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1263. Human Geography, 1963001 JIN-BEENOTES ON RESEARCH, ETC.A Centre for Southeast Asian Studies has been established at the University ofSingapore. It is composed of those .members of the departments of Economics,Geography, History, Law, Political Science and Social Studies who are activelydoing research in the Malaysian and other regions of Southeast Asia.The Joint Committee on Contemporary China of the Social Science ResearchCouncil and the American Council of Learned Societies sponsored a PlanningConference on the Geography· of China. It was .organized by the Association ofAmerican Geographers' Committee on Chinese Geographic Literature and heldat the University of Chicago, on 11-14 July 1963.A recent article (The development of geography in the People's Republic ofChina, Geograph),, April 1963: 139-54) by Professor Stanislaw Leszczycki, Headof the Geographical Institute of the University of Warsaw and Director of theInstitute of Geography of the Polish Academy of Sciences, traces the growth ofgeography in China and the problems currently engaging the attention of Chinesegeographers. The Institute of Geography of the Academy of Sciences in Peking isthe main centre of geographic research. Nearly all the provinces of China havegeography research centres which are fairly well equipped. These centres and themost important geographical publications in China are listed in appendices tothe article.A survey by the map curator of the American Geographical Society of the regionalatlases of the \vorld (Eva L. Yonge, Regional atlases, a summary survey, Geogra-phical Review, July 1962: 407-32) reveals that, apart from the Soviet Union, theatlas coverage of the Far Eastern countries on the whole lags far behind the Westernworld. There are two good economic atlases of the Soviet Union, a regional referenceatlas, an excellent atlas of agriculture, as well as four Soviet atlases of more restrictedscope. Coverage for India and Taiwan is good; for Indonesia, Pakistan, Ceylon,Korea and the Philippines fair; and for the other countries of the Far East poor.No atlases are listed for China or Japan.Among the more important research projects now being undertaken by geo-graphers working on the Far East are: Urbanization and the vVestern impact inEast Asia during the 17th to 19th centuries, by Rhoads Murphey; The changingindustrial geography of Mainland China, by Chang Kuei-sheng; An atlas ofcontemporary China, by the University of Washington; The urban geographyof Nagoya, Japan, by John D. Eyre; The geography of cities in India, by H. F.Hirt; and National resources and Industrial development in India, by C. H.MacFadden.HUMAN GEOGRAPHY 001 JIN-BEE 127NEW FAR EASTERN PERIODICALS IN GEOGRAPHYThe first number of the Deccan Geographer,a semi-annual publication of theHyderabad Geography Association, appeared in July 1962. Most of the articles willbe on India, with emphasis on the northeast. The Chinese Academy of Sciences,Peking, is publishing a bi-monthly geography serial entitled Dili (Geography).It is in Chinese; the first number appeared in·I96I. The East Pakistan GeographicalSociety has started a monograph series. The first monograph is entitled Land-usein Rampal Union: A Horticultural Area.SELECT, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHYIndia and CeylonBREESE, G.1963 Urban development problems in India, Annals of the Association of American Geographers(September): 253-265.r-'An examination of the form and structure of Indian urban areasinsofar as they affect urban developnlent.DWIVEDI, R. L.1963 Origin and growth of Allahabad, Indian Geographical journal (January-March): 16-32.r-'The history and development of an Indian city.FARMER, B. H.1963 Peasant and plantation in Ceylon, Pacific Viewpoint (l\tlarch): 9-16.r-'A brief review ofthe relative positions occupied by the peasant and plantation sectors of the agriculturaleconolny.GOSAL, G. S.1962 Regional aspects of population growth in India, 1951-61, Pacific Viewpoint (September):87-99.r-'An examination of the causes and rates of population growth in different regions.GULICK, L. H., JR1963 Irrigation systems of the former Sind