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This article focuses on the titles and abstracts related to land use and geography. Esther S. Anderson published the paper "Population Changes in Nebraska Since 1880." Wallace W. Atwood published the paper "The Development of Productive Scholarship Among American Geographers." Oliver E. Baker published "The Importance and Permanence of the Physical Factors in Determining the Utilization of Land for Agricultural and Forest Production." Zonia Baber published "The Distribution of Sunlight and Moonlight on the Earth." Charles F. Brooks published "Cold Surf with Off-Shore Winds."

The article focuses on four papers by the geographer, Ralph H. Brown. The writings of Brown in historical geography of the U.S. are among the notable contributions to American geography. His many articles, as well as his two major works, "Mirror for Americans," and "Historical Geography of the United States," demonstrate his concept of historical geography with eminent clarity and with scholarly regard for the origins of that concept. He observed existing geographic facts and he searched historical records.

This paper summarizes the physical and human geography of the southwestern part of Greenland, stretching from Upernavik at the southern end of Melville Bay in approximately 73° N latitude, southward to Cape Farewell in approximately 60° N latitude. It is along this southwestern coast of Greenland that modernization has token place, and it is here that development is proceeding rapidly. Since about six-sevenths of Greenland is buried under ice, only a narrow strip of land is exposed along the coastline, never exceeding one hundred miles. Most of the 22,000 people live along this coastal fringe. Of mixed Eskimo and European origin, these "Greenlanders" have increased rapidly in numbers in the last half-century, and are now straining the restricted natural resources of the country. Denmark, which has governed the country for almost two centuries, has traditionally maintained a strict policy of isolating Greenland from outside contacts. This has protected the natives and given them a high standard of education, reasonably good health, and a carefully planned economy insulating them from the vagaries of world prices. Today this traditional policy is being questioned. Intensive efforts are now being made to modernize West Greenland through building efficient harbors, power stations, fish processing plants, by raising still higher educational standards, and by speeding up Greenland's self-government. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents abstracts of papers presented at the Association of American Geographers' 1942 meeting in New York City. "Rural-Urban Population Ratios," by Alford Archer; "Land Classification in the Matanuska Valley," by Meredith F. Burrill; "Siberian Resources for Soviet Warfare," by George B. Cressey; "Geographical distribution of human productivity," by Ellsworth Huntington. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents a list of abstracts and papers in geography as of March 1929. "The Physical Factors Affecting the Agricultural Utilization of the Southern Rocky Mountains," by Rollin S. Atwood; "Some Open Problems in the Physiograph of North America," by Wallace W. Atwood; "Significant Geographic Aspects of the Exploratory Period in the History of Central America," by Nels A. Bengston.

The article focuses on titles and abstracts of papers related to geography. The abstract entitled "The Geographic Study of Population Groups," by M. Aurosseau discusses different kinds of population groups and the trend of their evolution into the groups of the present day. The abstract entitled "Changing Occupations in the United States," by Robert M. Brown focuses on the California Raisin Industry. As the raisin industry in California developed to its present size and prosperity numerous adjustments to the natural environment were made.

Studies the abstracts of several research papers on geography in the U.S. in 1925. Beet sugar industry of Nebraska as a response to geographic environment; Physiographic stages in the evolution of the San Juan Mountain region in Colorado; Urban development in the Kentucky mountains.

The article presents titles and abstracts of papers related to geography. A presidential address entitled "The Influence of Geographic Conditions Upon Current Mediterranean Stock Raising," will be presented by Ellen Church Semple. The abstract entitled "Significant Changes in the Utilization of Agricultural Land," as shown by the 1920 Census mentions that the statistics available from the 1920 census show significant changes in the utilization of land during the decade. There was an increase in farm land of 84 million acres in the western half of the U.S.

The article presents titles and abstracts of papers published in the January 1920 issue of the journal "Annals of the Association of American Geographers." The 'Southern Indiana,' includes the unglaciated portion of the state, the areas of Pre-wisconsin drift on each side of the unglaciated tract, and the margin of the area of Wisconsin drift border has been largely determined by geologic structure. In the title 'The Geographic Factors in the Distribution of Animals, with particular reference to the distribution of the land Reptiles of the Davis Mountains Region, Texas,' the distribution of the land reptiles of the Davis Mountains Region, Texas, shows that the zonal distribution is less than would be expected on the life-zone theory and that there is evidence that other geographic factors than climate are to be recognized.

