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Volume 31, Issue 4
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  • Influence of Vegetation and Snow Cover on the Soil Temperature Distribution and Its Annual Variation at Sugadaira, Central Japan
    Kohji YAMASHITA
    1984 Volume 31 Issue 4 Pages 1-8
    Published: March 25, 1984
    Released on J-STAGE: April 30, 2010
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5996/newgeo.31.4_1
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    It is well known that heat input at the surface and the thermal properties of the soil control the variations of soil temperature according to time and space. However, observations of soil temperature distribution were not so often made as those of air temperature. The author has investigated the influence of vegetation and snow cover on the soil temperature distribution and its annual variation.
    Observation were carried out at the Sugadaira Montane Research Center of the University of Tsukuba in Nagano Prefecture, Central Japan from November 1976 extending over 25 months. Soil temperature of 50cm depth was measured at 34 points beneath grassland vegetation (Miscanthus sinensis Stand) and forest vegetation (Pinus densiflora Stand) using the method of moving observation. The instrument used is the thermister thermometer for soil temperature.
    The results of observation indicate that distribution pattern of 50cm depth soil temperature is well coincident with the map of vegetation from May to November. During continuous snow cover period, December to April, it is not accord with the distribution of vegetation. According to disappearence time of snow cover, soil temperature becomes minimum in March or April, while it is maximum in August at all observation points. Just after snowmelt soil temperature begins rising suddenly. Therefore, annual soil temperature variation is affected by snowcover and thaw during snowcoverage season.
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  • Structural Change of Lacquer Ware (Shikki) Industry in Aizu District, Fukushima Pref. and Kawatsura District, Akita Pref.
    Kazuhiko UENO, Yukie KOIZUMI, Kinuko OHYAMA
    1984 Volume 31 Issue 4 Pages 9-17
    Published: March 25, 1984
    Released on J-STAGE: April 30, 2010
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5996/newgeo.31.4_9
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    The purpose of this paper is to clarify the productive structure of lacquer ware (shikki) industry undergone a considerable change since the beginning of the period of high economic growth. As the investigation areas, Aizu, Fukushima Pref. and Kawatsura, Akita Pref. are taken, and lacquer ware industry in both districts are examined and compared one another.
    The contents of this paper may be summarized as follows.
    1. In Aizu district, the introduction of lacquer ware production using plastic body in the period of high economic growth has enabled the mass production in this industry. As a result of it, lacquer ware industry there has developed greatly. Then, the market of products in this district grew large and nationwide.
    2. On the other hand, in Kawatsura district, even in the same period, traditional lacquer ware production using wooden body has remained, and its output is small. Most of products in this district are sold in the countryside mainly in Tohoku (Northeast Japan).
    3. The difference in the pattern of the change of lacquer ware industry in the period of high economic growth between both districts depends on a) their origins, b) their types of producers, c) their activities of wholesalers.
    4. Based on above mentioned facts, lacquer ware industry in Aizu district is characterized as a urban-type, while that in Kawatsura district as a rural-type.
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  • The High Technology Industry in Silicon Valley (Santa Clara), U.S.A.
    Atsuhiko TAKEUCHI
    1984 Volume 31 Issue 4 Pages 18-30
    Published: March 25, 1984
    Released on J-STAGE: April 30, 2010
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5996/newgeo.31.4_18
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    In Santa Clara County, California, U.S.A. lies a concentrated area of high technology industries of electronics, which is called ‘Silicon Valley’, In the field of the high technology industry, ‘Silicon Valley’ is matched for New England.
    In the second half of 1930's, the pioneering enterprises appeared in this area under the leadership of the Stanford University. Since 1960's, the industry has mervelously developed, and this area has proved to be one of the biggest center of high technology industry in U.S.A. Nowaday, factories are distributed from Palo Alto to Gilroy in the form of industrial Park. The industrial activity in Silicon Valley is characterized by (1) an accumulation of R & D function having a strong connection with Stanford University, and by (2) the Venture Capital Supporting the industrial activety.
    Recently, the condition for the industrial acthvity have been becoming worse on account of the rise in land price, traffic jam which were coused by over congestion of factories. For that reason more and more enterprises transfer their factories to other area where Land Price is lower. Nevertheless, they leave their R & D function in Silicon Valley as they were.
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  • Yasutaro Sato's Works on Geographical Education
    Kiyoshi TERAMOTO
    1984 Volume 31 Issue 4 Pages 31-40
    Published: March 25, 1984
    Released on J-STAGE: April 30, 2010
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5996/newgeo.31.4_31
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  • Practices of Geographical Education in High-School in England, U.K.
    Makoto IIDA
    1984 Volume 31 Issue 4 Pages 41-48
    Published: March 25, 1984
    Released on J-STAGE: April 30, 2010
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5996/newgeo.31.4_41
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