基于 137Cs和 210Pbex方法的高寒草甸坡面土壤侵蚀示踪

高寒草甸是青藏高原主要的草地类型之一。为了解高寒草甸坡面土壤侵蚀特征,以兴海盆地高寒草甸坡面为研究区,分析了高寒草甸坡面上 137Cs和 210Pbex的分布特征;利用 137Cs和 210Pbex示踪方法,通过转换模型估算了高寒草甸坡面土壤侵蚀速率,并对两种方法估算的结果进行了对比。结果表明:(1)选取的高寒草甸背景土壤剖面上 137Cs质量活度最大值分布在 2～4 cm层位, 210Pbex质量活度最大值出现在最表层。(2)研究区坡面 137Cs和 210Pbex质量活度和通量在不同的坡位有明显的差异。(3)根据 210Pbex估算的土壤侵蚀速率高于基于 137Cs估算的土壤侵蚀速率,表明研究区近几十年土壤侵蚀可能呈增加趋势。(4)根据 137Cs和 210Pbex估算的土壤侵蚀速率具有极显著的正相关关系( r = 0.94,P <     

白云岩喀斯特侵蚀坡地的~(137)Cs法研究

在黔南峰丛洼地区林间白云岩坡地应用137Cs法研究土壤侵蚀。4个坡面采样样方的137Cs面积浓度都低于137Cs本底值浓度;表土样137Cs浓度随着坡长增加而增大,全样137Cs面积浓度的顺坡变化呈逐步下降趋势;应用137Cs农耕地侵蚀模型计算获得样点土壤侵蚀量后,加以坡长加权平均计算获得的坡长权重土壤位移量为2.045 t/(km2·a)。同时在坡脚的土壤分层剖面中的137Cs浓度峰值在土壤次表层出现,随着深度增加呈指数递减变化,属于未受耕作扰动的无侵蚀非农耕地,但表层含有相对低浓度137Cs是坡面侵蚀泥沙的搬运堆积结果,估算距1963年以来侵蚀泥沙年平均堆积厚度为0.0682~0.1364 cm/a。坡地土壤侵蚀速率远小于以往贵州喀斯特地区典型喀斯特小流域和坡地的观测结果,但坡脚泥沙堆积速率远大于坡地土壤侵蚀速率。表明季节性暴雨、坡面降雨汇流和耕作侵蚀等侵蚀作用使喀斯特坡地土壤颗粒出现微距离位移,长期则在坡脚出现显著的侵蚀泥沙堆积。     

基于~(137)Cs示踪法的丹江口小流域农用地土壤侵蚀研究

运用137Cs示踪技术,采用相关土壤侵蚀定量估算模型,探讨丹江口市小流域不同土地利用方式和土壤类型的土壤侵蚀状况.结果表明:研究区137Cs本底值为2 153.46 Bq/m2;耕作土剖面中137Cs呈均一分布,非耕作土剖面中137Cs呈指数递减分布;不同土地利用方式下农用地土壤侵蚀速率从大到小依次为沟谷旱地坡耕地菜田水田草地;不同土壤类型结合不同地貌形态呈现不同的侵蚀速率,依次为低山丘陵区的石灰土粘质的黄棕壤土紫色土和砂质潮土;坡耕地的土壤侵蚀呈现垂直分异特征.     

黄土丘陵区坡面形态和植被组合的土壤侵蚀效应研究北大核心CSCD

以位于陕北黄土丘陵区的羊圈沟流域为重点研究区,针对不同坡面类型(坡长、坡形、坡度)和植被组合进行野外土壤采样,利用137Cs元素示踪方法评估坡面的土壤侵蚀效应。研究发现:1坡面形态对土壤侵蚀具有重要影响。自坡顶至坡脚,"直-凹"组合的坡型一般具有相对较低的土壤侵蚀模数,整体上起到"汇"的作用;但"凹-直/凸"组合的坡型具有相对较高的土壤侵蚀模数,在土壤侵蚀方面起到"源"的作用;其他坡型,如直坡、凸坡、"直-凸"和复杂性坡型的土壤侵蚀模数介于两者之间。2坡面不同植被空间配置对土壤侵蚀的影响具有明显差异。研究发现,坡面植被组合(自坡顶至坡脚)为荒草地-果园、有林地-其他植被类型组合和荒草地-其他植被类型的坡面具有相对较低的土壤侵蚀模数,起到了一定"汇"的功能,但人为干扰较为强烈的景观坡面(无水土保持措施)具有相对较高的土壤侵蚀模数,整体上表现为土壤侵蚀的"源"区。     

