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- PHYSICAL MULTIPARTITISM AND THE INTERNAL POLITICAL MORPHOLOGY OF MICROSTATES.
- Creator
- HOLT, JERRY GLENN., Florida Atlantic University, Lee, David R.
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Very small states have appeared in relatively large numbers in the past two decades. Many of these are either wholly or partly insular and consist of discrete areal segments. Microstates are defined as those states with less than one million population. Multipartite states are defined as those in which at least 5 percent of the territory is physically separated from the main body. There are nineteen multipartite microstates at present, which are subject states for the study: Antigua and...
Show moreVery small states have appeared in relatively large numbers in the past two decades. Many of these are either wholly or partly insular and consist of discrete areal segments. Microstates are defined as those states with less than one million population. Multipartite states are defined as those in which at least 5 percent of the territory is physically separated from the main body. There are nineteen multipartite microstates at present, which are subject states for the study: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bahrain, Cape Verde, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Grenada, Kiribati, Maldives, Malta, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Western Samoa. Two thrusts are developed: (1) the description of first order administrative subdivisions of the subject states; (2) the testings of hypotheses concerned with area, population, fragmentation, and dispersion, relating to the existence and number of subdivisions. Much literature is available on subdivisions, microstates, area, population, and physical characteristics of states, which treats these topics systematically. However, little analytic work is available which applies these systematic topics to actual data manifested by states. In order to test the posited hypotheses, two measures are derived: a fragmentation index and a dispersion ratio. Criteria for the application of these measures are established. Testing of the hypotheses yields the following results. Among the subject states: (1) no areal threshold exists for the formation of administrative subdivisions; however, a high correlation exists when area of states is considered ordinally; (2) no population threshold exists for the formation of administrative subdivisions; however, a moderate correlation exists when population of states is considered ordinally; (3) there is no significant relationship between area and number of subdivisions; (4) there is a significant relationship between area and number of subdivisions; (5) there is no significant relationship between degree of dispersion and number of subdivisions. Measures of fragmentation, dispersion, and other physical characteristics may be applied to variously defined groups of microstates, or indeed to any territorial entities.
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- 1983
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11833
- Subject Headings
- Geopolitics, Political geography, States, Small
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Spatial patterns of interracial marriage in the South Atlantic United States.
- Creator
- Kokoros, Sophia., Florida Atlantic University, Lee, David R.
- Abstract/Description
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Using Census data, regression analyses were performed at the state level for the South Atlantic region of the U.S. and at the Public Use Microdata Area (PUMA) level for the state of Florida to evaluate possible relationships between the dependent variable, the percentage married households interracial, and several independent variables. Only two of the independent variables examined at the state level were statistically significant: the percent black and the percentage of the population that...
Show moreUsing Census data, regression analyses were performed at the state level for the South Atlantic region of the U.S. and at the Public Use Microdata Area (PUMA) level for the state of Florida to evaluate possible relationships between the dependent variable, the percentage married households interracial, and several independent variables. Only two of the independent variables examined at the state level were statistically significant: the percent black and the percentage of the population that reside in metropolitan areas. No significant relationships could be found at the PUMA level of analysis. Spatial patterns of interracial marriage were evaluated as well. The northernmost states and Florida had the highest percentage of married households interracial. West Virginia and the Carolinas had the lowest rate of intermarriage. PUMAs containing military bases, major universities or those to the South, influenced by migrations from Latin America and the Caribbean, had the greatest percentage of married households interracial.
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- 1999
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15694
- Subject Headings
- Interracial marriages--United States.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Alternatives for Third World small farm development.
- Creator
- Johnson, Victoria., Florida Atlantic University, Lee, David R., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
- Abstract/Description
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Conventional agricultural development models have sought to improve Third World agricultural productivity by replacing traditional subsistence systems with sophisticated high-external-input farming methods. This approach has not solved the food problem of Third World nations because small farmers have been unable to participate in the modernization process and because modern methods are not environmentally sustainable. Alternative low-external-input agriculture provides greater opportunities...
Show moreConventional agricultural development models have sought to improve Third World agricultural productivity by replacing traditional subsistence systems with sophisticated high-external-input farming methods. This approach has not solved the food problem of Third World nations because small farmers have been unable to participate in the modernization process and because modern methods are not environmentally sustainable. Alternative low-external-input agriculture provides greater opportunities for small farmer participation, offers more benefits to small farmers, and is environmentally sustainable over a longer period of time than conventional agriculture. Comparative analysis of conventional and alternative projects indicates that the alternative model is more successful in effecting agricultural development and is more likely to improve Third World food security.
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- 1988
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14479
- Subject Headings
- Farms, Small--Developing countries
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- Document (PDF)
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- A survey of the cruise ship industry, 1960-1990.
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- Wynen, Nancy H., Florida Atlantic University, Lee, David R., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
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Cruises have existed as a unique travel experience since 1960, when air transportation overtook ships as the main mode of travel for tourists. In order to survive, shipping companies devoted their resources to the recreational market. This thesis studies that development and the relationship of cruise travel to traditional travel theory. The second part of the thesis is an analysis of the ports by world region visited by cruise ships. Changes in port popularity from 1960 to 1990 and the...