Province, West Pakistan, Geographical Review(January): 76-99.r-'A field study of irrigation in the lower Indus Valley, with referenceto the area served by the Sukkur Barrage.KANSHIC, S. D.1963 Dating the palreolithic age in India, Indian Geographicaljournal(April-June): 49-52.r-'A discussion on the palreolithic age of man in India.RAMACHANDRAN, R.1963 Crop regions of India, Indian Geographical Journal (April-June): S8-64.r-'Delimitationof the major crop regions.RASMUSSEN, TOR. FR.1962 Industrialization in Assam, journal of Tropical Geography (October) : 100-113.,-1A surveyof the manufacturing industries and an assessment of the possibilities of future industrialdevelopment.SOPHER, D. E.1963 Population dislocation in the Chittagong Hills, Geographical Review (July): 337-362.,....-1A study of the reaction of a small, culturally defined community to a sudden transforma-tion of their environment due to the construction of a hydroelectric dam.China, Japan and the U.S.S.R.ALAMPIYEV, P. M. et ale1962 An attempt to delimit the main economic zones of the Mongolian Peoples' Republic,Soviet Geography (May) :I6-29.,-1Description and maps of the three main economicregions.128 ASIAN PERSPECTIVESCHANG, SEN-DOV1963 The historical trend of Chinese urbanization, Annals of the Association of Ame~icanGeographers (June): I09-I43.,.-JA detailed examination of the hsien (c~unty) capitals,including a study, based partly on archreological evidence, of the locatIon and struc-ture of the earliest Chinese cities.EYRE, J. D.1963 Industrial growth in the Suwa Basin, Japan, Geographical Review (October): 487-5°2.,-'A case study of postwar manufacturing growth and results in the Honshu interior.Southeast AsiaHAMZAH SENDUT1962 Patterns of urbanization in Malaya, Journal of Tropical Geography (October): 114-13°.,-'The growth, distribution and sites of Malayan towns.Ho, R.1962 Mixed farming and multiple cropping in Malaya,Journalof Tropical Geography (October) :1-17.,-'Reviews the operation of small farms in rural Singapore, the Klang Valley andMalacca.LEE, Y. L.1962 Kukup, a Chinese fishing village in southwest Malaya, Journal of Tropical Geography(October): 131-138.,-'A field study of a typical Chinese fishing village.LUNA, T. W. JR.1963 Some aspects of agricultural development and settlement in Basilan Island, southernPhilippines, Pacific Viewpoint (.lVlarch): 17-24.,-'The problems of agricultural develop-ment and settlement in a pioneer area.MCGEE, T. G.1963 The cultural role of cities, a case study of Kuala Lumpur, Journal of Tropical Geography(May): 178-196.,-'An investigation based on recent population c.;nsus, elections andmunicipal reports.NEVILLE, R. J. W.1962 An urban study of Pontian Kechil, southwest Malaya, Journal of Tropical Geography(October): 32-56.,.-JA study of a Malayan town. based on official population data, aland-use survey and recent historical records.ORACION, T. S.1963 Kiangin agri,culture among the Bukidnons of southeastern Negros, central Philippines,Journal of Tropical Geography (May): 213-223.,.-JNature and problems of shiftingcultivation in a part of the Philippines.SIMKINS, P. D. and WERNSTEDT, F. L.1963 Growth and internal migrations of the Philippine population, 1948 to 1960, Journalof Tropical Geography (May): 197-202.,.-JA brief discussion of population trends.VANDERMEER, C.1963 Corn cultivation on Cebu, an example of an advanced stage of migratory farn'ling,Journal of Tropical Geography (May): 172-177.,.-JProblems of migratory farming in adensely populated area.WIKKRAMATILEKE, R.1962 A study of planned land settlement in the eastern marshlands of Malaya, EconomicGeography (October): 330-346.,.-JAn enquiry into the problems associated with plannedsettlement in northeast Johore.WITHINGTON, W. A.1963a The kotapradja or 'king cities' of Indonesia, Pacific Viewpoint (March): 75-86.,-'Ananalysis of the distribution, size, population and sites of the 48 kotapradja of Indonesia.1963b The distribution ofpopulation in Sumatra, Indonesia, 1961 , Journal of Tropical Geography(~ay): 203-21 2.,.-JThe size, distribution anddensity ofpopulation and population changessince 1930.

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