Advances a series of contrasting sociohistorical and biological explanations for changing mobility streams associated with education. Applies propositions to the experiences of three cohorts in Puerto Rican development. (Author)

Current concerns of the discipline geography are presented. The following topics are discussed: 1) space and time; 2) space as area and space as an organizational framework; 3) ecological geography and social geography; 4) landscape and flows; and 5) general geography and regional geography. The journal is available from Unipub, Inc., P. O. Box…

The paper reviews scope, objectives, and the publication record of the "Journal of Geography in Higher Education" (JGHE) from its beginning in 1977 to 1981. The purpose of the paper was to share concerns of the journals' founders and editors with an audience of American geographers regarding a variety of journal-related matters,…

A general overview of problems, current activities, and future action related to the human environment is delineated in this United Nations pamphlet. Reviewed first is the challenge facing the United Nations to promote common interest in protecting the earth's life-sustaining essentials. Following this, world scientific and technological strides…

Addressing the study of man/land relationships, this article discusses the following: cultural geography, environmental determinism (a la Friedrich Ratzel), "possibilism" (a la Paul Vidal de la Balche), cultural landscapes (a distinction is made between cultural and natural landscapes), and environmental perception. (JC)

Reviews geographical images in selected fictional children's books on Florida. Discusses how Florida's natural environment and social geography lend themselves to children's books. (Author/AEM)

Maintains that the study of catastrophic events should be given temporary precedence over the normal curriculum in order to help students understand the causes, consequences, and recovery alternatives, deal with trauma, and allay fear of recurrence and feelings of helplessness. Uses the May 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens to demonstrate how…

Describes three trends that are thought to be important in shaping the Pacific Rim and discusses the significance of each. The first is the continuing economic and military influence of the United States in the region; the second is the increasingly dynamic Japanese expansion; and the third trend is the diffusion of Chinese people throughout the…

Describes the changes taking place as a result of the depletion of groundwater supplied by the Ogallala aquifer. Provides maps and tables which show changes occurring in agriculture, and reports the results of a survey of residents' opinions on potential solutions to the problem. (JDH)

Presents and review six books. Topics include earth science topics (Philip R. Holzinger, 1985), the wild horse controversy (Richard Symanski, 1985), historical Dutch geography (Audrey M. Lambert, 1985), urban geography (Susan L. Cutter, 1985), a geopolitical atlas (Gerard Chaliand and Jean-Pierre Rageau, 1985), and remote sensing (Robert K. Holz,…

In recent years, oil refining in Western Europe has experienced a period of intense contraction. Discussed are the nature of the crisis, defensive strategies that have been adopted, the spatial consequences of the strategies, and how effective they have been in combatting the root causes of crises. (RM)

Reviews three themes of reference used in relation to geography: facts, maps, and environmentalism. Discusses geography's major traditions of the study of place, spatial organization, man-environment relationships, and the biophysical environment. Sees geography as a bridge between the social sciences/humanities and the physical/biological…

The effect of adaptive stresses operating on hunter-gatherer communities in California environments is discussed. (FF)

Describes the use of census tracts in place of counties to identify metro and nonmetro components of a five-level "rural-urban continuum." Application of the system to Arizona, South Carolina, and Minnesota demonstrates the superiority of census tracts in providing a more precise territorial delineation of areas and classification of…