Journal of
Geography and Regional Planning

  • Abbreviation: J. Geogr. Reg. Plann.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2070-1845
  • DOI: 10.5897/JGRP
  • Start Year: 2008
  • Published Articles: 393

Table of Content: 4 December, 2011; 4(15)

December 2011

Towards a theoretical framework for the management of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in Swaziland: A review

  Sustainable forest management aims to maintain and enhance the economic, social and environmental value of all types of forests, for the benefit of present and future generations. In Swaziland, despite the existence of numerous local, national, regional and international policies and legislation, sustainable forest management is far fetched. The objective of this paper was to review previous studies on policy...

Author(s):   Cliff S. Dlamini and Coert J. Geldenhuys  

December 2011

Micro-spatial human resource reallocation model for rural agrarian sector, based on classical theories of regional growth: A case study of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India

  Human resource is one of the important fundamental requirements for designing developmental planning for economy and society at both regional and national scales. Present day’s social science does not confine itself within the consideration of the process of development as a cumulative process of enhancing the physical quality of life of inhabitants; rather it tries to chalk out the plans for possible...

Author(s):   Mukunda Mishra

December 2011

Fuzzy logic and neural network approaches for land cover mapping of the Brazilian territory

  Land cover mapping is important for regional and urban plannings. Most of the digital remote sensing based mappings use conventional classification techniques which are limited in their ability to define a wide variety of the existing types of land cover. The objective of this paper is to analyze the potential of fuzzy logic and artificial neural network approaches to produce land cover maps of the Brazilian...

Author(s):   Fernanda de Almeida Prado, Maria de Lourdes Bueno Trindade Galo and Edson Eyji Sano