Historical geography defined in its simplest terms is concerned with the past landscapes of a portion of the earth's surface. Therefore, the purpose of this study will be to recreate the past landscapes of the three distinct periods--open range, homes . . .

For many years, the need for emergency housing has been a critical problem within the Fresno Metropolitan Area. By definition, emergency housing can be interpreted as being the providing of temporary shelter and services to an individual or individual . . .

Most city planners will undoubtedly acknowledge the commitment of their profession to local and national housing goals. These goals have for years been partially expressed by local programs to raise the quality of housing to a minimum standard for all . . .

The publication of Robert Ardrey's The Territorial Imperative in 1966 has focused light on a concept that will probably become as important and culturally arousing as Darwin s theory of evolution and Freud's theory of the human unconscious. Until Ardr . . .

This project is intended as a practical guide to present to teachers some basic approaches to the study of geography, while providing them with specific examples of how these approaches can be taught in the classroom. Many secondary teachers who teach . . .

The purpose of this paper is to examine the physical geography of Tulare County, California, with particular reference to landforms, climate, soil, water, and vegetation. This study is justified by the fact that available literature concerning the stu . . .

A noted agricultural geographer, in studying crop-combination patterns, observed that "only rarely does a crop assume a position approximating absolute isolation" (Weaver, 1954, p. 175). Yet, in the case of the fig in the United States, this condition . . .

In this project, we shall attempt to define the regional sphere of influence of the Fresno, California, Metropolitan Area. The emphasis will be not only on delineating the region, but also on showing that such an exercise has relevance for urban plann . . .

The writer's knowledge of and involvement in the administrative and political processes of the Fresno Model Cities Program began, approximately, with his experiences as a graduate intern in the Chief Administrative Office of the City of Fresno in June . . .

Obviously, the contemporary Paj'aro Valley landscape1 has not always been the same. It has been altered dynamically through time, and is the product of combined natural and cultural processes. The concept of a dynamic landscape has been a central them . . .

As geography is concerned with the description and interpretation of natural and cultural patterns on the land, it is well within the scope of geography to investigate patterns of human activity. The Portuguese dairymen of the San Joaquin Valley of Ca . . .

A growing number of fighters in the war against poverty seem now to be focusing their attention on improved housing for the poor. This is partly because the poor themselves frequently rate housing as their most pressing need. Bad housing is thought to . . .

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the feasibility of a node-oriented transit system to serve the Fresno State College, Fresno, California. A node is defined as any concentration of activities such as that resulting from a university, a larg . . .

The dual purposes of this study are 1) to demonstrate that the two fields, planning and education, have much to be learned from one another; and 2) to propose a systematic approach, using both sound planning principles and accepted educational theorie . . .

The project described herein was directed toward an examination of the dysfunctionalities and component structures of the primary social and physical elements which, in combination, comprise the housing system of the aged population of the Fresno-Clov . . .

The purpose of this study is to describe the seasonal distribution of honeybee colonies in California, and where possible, to analyze that distribution in terms of the factors that influence it. Aside from description of the seasonal pattern, an effor . . .

The purpose of this study is to consider the impact of a highway on the resource development of underdeveloped areas in general, and to measure the impact of the Suratthani to Pattalung highway on agricultural development in South Thailand in particul . . .

The absence of comprehensive housing and labor planning have contributed ranch to the mass migration to and the centralization of population and economic activities in, the Southern Rag ions of Ghana. This concentration has generated social problems o . . .

A study of selected drainage basins was undertaken to consider the effect of the various climatic elements on the formation of the drainage basin and its associated ridge shapes. In the past, the study of landforms has been both descriptive and genera . . .

It is the principal objective of this investigation to examine commercial livestock grazing on two national forests in the California range region—the Sierra and Los Padres National Forests. It is evident from the above discussion that livestock grazi . . .

Unemployment and the circumstances which surround it have been a long standing problem in this nation. Despite the high degree of interest which government officials have shown in recent years through programs sponsored by the Federal government, . . .

Man is a mobile animal and relies on his way-finding ability to maneuver in his surroundings. This mobility is accomplished through cognitive learning (images received by the individual through stimuli produced by the environment.) Cognitive mappin . . .

The writer proposed to study Chinese design concepts and their accompanying impact on Chinese settlements in California because few of their artistic, social and historic elements having an impact on Chinatowns have been systemati­cally documented. So . . .

With retail development taking place at various locations within the city, planners and businessmen alike need to concern themselves with the retail locational decisions# The location of a retail operation is particularly important for retail manag . . .

