This paper explores the phenomenon of social networking that is changing social structures and communication practices around the globe. It draws parallels with the social structures that emerged in the industrial revolution (such as the social clubs, unions and cooperative societies) and discusses some of the far reaching impacts the current phenomenon is having on society: The paper presents ...

iran has experienced significant changes in the distribution of employed population of ruralareas in major professional categories in the years 1956 to 2006. accordingly, it is important to studythe changes in occupational structure, factors influencing these changes, and their implications. themethodology of this study is documentary and secondary analysis. moreover, in order to explain whythe...

Author Affiliations: Full Text Word Count: ISSN: Accession Number: Database: Record: 1 BOUNDARIES FOR A HEALTHY PLANET. Foley, Jonathan Scientific American; Apr2010, Vol. 302 Issue 4, p54-57, 4p Article *ENVIRONMENTAL degradation -Prevention *NATURE -Effect of human beings on *OCEAN acidification *CLIMATIC changes -Environmental aspects *WEALTH *ENVIRONMENTAL aspects *GREEN Revolution *INDUSTRI...

The quantitative revolution in geography in the 1960s and 1970s was an exciting time to be a post-graduate student. Like many social scientists, geographers at that time wanted to make the ‘intellectual music’ of science, the anthem of geography, from an orchestra of common methods and techniques. It is therefore with great appreciation that we thank Peter Haggett for providing retrospective co...