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Australia's Strategic Posture: A Change In Spatial Orientation Under The Howard Government, Sean M. Mcdonald, Bruce R. Vaughn Nov 2024

Australia's Strategic Posture: A Change In Spatial Orientation Under The Howard Government, Sean M. Mcdonald, Bruce R. Vaughn

The Geographical Bulletin

Australia's evolving strategic posture in the Asia-Pacific region, since March, 1996 when the Howard Government was first elected is examined and discussed: Specifically, the following three geopolitical policies are addressed: 1) In what direction, politically and spatially, has the Howard Government taken Australian defense policy? Specifically, the increased importance placed on the U.S. alliance and the concept of " Forward Cooperation;" 2) Is the Howard Government's defense policy well suited to address Australia's security needs in the rapidly changing geopolitical environment of the Asia-Pacific region; 3) Do the Howard Government's policy initiatives represent continuity or departure for Australian defense policy? …


Canola In Prairie Canada: Its Development As A Regional Crop And Its Challenge To Wheat, Thomas A. Rumney Nov 2024

Canola In Prairie Canada: Its Development As A Regional Crop And Its Challenge To Wheat, Thomas A. Rumney

The Geographical Bulletin

Canola (Brassica napus), a variety of rapeseed used for edible vegetable oils, animal feed, and industrial oil products, is a relatively new addition to the repertoire of crops grown by farmers in the Canadian Prairies. Becoming common only after approximately 1960. Canadian canola production has been concentrated in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, and has become a serious rival to wheat in terms of acreage and production levels. This paper examines the growth and development of this regional agricultural phenomenon from the poi nt of view of its location and distributional characteristics.


Projections And Perceptions-Editorial Comment: Geography's Future: Professional Or Academic?, Reginald G. Galledge Nov 2024

Projections And Perceptions-Editorial Comment: Geography's Future: Professional Or Academic?, Reginald G. Galledge

The Geographical Bulletin

The 21st century brings to the fore the age-old arguments about the functions of colleges and universities. The University as the host for scholarly thinking and activities has dominated in most countries. But the late 20th century saw an increased demand for professional training. Some faculties continued to develop along both fronts (e.g., medicine, law) where research was indeed an important component, but where training of practitioners was, at some places, even more important. Other areas focused more on training, and developed " professional schools" where related academics were combined with technical or other training programs to " certify" practitioners. …


Activity Spaces Of Dwarfs: Research Via The Internet, Robert J. Kruse, Ii Nov 2024

Activity Spaces Of Dwarfs: Research Via The Internet, Robert J. Kruse, Ii

The Geographical Bulletin

Literature devoted to the concept of activity space occupies an important place in the field of human geography. Researchers have found that spatial experience is affected by characteristics such as race, gender, handicaps and social stigma. However, absent from this literature is an examination of the activity spaces of dwarfs. Dwarfism raises important geographical questions regarding the social constructs and physical constraints faced by individuals of extremely short stature. For this project, questionnaires were posted on an Internet listserver for dwarfs. People who identified themselves as dwarfs responded to a variety of questions about the physical and social aspects of …


Cover And Forewords, C. Nicholas Raphael Nov 2024

Cover And Forewords, C. Nicholas Raphael

The Geographical Bulletin

Cover and Forewords


News From The Chapters 2000-2001, C. Nicholas Raphael Nov 2024

News From The Chapters 2000-2001, C. Nicholas Raphael

The Geographical Bulletin

News from the Chapters 2001-2002 GTU


Book Reviews, C. Nicholas Raphael Nov 2024

Book Reviews, C. Nicholas Raphael

The Geographical Bulletin

Book Reviews


Volume 43-2 Complete Issue, C. Nicholas Raphael Nov 2024

Volume 43-2 Complete Issue, C. Nicholas Raphael

The Geographical Bulletin

Volume 43-2 Complete Issue


Historical Development Of The Pipeline As A Mode Of Transportation, M. O. Lawal Nov 2024

Historical Development Of The Pipeline As A Mode Of Transportation, M. O. Lawal

The Geographical Bulletin

Historical Development of the Pipeline as a Mode of Transportation


The Possible Effect Of Global Warming On The Frequency Of Significant Snowfall Events Along The Eastern Coast Of The United States, Brent R. Skeeter Nov 2024

The Possible Effect Of Global Warming On The Frequency Of Significant Snowfall Events Along The Eastern Coast Of The United States, Brent R. Skeeter

The Geographical Bulletin

The Possible Effect of Global Warming on the Frequency of Significant Snowfall Events Along the Eastern Coast of the United States


Geographer At Work, Kurt P. Kowalski Nov 2024

Geographer At Work, Kurt P. Kowalski

The Geographical Bulletin

Geographer at Work


The Omai Disaster In Guyana, Robert Ramraj Nov 2024

The Omai Disaster In Guyana, Robert Ramraj

The Geographical Bulletin

The Omai Disaster in Guyana.


