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Cover And Forewords, C. Nicholas Raphael Jan 2025

Cover And Forewords, C. Nicholas Raphael

The Geographical Bulletin

Cover and Forewords


Volume 39-1 Complete Issue, C. Nicholas Raphael Jan 2025

Volume 39-1 Complete Issue, C. Nicholas Raphael

The Geographical Bulletin

Volume 39-1 Complete Issue


The Hispano Homeland By Richard L. Nostrand, Douglas Heffington Jan 2025

The Hispano Homeland By Richard L. Nostrand, Douglas Heffington

The Geographical Bulletin

Nostrand has done much to explain the Hispano culture and the Hispano Homeland of the American Southwest. Using census and economic data, geographic survey information, and oral histories and interviews, the author details the evolution, morphology and cultural characteristics of the Hispano Homeland from aerial growth to relative decline during the years of 1680 to 1980.


Illinois: A Geographical Survey, Illinois Geographical Society By Ronald E. Nelson, Editor, Wendy Shaw Jan 2025

Illinois: A Geographical Survey, Illinois Geographical Society By Ronald E. Nelson, Editor, Wendy Shaw

The Geographical Bulletin

Ill inois, the 'Prairie State' has a rich and varied landscape, which is a product not only of the forces of nature, but also of the geographic patterns of human act ivity. The interaction of the physical environment of Illinois with the inhabitants of the state, and the resulting geographic milieu, are the subjects of this book. The book is a compilation of chapters by a series of authors who have expertise in some aspect of the geography of Illinois. The result is a detailed regional geography, ofthe classic vintage, which contains a wealth of information.


Variability And Frequency Of Daily Rainfall In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Abdullah Ai-Saleh Jan 2025

Variability And Frequency Of Daily Rainfall In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Abdullah Ai-Saleh

The Geographical Bulletin

This study examines the temporal and spatial distribution of rainfall in the city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's capital. The city has experienced significant urbanization in the past two decades. Therefore, the impervious surfaces and the restriction of original surface flow routes increase runoff in Riyadh city. Thus, stormwater frequently accumulates in streets because it exceeds the storm sewer capacity, storm sewers are blocked or partially blocked by sediment, or due to the lack of storm sewers. Data from three climatic stations in Riyadh and north of the city are used to characterize the temporal and spatial variations of rainfall amounts …


Frost Protection From Small Protective Coverings, Kathleen M. Baker, Robert H. Aron Jan 2025

Frost Protection From Small Protective Coverings, Kathleen M. Baker, Robert H. Aron

The Geographical Bulletin

The purpose of this study was to determine the frost protection value of covering your plants in spring with polyethylene terephthalate (plastic) milk jugs or polyurethane rose cones. These coverings were placed in a field southeast of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Nocturnal temperatures were measured from May 7- 24, 1995 on clear and cloudy nights. Spring nocturnal temperatures inside one U.S. gallon milk jugs were slightly lower and those inside rose cones slightly higher than ambient air temperatures. Placing holes near the bases of these covers to provide additional circulation resulted in slightly lower nocturnal temperatures under the rose cones but no …


Appalachian Kentucky: Some Comments Concerning Poverty And The Nature Of The Banking Network In The Region, Wendy Shaw Jan 2025

Appalachian Kentucky: Some Comments Concerning Poverty And The Nature Of The Banking Network In The Region, Wendy Shaw

The Geographical Bulletin

The Appalachian region has been a core of poverty for many decades. In this research, some changes in the extent and nature Qf poverty in the region are presented that suggest despite extensive programs designed to combat poverty, a core of intense poverty still persists. While significant improvements have been made in such areas as transportation, it seems clear that some roots of poverty in the region have not been addressed. It is argued that one neglected area involves the banking network in eastern Kentucky. This contention is supported by analyzing banking data concerning the internal banking network within the …


Comments On Canadian Regionalism And The Media, Jay D. Gatrell, Jonathan D. Gatreli Jan 2025

Comments On Canadian Regionalism And The Media, Jay D. Gatrell, Jonathan D. Gatreli

