In: Political geography: an interdisciplinary journal for all students of political studies with an interest in the geographical and spatial aspects, Band 21, Heft 7, S. 962-964
Overviews contextual developments and responses by local government to provide a typology of strategies, which provides a model to help observers of the complex history of events in central--local relations. Shows various types of responses open to local authorities in dealing with a turbulent environment. (SJK)
A circular entitled "Argument of C. H. Moore" describing C. H. Moore's position "against the Pre-Emption Claim of Thomas J. Bunn" who falsely inhabited land in Danville, Illinois in 1855.
There is an interesting convergence in practice in tackling the impact of restructuring at the local community level, based on the idea of market led regeneration and bringing private interests in the form of big business into a policymaking and implementation role. (Abstract amended)
"ORGANIZATIONS EXPAND TO FILL THE SPACE AVAILABLE" IS THE PROVERB INTRODUCING THIS ARTICLE ON GOVERNMENTAL INQUIRY INTO NON-DEPARTMENTAL BODIES PERFORMED IN 1980. THE ADVISORY BODIES OF THE MANPOWER SERVICES COMMISSION (MSC) IN SCOTLAND ARE EXAMINED: GOALS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY, POLICY-MAKING CAPACITY AND RESOURCES, INTEGRATION AND COORDINATION. AT THE CONCLUSION FOUR FUTURE OPTIONS ARE LOOKED AT.
Abstract. A tsunami generated by large-volume landslide can propagate across the ocean and flood communities around the basin. The evolution of landslide-generated tsunamis is affected by the effects of frequency dispersion and involves processes of different temporal and spacial scales. In this paper, we develop a numerical approach employing the weakly nonlinear and fully nonlinear Boussinesq-type theories and nested computational grids. The propagation in a large domain is simulated with the weakly nonlinear model in a geographical reference frame. The nearshore wave evolution and runup are computed with the fully nonlinear model. Nested grids are employed to zoom simulations from larger to smaller domains at successively increasing resolutions. The models and the nesting scheme are validated for theoretical analysis, laboratory experiments and a historical tsunami event. By applying this approach, we also investigate the potential tsunami impact on the US east coast due to the possible landslide on La Palma Island. The scenario employed in this study represents an event of extremely low probability.