Show moreCruises have existed as a unique travel experience since 1960, when air transportation overtook ships as the main mode of travel for tourists. In order to survive, shipping companies devoted their resources to the recreational market. This thesis studies that development and the relationship of cruise travel to traditional travel theory. The second part of the thesis is an analysis of the ports by world region visited by cruise ships. Changes in port popularity from 1960 to 1990 and the attraction to the ship companies and travellers is studied.
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- 1991
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14710
- Subject Headings
- Cruise ships, Tourist trade
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE FORMATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMATA.
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- SCHMELZKOPF, KAREN FRANCES., Florida Atlantic University, Lee, David R., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
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Man lacks the cognitive capabilities by which to process all the complex and detailed information of the environment, yet is able to formulate a comprehensive notion of the environment. The present study hypothesized that a cognitive mechanism exists by which salient information is abstracted and stored in memory. Subjects were required to learn to discriminate among four sets of photographs of an urban street scene, taken from four different locations within an area of 150 square meters. An...
Show moreMan lacks the cognitive capabilities by which to process all the complex and detailed information of the environment, yet is able to formulate a comprehensive notion of the environment. The present study hypothesized that a cognitive mechanism exists by which salient information is abstracted and stored in memory. Subjects were required to learn to discriminate among four sets of photographs of an urban street scene, taken from four different locations within an area of 150 square meters. An identification test was administered either immediately or one week after acquisition, using photographs from the acquisition set and novel photographs taken from the same locations but at different camera orientations. The results indicated that subjects abstract a continuous schematic representation from discrete photographic samples of the total scene. These results suggest that man in a real-world situation remembers a general, schematic concept of the environment, rather than detailed, specific information.
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- 1978
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13939
- Subject Headings
- Environmental psychology, Cognition
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- Document (PDF)
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- ANASTASIA ISLAND, FLORIDA: A CASE STUDY IN HISTORICAL PERCEPTION OF RESOURCES AND RESISTANCES.
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- KIXMILLER, PATRICIA ELAINE., Florida Atlantic University, Lee, David R., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
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This study was undertaken to determine the effects historical perception of resources and resistances (hazards) have on the development of a site. Perception was determined from the reactions each group of settlers had to this environment. It was determined that perception played a major role in the development of the particular site under consideration in this study. Anastasia Island, Florida (the study area) is located across the Intracoastal Waterway from St. Augustine, Florida. A complete...
Show moreThis study was undertaken to determine the effects historical perception of resources and resistances (hazards) have on the development of a site. Perception was determined from the reactions each group of settlers had to this environment. It was determined that perception played a major role in the development of the particular site under consideration in this study. Anastasia Island, Florida (the study area) is located across the Intracoastal Waterway from St. Augustine, Florida. A complete history of Anastasia Island is included in the study from pre-Spanish times to the present. Several maps are also included which trace the development of Anastasia Island over the past 400 years.
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- 1973
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13573
- Subject Headings
- Anastasia Island (Fla)
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- Document (PDF)
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- AN ANALYSIS OF THE GEOGRAPHY OF SEX RATIO IN THE UNITED STATES.
- Creator
- GELLIS, ANDREW NOAH., Florida Atlantic University, Lee, David R., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
- Abstract/Description
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Frontier areas and rural areas historically have been predominantly male (high sex ratio); urban areas were predominantly female (low sex ratio). In 1970 the Middle West scored average on the sex ratio scale for all age cohorts; the West was high, the South low. Highest sex ratio was in port and military locales; lowest was in urban areas of the Northeast and South. Two regression models reveal that percentage urban, net migration, and percentage Black were most important explanators of sex...
Show moreFrontier areas and rural areas historically have been predominantly male (high sex ratio); urban areas were predominantly female (low sex ratio). In 1970 the Middle West scored average on the sex ratio scale for all age cohorts; the West was high, the South low. Highest sex ratio was in port and military locales; lowest was in urban areas of the Northeast and South. Two regression models reveal that percentage urban, net migration, and percentage Black were most important explanators of sex ratio. The greater life expectancy of females and their tendency to concentrate in the cities, the larger net migration rate of males, and the lower sex ratio of Blacks, were causal. Analysis by age cohort revealed regional differences exist only after age 34. After adjusting for the above independent variables, the West still scored highest and the South lowest.
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- 1981
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14061
- Subject Headings
- Sex ratio, United States--Population
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- Document (PDF)
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- Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment.
