Observations of the Drainage of an Ice-Dammed Lake — Strupvatnet,Troms, Norway

The behaviour of the ice-dammed lake, Strupvatnet, Troms County, Norway, is described. Past observations are noted and related to observations in 1959 and to other ice-dammed lakes. Mechanisms for opening and maintaining water flow during a ‘hlaup’ are discussed. It is considered that Liestol's melt widening process operates after initiation by a pressure gradient across the dam. The lake and the internal drainage system of the glacier are thus linked. There is no evidence of lifting of the ice dam at Strupbreen.     

A Review of “In the Shadow of the State: Indigenous Politics,Environmentalism, and Insurgency in Jharkhand,India”

In this article, we first replicate and then adapt an existing index of social vulnerability to hazard developed for the United States to a non-U.S. context. We construct indexes for Norwegian municipalities, describe the adjustment process, and compare the replicated and adapted assessments. Our results indicate only a moderate correlation between the replicated and adapted vulnerability indexes and for several municipalities the difference between the indexes is considerable. This demonstrates that context matters and that indexes of vulnerability need to be adapted rather than replicated. To facilitate such adaption processes, we identify three types of accommodation: conceptual, technical, and geographic.     

Part of the action, or 'going native'? Learning to cope with the 'politics of integration'

Summary Despite continuing work within feminist research on issues of political commitment and critical forms of engagement, and an increasing desire within geography to effect social change through our privileged positions as academics, active collaboration with groups involved in social action continues to be fraught with ambiguity and anxiety. In this paper, I consider the potential role of the 'researcher as activist' through documentation of my interaction and repositioning of identities while becoming involved in credit union development in Kingston upon Hull. I hope to illustrate how the maintenance of a critical, multi-positioned (and repositioned) identity can be seen as a beneficial, reflexive learning experience for researchers operating within ethnography, and for the research itself.     

An Investigation of the Use of Real-Time,Authentic Geospatial Data in the K–12 Classroom

Abstract

This article situates geospatial technologies as a constructivist tool in the K-12 classroom and examines student experiences with real-time authentic geospatial data provided through a hybrid adventure learning environment. Qualitative data from seven student focus groups demonstrate the effectiveness of using real-time authentic data, peer collaboration, and geospatial technologies in learning geography. We conclude with recommendations about geospatial technology curricula, geospatial lesson design, providing preservice teachers with geographic technological pedagogical content knowledge, and encouraging further research to investigate the impact, affordances, and pedagogical implications of geospatial technologies and data in the K–12 classroom.     

Evaluation of suitability,adaptability, and reserve potential of construction land on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Construction land is the leading carrier of human activities such as production and living. Evaluating the construction land suitability(CLS) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau(QTP) holds significant implications for harmonizing the relationship between ecological protection and human activity and promoting population and industry layout optimization. However, no relevant studies provide a complete CLS assessment of the QTP. In this study, we developed a model-based CLS evaluation framework coupling o...     

Report on the compilation of the Population,Environment and Sustainable Development Atlas of China (PESDAC)

PopulationEnvironmentandSustainableDevelopmentareglobalissuesofcrucialimportance.Asisknowntoall,sincethebeginningofthe20thcentury,withtheprogressinscienceandtechnologyaswellasthesharpincreaseinsocialproductivity,humanbeingshavecreatedunprecedentedmaterialwealththatinreturnhasacceleratedtheadvancementofhumancivilization.Atthesametime,problemssuchastheexplosionofpopulation.extravagantconsumptionofenergyandresources,environmentalpollution.andthedestructionoftheecologicalbalance,haveseriouslyimpe…     

A Review of “Turf Wars: Discourse,Diversity, and the Politics of Place”

The spatial correlation, or colocation, of two or more variables is a fundamental issue in geographical analysis but has received much less attention than the spatial correlation of values within a single variable, or autocorrelation. A recent paper by Leslie and Kronenfeld (2011) contributes to spatial correlation analysis in its development of a colocation statistic for categorical data that is interpreted in the same way as a location quotient, a frequently used measure in human geography and other branches of regional analysis. Geographically weighted colocation measures for categorical data are further developed in this article by generalizing Leslie and Kronenfeld's global measure as well as specifying a local counterpart for each global statistic using two different types of spatial filters: fixed and adaptive. These geographically weighted colocation quotients are applied to the spatial distribution of housing types to demonstrate their utility and interpretation.     

SR-XRF analysis of Polytrichum in the Fildes Peninsula,Antarctica

In order to study the element contents and distribution of various mosses collected in the Antarctica, we analyzed the heavy elements of 3 species of Polytri-chum in the Fildes Peninsula, P. alpinum, P. juniperinum and P. alpestre, by synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence ( SR-XRF). The result shows that the elements, such as K, Ca, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn and Sr, are nearly the same in Potytrichum. The peak intensity of K is higher than that of Ca, and the peak intensity of Ca is higher than that of Fe in P. alpinum. In P. juniperinum, the peak intensity of K is higher than that of Ca, and the peak intensity of Ca is close to that of Fe. The peak intensity of K is nearly equal to those of Ca and Fe in P. alpestre. Therefore, the habitats of 3 species of Polytrichum are similar in the Fildes Peninsula. By XRF analyzing of different parts of P. alpestre, we found that the peak intensities of relative concentration of elements are obviously different. The peak intensity of K in apical-bud is the highest in orga     

Worldwide Diffusion of the Cellular Telephone, 1995–2005

The mobile telephone is one of the most widely adopted innovations of the late twentieth century. We examine the worldwide diffusion of the cellular telephone during a decade of explosive growth. We evaluate the influences of competition, location, and wealth on global and regional variations in cell phone penetration and address the role that cultural differences play in technology adoption and use. Telephony measures in the analysis vary significantly by competition type and by region, although gross national product per capita explains more than 75 percent of variation in cell phone penetration rates globally and nearly 90 percent in Asia.     

Comparison of LLNF,ANN, and COA-ANN Techniques in Modeling the Uniaxial Compressive Strength and Static Young’s Modulus of Limestone of the Dalan Formation

Natural Resources Research - The uniaxial compressive strength and static Young’s modulus are among the key design parameters typically used in geotechnical engineering projects. In this...     

Gentrifications in the Planetary Elsewhere: tele-urbanization,Schengtrification, colour-splashing,and the mirage of “more-than-adequate” critical theory

ABSTRACT

Despite the recent planetary turn that has swept through gentrification research, the theoretical barycentre remains pegged to a few strongholds located in the global north-west. Against this background, this essay offers a provincialized account of three gentrification-like trends – tele-urbanization, Schengtrification and colour-splashing – which are currently taking place in Tbilisi, Riga and Kiev. It is proposed that these processes are supported by an underlying logic that is not pinned to these cities’ specific (“post-communist”) contexts, raising questions about the avowedly universal validity of theories of gentrification stemming from the global northwest, and particularly those developed within the more critical scholarly tradition.     

Study on the relationship between the diameter of the compound eye and the growth of the Antarctickrill

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The Geography of the Journal of Geography: Paper Origins, 2008–2015

The Journal of Geography publishes work on geography education from throughout the world. This article investigates the origins of articles from 2008–2015, uncovers differences in rejection rates among articles from developed versus less developed regions, and makes suggestions to improve publication success by non-North American authors.