基于遥感和137Cs方法的半干旱草原区土壤侵蚀量估算

结合遥感地学分析方法和地球化学放射性同位素——137Cs示踪技术对青藏高原东北部共和盆地塔拉滩草原地区的土壤风蚀量进行估算。利用遥感数据获取研究区土壤侵蚀强度相对等级图斑,在不同等级侵蚀空间信息中选取137Cs样品采集点,并测定土壤样品中的137Cs含量,以此确定不同等级侵蚀类型的土壤侵蚀量。结果表明,在本研究区发生的风力侵蚀强度不大,主要属于微度侵蚀和轻度侵蚀类型,分别占研究区总面积的47.12%和35.58%,二者占研究区总面积的82.70%,侵蚀模数介于220.28~580.13 t·km-2·a-1之间;只有极小区域发生了强烈以上侵蚀,面积为22.14 km2。在本区还发生强烈的堆积过程,出现大面积的风沙堆积区域,面积约322.67 km2,占研究区总面积的11.78%。本区年均土壤总侵蚀量约为87~115万t,总堆积量约为55~78万t,平均每年由塔拉滩向龙羊峡水库输入的土壤量约为32~37万t。此方法可以对干旱环境中土壤风力侵蚀进行快速的较为客观的估算,具有一定的应用前景。     

137Cs示踪法研究湟水上游和布哈河下游区域土壤侵蚀强度

通过¹³⁷Cs示踪技术,并采用土壤剖面核素单位面积浓度与背景值之间的理论模型,对布哈河下游和青海湖东北岸湟水上游区域的土壤侵蚀进行了研究,结果表明：¹³⁷Cs面积活度与植被盖度之间存在着正相关关系,两区域相关系数为0.93。湟水上游河谷土壤侵蚀模数在87.62～1 458.41 t·km^-2·a^-1之间,采样点平均土壤侵蚀模数为933.31 t·km^-2·a^-1。布哈河下游区域土壤侵蚀模数在431.03～2 072.39 t·km^-2·a^-1之间,采样点平均土壤侵蚀模数为1 256.97 t·km^-2·a^-1。布哈河下游区域较湟水上游区域侵蚀严重,在较长的时期内两地大部分区域均处于轻度侵蚀阶段,湟水上游北部和布哈河下游西北部处于微度侵蚀阶段。     

基于地形指数的砒砂岩黄土区土壤侵蚀分析

地形是土壤侵蚀进程的重要控制因子,在土壤侵蚀评价中发挥着重要作用。基于地形起伏表达构建了地形指数,结合降雨侵蚀力和植被盖度等建立了基于地形指数的土壤侵蚀方程,并分析了内蒙古自治区鄂尔多斯市北部十大孔兑砒砂岩黄土区1985—2018年土壤侵蚀时空变化特征。结果表明：（1）研究区多年土壤侵蚀模数整体有下降趋势但变化差异不显著（P>0.05）,多年平均侵蚀模数为22.34 t·hm^-2·a^-1。1985年土壤侵蚀模数最大,2000年土壤侵蚀模数最小,1985—2000年呈下降趋势,2000—2018年呈上升趋势;（2）多年平均土壤侵蚀面积为2 956.07 km²,1985年土壤侵蚀面积最大,为4 047.14 km²,占总面积比例83%;2000年土壤侵蚀面积最小,为2 153.67 km²,占比44%。研究区1985—2000年以轻度、中度侵蚀强度类型为主,2000—2018年以微度、轻度侵蚀类型为主;（3）多年土壤侵蚀空间分布格局基本一致,土壤侵蚀综合指数由西至东增加,总体上呈现为东部侵蚀大于西部的特点,母哈尔沟土壤侵蚀综合指数最大,毛卜拉孔兑最小;（4）地形指数土壤侵蚀方程与通用土壤流失方程在土壤侵蚀模数和土壤侵蚀面积估算上均无显著差异（P>0.05）。     

