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Progress has become synonymous with economic growth and development. At the same time geographers and others have noted dramatic changes to the quantity and quality of the earth's resources, and evidence of increasing inequality in human welfare globally. New prescriptions for economic development have become commonplace. This paper explores the necessity for change in the relations between economic and environmental systems. Some of the major environmental deficiencies in the operation of our economic systems are analyzed to provide the basis for a fuller understanding of the logistics of growth and development. The genesis and evolution of the concept of sustainable development are then discussed. The core of the paper considers the dialectical relations between forms of economic development and changes to natural capital. An attempt is made to reconcile some of the more pronounced differences in the interpretations of and prescriptions for sustainable development. It is argued that the context of development, defined in spatial and temporal terms, ultimately influences the type and range of growth options available to societies. Improvements in general welfare can, however, be achieved through a convergence of new growth strategies for regions and countries across the development spectrum. It is through this new approach to growth that progress is redefined.

ISSN:0008-3658    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0064.1992.tb01143.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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This paper analyses the 1979‐80 migration data of the 1980 Japanese census, the emphasis being on the overall and age‐specific redistributional potentials of inter‐prefectural migration. The main findings are as follows. First, even after the onset of counterurbanization, when the overall redistributional potential of migration in Japan was substantially weakened, the interprefectural variation in population growth depended more strongly on inmigration, outmigration, and net migration than on birth, death, and natural growth. Second, the migration process in Japan shared several general properties with those in other developed countries, including the fact that out‐ and inmigration rates were positively correlated, and that the variation in net migration rate depended much more strongly on in‐migration than on outmigration. Third, the redistributional potential of the migration of the 15–19 age group was strongest and was spatially least similar to those of most other age groups. Fourth, there were distinct age patterns in net migration rate among four types of prefectures: (1) metropolitan core, (2) suburban, (3) regional growth pole, and (4) peripheral rural, the contrast being sharpest between the first and the last type. Finally, while the phenomenon of ‘retirement migration' was still missing in Japan, the strong age‐selectivity in migration continued to distort the age compositions of prefectural populations so that the burden of the elderly is relatively severe in peripheral ru

ISSN:0008-3658    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0064.1992.tb01144.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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The Royal Society of Canada coordinates the International Geosphere‐Biosphere Program (Global Change) in Canada. Currently, a research agenda that will extend beyond the next decade is being developed. It includes the use of remote sensing and geographical information systems in support of Global Change research, and the study of issues related to change and variability in the Canadian Arctic.This paper reviews the use of remotely sensed data to study the nature of atmosphere‐cryosphere interactions in the Polar Basin and how they contribute to an understanding of climate change and variability. A conceptual framework for aspects of atmosphere‐cryosphere interaction is presented through a discussion of feedback scenarios. The role of remote sensing in understanding these scenarios is explored through an examination of the several studies over the past 15 years. Finally, the remote sensing capabilities for crysophere monitoring proposed for the satellite systems of the mid‐1990s will be di

ISSN:0008-3658    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0064.1992.tb01145.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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Alternative Canadian energy futures as articulated by forecasting agencies and as perceived by a sample of the Albertan public are examined. The use of environmental world views as a conceptual framework facilitates the analyses of both the energy scenarios and public perspectives in an analogous manner in order to establish areas of congruence and disagreement.The results indicate that energy projections were consistent with the forecasting methodology selected, as well as the attitudes, values, and assumptions incorporated into the forecasting models. A relationship between environmental attitudes, energy preferences, and reasons expressed for those preferences was also found amongst the public sample.

ISSN:0008-3658    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0064.1992.tb01146.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0008-3658    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0064.1992.tb01147.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0008-3658    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0064.1992.tb01148.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0008-3658    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0064.1992.tb01149.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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Global Environmental Issues: A Climatological Approachby DAVID D. KEMP, Routledge, London and New YorkResource Analysis Research in Developing Countries: The Experience of Ontario Geographersedited by PAUL F. WILKINSON and WILLIAM C. FOUNDPlanned to Death: The Annihilation of a Place Called Howdendykeby J. DOUGLAS PORTEOUS, University of Toronto PressIndustrial Location: Principles and Policies2nd ed by KEITH CHAPMAN and DAVID F. WALKER, Basil Blackwell Ltd.Geographic Information Systems: The Microcomputer and Modern Cartographyedited by D.R. FRASER TAYLORDevolution and Constitutional Development in the Canadian Northedited by GURSTON DACKS

ISSN:0008-3658    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0064.1992.tb01150.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0008-3658    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0064.1992.tb01151.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY