Resource Utilization Pattern and Development in Hills——A Case for the Pindar Basin of Garhwal Himalaya, India

Agrarian system is well adapted in Himalayan eco-system. Hence, the people have adopted the traditional subsistence cereal farming and it becomes the main stay of Himalayan people. About 80 percent of the workable force is attached with agriculture and its allied practices, according to the census of 1991. Although, horticultural farming runs parallel with agriculture, its proportion in terms of land is quite less, resulted in a negligible place in the economy of the region. Human resources, mainly men are attached with national security after recruitment in Army. While, women play a vital and integrated role in maintaining the workable potential in the field of agriculture and are known as backbone of economy. An animal resource implies foremost and wider part in agricultural system and economy as well Water resources are unutilized yet, while almost all the major rivers of our country are originated from and flowing through this region. Increasing population causes forest resources depletion. The economy of the region is rested either on ‘traditional cereal farming‘ or ‘money order based‘ development, which could not take place due to its remoteness from the main streams of the country. The impactof modern technology with innovation in agricultural system remains impracticable due to unwillingness of people in one hand and on the other hand, adversege ographical conditions like topography, climate etc. which could not permit the uses of modern innovation in the field of agriculture. As for infra-structurally, this region is lacked behind, due to its inaccessibility. While, this region is bestowed with numerous rivers, many places for tourists and pilgrims, and huge forest resources. They might be used evenly in thedevelopment processes. The practice of tourism will help for the further development, particularly, in the wake of the newly born state, Uttaranchal. The present paper aims to evaluate the present potentiality of resources and their balanced utilization in the Pindar Basin. A precise study has been done on resource utilization, ecology and environment with keeping view in mind that more or less exploitation of resources could not influence the environment and the economy of the region.     

THE EFFECTS OF THE THREE GORGES PROJECT ON ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT

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RECREATION ECOLOGY: WHAT WE KNOW,WHAT GEOGRAPHERS CAN CONTRIBUTE*

Geographers have made substantial contributions to the field of recreation ecology, the study of recreational impacts on the environment, despite the absence of a uniquely geographic perspective. Knowledge about recreation impact is still rudimentary and open to further contributions by geographers. Three areas where geographic methods seem particularly useful are (1) understanding the spatial variability of site susceptibility, (2) analyzing spatial distributions of impact, and (3) integrating social and ecological concerns in the development of management programs.     

气象服务市场问题研究

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STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENTS?

Strategic planning is a technique from the commercial world which could assist geography departments in adapting to today's more demanding administrative environments and thereby further the development of the discipline. This paper sets out the fundamentals of planning as a prelude to a generic departmental plan. Key inclusions are explained and certain problems of application are discussed, should departments adopt such an approach.     

WETLAND LOSS IN COASTAL LOUISIANA

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高校校园景观生态的空间格局分析

目前，高校的吸引力已不仅由师资力量决定，校园环境、合理的景观布局也成为招生的主要吸引源之一。校园景观在不同程度上影响了师生的活动与行为，构建一个风景优美、格局合理的校园非常重要。另外，随着高校的不断扩招，解决人地关系的矛盾，建设与人和谐的校园已成为各高校必须面对的问题。针对西南交通大学九里校区的生态景观实际，运用斑块、基质、廊道理论，对景观的空间格局进行分析，得出结论，并提出高校校园景观规划、建设的合理化建议。     

Urine blindness and the use of nutrients from human excreta in urban agriculture

A brief look around the globe shows that most countries are facing sanitary problems, especially in the expanding cities in the Southern Hemisphere. Governments and municipal councils are trying hard to improve sanitation conditions within the mind set of piped systems. There is a need to know what is being done in other countries in order to enlarge the policy options. Among these are the ones recirculating water and nutrients. This article focuses on excreta disposal systems which use little or no water, and various ways to use the end products of faeces and urine. Doing away with our urine blindness will pave the way to discover new possibilities which will save scarce resources in the future. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

青藏高原冰芯研究

冰芯研究是全球变化研究的重要内容之一,冰芯因其分辨率高,信息量大,保真性强,时间序列长和洁净高而成为研究地球系统中生物,化学和物理过程的最好媒体,文章首先阐述了青藏高原冰芯研究的基本内容,即与冰芯研究相关的过程研究和冰芯记录研究,然后对近１０多年来青藏高原冰芯研究的主要成果进行了总结,并将青藏高原冰芯研究的主要成果归纳为５个方面,同时指出青藏高原冰芯研究８个方面取得了突破性的进展,最后,从野外工作