Presents a list of titles and abstracts of papers regarding geography presented to the Association of American Geographers from 1904 to 1910.

The article presents abstracts of papers presented at the 47th annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, held at Chicago, Illinois between march 19, 1951 and march 22, 1951. Lewis M. Alexander presents the paper Survey of Commercial Rivalry between the North Sea Ports of Belgium and the Netherlands. Homer Aschmann presents the paper Consumer-oriented Classification of the Products of Tropical Agriculture. Tracy B. Augur presented the paper on Regional-Urban Relationships. George Beishlag presented the paper on What Cartography Can Do for Geography Students.

The article presents titles and abstracts of papers related to geography. In the paper Outlines of Some Foreign Settlements in Nebraska the author holds that Nebraska was settled principally by people form groups called settlements. latter tended to form groups called settlements. The paper shows for a few of these the origin, development and changes in form. Careful mapping shows this to be somewhat in error. In the article The Place of Geodesy in Scientific Geography the article holds that Geodesy is one of the important branches of geography and is essential in the determination of the shape and size of the earth, a knowledge of which is necessary in geographic research and investigations.

The article presents the abstracts of papers presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers held September 1 to 5, 1963 in Denver, Colorado. They include "World Atlas of Agriculture: Purpose, Perspective and Progress," by James R. Anderson, "Remote Sensing of the Environment," by Walter H. Bailey, "Slope Development on Jumbo Mountain Western Montana," by Chester B. Beaty, "The State Climatologist and His Region," by J.W. Berry and "But is it methodology?," by James M. Blaut.

Presents the abstracts of papers presented at the 56th annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers on April 17-21, 1960. Sample study of land use in Santa Fe Valley, Florida; Measurements of manufacturing; Geographic work of Lewis Evans; Teaching marketing geography by the case method; Cattle in Spanish Florida, 1513-1763; Functions of the agricultural colony in the Dominican Republic.

Presents an abstract of papers presented at the 53rd annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Cincinnati, Ohio. "The Marine Terraces," by Charles S. Alexander; "Conflicting Claims to Sovereignty Over Sea Areas," by Lewis M. Alexander; "Some Regional Aspects of Agricultural Land Use and Development in the U.S.," by James R. Anderson.

Presents abstracts of papers presented at the 51st annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers on April 11-14, 1955 in Memphis, Tennessee. Research in the design and use of geography teaching materials; Influence of underlying rock structures on valley profiles in the Georgia Piedmont; Review of the users of public land survey records as descriptive resources.

Presents abstracts of papers in the 1955 annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers. "Regional Geography in Central Banking," by Evan B. Alderfer; "A West Indian Anomaly, the British Virgin Islands," by John P. Augelli; "The Chemical Industry and the Midwestern Rivers and Intracoastal Canal," by J. Edwin Becht.

Presents abstracts of papers presented during the 44th annual meeting of the Association of Americal Geographers, held in Charlottesville, Virginia. Statistical cartography; Progressive grading of communities for maps and statistics; Some problems relating to the accumulation of geographical statistical information.

Presents abstracts of papers presented at the 39th and 40th Annual Meetings, published in the December 1943 issue of the "Annals of the Association of American Geographers." "Some Research Problems on Geographical Names," by Burton W. Adkinson; "Post-War Land Settlement Problems in the United States," by Carleton P. Barnes; "The Reorganization of the United States Board on Geographical Names," by Meredith F. Burrill; "Land Treatment for Flood Abatement," by Howard L. Cook.

Presents abstracts of research papers and speeches on geographic study. Erosion cycle in a rugged mountain region and changes in settlement patterns at the eastern Canadian Arctic; Contributions of U.S. scientists to the geographic knowledge of the Central Pacific; Establishment of a unique climatic study.

