Focus articles from June 1998

Focus archives from June 1998

Impressions of a new South Africa.
June 22, 1998... Leaving London, I arrived in Cape Town in June 1995 for a three month research trip. I came prepared to garner such impressions as I could of the changes in everyday life in South Africa induced by the recent, remarkable, political...

Laos: now open for tourist business.
June 22, 1998... Planning a trip to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, or more commonly, Laos? Do it soon before it changes. Still largely uncontaminated by capitalism and with little evident prosperity, this landlocked nation of 4.7 million people, with an...

That sinking feeling.(Living with & Teaching about Karst)(sinkholes)
June 22, 1998... Sinkholes and associated drainage systems cost highway departments, cities and businesses millions of dollars each year. A recent publication by P.E. LaMoreaux and Associates (PELA), a hydrogeology consulting firm, describes an elaborate...

Teaching about karst using U.S. geological survey resources.(Living with & Teaching about Karst)
June 22, 1998... All of the resources referred to in this article can be purchased from the USGS by calling 1-800-HELP-MAP, by sending an E-mail to infoservices@usgs.gov, or by using the Global Land Information System (GLIS) at http...

A history of karst studies: from stone age to the present.(Living with & Teaching about Karst)(includes related articles on the National Council for Geographic Education and the Indiana Karst Conservancy Inc.)
June 22, 1998... (Editor's note: we have preserved the scholarly format of this wonderful resource so that its references will be fully available to the eager teacher and student). Introduction: an ancient understanding of caves Man was intrigued with...

Stop-off at Tristan da Cunha.(island in the South Atlantic)
June 22, 1998... It is early morning on St. Patrick's Day, 1995, when our 2398-ton, 238-foot-long ship, the Explorer, drops anchor off Tristan da Cunha. Only a few ships a year stop off at this tiny island in the middle of the South Atlantic, 1800 miles from...

Wines & vines on the metropolitan fringe.(Economic Festivals, part 3)
June 22, 1998... The Economic Geography of Regional Festivals Los Angeles - the nation's second-largest city - comprises the urban core of a sprawling metropolitan conurbation that conjures up a wide variety of images in people's minds, from sixty suburbs...