梯田建设和淤地坝淤积对土壤侵蚀影响的定量分析

为了研究梯田建设和淤地坝淤积对流域土壤侵蚀的影响,本文首先建立了包含梯田、坡耕地、陡坡草地以及坝地在内的黄土高原丘陵沟壑区流域简化模型,并定义了流域的先锋期、过渡期以及顶级期三个状态,使用修正通用土壤流失方程(RUSLE) 分析了不同时期的流域土壤侵蚀模数。结果显示:先锋期与顶级期是流域水土保持治理的极限状态,先锋期峁边线上部土壤侵蚀模数为299.56 t×hm^-2×a^-1,下部土壤侵蚀模数为136.64 t×hm^-2×a^-1,平均侵蚀模数为229.74 t×hm^-2×a^-1;顶级期峁边线上部土壤侵蚀模数为39.10 t×hm^-2×a^-1,下部土壤侵蚀模数为1.10 t×hm^-2×a^-1,平均侵蚀模数为22.81 t×hm^-2×a^-1;在过渡期,随着梯田面积比例的增加,峁边线上部土壤侵蚀模数呈指数减少,而随着淤积高度的增加,峁边线下部土壤侵蚀模数呈线性减少,文章最后对这一结论进行了实证分析。     

燕山土石山区降雨和下垫面条件对坡面侵蚀产沙的影响

为了揭示燕山土石山区水土流失规律,基于坡面径流小区定位观测资料,对坡面尺度一定降雨和下垫面条件下土壤侵蚀产沙状况进行了分析,拟为区域水土流失防治提供参考。研究结果表明:平均降雨强度和产流降雨量是引起坡面土壤侵蚀的主要因素,降雨历时和坡面土壤侵蚀产沙量之间的相关性不明显;坡面径流小区的土壤侵蚀模数随着坡度的增加呈指数增大趋势,当坡度超过20.42°后坡面土壤侵蚀模数呈快速增加趋势;坡面径流小区的侵蚀模数随着坡长的增加呈先增大后减小的趋势,在坡长为22.26 m处达到最大值,说明该区域坡面侵蚀可能存在临界坡长,在22 m左右;坡面土壤侵蚀模数随着植被覆盖度的增加呈减小趋势,但是覆盖度为60%的草地和覆盖度为90%的草地的侵蚀模数差别不大,说明水土流失治理中存在着临界植被覆盖度;梯田、鱼鳞坑、水平阶等整地工程由于改变了下垫面条件,能够有效蓄水拦沙,减弱坡面土壤侵蚀。     

黄土丘陵区坡面形态和植被组合的土壤侵蚀效应研究

以位于陕北黄土丘陵区的羊圈沟流域为重点研究区,针对不同坡面类型（坡长、坡形、坡度）和植被组合进行野外土壤采样,利用¹³⁷Cs元素示踪方法评估坡面的土壤侵蚀效应。研究发现：① 坡面形态对土壤侵蚀具有重要影响。自坡顶至坡脚,“直-凹”组合的坡型一般具有相对较低的土壤侵蚀模数,整体上起到“汇”的作用;但“凹-直/凸”组合的坡型具有相对较高的土壤侵蚀模数,在土壤侵蚀方面起到“源”的作用;其他坡型,如直坡、凸坡、“直-凸”和复杂性坡型的土壤侵蚀模数介于两者之间。② 坡面不同植被空间配置对土壤侵蚀的影响具有明显差异。研究发现,坡面植被组合（自坡顶至坡脚）为荒草地-果园、有林地-其他植被类型组合和荒草地-其他植被类型的坡面具有相对较低的土壤侵蚀模数,起到了一定“汇”的功能,但人为干扰较为强烈的景观坡面（无水土保持措施）具有相对较高的土壤侵蚀模数,整体上表现为土壤侵蚀的“源”区。     