Presents abstracts of geography-related papers, as of March 1926. "The Status of Zoogeography in North America," by Chas. C. Adams; "Settlement and Economic Development of the San Juan Region of Colorado," by Wallace W. Atwood; "Culture and Landscape at Madison, Wisconsin," by V.C. Finch.

Presents several abstracts related to geography. "Building Types in Western and Southern U.S.S.R., Similarities and Contrasts," by John Q. Adams; "Gainesville's Northern Fringe: A Geographic Study of a Multiple Use Suburb," by S. Reza Ahsan; "Toward More Effective Methods of Obtaining Land-use Data in Geographic Research," by James R. Anderson.

Presents several abstracts related to geography. "The Morphology of Estuarine Meanders in the Chesapeake Bay Area," by Frank O. Ahnert; "A Method of Regional Classification Applied to Agriculture in Iraq," by Ali M. Al-Maiyah; "The Evolution of a Wild Landscape and Its Persistence in Southern California," by Homer Aschmann.

Presents several abstracts related to geography published in the June 1956 issue of the journal "Annals of the Association ofAmerican Geographers." "Effects of Pastoral Economy Upon the Vegetation of a Desert Land," by Charles S. Alexander; "United States Cities: Employment Category by Size of Settlement," by John W. Alexander; "Aspects of Industrial Genesis in an Underdeveloped Area" Post-War Development in Puerto Rico," by John P. Augelli.

Presents abstracts of articles published in the June 1954 issue of "Annals of the Association of American Geographers." "Attitude of Children Towards Maps," by Mamie L. Anderzhon; "Global Relations of the United States," by S. Whittemore Boggs; "Friedrich Ratzel in Retrospect," by Jan O. M. Broek.

Presents abstracts of articles presented at the 50th anniversary meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "The Paris Basin in the Ninth Century: A Study of the Geography of Abbot Irminon's Polyptyque," by N. J. G. Pounds; "The Renaissance of the Southern Plantation," by Merle Prunty, Jr.; "The Changing Concept of Maps Through History," by Erwin Raisz.

Presents abstracts of articles published in the June 1953 issue of "Annals of the Association of American Geographers." "The Basic-Nonbasic Concept of Urban Economic Function," by John W. Alexander; "Problems Along the Israeli-Arab Boundary," by Lewis M. Alexander; "The Ports and Lake Trade of Georgian Bay," by Albert G. Ballert; "Changes in Land Use in Southeast Puerto Rico From 1500 to 1951," by George Beishlag.

Presents several abstracts related to geography. "The Distribution of White Settlement in Kenya," by Donald R. Petterson; "Early Chinese Settlement in Borneo," by Tsuen-Kung Chang; "Patterns and Problems of Land Tenure in the Lesser Antilles: Example of Antigua," by John P. Augelli.

Presents abstracts to articles presented at the 1948 annual meetings of the Association of American Geographers in Madison, Wisconsin. "Geographical Work in the Bureau of the Census," by C. E. Batschelet; "Delimitation of Urban Areas for the 1950 Census," by Margery D. Howarth and August J. Nogara; "Some New Climate Maps of China," by Charles Y. Hu.

Presents titles and abstracts of articles published in the March 1946 issue of "Annals of the Association of American Geographers." "Topographic Models in World War II," by Wallace W. Atwood; "A Map of Ohio Trade Centers in 1939," by James R. Beck; "Objectives and Course Offerings in College Geography," by Nels A. Bengtson.

Presents abstracts of articles from the Association of American Geographers in 1940. "The Relations of Some Texas Soils to Their Parent Materials"; "The Historic Indians of Louisiana"; "Louisiana Foods".

Presents several abstracts on issues related to geography. "The Fundamental Base For the Study of Geography," by Wallace W. Atwood; "Decisions of the International Geographical Union," by Claude H. Birdseye; "Forest Openings of the Chickahominy Peninsula," by Ralph H. Brown; "The Retreat of Slopes," by Kirk Bryan.

Presents abstracts of articles related to geography as of March 1933. "Agricultural Migration and the National Welfare"; "Geographic Forces in the Development of the American Sugar Beet Industry"; "The Highlands of Guatemala".

Presents abstracts of articles related to geography. "Tornado Frequencies in the United States and Their Relation to Storm Tracks"; "Notes on thePhysiography of the Southern Maracaibo Lowland of Venezuela".

