Hogan
The South Dakota State Geography Convention: A Unique Educational Opportunity And Event, Edward Patrick Hogan
The Geographical Bulletin
The South Dakota State Geography (SDSU) Convention, held annually at South Dakota State University in Brookings, is indeed a unique educational opportunity and event. The faculty of the Department of Geography at SDSU believe that the convention makes major contributions to the discipline, the state of South Dakota and community of Brookings, the university, and particularly to the Department of Geography and its students. This student planned and conducted convention affords students an outstanding educational opportunity. The convention has evolved over a period of fifteen years and continues to grow and change as the program adapts to new opportunities and …
An Automated World Climate Tutorial, Ray Lougeay, Tomas Miller
An Automated World Climate Tutorial, Ray Lougeay, Tomas Miller
The Geographical Bulletin
Students and teachers of Physical Geography and Climatology often find that a great deal of repetitive practice is required for one to develop the skill to identify a given climate type when presented with monthly temperature and precipitation data (e.g., Fig. 1). Ideally, when observing standard climatic data, the student will have acquired some ability to locate a station in its proper hemisphere and locate it in a reasonably logical location. To do this one must be able to translate the temperature and precipitation data into an understanding of annual regimes of heat energy and moisture surplus, or deficit. A …
Nuclear Waste And North Carolina, C. Phillip Webb
Nuclear Waste And North Carolina, C. Phillip Webb
The Geographical Bulletin
As the number of new oil fields and the further development of existing ones continues to decline, more and more attention is being given to other sources of energy such as coal, solar, hydroelectric, and nuclear power plants. Of the alternate energy sources listed above, the potentially most dangerous is probably nuclear energy. The danger comes from the waste products produced by generating electricity and the nuclear fuel cycle. During the nuclear fuel cycle-where uranium is enriched for use in nuclear generators-many waste by-products are generated, but the most radioactive occur at the end of the cycle. Nuclear waste, ranging …
Goldrush Migrations And Goldfield Populations In The American West 1848-1880, Rand E. Rohe
Goldrush Migrations And Goldfield Populations In The American West 1848-1880, Rand E. Rohe
The Geographical Bulletin
The discovery of placer gold initiated some of the most spectacular migrations ever to occur in the American West. The discovery of gold in California in 1848, of course, touched off the first of the western mining rushes. More importantly, its backwash led to the development of the rest of the mountain West. From California, the mining frontier moved eastward and subsequently enveloped most of the West. The background of the discovery of gold in California needs but cursory attention here. On January 24, 1848, in the course of constructing a sawmill on the American River, James Marshall noticed flecks …
Volume 29-2 Complete Issue, C. Nicholas Raphael
Volume 29-2 Complete Issue, C. Nicholas Raphael
The Geographical Bulletin
Volume 29-2 Complete Issue