The geographical debate on the processes of transformation rural areas has considerable continuity and permanently generates new research questions in global North South [...]

In Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) with local neighbourhood, the social part of change in the particle's velocity is computed considering the performance of a set of neighbours. Almost all of the literature uses neighbourhood relations of a fixed topology. This paper introduces a method that computes a local optimum based on geographical, nonfixed neighbourhood in Euclidian space. It compares...

Anglophone research in economic geography can be characterized by two separate, contested paradigms: Geographical economics (building on the work of the economists Krugman, Venables and Fujita), and geographical political economy (prevalent within geography). Elaborating on the latter, this paper explores what it means to think geographically about the (capitalist) economy. Focusing on geograph...

the current status and distribution of the dragonflies (anisoptera) of pakistan were studied during 2005-2009. two dragonfly species were identified for the first time from pakistan. among these, rhodothemis rufa is a red, medium-sized dragonfly. lamelligomphus biforceps is also reported for the first time from pakistan and re-described owing to having minor taxonomic differences from that of f...

nowadays, adolescent girls live in such a more complex and challengeable world that considering their infinite desires and potential abilities as social, cultural, economical and geographical conditions change their needs and social inclinations become more diverse and dynamic. this study probes into the social, cultural, and educational needs of adolescent girls studying at junior high school ...