Presents several abstracts on geography. "The Michigan-Wisconsin Boundary Case in Supreme Court of the United States, 1923-26"; "Geographic Regions of China"; "Kentucky Karts Landscapes"; "Geography of Los Angeles, California."

Presents several abstracts related to geography. "A Geographic Study of the Potato Industry of Nebraska," by Esther S. Anderson; "Changes in Land Utilization in the United States Since the War," by O. E. Baker; "Geographic Aspects of the Pennsylvania State Highway System," by Malcolm H. Bissell; "The First Greenland Expedition of the University of Michigan" by William Herbert Hobbs.

Presents several abstracts on issues related to geography. "A Geographical Analysis of the Apple Industry of the Annapolis Valley," by Charles C. Colby; "The Flora of the Unglaciated Region of the Northeastern America," by M. L. Fernald; "The Summer and Winter Weather of Selected Cities of North America," by George F. Howe; "Development of Transportation in South America," by Preston E. James.

Presents abstracts of articles on geography. "The Call for Geographers," by Wallace W. Wood; "Arable Land in the United States," by O. E. Baker and H. M. Strong; "Ocean Temperatures is Long-Range Forecasting," by Chas F. Brooks; "The Present and Past Climates of Our Leading Crop Plants," by Henry C. Cowles.

The article presents titles and abstracts of various research articles, related to geography. "A Canoe Journey in Southeastern Labrador," by Henry G. Bryant is about Labrador, which with its large unexplored areas and comparative accessibility, presents an attractive field for the pioneer explorer. The Atlantic seaboard is desolate owing to climatic conditions produced by the Labrador current. In addition to that, the article presents information on various other abstracts related to geography.

Presents a reply to the commentary of John W. Pawling regarding the author's paper "Early Perception of a High Plain in Michigan." Summary of the main points of the paper; Examination of the reviewer's comments; Contentions on Pawling's claims.

The article comments on the points made by professor William A. Koelsch in his paper "The Historical Geography of Harlan Barrows." This commentary has three main purposes to support the point made by Koelsch, in his informative and thought provoking paper. To suggest that Koelsch has tried too hard to absolve environmentalist Harlan Barrows of any leanings whatsoever towards environmentalism, since in several cases these leanings have sounder support than Koelsch supposes and to suggest that historical geography in general might benefit more, not less, from attention to environmental influences.

Since the nineteenth century, American geographers have applied mathematical concepts to geographic research, and they have increased the level of mathematical sophistication associated with their research. To some extent geographers have traditionally been interested in developing methods of quantitative geographic analysis; however, it was not until the turn of the twentieth century that there was concentrated effort to develop special programs of quantitative methods training and to expand the scope of quantitative geographic research. This paper attempts to examine certain aspects of expansion of quantitative methods training and research for the period 1954–1965. Since the early 1950's the number of major geography departments offering specialized training in quantitative methodology has risen from three percent to over seventy-eight percent. Today many departments require training in statistics and mathematics and roughly one third of the major American doctoral training centers now allow their students to substitute mathematics training for one foreign language requirement. This trend is paralleled by an increasingly large number of quantitative dissertations and quantitative research papers found in a sample of the major geographic journals. Our studies indicate that these trends originated at the University of Washington, and certain Midwestern universities, but after a short period of time, the quantitative revolution spread throughout American geographic centers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE subject of this paper and that of President Russell's address of last Year reveal in striking fashion the wide scope of the field in which geographers work. Comparison of the treatment in the two papers wilt, I hope, demonstrate the justification for assuming that the same body of readers may find common interest in the two extremes. This is possible in all our work only if each of us, in developing our special area of interest, will follow Russell's example in striving to maintain its geographic quality. We can do this if we keep in the forefront of our thinking, that the core of geography is "the study of places," that is, the analysis of the significant differences that distinguish the various areas of the world from each other. Among the differences that are significant to this areal differentiation, one of the more obvious are differences in landforms; one of the least obvious to the eye, but nonetheless important in molding the character of areas, are the differences in their political organization. In pursuing these and other separate topics, geographers "radiate out in diverse directions" "and for various distances, toward the cores of other disciplines." As long as they remain "ever conscious of where they are" in reference to the central core, they may hope to understand each other's purposes. "Questions of boundaries always seem pedantic in comparison with questions concerning the cores of disciplines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information on the papers that were submitted by researchers Earney and Mason on iron ore pellets published by the "Annals," in September 1969. Both papers contain some questionable statements and data. The paper by Mason contains a number of factual errors, and the statistical data used for analysis are inaccurate and, in some cases, practically meaningless. Some of the points that were noticed in the papers are presented in the article. The modest increase from fourteen to seventeen million tons between 1955 and 1960 was dramatically outstripped by pellet production in 1965 as output more than doubled from seventeen to thirty-eight million tons. These figures apparently are not from any publication of the U. S. Bureau of Mines, contrary to the implication given by Mason.