The Geographical Bulletin

This research explores the impact of regionalism in Canada on the program design ofthe Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC) Prime Time News. An analysis was performed on the content of this program to determine whether or not such regional considerations exist. The content analysis extracted two key variables, Total Segments and Segment Length, to determine if the CBC employed a decision making process imilar to the federal government's de jure and de facto regional allocation process for governmental appointments. The paper concludes that such a decision-making process was not clearly endorsed by the analysis; however, additional statistical analysis illustrates the potential …


Tourism In The United Arab Emirates, Saif S. Al-Qaidi Jan 2025

Tourism In The United Arab Emirates, Saif S. Al-Qaidi

The Geographical Bulletin

In recent years, tourism development in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been promoted to diversify the economy of the country. It is estimated that in 1991 , about 1.2 million tourists visited the country. Most visitors came from the Gulf states, Western Europe and the former USSR. The question raised in this investigation is whether the UAE is in a position to serve tourists from all over the world, and what facilities and attractions are available to promote the industry. The paper also highlights places of interest to visitors to the UAE. Attractions include natural landscapes for ecotourism as …


Gamma Theta Upsilon Announces Awards, James Snaden Jan 2025

Gamma Theta Upsilon Announces Awards, James Snaden

The Geographical Bulletin

Gamma Theta Upsilon, the international geography honor society, has just awarded five scholarships for 1996, each worth $500. Four of the scholarships are for undergraduate geography majors and one is for a graduate student in geography. The winners were as follows: Christopher Bertram, who was awarded the O. Orland Maxfield Scholarship. Christopher is a geography major at South Dakota State University, where he is President of the Delta Zeta Chapter. The Chapter sponsor, Darrell Napton, remarked that few geography majors have had as great an impact upon the department in as short a time as Chris. He is interested in …


Salmon Gravlax: Plat Du Jour, Jean Lavigne Jan 2025

Salmon Gravlax: Plat Du Jour, Jean Lavigne

Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

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Cover And Forewords, C. Nicholas Raphael Jan 2025

Cover And Forewords, C. Nicholas Raphael

The Geographical Bulletin

Cover and Forewords


Volume 40-1 Complete Issue, C. Nicholas Raphael Jan 2025

Volume 40-1 Complete Issue, C. Nicholas Raphael

The Geographical Bulletin

Volume 40-1 Complete Issue


Exploring Geographic Information Systems By Nicholas Chrisman, Eric Matranga Jan 2025

Exploring Geographic Information Systems By Nicholas Chrisman, Eric Matranga

The Geographical Bulletin

Rather than attempting to define the bounds and scope of geographic information, Chrisman provides an organizational framework that" . .. challenges the reader to participate in the exploration". Exploring Geographic Information Systems uses a nested set of interrelated issues to emphasize the need for users to think critically about the appropriate use of methods, tools, and data in GIS.


Regions Of Risk: A Geographical Introduction To Disasters By Kenneth Hewitt, Taly D. Drezner Jan 2025

Regions Of Risk: A Geographical Introduction To Disasters By Kenneth Hewitt, Taly D. Drezner

The Geographical Bulletin

Regions of Risk is a comprehensive text that painstakingly describes how disasters and the threat of disasters shape and geographically alter communities and regions all over the world. In his introduction, Hewitt writes, "Any given risk or disaster event is distinguished by its geographic location and setting. These are important keys to the origins of danger, the forms of damage and whom they most affect."


Physical Hydrology By S. Lawrence Ding-Man, Patricia J. Beyer Jan 2025

Physical Hydrology By S. Lawrence Ding-Man, Patricia J. Beyer

The Geographical Bulletin

As the public eye increasingly focuses on issues related to the use and quality of water, the science of hydrology expands from its position as an academic and engineering endeavor to one of prominance in people's everyday lives. With this expansion comes the need for education, not only for hydrologists and geomorphologists, but for biologists, botanists, earth scientists, climatologists, land managers, developers and policy makers. Water is a fascinating and complex substance: not only is water itself a resource, but it is also a main pathway for energy and chemical transfer in the Earth-atmosphere system.


