We kindly inform you that, as long as the subject affiliation of our 300.000+ articles is in progress, you might get unsufficient or no results on your third level or second level search. In this case, please broaden your search criteria.

Download

Geographic structure of road transportation and logistics infrastructure in the Republic of Belarus

Author(s): Andrei Bezruchonak / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2017

Transportation, representing 6% of GDP, plays vital role in social and economic development of the Republic ofBelarus. The purpose of this article is to present the geographic analysis of current spatial structure of the road transportationin Belarus in 2000-2014. The choice of transport mode for the article was influenced by several factors, such as historic development,network coverage, transformational changes in productivity, rapid increase in car ownership numbers, emergenceof logistic centers and intelligent transportation systems. The article reviews the range of topics, including morphology ofthe major roads network, logistic centers spatial distribution and regional features of passenger and cargo productivity,discusses current transformational changes within the road transportation sector in Belarus. The key findings indicate thatcurrent changes in spatial structure of the road transportation in Belarus have uneven nature, shaped by social, economic,political and geopolitical external and internal factors and are a subject of interest for both transportation researchers andpractitioners.

More...

Download

Współczesne tendencje rozwoju komunikacji trolejbusowej w dużych miastach zachodniej Ukrainy

Author(s): Ivan Rudakevych / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2017

In this article, the modern spatial trends of development of trolleybus transport in the big cities of the western Ukraineare considered. The cities under investigation are the following: Lviv, Lutsk, Rivne, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi. Thetrolleybus systems of this region have been developed in similar circumstances as the past. The radial planning of networkprevails here, which causes some inconveniences for exploitations. Trolleybus lines in these cities have lengths of 64 to 119kilometers, but in the future, their development will last mainly in the inhabited microregions. In most cities, 8-10 trolleybusroutes that cover main transport highways functioned. In each city, there are 48 to 89 operating trolleybuses, mainly importedproducts (majority – Czech Skoda). In recent years, massive amounts of used machines from the countries of the EU were bought.The rolling stock of the systems of trolleybuses in big cities of West of Ukraine is exhaust, and middle age machines hesitatesfrom 20 to 28 years. The article analyzes the determinants of the trolleybus network development. The author characterizes therolling stocks in each of the six cities which are under investigation. The main problem of the development of these systemsis insufficient funding. The prospects of the development are related to the expansion of the network of connections, thepurchase and modernization of trolleybus rolling stock and the introduction of modern technological solutions.

More...

Download

Perspekt ywy rozwoju sekt ora offshore w Polsce na przykładzie morskiej energetyki wiatrowej – wybrane problemy sekt ora transportu

Author(s): Piotr Biniek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2017

Offshore Wind energy is one of the most dynamically developing sectors of renewable energy sources (RES). The investmentprocess related to the construction of a wind farm at sea is directly connected with the issue of many type of transport. Complicatedand demanding technology has a number of logistical problems. From the environmental survey of the location to the wind farmdecommissioning stage, the investment requires transportation. New ships are being built, port infrastructure and conditions forexisting maritime transport are changing. Conflicts arise with other forms of marine use, as well as new threats – including transport.The paper identifies the most important aspects of transportation problems for the offshore sector, as well as identifies opportunitiesfor Polish industry and Polish ports. Although Poland has no offshore wind farm, the sector is strong, and many companies realizescontracts for the construction, elements of turbines and ships for the installation of wind farms. Planned locations in the area of thePolish Exclusive Economic Zone of the Baltic are determined by logistic conditions, which on the one hand are a threat and on theother a chance for the development of maritime transport. Past research findings indicate that it may completely change the role ofthe ports of Pomerania. This article identifies ports whose development will depend on future investment.

More...