Presents a commentary on J. G. Hajdu's analysis of German social geography in his paper "Toward a Definition of Post-War German Social Geography" that was previously published in the 1968 issue of the "Annals of the Association of American Geographers." Points addressed in the paper that should receive greater emphasis; Lack of theoretical framework; Prevalence of German social geography considered as locational analysis in human geography.

Geographical researcher John C. Hudson's recent paper on "A Location Theory for Rural Settlement," is an important addition to the sparse literature on this aspect of geography, especially as he emphasizes the need to give further consideration to the process of settling in order to understand settlement form. One can expect that Hudson's theoretical contributions and methodology will be employed in other empirical investigations. There is a need in the measurement and interpretation of rural settlement patterns both on a theoretical and on a more local descriptive level, to differentiate between the patterns created by farm holdings and those resulting from farmhouse distributions.

This paper presents procedures whereby the symbolization of Thornthwaite's climatic classification may be quickly and accurately determined by use of graphs and nomograms. Potential evapotranspiration adjusted for months and latitude of the station is accomplished graphically. Soil water storage, soil water deficiency, and soil water surplus are determined by the Thornthwaite accounting procedure and, once determined, the symbolization for the complete climatic designation of the station is obtained by further graphical means. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This is an attempt to portray some of the more important currents of thought and personalities associated with the progress of geography in pre-Soviet Russia, with the chief aims of 1) indicating some of the roots of present Soviet geographical thinking, and 2) placing the Russian contribution as an integral yet distinctive part of the developments in world geography before 1920. The main part of the paper is organized chronologically and appraises the life arid work of the more significant geographers of each period, their impact on the character of the subject, and their relation to their historical and intellectual milieu Finally, the nature and extent of the carry-over to the Soviet period is suggested. The recent intense methodological debate is seen as, in good measure, inspired by the work of the pre-Revolutionary scholars, and by the awareness of a broken heritage. In conclusion, some continuities of thought in Russian geography, then and now, are postulated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Most cities are influenced by those cultures which they serve and represent. At the same time, the cultures are influenced by their respective cities. This mutual relationship among cities and cultures constitutes a complex of processes of functional interrelationships. The geographic approach to these processes leads to the delimitation of twelve major world-regions and several sub-regions that are characterized by the areally varying processes associating cities and cultures. A system of world-regions of this nature is proposed in the present paper. The proposed system places every city of the world into a hierarchy of functional regions, far beyond the city's own hinterland. Every city is then visualized as a molder and reflector of its cultural environment. In addition, the following implications of such a regional system on the field of urban geography are discussed. First, the urban geographer is able to contribute to regional studies by considering the influence the cities have upon a given region. Secondly, the urban geographer adds another aspect to the research on any city by purposely studying the city as the expression of the surrounding cultural realm. Thirdly, the proposed regions are a tool for systematic and comparative study on the regional variation of cities from one culture-region to another.

This paper reviews ideas of American geographers on geographic land form analysis and proposes a framework within which geographic land form studies can be identified and related to other land form studies. The following approaches are identified as geographic 1) descriptive analysis of the present land form, 2) functional analysis of land form, 3) analytical studies of the covariation of individual land form elements; and 4) analytical studies of spatial variations in land form. Selected methods used in such studies are summarized and evaluated. Special emphasis is placed or descriptive methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]