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The first British-Soviet Geographical Seminar /
The First British-Soviet Geographical Seminar contains the scientific reports prepared by the participants of First British-Soviet Geographical Seminar held in Great Britain on May 9-20, 1978. The seminar focuses on tendencies in the development of contemporary trends and methods of scientific geogr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Pergamon Press,
[1979]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The First British-Soviet Geographical Seminar; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Seminar Participants; Editor's Preface; Chapter 1. Contemporary British Geography; References; Chapter 2. Modern Soviet Geography; Chapter 3. On Geography as Science; Introduction; The Nature of Science; Scientific Method; Geography and Empirical Science; Physical Geography and Science; Scientific Method and Value Judgments in Social and Economic Geography; Scientific Method and Regional Geography; Causality in Geography; Science and the Quantitative Revolution; Conclusion; References.
- Chapter 4. The Use of Minicomputers in Geography Teaching
- Some Prognostications1. Introduction; 2. The Influence of Computers on Teaching Methods; 3. Computing in the Curriculum; 4. Examples of Teaching Programs; 5. Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 5. Towards an Expanded Model of Curriculum Development and Diffusion in Education; References; Chapter 6. Postgraduate Research Students in British Universities; Discussion; Chapter 7. Research and Application in British Geomorphology; Introduction; The Application of Geomorphological Methods and Techniques; Research for Application.
- Research with ApplicationReferences; Chapter 8. Soviet Physical and Biological Geography; Major Characteristics of the History of Development; Major Recent Trends in Soviet Physical and Biological Geography; The Theory and Structure of Soviet Physical and Biological Geography; Methods in Soviet Physical and Biological Geography; Conclusion; Chapter 9. Landscape Protection and Development Control: An Appraisal of Planning in Rural Areas of England and Wales; Landscape Protection Policies; Landscape Protection and Development Control; Conclusion; References.
- Chapter 10. Aims and Implementation in British Urban and Regional PlanningReferences; Chapter 11. From Comparative Statics to Dynamics in Urban-Systems Theory; 1. A Particular View of the Systems Approach; 2. The Main Submodels of the Urban and Regional System; 3. Methods for System Modelling; 4. From Comparative Statics to Dynamics: An Example; References; Chapter 12. Inner-City Deprivation: Problems and Policies in Advanced Capitalist Countries; Defining Deprivation; Some Cases from the U.S.A.; The Deprivation Process and the Policy Response; Implications for Geography; Acknowledgement.