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Assessment of GIAHS in Shizuoka: The Traditional Tea-grass Integrated System

<正>1 Introduction In 2013,Chagusaba,which is traditional tea-grass integrated system in Shizuoka,were accepted as new world heritage site of agriculture.Shizuoka prefecture occupies a variety of elevations,from 0 to 3000m or more above sea level.Because of the diversity of land features and climates,this area produces 167 agricultural commodities.In addition,a lot of traditional agriculture and over200 local native varieties of crops have been conserved in Shizuoka     

ERAHS: A New Platform for the Exchange of Regional Information and Experience on Agricultural Heritage Systems

<正>There are more than 10000 years of agricultural development history in the world that has provided very fruitful and ingenious traditional knowledge and experiences reflecting the evolution of humanity and the nature.In2002,the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations(FAO)initiated an international partnership initiative of"Conservation and Adaptive Management of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems     

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Book Reviewed in this article: Geography and the Third World. International Seminar, 14–18 May 1980, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia . Ishmail Ahmad and Jamaluddin Md Jahi, eds. The Growth Dilemma: Residents' Views and Local Population Change in the United States . Mark Baldassare. Sport and Place: A Geography of Sport in England, Scotland & Wales . John Bale. The Deindustrialization of America: Plant Closings, Community Abandonment, and the Dismantling of Basic Industry . Barry Bluestone and Bennett Harrison. Selected Essays 1963–1975: Carl O. Sauer . Bob Callahen, ed. Housing and Planning in the Countryside . G. Clark. Conflict, Politics and the Urban Scene . Kevin R. Cox and R. J. Johnston, eds. Thematic Maps: Their Design and Production . David J. Cuff and Mark T. Mattson. Wine: A Geographic Appreciation . Harm Jan de Blij. USSR in Maps . J. C. Dewdney. Political Geography: A Contemporary Perspective . Ramesh D. Dikshit. Rethinking Human Adaptation . Rada Dyson-Hudson and Michael A. Little, eds. Sacred Sands: The Struggle for Community in the indiana Dunes . J. Ronald Engel. Geography of the Biosphere . A. Furley and Walter W. Newey. Disaster and Reconstruction . Robert Geipel. Glasgow: The Making of a City . Andrew Gibb. Design for Arid Regions . Giden S. Golany, ed. Urbanization and Cancer Mortality: The United States Experience, 1950–1975 . Michael R. Greenberg. Geology in the Nineteenth Century: Changing Views of a Changing World . Mott T. Greene. Colonización y Destrucción de Bosques en Panamá . Stanley Heckadon Moreno and Alberto McKay, eds. Urban Geography: A First Approach . David T. Herbert and Colin J. Thomas. The Visual and Spatial Structure of Landscapes . Tadahiko Higuchi. Climate from Tree Rings . M. K. Hughes, P. M. Kelly, J. R. Pilcher, and V. C. LaMarche, Jr., eds. The structure of Nineteenth Century Cities . James H. Johnson and Colin G. Pooley, eds. The American Planner: Biographies and Recollections . Donald A. Krueckeberg, ed. Urban Land Policy For the 1980s, the Message for State and Local Government . George Lefcoe, ed. Regional Planning: Evolution, Crisis and Prospects . Gill C. Lim, ed. Relevance and Ethics In Geography . Bruce Mitchell and Dianne Draper. China: The Geography of Development and Modernization . Clifton W. Pannell and Laurence J. C. MA. The Urban Retailing System . Robert B. Potter. Hants. Nonconventional Energy Resources . Philip R. Pryde. Caribbean Migrants: Environment and Human Survival on St. Kitts and Nevis . Bonham C. Richardson. Population and Resources . Harry Robinson. East Los Angeles: History of A Barrio . Ricardo Romo. Integrated Impact Assessment . Frederick A. Rossini and Alan L. Porter, eds. Environmental Aesthetics: Essays in Interpretation . Barry Sadler and Allen Carlson, eds. Earthwatch . Charles Sheffield. Field Techniques and Research Methods in Geography . Robert H. Stoddard. Haiti: Land of Poverty . Robert J. Tata. Weathering and Erosion: Sources and Methods in Geography . Stephen T. Trudgill. Once Beneath the Forest. Prehistoric Terracing in the Río Bec Region of the Maya Lowlands . B. L. Turner, II. The Historical Geography of Scotland since 1707 . David Turnock.     

