A PROSPECTIVE ON ZELINSKY'S HYPOTHESIS OF THE MOBILITY TRANSITION [0.03%]
论泽林斯基 mobility transition假说的前景
Thomas J Cooke,Richard Wright,Mark Ellis
Thomas J Cooke
Wilbur Zelinsky's 1971 paper in Geographical Review entitled the "Hypothesis of the Mobility Transition" was both forward-looking and offered innovative ideas regarding human geographic mobility. One of the most interesting aspects of the p...
GOD'S HEALING LEAVES: THE COLONIAL QUEST FOR MEDICINAL PLANTS IN THE TORRID ZONE [0.03%]
上帝的治愈之叶——殖民地时期热带药用植物采集活动探析
Robert Voeks,Charlotte Greene
Robert Voeks
The colonial era witnessed a fevered quest for exotic medicinal plants by European physicians and scientists. This essay explores the geographical principles that oriented the search towards the lands and peoples of the humid tropics. Belie...
John R Logan,Zengwang Xu
John R Logan
We study hurricane risk on the U.S. Gulf Coast during 1950-2005, estimating the wind damage and storm surge from every hurricane in this extended period. Wind damage is estimated from the known path and wind speeds of individual storms and ...
Brian J Godfrey,Olivia M Arguinzoni
Brian J Godfrey
Despite the fortification of buildings, streets, and public squares, Rio de Janeiro's beaches remain widely regarded as democratic spaces of social diversity and accessibility. Our study revisits the question of Rio's “democratic” beachfr...
Jeffrey S Smith,Matthew R Cartlidge
Jeffrey S Smith
On 4 May 2007 an ef-5 tornado leveled 95 percent of Greensburg, Kansas. Because city leaders encouraged everyone to use “green” building techniques as they rebuilt their homes and businesses, not only has the return to normalcy been excee...
John Fraser Hart
John Fraser Hart
Andrew Grundstein,Jan Null,Vernon Meentemeyer
Andrew Grundstein
Vehicle-related hyperthermia is an unfortunate tragedy that leads to the accidental deaths of children each year. This research utilizes the most extensive dataset of child vehicle-related hyperthermia deaths in the United States, including...
Robert J Mason,Liliya Nigmatullina
Robert J Mason
Although Soviet-era urban-growth controls produced relatively sustainable metropolitan development patterns, low-density suburban sprawl has accelerated markedly in modern Russia. Distinctive features of Moscow's development history are its...
"Poppies are democracy!" A critical geopolitics of opium eradication and reintroduction in Turkey [0.03%]
“罂粟是民主！”土耳其禁种和恢复种植鸦片的批判地缘政治学分析
Kyle T Evered
Kyle T Evered
Historical scholarship in traditional geopolitics often relied on documents authored by states and by other influential actors. Although much work in the subfield of critical geopolitics thus far has addressed imbalances constructed in offi...
Traditional ecologies of the opium poppy and oral history in rural Turkey [0.03%]
土耳其农村的鸦片罂粟传统生态和口头历史
Kyle T Evered
Kyle T Evered
Cultivated in the Eastern Mediterranean region for millennia, the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) was profoundly significant in the economies, ecologies, cultures, and diets of the peoples of many towns and villages of rural Anatolia. When...