At each meeting of the Pan American Health Organization Advisory Committee on Medical Research, a special 1-day session is held on a topic chosen by the committee as being of particular interest. At the 7th meeting, which convened in June of 1968 in Washington, D.C., the session surveyed the origin, present distribution, and principal biological…

Utilizing the theme "Man and His Environment," the Octagon Lectures of 1969 were presented at the University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia. Problems arising from the imbalance between the ancient forces of nature and the new forces of human culture were dealt with by the lecturers. They revealed that the most important…

Seventy-one national reports submitted for consideration at the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, June, 1972, are summarized in this compilation. They mark an effort to identify major environmental problems which are international, multinational, national or more than local concern and the actions taken or proposed…

A study was conducted, consisting of 210 students in a western Texas school district, that identified and traced the development of a cognitive structure (image of a neighborhood) that could serve as a further construct for explaining pattern of environmental behavior. (Author/ND)

Changes due to the 1970 census figures and new Census Bureau methodology have caused new requirements for central cities, revised integration criteria, and consolidation of some metropolitan areas. (ND)

Maintains that liberal education can prepare individuals to make wise personal decisions. Points out that the study of geography can contribute to liberal education by helping students appreciate other values, evaluate evidence, communicate ideas clearly, and think analytically. (Author/DB)

Systematic inequalities among interdependent places are described as a dimension of stratification of persons and organizations. Concludes that territorial differentiation is influenced by political action, that place is often an important basis of collective action, and that places consciously attempt to influence growth in desired directions.…

Geologic mapping in the United States increased by about one-quarter in the past year. Examinations of mapping trends were in the following categories: (1) Mapping at scales of 1:100, 000; (2) Metric-scale base maps; (3) International mapping, and (4) Planetary mapping. (MA)

The variety and uniqueness of nicknames of cities and towns can serve to stimulate students and arouse interest in geography. Nicknames reflecting economic activity are particularly instructive. Historical development and cultural factors of regions can be deduced in an enjoyable way. (Author/AV)

Develops a simple model of network growth of the American railroad in the midwest during the period 1865-1915. Because it simplifies the explanation of a complex phenomenon that greatly affected the American landscape, the model can be used in a study of historical geography of the United States. (Author/AV)

Two maps of Salem Neck, Massachusetts, are primary source materials from the National Archives which K-12 teachers can duplicate and use to teach map skills. Students learn how to read maps and how to use them as historical documents. (Author/RM)

Three methods of teaching place knowledge were examined with high school geography students. Using a traditional textbook map, an outline map with spelling of place names not memorized, and an outline map with spelling of place names memorized, it was found that none of the treatments were satisfactory in helping students to learn maps. For…

Suggests a high school or college level program of subjective perception and evaluation of industrial landscapes. Slides of local or national industrial sites can be rated and classified as pleasing or unpleasing in terms of variables such as architectural style of building, smokestacks, age, and visible pollution. (AV)

Discusses the use of remote sensing techniques to obtain locational, estimated, and mapped information at the scales varying from individual fields and farms, to entire continents and the world. (AEM)