Download

Perspektywy wykorzystania kolei w obsłudze komunikacyjnej północnych dzielnic Gdyni

Author(s): Michał Beger / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2017

Main purpose of the study was analysis and assess the potential and usage of public transport in nothern districtsof Gdynia, in the context of prospects for the development of the Rapid City Railway. It can serve as an alternative meansof public transport which can reduce traffic on currently used roads. This is particularly important issue because of thehigh sensitivity of the main communication routes of these districts to any traffic impediments that lead to congestion ina large area, with no alternative routes of travel and modes of transport not affected by road traffic. The article presentscurrent state of spatial development and communication accessibility of the this districts of Gdynia, along with analysisand evaluation of the proposed solutions for extending the public railway transport to this area, as well as creatingconnections with the rest of the city.

More...

Download

Polityka transportowa Słupska i Ustki w kontekście koncepcji Dwumiasta

Author(s): Wioletta Szymańska,Łukasz Marszałek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2017

The article discusses the problem of implementation of the transport policy of Słupsk and Ustka in the light ofthe assumptions of the agreement on the Duo-city. It was signed by the local government of both cities in 2003. One of theprovisions of the agreement is conducting a common transport policy and improving of communication. Apart to presentingthe current transport situation, an analysis of selected strategic documents concerning the development of the two citieshas been carried out in terms of projects and investments related to the transport policy of Duo-city. In addition, conceptsconcerning transport development perspectives in the Pomeranian Voivodship and in the country, which may undoubtedly affect the transport situation in Słupsk and Ustka, were also presented. Finally, an attempt was made to identify the most important projects undertaken in this area in both cities for the twelve years of Duo-city operation, as well as those key investments that are still awaiting implementation.

More...

Download

Doğu Anadolunun Jeomorfolojik Gelişiminde “Peri Suyu” Havzasının Yeri

Author(s): Sevda Bayram / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 36/2017

In this section, which summarizes the geomorphologic - orogenic development of the Eastern Anatolia and Peri - Suyu Basin, it is understood that the site is composed of mountainous, uneven and defected lands. Especially in the basin, which is exposed to the effects of north - south compression tectonics and Alpine Orogeny, the young fold mountains constitute the most common morphological units. The rising parts in this fold system correspond to the anticlinals and the descending parts coincide with the synclines. The plains formed in the subdued areas under the influence of the KAF and DAF, the erosion and accumulation patterns formed by the rivers that settle here, plateaus the morphological units formed by the volcanism constitute the geomorphology of the basin.

More...

Download

Multi-scalar geographies of polarisation and peripheralisation: A case study of Czechia

Author(s): Martin Šimon / Language(s): English Issue: 37/2017

A key issue in socio-economic geography is to understand how regional and social polarization shapes the territorial organization of society. We argue that effects of polarization are not translated simply and straightforwardly in a whole region, but vary to a large extent with respect to different types of accessibility areas. We applied the time-accessibility framework to classify a territory into urban, peri-urban, rural, and remote rural areas at a national and regional scale. Subsequently, we computed comparative indicators for this territorial classification, measuring three dimensions of peripherality for a period of thirty years. The analysis illustrates how polarization and peripheralization works at a detailed spatial level. A case study of the Ústí region shows re-polarization and bi-polarization of the region in its path from socialist urbanization in the 1980s to regional peripheralization in 2011. The use of the time-accessibility framework allows to assess regional changes within long-term and broader changes of core-periphery relations at national level and thus allows for a better understanding of the different nature of socialist and post-socialist peripheries. Finally, the article offers methodical procedures and tools allowing for a comparable research of polarization and peripheralization. Thus, it is responding to the call for more comparative research of peripheral areas in Europe.

More...

Download

Геопросторна анализа резултата избора у Црној Гори – прилог електоралној географији

Author(s): Ljubomir Popović / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 11/2014

After accentuation of more important methodological courses of electoral geography and features of election system in Montenegro, a geographical analysis of election results was done on the last three president and parliamentary elections by the method of cartographic presentation. National and religious structure of the population as determinants of political behavior in Montenegro was emphasized.