Environmental Geography: Science, Land Use, And Earth Systems By William M.Marsh And John M. Grossa, Eric Matranga Jan 2025

Environmental Geography: Science, Land Use, And Earth Systems By William M.Marsh And John M. Grossa, Eric Matranga

The Geographical Bulletin

Environmental Geography is an introductory text for undergraduate instruction. Marsh and Grossa recognize a lack of geographic perspectives in such texts. They set as their task, building "on the traditional themes of geography". Concepts covered include environmental systems, principles of space, scale and distributions, and landscape as the result of human-environment interaction.


People, Politics, And Economic Life. An Interactive Exploration Of The Appalachian Region By Thomas Plaut, Wendy Shaw Jan 2025

People, Politics, And Economic Life. An Interactive Exploration Of The Appalachian Region By Thomas Plaut, Wendy Shaw

The Geographical Bulletin

Appalachia, although often suffering from negative stereotypes, is in fact a region of great multidimensional diversity. In this diversity Appalachia is typical of much of America.


The Geography Of South Dakota. Edward By P. Hogan, Donald J. Berg Jan 2025

The Geography Of South Dakota. Edward By P. Hogan, Donald J. Berg

The Geographical Bulletin

Edward P. Hogan has done a considerable service for the people of South Dakota through writing The Geography of South Dakota, the first such volume in 78 years. It is a book that was long overdue, but such a project also needs the right person at the right place and the right time to author it.


The Heat/Humidity Quandary: A Case Study Of New England, Carl F. Ojala, William Babcock Jan 2025

The Heat/Humidity Quandary: A Case Study Of New England, Carl F. Ojala, William Babcock

The Geographical Bulletin

When the occasional heat wave occurs during summer, people often bemoan the unbearable temperature and humidity conditions. Most of us have heard, and maybe even used, the statement " 90°F. temperature and 90% relative humidity." This exceptional weather condition, based on popular confusion of the temperature/relative humidity concept, generally seems to be perceived as possible by most people. In this research, a 30- year archive approaching one million data sets for seven New England cities was examined to determine the validity of such an expression. Hourly summer temperature, dew point, and relative humidity data were analyzed. From 1961 to 1990 …


Contemporary Europe: A Geographic Analysis. (7th Edition) By William H. Berent-Sen, Editor, Wendy Shaw Jan 2025

Contemporary Europe: A Geographic Analysis. (7th Edition) By William H. Berent-Sen, Editor, Wendy Shaw

The Geographical Bulletin

Europe is a continent characterized by great complexity both physically and culturally. It is a fascinating place steeped in history yet seemingly in a state of con - stant flux. The region provides a challenge to authors who endeavor to present a comprehensive view of Europe. This book targets students in introductory col - lege courses and focuses on contemporary Europe. Each chapter has a different author, writing style, approach, and struc - ture that reflects that author's area of in - terest and expertise. Chapters are in - cluded that are topically focused such as those on population and …


Assessment Of The Growth, Nature, And Character Of Three Squatter Settlements In The Durban Functional Area, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, Hari P. Garbharran Jan 2025

Assessment Of The Growth, Nature, And Character Of Three Squatter Settlements In The Durban Functional Area, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, Hari P. Garbharran

The Geographical Bulletin

This paper examines the growth, nature, and character of three informal settlement complexes in the Durban Functional Region (DFR) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Informal settlements or jondolas have become a permanent feature of the South African landscape since democracy. During the apartheid era (1948 to 1994) these structures were temporary, existed in the shadow of metropolitan areas, and faced removal. The post-apartheid period has been characterized by an upsurge in the development of informal settlements especially around metropolitan areas. Restrictions imposed upon certain segments of the population since colonial times have been crushed. In some instances, t hese unplanned settlements …


The Geographic Society And Gamma Theta Upsilon At Arizona State University, Malcolm L. Comeaux Jan 2025

The Geographic Society And Gamma Theta Upsilon At Arizona State University, Malcolm L. Comeaux