With the exception of a few unique areas, the economy of a community is largely dependent on the industrial base. The average residential area cannot, through simple taxation of real properties, support the increasingly myriad demands of local gov . . .

The provision of safe and decent housing has been emerging as a major concern of state and local government in recent years. In 1968 the United States Congress took an action which required a "housing element" as a part of any "comprehensive land . . .

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An Environmental Impact Report is an informational document which is intended to inform decision makers and the general public about the environmental effects of the projects they propose to carry out or approve. It is intended to enable public ag . . .

Urban planners recognize the value of citizen input in the planning process, but the degree to which they utilize and encourage this input varies. Citizens have criticized planners for not including them in the planning process. Planners have found . . .

The Housing Plan for downtown Lagos, Nigeria, is intended to suggest housing alternatives which focus on the provision of a suitable living environment for the residents. The housing plan is also meant to identify certain basic policies for resid . . .

The plight of the town of Del Rey, California, is typical of many rural communities in California and throughout the nation. Communities such as Del Rey have been forgotten in the wake of urban migration. However, the residents feel a sense of com . . .

Photographic interpretation is the act of exam- ining photographic images of objects for the purpose of identifying and deducing their significance. Everyone can consider himself a photo interpreter. Books, magazines, newspapers, etc., all provi . . .

Without question, machining is one of the most important methods of shaping metal. The ability to machine a wide variety of metals into almost any conceivable shape has made possible our highly mechanized society and the resultant standard of livi . . .

This study analyzes the latent demand for transporta- tion in the Parlier, California, study area.1 It tests the hypothesis that specific community groups in Parlier—the elderly, low-income and Mexican-American households, and the housewives—hav . . .

Environmental issues are not a new phenomenon. However, the rapid development in the last decade of science, technology and industry, tooether with rapid growth of the population which has caused the tremendous increase in property development, es . . .

Evaluation as a concept has many definitions and uses. In general, evaluation is an attempt to appraise the value or worth of something. When related to a discipline, the concept becomes more precise. Evaluation within the discipline of urban and . . .

Electoral geography is that division of political geography which studies the geographical distributions of voting behavior. In spite of the availability of voting data and the fact that many guantitative geographic methods are quite applicable to . . .

In his poem, W. H. Auden characterizes the social order of today's "Cities Without Walls." Without walls, the cityl is filled with Nothing. Nothing is "the Unbounded / beyond the Pale," and the "unpoliced spaces / where dragons dwelt and demons ro . . .

Employment is one of the basic elements in the structure of the economy of a region. Stuart Chapin has stated that employment is one of the most common units for measuring economic activity."'" In addition to the economic impact of its contribution . . .

Potential interchange commercial development along Interstate Freeway 5 within the San Joaquin Valley has been a controversial planning problem since the inception of this major regional transportation facility. Despite the multi- million dollar . . .

In this project, the writer proposes an organizational structure for a regional planning agency for the California desert. Because of the complexities and interrelationships involved in resource management in the California desert, a systematic ap . . .

That people assimilate and react in multl-cultural environments is a fact that is observable even in present day United States. The way people solve and adapt to this problem determines the survival, extinction or amalgamation of each separate cul . . .

The project contained herein has three purposes: to establish the existence of a need for housing; to establish that there is a corresponding need to define and explore alternatives to those approaches now in use; and to establish the existence . . .

Residential rehabilitation has been defined as the elimination of environmental and structural deficiencies. More simply, it has been described as the renewal and modernization of existing buildings. Other definitions include making uninhabitable . . .

An excellent stratigraphic section is exposed near Devils Den, California (Figures 1 and 2) , where the California Aqueduct crosses the Coast Ranges. The section is approximately six kilometers southwest of the town of Devils Den, northwestern K . . .

The Lake Tahoe Basin is an area of unique and unsurpassed beauty situated high in the Sierra Mountains along the California-Nevada border. The 500 square mile Basin is divided lengthwise by the stateline with 75 percent of the land area and 70 per . . .

Both developing and developed countries face the problem of urban slums. Governments have tried to understand and solve these problems in many ways. Some countries, such as the United States and European nations, have been very successful in d . . .

The subject of women in the planning profession has received much attention from the professional planning organizations (American Institute of Planners and American Society of Planning Officials) over the past two years. Concern that women planne . . .

Throughout history, cities have been portrayed by artists, writers, and philosophers as centers of vice and crime. This real or imaginary association of cities with crime among early leaders of this country, such as Thomas Jefferson, fostered a str . . .

Governments often find themselves in search of new taxes to provide additional revenues or in need of major tax reform in order to realign the tax burden to conform with public policy. California, the central reference point in this paper, may be . . .