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The argument is that one cannot understand any aspect of the built form - whether it is an individual building or a city - without looking at the nature of the social process that produced it and sustains...
An account of the role of LANDSAT satellite in providing data on the extent and productivity of major agricultural crops. Emphasis is on the crop economy in the USA but the global monitoring/surveillance...
Gabions have applications in slope control, river bank enforcement and coastal protection. Methods of construction including the development of the Reno mattress are demonstrated, and the benefits of the...
A critique of Oscar Newman’s book ‘Defensible Space’. It takes a satirical look at the five main codes of knowledge that underpin the notion of ‘defensible space’: animal behaviour, social...
Illustrates the various steps in making a multi-coloured topographic map of a remote area in northern Canada. Shows how aerial photographs are taken, describes the problems of relief and tilt displacement...
The year is 2000. Existing towns and cities have become violent ungovernable places. The government has therefore decided to mark the turn of the century by establishing a project named Utopia 2000 - whose...
Castleguard is an alpine cave under the Columbia icefield in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies. In 1973 a group of speleologists, led by Derek Ford, set out to explore this system. Demonstrates the...
Shows many different aspects of life in China. Lawrence, a BBC reporter on China for many years, describes his tour and puts into historical perspective the changes which he has seen. Third-year courses on...
Composition of sea water, variations in temperature of sea water, substances dissolved in sea water, sediments that cover the sea floor and topography of the sea floor.
Explains the causes and effects of salinity in the soils of the Western Australian wheat belt and the Murray-Darling irrigation settlements. Discusses methods of correcting these problems, stressing the need...
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