Edited by: Tom Martinson & Gary Elbow
Benchmark 1980
Regional & Economic Development
Development, Underdevelopment, and National Spatial Organization
Ray Bromley, pp. 249-260
The Tropical Forest: Competing Demands for Preservation, Exploitation, and Conversion
Joshua C. Dickinson and Francis E. Putz, pp. 261-276
Karl Zimmerer, pp. 277-282
Latin American Urban Development: Review of the 1980s and Prospects for the 1990s
Thomas Klak, pp. 283-292
Some Questions Concerning Development: Comments on ‘Regional and Economic Development’
William E. Doolittle, pp. 293-294
Introduction
Tom L. Martinson and Gary S. Elbow, pp. 1-3
CLAG Honors
Carl L. Johanessen, pp. 4-5
Peter W. Rees, p. 6
Peter W. Rees, p. 7
Opening Presentation
The Contribution of Carl Sauer to Latin American Geography
Robert C. West, pp. 8-21
Ecology
The Ecological Dimension–Ten Years Later
James J. Parsons, pp. 22-33
Environmental Awareness and Conservation of Natural Resources in Latin America: A Brief Review
Charles F. Bennett,pp. 34-47
Recent Intensification of Resource Use in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Clinton R. Edwards and Norman R. Stewart, pp. 48-57
Population & Settlement
Population Research in Latin America: Retrospect and Prospect
Robert N. Thomas and Osvaldo Muniz, pp. 58-65
The Dynamics of Human Settlement and Migration
Richard W. Wilkie, pp. 66-89
Latin America’s Population and Development in the 1970s
Alfonso Gonzalez, pp. 90-99
An Inventory of Migration Research Dealing with Caribbean Topics
Thomas D. Boswell,100-118
The Impact of Perception on Urban Migration in Latin America
Richard C. Jones, pp. 119-127
The Impact of Cityward Migration on Urban Environments: Slums of Cities and Squatter Settlements
Harold E. Jackson, pp. 128-133
A New Form of International Migration: U.S. Military Retirees in Central America
Phillip H. Allman, Jr., pp. 134-149
Frontier Population Absorption and Migrant Socio-Economic Mobility: Evidence from Brazilian Amazonia
Luc J. A. Mougeot, pp.150-161
Teaching the Evolution of Population Distribution
Oscar H. Horst, pp. 162-175
Aboriginal & Peasant Cultures
Recent Research on Traditional Food Production in Latin America
William M. Denevan, pp. 176-187
Geographic Research on the Pre-Hispanic Period with Emphasis on Agriculture
Larry L. Patrick, pp. 188-197
Recent Ethnogeography on Historic Latin America
William V. Davidson, pp. 198-208
Recent Research on Pre-Hispanic Agriculture in Coastal Peru
James S. Kus, pp. 209-217
The Full Extent of the Field: A Commentary on the “New Cultural Geography” in Latin America
Gregory Knapp, pp. 217-224
B.L. Turner II, pp. 225-229
Primary Activities
Geographic Research on Commercial Agriculture in Latin America in the 1970s
Ernst Griffin and Don R. Hoy , pp. 230-241
Latin America in the Seventies: The Geography of Minerals
Clarence W. Minkel and Vernon M. Smith, pp. 242-249
François J. Belisle, pp. 250-261
John Thompson , pp. 262-268
Social Geography
The Political Geography of Latin America: A Decade of American Research
Charles H. Richardson, pp. 330-335
Tourism Development in Latin America and Related Research Needs
Robert C. Mings, pp. 336-346
Tom L. Martinson, pp.347-356
On the Interrelationships Between Development and Migration Processes
Lawrence A. Brown and Rickie S. Gilliard , pp. 357-373
Development Policy and the Disadvantaged, Subsistence Sector of Agriculture
Marvin F. Gordon, pp.374-382
Modernization and Change in Latin American Towns: Geographical Research from the 1970s
Gary S. Elbow,pp. 383-391
Economic History and Historical Geography of the Caribbean: The Last Ten Years Reviewed
Frank C. Innes, pp. 392-396
Rural-to-Urban Migration in Latin America and Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Trends and Motives
Richard C. Jones and Ronald D. Garst, pp. 397-407
Regional Development in Brazil: Research Trends in the Seventies
Wayne T. Enders, pp. 408-420
The Ecological Factor in Regional Development: A Venezuelan Case Study
Joshua C. Dickinson III, pp. 421-435
Research Methodology
Reality and Research: Some Relationships for the Eighties
Barry Lentnek, pp. 436-442
Geographic Method: A Latin American Perspective
Julio Quan, pp.443-446
The Planning of Biomass Energy Systems in Latin America
Edward L. Hillsman, pp.447-456
Simulating the Dynamics of Urban Impact on Middle America from 1600 to the Year 2000
Robert E. Nunley, Pamela J. Nebgen, and Michael A. Fisher, pp. 457-466,
Latin American Geography in the Seventies: Inventory and Prospects
John P. Augelli, pp. 467-474
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