Co-Operation among American Geographical Societies

Time-Geographical approaches to Emergence and Sustainable Societies (TiGrESS)

Government plans for the economic development of South East England include large scale commercial, housing and industrial development. Essentially shifting major growth to the north and east, exploiting the Thames gateway and developing east to west infrastructure. Water resources are already believed to be under pressure in this region from the impacts of climate change and competing demands ...

Time-Geographical approaches to Emergence and Sustainable Societies (TiGrESS)

Time-Geographical approaches to Emergence and Sustainable Societies (TiGrESS)

Alcoholism and co-morbid psychiatric disorders among American Indians.

Much of the data reported here regarding American Indian (AI) people has originated from specific areas with particular peoples. Thus, one must be cautious in applying information from one tribe to the hundreds of tribes living across the United States. As with any people, psychiatric disorder may be a pre-existing rationale for using alcohol. Or alternatively, alcohol may lead to various psych...

A comparative sociopragmatic analysis of wedding invitations in American and Iranian societies and teaching implications

Wedding invitations (WIs), as a uniquely socially and culturally constructed genre, provide a distinct opportunity  to  compare  the  sociocultural values of different  speech  communities  as reflected  in  the  textual  content  and  organization  of  the  different  moves.  Students  can  be exposed  to  this  genre  and  its  different moves  using  a  genre-based  pedagogy. Genre-based ped...