Improved Health At The United States-Mexican Border: A Case Study, Janet B. Snyder Nov 2024

Improved Health At The United States-Mexican Border: A Case Study, Janet B. Snyder

The Geographical Bulletin

Improved Health at the United States-Mexican Border: A Case Study


Projections And Perceptions-Editorial Comment: The Big Picture, Harm J. De Blij Nov 2024

Projections And Perceptions-Editorial Comment: The Big Picture, Harm J. De Blij

The Geographical Bulletin

Projections and Perceptions-Editorial Comment: The Big Picture


Cover And Forewords, C. Nicholas Raphael Nov 2024

Cover And Forewords, C. Nicholas Raphael

The Geographical Bulletin

Cover and Forewords


Volume 44-1 Complete Issue, C. Nicholas Raphael Nov 2024

Volume 44-1 Complete Issue, C. Nicholas Raphael

The Geographical Bulletin

Volume 44-1 Complete Issue


Water In The Middle East. A Geographyof Peace By A. Amery And Arron T. Wolf (Eds.)., C. Nicholas Raphael Nov 2024

Water In The Middle East. A Geographyof Peace By A. Amery And Arron T. Wolf (Eds.)., C. Nicholas Raphael

The Geographical Bulletin

Despite the image that "it is all the same" the Middle East is a paradox in context and poorly understood. Oil rich and the center of three monotheistic religions in the Middle East contrast with political disarray and the availability of resources such as water. The arid empty 61 spaces contrast with the urbanization occurring throughout the region


Principles Of Glacial Geomorphology And Geology By I. Peter Martini, Michael E. Brookfield, And Steven Sadura., C. Nicholas Raphael Nov 2024

Principles Of Glacial Geomorphology And Geology By I. Peter Martini, Michael E. Brookfield, And Steven Sadura., C. Nicholas Raphael

The Geographical Bulletin

"Principles of Glacial Geomorphology and Geology" is different from most glacier-related textbooks. The principal difference between this text and most others is the wider range of topics covered. As in most glacial texts, the book covers glaciology and glacial sediments and landforms. Close to half of this text, however, covers permafrost and periglacial processes, dating techniques, isostasy/eustasy, migration of biota dur - ing glacial cycles, and an extensive global history of glaciation. As a result, the most positive aspect of the book is that one can design a class, using one book, that covers almost any glacier-related topic. The negative …


Seeing The Blind: Humanism And The Experience Of Place, Joshua F. J Inwood Nov 2024

Seeing The Blind: Humanism And The Experience Of Place, Joshua F. J Inwood

The Geographical Bulletin

Since much of our world is visually based, many researchers question how the "non-sighted " fit into this larger framework. Whereas many geographers have looked at navigation this paper will explore how the blind ascribe a practical understanding of the world that is constructed largely by and for those with sight. Because much of the relevant data involve perceptions not easily understood, this paper relies on qualitative methods, specifically the open-ended interview, to construct personal narratives. These narratives are analyzed using a humanistic perspective.


Guyana's Border Disputes With Venezuela And Suriname, Robert Ramraj Nov 2024

Guyana's Border Disputes With Venezuela And Suriname, Robert Ramraj

The Geographical Bulletin

Guyana is currently actively engaged in border disputes with Venezuela on its western border, and with Suriname to its east. The first dispute involves an area of over 50,000 square miles or two-thirds of Guyana. The Surinamese claim to Guyanese territory covers over 5,000 square miles. One source of dispute is that borders were drawn when Guyana and Suriname were colonies of Britain and the Netherlands respectively. Vast proven untapped resources including minerals (oil, gold, diamonds, bauxite and manganese), tropical hardwood forests and fishing grounds are present in the disputed regions. While diplomacy and negotiations have been employed often, Suriname, …


An Analysis Of Attacks By Grizzly Bears (Ursus Arctos Horribi/Is) In Glacier National Park, Montana, Lisa M. Dechano, David R. Butler Nov 2024

An Analysis Of Attacks By Grizzly Bears (Ursus Arctos Horribi/Is) In Glacier National Park, Montana, Lisa M. Dechano, David R. Butler

The Geographical Bulletin

Grizzly bears inhabit several popular recreation areas in the American West, including Glacier National Park, Montana. The likelihood of a grizzly bear-human confrontation increases as annual visitation continues to increase. This study investigates grizzly bear-human confrontations for each type of attack, in Glacier National Park from 1910 to the present. The types of confrontations, and the spatial and temporal distributions of each type of attack are examined. Maulings are the most frequent type of confrontation, followed by charges and then fatalities, respectively. Spatially, most attacks occur in the central portion ofthe Park, and east of the Continental Divide. Attacks also …


