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Latin America is the world's fastest growing region in population, and the consequent problems confronting Latin America are already evident in other underdeveloped regions and will become even more aggravated as demographic growth rates rise. Mortality can decline still further in some countries of Latin America and those countries will be especially hard-pressed in the near future. Implementation of fertility control will apparently be a slow process, so that the prospects are for continued very rapid growth for at least one or two decades. Population pressure on food supplies, resources, employment opportunities, and social services will continue to be formidable and further aggravate the fragile socio-economic structure and promote additional political instability. Much greater attention to population policy and program implementation is necessary to cope with population growth and the attendant problems in order to promote stability and improve living conditions in the region.     

A Seventh Grade Problem Study of Czechoslovakia

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Computer technology has a rich history in geography education. The Internet represents the latest in technological advancements that continue to have important effects on geography curriculum and instruction. Many geographers are involved with Internet-based instruction, which some educators believe has potential to facilitate changes in how we teach and even what we teach. This article describes how the Internet is being used by some geographers for instructional purposes and discusses opportunities for improving teaching and learning with the Internet.     

A Teacher's Introduction To Remote Sensing

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This article is an introduction to remote sensing. It provides the novice with a definition of remote sensing, information about some remote sensing products, data that can be obtained from remote sensing images, what can be done with images, ideas to integrate remote sensing with other subjects, a sample unit using images, and a list of associate areas related to remote sensing. The article also contains information for obtaining remote sensing materials and information and considers values concerns relating to remote sensing.     

Geography in Alaska: Holding the Standards High

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In 1992, the State of Alaska Department of Education embarked on a standards-writing process as part of its Alaska 2000 reform effort. Supported by a Frameworks Grant from the U.S. Department of Education, standards were written in geography, government/civics, and history during 1993 and 1994. This article highlights an extensive statewide public consensus process used to generate the Alaska 2000 Geography Standards, which were modeled after Geography for Life: National Geographic Standards 1994.     

Spatial Thinking Concepts in Early Grade-Level Geography Standards

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Research in the cognition and learning sciences has demonstrated that the human brain contains basic structures whose functions are to perform a variety of specific spatial reasoning tasks and that children are capable of learning basic spatial concepts at an early age. There has been a call from within geography to recognize research on spatial cognition in a meaningful way in primary school curriculum. This article utilizes the spatial thinking taxonomy proposed by Gersmehl and Gersmehl (2006) to examine to the extent to which spatial thinking concepts are being practiced in U.S. schools. The National Geography Standards and forty-nine state social studies or geography standards are examined. Using standards as a measure of geography content, it is concluded that while some of spatial thinking concepts appear often in curriculum, others are largely absent. Designing geography standards that address the findings of spatial cognition research may serve as a means of improving geography instruction.     

关于数字城市地理空间框架建设的研究

随着我国城市化进程的发展,城市规模不断扩大,传统的城市管理方法远远不能满足现代城市管理的要求。随着＂数字中国＂战略的提出,＂数字城市＂应运而生。当前以＂数字城市＂为标志的城市信息化建设正在全国范围内迅速开展,网络基础设施和空间信息基础设施是数字城市建设中两个最为重要的基础设施,而地理空间框架是空间信息基础设施的重要组成部分,是经济社会信息化发展的基础支撑平台。     

煤炭资源勘探技术框架重构

在我国第一能源-煤炭资源持续紧缺的形势下,50%的深部资源开发正面临许多新的地质勘探问题.矿井物探技术进步有力的推动着资源开发勘探方法的改变,在井下巷道中对下纽资源的纵深向勘探和水平向勘探技术的成熟,促使技术框架重构.在一井一面高强度开采的煤矿生产组织新模式下,采空区下深部资源勘探、安全地质条件评价和治理、基于"3S"的递推地质管理技术等是老矿区深部资源勘探急需的支撑技术,矿井与地面结合必然是煤炭资源勘探技术发展的方向.     

扬子地台西南缘早三叠世层序地层格架

扬子地台西南缘早三叠世地层被划分为4个沉积层序。通过综合研究已取得的牙形石生物地层资料,与Haq等人提出的三叠纪牙形石生物时带进行了对比,初步定出了各沉积层序及体系域的界面年龄(层序1底界年龄251Ma;层序2底界年龄245.2Ma;层序3底界年龄243Ma;层序4底界年龄240.5Ma,顶界年龄239.4Ma),从而建立了区内分辨率较高的早三叠世地层格架。格架中层序组合特征在碳酸盐岩台地边缘显示得非常清楚,其中,层序1-层序2高水位体系域的台地边缘依次向陆后退,呈退积或超覆(overlap)型组合关系;层序3-层序4高水位体系域的台地边缘则依次向海推进,呈进积或退覆(offlap)型组合关系。这种组合特征主要受沉积盆地的构造沉降及2级海平面升降亚旋回的海面变化的控制,构造沉降加速和海面上升期形成的层序呈退积型组合关系;构造沉降平缓及海面下降期形成的层序呈进积型组合关系。此外,还研究了斜坡地带(贵阳改毛)层序1-层序3底部的碳氧同位素组成变化规律:海侵体系域-高水位体系域碳、氧同位素组成变化不大,δ13C主要为正值,但在高水位体系域顶部明显负向偏移;低水位体系域碳、氧同位素组成变化剧烈,且均为负值。这为地层划分提供了地球化学方面的依据。     

松辽坳陷深水湖盆层序界面特征及低位域沉积模式

白垩系青山口组到嫩江组沉积时期,松辽盆地为深水坳陷湖盆,沿长轴方向为缓坡,而在短轴方向为陡坡。缓坡条件下,三级层序界面表现为沉积相带的迁移,地震剖面上的超削反射终止特征不明显,陡坡条件下,三级层序界面不仅表现为沉积相带的迁移,而且在地震剖面上的超削反射终止特征十分明显。在层序内部均可识别出低位域、水进域和高位域。在层序的低位域,沿盆地长轴方向,三角洲水下分流河道十分发育,在河口的前方形成分布较广、相对较薄的河口坝、远砂坝沉积及湖底扇;沿短轴方向,三角洲水下分流河道不发育,而发育河口坝和远砂坝,向湖区方向,过渡为前三角洲和深湖沉积,在前三角洲和深湖沉积区发育大量重力流成因的湖底扇。     

四川盆地元坝地区长兴组—飞仙关组高精度层序地层格架的建立及礁滩储集层预测

为进一步落实四川盆地元坝地区上二叠统长兴组—下三叠统飞仙关组超深层海相礁滩大气田沉积相带及储集层发育特征,通过井震互馈建立了高精度等时层序地层格架,并揭示沉积相带展布和储集层发育明显与层序地层格架密切相关。在此基础上,开展了针对台缘礁滩带的沉积相敏感性属性提取、反演及沉积相对应性分析,系统刻画了礁滩体的生长特征。钻井验证分析揭示,依据高精度层序地层格架预测的礁滩储集层发育特征与钻井揭示的情况吻合度高,有效地解释了多口井在礁滩发育相带试获超百万方高产工业气流的原因。刻画了元坝气田陆棚相、台缘斜坡相、台缘相、开阔台地相、局限台地相,及次级相包括生屑滩、台缘礁滩、台缘生物礁、鲕粒滩和滩间海的平面展布特征,为元坝地区勘探开发一体化建设奠定了良好的基础。