More...

Download

Ślady średniowiecznej granicy Warmii między Reszlem a Świętą Lipką

Author(s): Robert Klimek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 4/2016

The diocese of Warmia was established on July 28th, 1243, when the region of Prussian lands was divided into four dioceses: of Chełm, of Pomorze, of Warmia, and of Sambia. The bishopric of Warmia was to be endowed with a third of estates belonging to the diocese, whereas the remaining part was to be in the possession of the Teutonic Order. The division of the Warmia diocese into parts belonging to the bishopric and the Knights proceeded in several stages: the initial agreement was reached on April 27th, 1251; further arrangements were decided on December 27th, 1254. The last document states that the eastern border reaches up to the Krakocin forest lying one mile to the east of Reszl. In the 2nd half of the 14th c. serious arguments followed regarding the location of the border between the estates of the bishopric and the Order. Ultimately, on July 28th, 1374, an agreement was signed and approved of by Pope Grzegorz XI, setting favourable conditions for the Order. The historic border of Warmia between Święta Lipka and Reszl proves an extremely interesting issue. It includes many border stones and mounds which have survived up until today virtually in an unchanged form. Of particular interest is a border stone made of red granite, with an episcopal crosier and cross carved into it. The object was listed in a document from 1431. All border stones enumerated in the publication are featured in archival maps from the turn of the 16th c. Alongside border stones, objects of interest lying on the historic border of Warmia are longitudinal shafts. Two stretches of this type of fortifications have survived up until the present times. Yet another curiosity are the forest ducts running across the former border, two of which used to be of an inter-regional importance. The border of Warmia in the region of Święta Lipka runs across forested areas, which is the reason why most border Stones have survived until today. The hitherto expert literature on the subject includes no mention of these – the present publication constitutes an attempt to verify the course of this stretch of the Warmia border, on the basis of source materials and cartographic documents. The section of the border discussed here, located in the vicinity of an important religious site of Święta Lipka is of great significance in terms of its cultural and historical value.

More...

Download

Spatial Extent in Demographic Research Approach and Problems

Author(s): Gordana Vojković,Aleksandar Knežević / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2015

One of the starting methodological problems in demographic research is the definition of spatial extent, already defined by different levels of administrative-territorial units that are used for distribution of usable statistical data. Demographic research is closely tied with administrative-territorial division of the territory that is being researched, wherein the fact that differentiation of demographic phenomena and processes cannot be the only basis of setting the principles of regionalization must be strictly acknowledged. This problem is particularly common in historical demographic analyses of geographically determined wholes, which are in administratively-territorial sense represented by one or more smaller territorial units, with their borders changing through the history, which directly affects comparability of the statistical data, and makes it considerably more difficult to track demographic change through longer time intervals. The result of these efforts is usually a solution based on a compromise which enables us to examine the dynamics of population change with little deviation from already defined borders of regional geographic wholes. For that reason in this paper the problem of defining spatial extent in demographic research is examined trough several different approaches in case of Eastern Serbia, as a geographically determined region, a historic area, a spatially functioning whole and as a statistical unit for demographic research, with no judgment calls in regard to any of the regionalization principles.

More...

Download

Trwałość dawnych elementów krajobrazu i sieci drożnej w ramach współczesnej przestrzeni miejskiej na przykładzie ulic Krańcowej i Wilczej w Lublinie

Author(s): Jacek Chachaj / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2014

The article attempts to demonstrate, basing on the example of Wilcza Street running through the south-eastern area of Lublin, that certain elements of the cultural landscape (primarily roads) could be preserved after the inclusion of suburban regions into the dynamically developing cities in the 19th and 20th centuries. Examination of the cartographic source material and the observation of the present-day landform have led to a hypothesis that the modern Wilcza Street could be a fragment of an old local road, which had lost its original significance as a result of changes made to the street network, yet endured as a local road. For reasons unknown, it was integrated into and ran through the system of streets newly laid out in Lublin, allowing it to survive to this day. Despite the disappearance of most elements formerly associated with this road (crossings, the majority of other roads), the street survived the numerous changes in its surroundings and remains an example of the incredible durability of certain aspects of the cultural landscape.