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Book Reviewed in this article: The City in Cultural Context . John Agnew, John Mercer, David Sopher, eds. Soils and Geomorphology Peter W. Birkeland. Urbanization and Settlement Systems, International Perspectives . L. S. Bourne, R. Sinclair, and K. Dziewoński. eds. An Introduction to Urban Historical Geography . Harold Carter. Overshoot, The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change . William J. Catton, Jr. Rivers of the World . Eberhard Czaya. Jewish Communities in Frontier Societies: Argentina, Australia and South Africa . Daniel J. Elazar with Peter Medding. Color in Public Spaces: Toward a Communication-Based Theory of the Urban Built Environment. Kenneth E. Foote. Spatial Statistics and Models. Gary L. Gaile and Cort J. Willmott, eds. Mega-Geomorphology. Rita Gardner and Helen Scoging, eds. Technological Change and Regional Development. Gillespie, ed. The Arid Lands: Their Use and Abuse. R. L. Heathcote. The Location of Industry in Britain. A. G. Hoare. Groundwater as a Geomorphic Agent . R. G. LaFleur, ed. Rural Public Services: International Comparisons. Richard E. Lonsdale and Gyorgy Enyedi, eds. Saving Water in a Desert City. William E. Martin, Helen M. Ingram, Nancy K. Laney, and Adrian H. Griffin. Water Resources: Distribution, Use and Management. John R. Mather. Transnationals and the Third World: The Struggle for Culture. Armand Mattelart. South Hadley, MA: USGS Digital Cartographic Data Standards. R. B. McEwen, R. E. Witmer, and B. S. Ramey, eds. The Ecosystem Concept in Anthropology. Emilio F. Moran, ed. Boulder, CO: Women, Men, and the International Division of Labor. June Nash and Maria Patricia Fernandez-Kelly, eds. Nuclear Power: Assessing and Managing Hazardous Technology. Martin J. Pasqualetti and K. David Pijawka, eds. Mary Somerville and the Cultivation of Science 1815-1840. Elizabeth Chalmers Patterson. An Introduction to Coastal Geomorphology. John Pethick. Late Quaternary Environments of the United States , Vol. 1, The Late Pleistocene. Stephen C. Porter, ed. Planning and Ecology. R. D. Roberts and T. M. Roberts, eds. Regionalism and the Pacific Northwest. William G. Robbins, Robert J. Frank, and Richard E. Ross, eds. Environment and Health. Anthony J. Rowland and Paul Cooper. Sunbelt/Snowbelt: Urban Development and Regional Restructuring. Larry Sawers and William K. Tabb, eds. The Bad Earth. Environmental Degradation in China. Vaclav Smil. Armonk, NY: Voyage into Substance: Art, Science, Nature, and the Illustrated Travel Account, 1760–1840. Barbara Maria Stafford. The Institute of British Geographers: The First Fifty Years. Robert W. Steel. Visions of the Past. Christopher Taylor and Richard Muir. Glacial Lake Agassiz. J. T. Teller and Lee Clayton, eds. The Tule Breakers: The Story of the California Dredge. John Thompson and Edward A. Dutra. The Balkan City 1400–1900. Nikolai Todorov. Explanation, Prediction and Planning: the Lowry model. Michael J. Webber. Mercedes Reales: Hispanic Land Grants of the Upper Rio Grande Region. Victor Westphall. The World Atlas of Revolutions. Andrew J. M. Wheatcroft. The West European City, A Social Geography. Paul White. Urban Elites and Mass Transportation. J. Allen Whitt. Princeton, NJ: Urban Life In Contemporary China. Martin King Whyte and William L. Parish. The Demand for Energy in the Soviet Union. David Wilson. London and Canberra: Rethinking Geographical Inquiry. J. David Wood, ed.     