The Geographical Bulletin

Throughout most of the history of Arizona State University (founded in 1885) there has been a strong student organization devoted to the study of geography and the state of Arizona . This organization was established early, and once established, it always existed. A club such as this one is particularly important to students, since belonging to a small group leads to comraderie and lifelong friendships, and it can be a valuable learning experience. One of the main goals of the geography student organization was always the taking offield trips, and such field trips are fondly remembered by ex-members. Prof. Fred …


Third World Development And Population: A Reflection, Engdawork Desta Jan 2025

Third World Development And Population: A Reflection, Engdawork Desta

The Geographical Bulletin

In a world of plenty, many countries continue to suffer from lack of basic necessities. Development might be a controversial issue, however, the reason for Third World countries remain underdeveloped is certainly not because of absence of resources or lack of know-how. The relationship between development and population might also be direct but it is not necessarily negative all the time. If the potentials of science and technology are released, most of the constraints of economic sustainability would probably be overcome within a few years.


A Brief History Of The Delta Zeta Chapter At South Dakota State University Brookings, South Dakota, Donald J. Berg Jan 2025

A Brief History Of The Delta Zeta Chapter At South Dakota State University Brookings, South Dakota, Donald J. Berg

The Geographical Bulletin

Delta Zeta Chapter at South Dakota State University in a direct sense grew out of the Alpha Rho Chapter at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, MO. There, Edward P. Hogan, who was a student at the time, had been active in the Chapter as its president. His wife, Joan M. Hogan, was also a member in the 1960s. Thethird person who would ultimately playa role in the formation of Delta Zeta was Lee A. Opheim, an instructor at Saint Louis University, who had joined the Mu Chapter at the University of Minnesota, Duluth in the 1950s.


Projections And Perceptions Editorial Comment: The Limits Of Convergence; Nature, Nurture, And Growth, Jeffrey D. Sachs Jan 2025

Projections And Perceptions Editorial Comment: The Limits Of Convergence; Nature, Nurture, And Growth, Jeffrey D. Sachs

The Geographical Bulletin

For the first time in history, almost all of the world's people are bound together in a global capitalist system. This momentous development forces us to think anew about the world economy. In the past, differences in policies across regions of the world resulted in vast differences in economic performance; in the future, policies are likely to be more similar. As a result, large parts of the developing world will narrow the income gap between themselves and richer nations. But this process of convergence, by itself, will go only so far. With or without markets, many developing countries will be …


Shanghai's Frontier: Pudong New Development Area, Hongyan Jia, Robert M. Ward Jan 2025

Shanghai's Frontier: Pudong New Development Area, Hongyan Jia, Robert M. Ward

The Geographical Bulletin

The Pudong New Development Area (east of Shanghai) is one of the more recent special economic zones to emerge in the People's Republic of China. It is being built with the experience gained during earlier developments along the eastern coastal area of China. Much of the infrastructure has been put into place and improved. Preferential policies have been awarded to investors which have expanded on those given previously. Since then, the Pudong New Development Area has not only boosted the economic development of Shanghai and the Yangtze River valley, but has also played an important role in China's overall progress …


Cover And Forewords, C. Nicholas Raphael Jan 2025

Cover And Forewords, C. Nicholas Raphael

The Geographical Bulletin

Cover and Forewords


Volume 40-2 Complete Issue, C. Nicholas Raphael Jan 2025

Volume 40-2 Complete Issue, C. Nicholas Raphael

The Geographical Bulletin

Volume 40-2 Complete Issue


"When I Was Young . .. "- Perceptions Of Past Winters By Elderly Residents Of Northwest Wisconsin, Michael J. Tronrud, D. E. Petzold Jan 2025

"When I Was Young . .. "- Perceptions Of Past Winters By Elderly Residents Of Northwest Wisconsin, Michael J. Tronrud, D. E. Petzold

The Geographical Bulletin

Young people today often hear their eIders talk about the severe winters oftheir youth, noting colder, snowier times in the past. A survey of elderly residents of NW Wisconsin documents their perceptions of past winters. The results of this survey were then related to an nual and decade mean winter temperature and snowfal l data from the same region for the period, 1920 to 1996. It appears that memories of the most severe winter weather are connected with childhood. A majority of respondents chose the 1930s as being the coldest decade in memory. In reality, it was not. Only one …