More...

Download

Functionality in the limits of new administrative-territorial units in Romania

Author(s): Vlad Loghin,Grigore Vasile Herman,Karina Andreea Gruia,Ana-Maria Ciobotaru,Alexandra Grecu,Mihai Octavian PERPELEA,Mihaela Giurgia / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2017

The study aims to examine the applicability of national legal provisions regarding the establishment of new administrative units such as the commune type in the context of ensuring accessibility and superior functionality territory. The research was conducted at the level of 3181 administrative units in Romania, based on the indicators of Law 100/2007 such as: the farthest distance from the commune, the average distance between the communes and their center, its population, the population divided by the population of the village Tier 1, population of villages located at a distance of more than 5 kilometers from the commune of residence along with the population under 5 kilometers from the residence. The analysis captures the restrictive nature of the criteria of the national legislation in relation to the current territorial reality, with the certainty that public authorities discourage splitting municipalities. However the results indicate the need to update legislative principles for the establishment of communes and their alignment to the regional development strategies.

More...

Download

Обыденная метаязыковая рефлексия немцев Сибири: на материале полевых экспедиций в Новосибирской области

Author(s): Zoya Matinovna Bogoslovskaya,Maria Alexeevna Shuvalova,Oleg Anatolyevich Alexandrov / Language(s): Russian Issue: 6/2017

Introduction. The study is devoted to the problem of studying endangered cultures and languages by referring to the facts of explication of “folk” metalinguistic reflection. The aim of the work is to generalize knowledge about the language of speakers of endangered archaic forms of German language, who are living in Siberia. Materials and Methods. The work analyzes lexical means, which are, on the one hand, central elements of the structure of metalinguistic utterance, and, on the other hand, they are considered as representatives of dominant meanings of the system of everyday knowledge about the language. For the purpose of data-gathering, a dialectological survey has been conducted for the first time in the districts with the highest proportion of Germans (the Novosibirsk region of the Russian Federation). During the field work, a semi-structured narrative interview was used. It allowed to build up a corpus of metalinguistic utterances using German dialects. Data processing was carried out using statistical calculation, context analysis and cognitive modeling techniques. Results. It was revealed that at the present time the secondary German dialects, considered by their speakers as native forms of the language and interpreted in comparison with the modern German literary language and other linguistic formations, are preserved within the Novosibirsk region. Metalinguistic reflection is carried out according to the following models: language as a means of communication of a certain group of people and language as a system of words and language as a system of sounds. Each model assumes that the central object of reflection is a particular aspect of a language and the verbalization of this reflection is carried out in German dialect speech with usage of a certain set of lexical means. Conclusions. The conducted qualitative analysis of metalinguistic discourse in combination with quantitative analysis allows to draw a conclusion that the everyday knowledge of German dialect speakers reflects a significant range of linguistic phenomena, but it is meaningfully different from systematic scientific knowledge. The utilitarian understanding of language (language as a communication tool) is prevailing. The most frequently mentioned unit of language is a word. The material side of the language with its pronouncing features is also an object of comprehension. The phenomena of morphological and syntactic levels of linguistic system are interpreted indirectly by Germans of Siberia.

More...