PRODUCTIVITY OF AMERICAN PH.D.-GRANTING DEPARTMENTS OF GEOGRAPHY

Reviews of geographic software in this article:

DEMO-GRAPHICS: WORLD POPULATIONS AND PROJECTIONS.

ESP

GAUSS.

CEMODEL S. Damus

LIMDEP. William H. Greene

MICROSTAT 4.1

OTIS

PCIPS. (Personal Computer Image Processing System). H.J. Meyers and R. Bernstein.

REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF TIME SERIES (RATS)

SPSS/PC+

URBAN DATA MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE (UDMS)     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviewed in this article: Rabat: Urban Apartheid in Morocco . Janet Abu -Lughod . Marketplaces in a Developing Country: The Case of Western Nigeria . Isaac Ayinde Adalemo . Farming Development and Space: A World Agricultural Geography . Bernd Andreae . Section and Party: A Political Geography of American Presidential Elections, from Andrew Jackson to Ronald Reagan . J. Clark Archer and Peter J. Taylor . Women and Space: Ground Rules and Social Maps . Shirley Ardener , ed. European Progress in Spatial Analysis . R. J. Bennett , ed. The Origins of Academic Geography in the United States . Brian W. Blouet Geographic Perspectives on Global Problems . Ronald Reed Boyce . Seasonal Dimensions to Rural Poverty . Robert Chambers , Richard Longhurst and Arnold Pacey eds. The New Nationalism and the Use of Common Spaces: Issues in Marine Pollution and the Exploitation of Antarctica . Jonathan I. Charney , ed. Communications Tomorrow: The Coming of the Information Society . Edward Cornish , ed. The Design of Suburbia . Arthur Edwards . Explorer on the Northern Plains: Lieutenant Gouverneur K. Warren's Preliminary Report of Explorations in Nebraska and Dakota in the Years 1855–56–57. With an Introduction by Frank N. Schubert . The Changing Climate: Responses of the Natural Flora and Fauna . Michael J. Ford . Essentials of Physical Geography . Robert E. Gabler , Robert J. Sager , Sheila Brazier , and Daniel L. Wise. The Road to Jaramillo . William Glen . Valued Environments . John R. Gold and Jacquelin Burgess , eds. Proximity and Preference: Problems in the Multidimensional Analysis of Large Data Sets . Reginald G. Golledge and John N. Rayner , eds. A Search for Common Ground . Peter Gould and Gunnar Olsson , eds. Geography: Its History and Concepts . Arild Holt -Jensen . A Population Geography . Huw R. Jones . The Human Mosaic: A Thematic Introduction to Cultural Geography, 3rd ed. Terry G. Jordan and Lester Rowntree . Urban Social Geography: An Introduction . Paul Knox . The Anatomy of Job Loss: The How, Why and Where of Employment Decline . Doreen Massey and Richard Meegan . The Information Society as Post-Industial Society . Yoneji Masuda . Map Librarianship, 2nd ed. Harold Nichols . India: Cultural Patterns and Processes . Allen G. Noble and Ashok K. Dutt , eds. The God that Limps: Science and Technology in the Eighties . Colin Norman . Geography: An Introductory Perspective . Robert E. Norris , Keith D. Harries and John D. Vitek . The Politics of Technology Assessment . David M. O'Brien and Donald A. Marchand . Ethnic Segregation in Cities . Ceri Peach , Vaughan Robinson and Susan Smith , eds. Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980 . Bernard Quinn , Herman Anderson , Martin Bradley , Paul Goetting and Peggy Shriver . Energy in Australia: Politics and Economics . Hugh Saddler . Development from Above or Below? The Dialectics of Regional Planning in Developing Countries . Walter B. Stóuhr and D. R. Fraser Taylor , eds. Human Impact on the Ecosystem . Joy Tivy and Greg O'Hare . Plants and People: Vegetation Change in North America . Thomas R. Vale . The Mapmakers: The Story of the Great Pioneers in Cartography from Antiquity to the Space Age . John Noble Wilford .     