- Creator
- Abbott, Benjamin W., Jones, Jeremy B., Schuur, Edward A. G., Chapin III, F. Stuart, Bowden, William B., Bret-Harte, M. Syndonia, Epstein, Howard E., Flannigan, Michael D., Harms, Tamara K., Hollingsworth, Teresa N., Mack, Michelle C., McGuire, A. David, Natali, Susan M., Rocha, Adrian V., Tank, Suzanne E., Turetsky, Merritt R., Vonk, Jorien E., Wickland, Kimberly P., Aiken, George R., Alexander, Heather D., Amon, Rainer M. W., Benscoter, Brian, Bergeron, Yves, Bishop, Kevin, Blarquez, Olivier, Bond-Lamberty, Ben, Breen, Amy L., Buffam, Ishi, Cai, Yihua, Carcaillet, Christopher, Carey, Sean K., Chen, Jing M., Chen, Han Y. H., Christensen, Torben R., Cooper, Lee W., Cornelissen, J. Hans C., de Groot, William J., DeLuca, Thomas H., Dorrepaal, Ellen, Fetcher, Ned, Finlay, Jacques C., Forbes, Bruce C., French, Nancy H. F., Gauthier, Sylvie, Girardin, Martin P., Goetz, Scott J., Goldammer, Johann G., Gough, Laura, Grogan, Paul, Guo, Laodong, Higuera, Philip E., Hinzman, Larry, Hu, Feng Sheng, Hugelius, Gustaf, Jafarov, Elchin E., Jandt, Randi, Johnstone, Jill F., Jan Karlsson, Kasischke, Eric S., Kattner, Gerhard, Kelly, Ryan, Keuper, Frida, Kling, George W., Kortelainen, Pirkko, Kouki, Jari, Kuhry, Peter, Laudon, Hjalmar, Laurion, Isabelle, Macdonald, Robie W., Mann, Paul J., Martikainen, Pertti J., McClelland, James W., Molau, Ulf, Oberbauer, Steven F., Olefeldt, David, Paré, David, Parisien, Marc-André, Payette, Serge, Peng, Changhui, Pokrovsky, Oleg S., Rastetter, Edward B., Raymond, Peter A., Raynolds, Martha K., Rein, Guillermo, Reynolds, James F., Robards, Martin, Rogers, Brendan M., Schädel, Christina, Schaefer, Kevin, Schmidt, Inger K., Shvidenko, Anatoly, Sky, Jasper, Spencer, Robert G. M., Starr, Gregory, Striegl, Robert G., Teisserenc, Roman, Tranvik, Lars J., Virtanen, Tarmo, Welker, Jeffrey M., Zimov, Sergei
- Date Issued
- 2016-03-07
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000121
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- Citation
- Title
- Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment.
- Creator
- Abbott, Benjamin W, Jones, Jeremy B, Schuur, Edward A G, Chapin III, F Stuart, Bowden, William B, Bret-Harte, M Syndonia, Epstein, Howard E, Flannigan, Michael D, Harms, Tamara K, Hollingsworth, Teresa N, Mack, Michelle C, McGuire, A David, Natali, Susan M, Rocha, Adrian V, Tank, Suzanne E, Turetsky, Merritt R, Vonk, Jorien E, Wickland, Kimberly P, Aiken, George R, Alexander, Heather D, Amon, Rainer M W, Benscoter, Brian W, Bergeron, Yves, Bishop, Kevin, Blarquez, Olivier, Ben Bond-Lamberty, Breen, Amy L, Buffam, Ishi, Cai, Yihua, Carcaillet, Christopher, Carey, Sean K, Chen, Jing M, Chen, Han Y H, Christensen, Torben R, Cooper, Lee W, Cornelissen, J Hans C, de Groot, William J, DeLuca, Thomas H, Dorrepaal, Ellen, Fetcher, Ned, Finlay, Jacques C, Forbes, Bruce C, French, Nancy H F, Gauthier, Sylvie, Girardin, Martin P, Goetz, Scott J, Goldammer, Johann G, Gough, Laura, Grogan, Paul, Guo, Laodong, Higuera, Philip E, Hinzman, Larry, Hu, Feng Sheng, Hugelius, Gustaf, Jafarov, Elchin E, Jandt, Randi, Johnstone, Jill F, Jan Karlsson, Kasischke, Eric S, Kattner, Gerhard, Kelly, Ryan, Keuper, Frida, Kling, George W, Kortelainen, Pirkko, Kouki, Jari, Kuhry, Peter, Laudon, Hjalmar, Laurion, Isabelle, Macdonald, Robie W, Mann, Paul J, Martikainen, Pertti J, McClelland, James W, Molau, Ulf, Oberbauer, Steven F, Olefeldt, David, Paré, David, Parisien, Marc-André, Payette, Serge, Peng, Changhui, Pokrovsky, Oleg S, Rastetter, Edward B, Raymond, Peter A, Raynolds, Martha K, Rein, Guillermo, Reynolds, James F, Robards, Martin, Rogers, Brendan M, Schädel, Christina, Schaefer, Kevin, Schmidt, Inger K, Shvidenko, Anatoly, Sky, Jasper, Spencer, Robert G M, Starr, Gregory, Striegl, Robert G, Teisserenc, Roman, Tranvik, Lars J, Virtanen, Tarmo, Welker, Jeffrey M, Zimov, Sergei
- Date Issued
- 2016-03-07
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/flvc_fau_islandoraimporter_10.1088_1748-9326_11_3_034014_1632246943
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