The New Geography Of Conflict, Michael T. Klare Nov 2024

The New Geography Of Conflict, Michael T. Klare

The Geographical Bulletin

During the Cold War, strategic planning focused on diverging ideological views between the United States and the Soviet blocs located in central and southeastern Europe and Northeast Asia. In the last decade these regions lost much strategic significance for the U.S. whereas other regions (e.g., Caspian Sea basin, the Gulf states, South China Sea) are receiving increased attention from Washington and other industrialized countries. A renewed concern of global resources, especially oil and natural gas, has created a new international, national and local geography of conflict. China and Russia have made their presence felt in key energy producing areas through …


Fossils On The Prairie: Abandoned Farmsteads In Southwestern Minnesota, Christopher R. Laingen Nov 2024

Fossils On The Prairie: Abandoned Farmsteads In Southwestern Minnesota, Christopher R. Laingen

The Geographical Bulletin

Between 1935 and 1992, the number of farms in the United States decreased from approximately seven million to fewer than two million. This change left a noticeable imprint on the landscape. Working farmsteads have been reduced to idle, desolate buildings, or in some cases there are no buildings left at all. To study this transformation, black and white air photographs from 1950 were compared with 1990 air photographs. Also, plat books and ground checks in four townships in Watonwan County in southwestern Minnesota helped document changes. Farmsteads were abandoned or demolished because people began to find they could not economically …


Projections And Perceptions-Editorial Comment: A Perspective On Military Geography, Eugene J. Palka Nov 2024

Projections And Perceptions-Editorial Comment: A Perspective On Military Geography, Eugene J. Palka

The Geographical Bulletin

During times of conflict military geography invariably surfaces as an important problem-solving subfield of geography. Since September 11, 2001, dozens of geographers employed by the Department of Defense have focused their attention on Central Asia in general and on Afghanistan in particular. Academic geographers have also been beckoned by the government, military, and media to apply their particular systematic or regional expertise to America's recent challenge. One cannot dispute the wartime relevance of the subfield, yet since the fall of the Berlin Wall, applications during peacetime and military operations other than war (MOOTW) have become more apparent (Palka and Galgano, …


Cover And Forewords, C. Nicholas Raphael Nov 2024

Cover And Forewords, C. Nicholas Raphael

The Geographical Bulletin

Cover and Forewords


Volume 44-2 Complete Issue, C. Nicholas Raphael Nov 2024

Volume 44-2 Complete Issue, C. Nicholas Raphael

The Geographical Bulletin

Volume 44-2 Complete Issue


News From The Chapters 2001-2002 Gtu, C. Nicholas Raphael Nov 2024

News From The Chapters 2001-2002 Gtu, C. Nicholas Raphael

The Geographical Bulletin

News from the Chapters 2001-2002 GTU


Gamma Theta Announces 2001 Achievement Awards, C. Nicholas Raphael Nov 2024

Gamma Theta Announces 2001 Achievement Awards, C. Nicholas Raphael

The Geographical Bulletin

Gamma Theta has announced the winners of the 2001 achievement awards at its meeting during the National Council of Geographical Education national meeting in Vancouver, B.C. (August). The 2001 scholarship recipients are: Kara Beth Gregoire, Eta Gamma Chapter, State University of New York at Genesco (Maxfield Undergraduate award). Richard Hunter, Delta Zeta Chapter, South Dakota State University (Richason Undergraduate award), Molly Schmelzle, Theta Mu Chapter Syracuse University (President's Undergraduate award), Susan Dunham, Eta Gamma Chapter, State University of New York at Genesco (Buzzard Undergraduate award) and Kristen Ansanka, Zeta Omega Chapter, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Buzza rd Graduate …


Towards The Development Of A Gis Model For Planning And Administering Literacy Education Programs In Urban Areas, Jeffrey P. Richetto, William E. Couch Nov 2024

Towards The Development Of A Gis Model For Planning And Administering Literacy Education Programs In Urban Areas, Jeffrey P. Richetto, William E. Couch

The Geographical Bulletin

As the world continues to change ever higher demands are placed on individuals, households, and businesses; thus, the definition and need to be literate also continue to shift. Today, adults require greater levels of basic skills commensurate to function effectively in an increasingly visual and technological environment. Within the United States fewer than ten percent of the estimated 44 million adults who could potentially benefit from literacy programs are currently being served. Additional funding, improved coordination among service providers, and greater availability of support services including childtare, transportation, and accessible class meeting sites are important planning issues. Therefore, it becomes …


Geographer At Work: John A. Rusatsky Zoning Enforcement Officer, Leon Yacker Nov 2024

Geographer At Work: John A. Rusatsky Zoning Enforcement Officer, Leon Yacker

The Geographical Bulletin

ROUTE TO THE JOB: When John Rusatsky graduated from Southern Connecticut State University in 1979 with a B.S. degree in Geography he knew what he wanted to do in the future. He had chosen the specialization in planning offered by the department after overhearing a casual conversation by two other students about geography. He was dissatisfied with the major he had at the time and so he approached a faculty member in the department for further information. Before changing his major, his grades were poor and he had no particular interest in the future. Like many students he " discovered" …