Deserts and Aeolian Desertification in China: Book review and some thoughts

Desertification is a global phenomenon that affects about two billion people. It occurs in arid zones where the annual precipitation is below 400 mm, partic- ularly in the marginal areas of the world＇s largest deserts. It is a result of water and wind erosion, over- grazing, global warm-ing, improper soil cultivation, and increased pressure ot population growth, and it causes degradation of soil and natural and agricultural vegetation. The direct result is less food for people and livestock, which influences pop- ulation and animal husbandry fluctuations. Despite ef- forts to combat and reduce desertification, the affected areas are annually increasing.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviewed in this article: The Rice Economy of Asia . Randolph Barker and Robert W. Herdt with Beth Rose. Using Microcomputers: A Guidebook for Writers, Teachers, and Researchers in the Social Sciences . Blaine A. Erie—the Lake that Survived . Noel M. Burns. Geology and Society . Donald R. Coates. Caves and Karst of Kentucky . Percy H. Dougherty, ed. Altered Harvest: Agriculture, Genetics, and the Fate of the World's Food Supply . Jack Doyle. The Middle East and North Africa, A Political Geography . Alasdair Drysdale and Gerald H. Blake. Clamor at the Gates. The New American Immigration . Nathan Glazer, ed. Development and the Landowner: An analysis of the British experience . Robin Goodchild and Richard Munton. Discovering Landscape in England and Wales . Andrew Goudie and Rita Gardner. The Modern Plantation in the Third World . Edgar Graham and Ingrid Floering. Social Relations and Spatial Structures . Derek Gregory and John Urry, eds. The World Food Problem 1950–1980 . David Grigg. Costa Rica: A Geographical Interpretation in Historical Perspective . Carolyn Hall. The Urbanization of Capital: Studies in the History and Theory of Capitalist Urbanization . David Harvey Consciousness and the Urban Experience: Studies in the History and Theory of Capitalist Urbanization . David Harvey. Reviving Main Street . Deryck Holdsworth, ed. Rural Roads and Poverty Alleviation . John Howe and Peter Richards, eds. Uneven Development in Southern Europe: Studies of Accumulation, Class, Migration and the State . Ray Hudson and Jim Lewis, eds. Karst Geomorphology . J. N. Jennings. The Geomorphology of North-west England . R. H. Johnson, ed. Climate Impact Assessment: Studies of the Interaction of Climate and Society . Robert Kates, Jesse Ausubel, Mimi Berberian, eds. Public Service Provision and Urban Development . Andrew Kirby, Paul Knox, and Steven Pinch, ed. State and Market: The Politics of the Public and the Private . Jan-Erik Lane, ed. Living Cities . Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Urban Preservation Policies. World Climatic Systems . John G. Lockwood. Urban Ethnicity in the United States. New Immigrants and Old Minorities . Lionel Maldonaldo and Joan Moore, eds. Culture and Conservation: The Human Dimension in Environmental Planning . Jeffrey A. McNeely and David Pitt, eds. The Andean Past. Land, Societies, and Conflicts . Magnus Mörner. Gaia: An Atlas of Planet Management . Norman Myers, ed. Progress in Industrial Geography . Michael Pacione, ed. Progress in Political Geography . Michael Pacione, ed. Rivers and Landscape . Geoff Petts and Ian Foster. Urbanization and Planning in the 3rd World: Spatial Perceptions and Public Participation . Robert B. Potter. One Island, Two Nations? A Political Geographical Analysis of the National Conflict in Ireland . D. G. Pringle. Circulation in Third World Countries . R. Mansell Prothero and Murray Chapman. The Ozarks Outdoors: A Guide for Fishermen, Hunters, and Tourists . Milton D. Rafferty. Suburban Burglary: A Time and a Place for Everything . George Rengert and John Wasilchick. Geomorphology and Soils . K.S. Richards, R.R. Arnett, and S. Ellis, eds. The Homes and Homeless of Post-War Britain . Frederick Shaw. Indochinese Refugees in America . Paul J. Strand and Woodrow Jones, Jr. Wild Horses and Sacred Cows . Richard Symanski. Forever Wild: Environmental Aesthetics and the Adirondack Forest Preserve . Philip G. Terrie. The Regional Economic Impact of Technological Change . A.T. Thwaites and R.P. Oakey, eds. The Good Life . Yi-Fu Tuan.