Download

Importanţa analizei de mediu în realizarea unui proiect urban durabil. Arealul Berzei – Plevnei – Ştirbei Vodă

Author(s): Radu-Matei Cocheci / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 1/2013

The present need for a sustainable urban development is leading to a complex approach in urban planning. The objective today is not only to assure the economical development of a city, but to do so while taking into account aspects such as environmental quality and social equity. As a result, the environmental status’ assesment of an urban area (with all of the components that it implies: analysis of the phyisico-geographical and economical elements, the human transformation of the environment, sources of environmental degradation, quality indicators etc.) can become an indispensable tool in the design and planning of an urban space. Such an assesment can emphasize on the environmental problems which have a significant impact on the quality of life in a given territory. In addition, once the problems with which an area is confronted are known, urban communities can start conceiving strategies in order to improve that area’s status. The territory chosen to explain this methodology contains much of the environmental problems of contemporary cities (air pollution caused mainly by car traffic, uncontrolled waste depostis, functional incompatibility, pollution caused by construction sites). The dynamic of this urban territory in recent years determines the need to conceive a coherent urban strategy that should consider solving not only the urban-related problems, but the environmental ones as well.

More...

Download

Consideraţii asupra sistemului de aşezări din judeţul Iaşi

Author(s): Daniela IUREA / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 2/2011

The dynamics and configuration of the settlement system in Iași County have directly influenced its social and economic development. This paper highlights the main characteristics of the present settlement system in Iași County. The analisys focuses on the structure, number, density, territorial distribution, size, dynamics, and functional typology of rural and urban settlements. It also identifies the main disfunctionalities of the settlements system of Iași County and provides some recommendations to overcome these problems.

More...

4.50 €

Preview

Around the Bloc: Beetles Chomp Down Belarusian, Polish Forests

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English Issue: 02/06/2018

The infestation is but one symptom of a pestilence spreading across the northern hemisphere.

More...

Download

Zróżnicowanie krajobrazowe terenów nadpilicznych w okolicach Wielkopola

Author(s): Stanisław Krysiak,Wojciech Tołoczko / Language(s): Polish Issue: 6/2004

The paper presents the results of the studies of diversity of natural environment ofthe Pilica river basin near Wielkopole. The studied transect covers 5 km2 and stretchesfrom a local watershed in a zone of outcrops of Mesozoic bedrock to a floodplain ofthe Pilica river. Within this area, morpholithohydrotopes were distinguished and in severallocations grain size and agrochemical features of soils were determined. The descriptionof the landscape structure was supplemented by a landscape cross section depicting geocomplextypes, land use, geology, groundwater level and some soil profiles. In the descriptionof morpholithohydrotopes the relation between habitat potential and a land use patternwithin the distinguished land units was stressed. The soil profiles were presented, includinggrain size and chemical features of soils.

More...

Download

The modernization of the port area of Bejaia and its impact on the architectural heritage

Author(s): Walid Hamma / Language(s): French Issue: 3/2018

Bejaia, a city of light, art, history and knowledge, is no longer the university that attracted scholars from all four corners of the world during the Middle Ages. It suffers from many problems such as the degradation and demolition of its heritage, pollution, accessibility, under-equipment and unorganized mass tourism. In order to resolve part of this problem, the local authorities decided to modernize the port area of the city. The plan of this intervention unfortunately did not foresee a study of impact on the heritage since the zone is historical. To detect actions that had negative impacts, we investigated by comparing the current state with the old. Then we checked the compatibility of these with the national legislation and the international regulations on intervention on the heritage. It appears that certain actions in the plan to modernize the port area of Bejaia have had negative impacts, such as the demolition of old buildings, non-compliance with heritage easements, encroachment of archaeological areas, attacks on authenticity , increased traffic and poor integration of new buildings. These actions also violate national and international regulations.

More...

4.50 €

Preview

Around the Bloc: Caspian Sea Breakthrough in the Offing?

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English Issue: 12/19/2017

The five Caspian states will (probably) sit down to resolve the sea’s status next spring, although Iran may (possibly) raise difficulties.

More...

4.50 €

Preview

Around the Bloc: Warming Spell Forecast on Uzbek-Kyrgyz Border

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English Issue: 12/19/2017

Troubled region welcomes readiness to address longstanding grievances on both sides.

More...