The California Geographer Vol. 29 (1989)Journal of California Geographical Societyhttp://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/2153572024-03-28T16:21:37Z2024-03-28T16:21:37ZWindfall: the decent landscape of Altamont PassHall, Shelby Sampsonhttp://hdl.handle.net/10211.2/25432020-06-22T22:59:52Z1989-01-01T00:00:00ZWindfall: the decent landscape of Altamont Pass
Hall, Shelby Sampson
The rush to implement technologies of renewable energy,
supported by environmental concerns and governmental
subsidies in the wake of the "energy crisis" of the
early 1970's, resulted in the installation of experimental
laboratories for wind energy development which transformed
the landscapes of several California sites. This is a
history of one of those sites-the Altamont Pass in eastern
Alameda County.
1989-01-01T00:00:00ZComparison and evaluation of ground water quality in Surprise Valley and Alturas Basin using Thornthwaite's evapotranspiration modelBeach, Sheryl Luzzadderhttp://hdl.handle.net/10211.2/25422020-06-22T23:18:13Z1989-01-01T00:00:00ZComparison and evaluation of ground water quality in Surprise Valley and Alturas Basin using Thornthwaite's evapotranspiration model
Beach, Sheryl Luzzadder
A quarter of a century ago, the California Department
of Water Resources undertook an investigation of ground
water basins in northeastern California. For more than
two decades, California Department of Water Resources
Bulletin 98, Northeastern Counties Ground Water Investigation,
1 was the major source of information on the area. At
the same time, ground water quality studies2 were also
completed for both the Surprise Valley and Alturas Basin
in Modoc County, California. Twenty years later three investigations of northeastern
California's ground water were conducted by the Department
of Water Resources to update and supplement the
original reports. These were Northeast Counties Ground
Water Update, 1982, Alturas Basin Ground Water Quality
Study, 1986, and Surprise Valley Ground Water Quality
Study, 1986. These reports were spawned from concern
over then-recent increases in ground water pumping in
the areas, declining water levels in wells, and possible impacts
on water quality.
1989-01-01T00:00:00ZThe geography of crime: landscapes of visible prostitution in San DiegoRiccio, Ritahttp://hdl.handle.net/10211.2/25412020-06-23T01:02:27Z1989-01-01T00:00:00ZThe geography of crime: landscapes of visible prostitution in San Diego
Riccio, Rita
(T)his paper will identify a set of
common landscape variables which are advantageous to
streetwalkers. By providing a woman with a plausible excuse
to stand on the street during daylight hours, such
variables will either help to protect her from arrest or
enhance her visibility so that she can generate business.
The relationship between landscape variables and arrest
rates will be tested statistically to determine if a linear relationship
exists at a micro or block level. Though prostitution has been an integral part of the
urban scene throughout time, it has generally been neglected
by geographers, its spatial character notwithstanding.
1989-01-01T00:00:00ZIrrigation districts in an urbanizing landscapeHoward, Thomas F.http://hdl.handle.net/10211.2/25392020-06-23T00:25:39Z1989-01-01T00:00:00ZIrrigation districts in an urbanizing landscape
Howard, Thomas F.
Suisun Valley, an 8000-acre orchard area adjacent to
Fairfield, remains in agriculture today in part because of
efforts made fifteen years ago by the Solano Irrigation District
(SID) to resist urbanization of its service area. Yet very
little about the origin of SID suggests that it would ever
play this role, and the story of how it came about may be
of interest to geographers.
1989-01-01T00:00:00Z