Briavel Holcomb
Biographic Data
| ID | 3590112 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Briavel Holcomb |
| GIVEN NAMES | Briavel |
| FAMILY NAME | Holcomb |
| SIGNATURE | HOLCOMB B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 102 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Community
The idea of community as a mutually supportive group has evolved from a primarily place‐based notion to one of shared interests with sometimes distant members staying in touch through newer communications technologies. Nevertheless, spatially located communities remain important for both governmental planning and local activists.
The Urban Wisdom of Jane Jacobs
Mobile Technologies and Youthful Exploration: Stimulus or Inhibitor
In this paper, an examination is made of how young people locate themselves in the world through using GPS-enabled mobile phones. Three research themes are explored. First, how GPS mobile phones encourage young people to explore new territory by providing both spatial information and a ‘lifeline’ to security. Secondly, how parental surveillance encourages or discourages exploration. Finally, how the accessibility of spatial data reduces the need …
Cities and Visitors: Regulating People, Markets, and City Space
Greater Boston: Adapting Regional Traditions to the Present . Sam Bass Warner, Jr.; Postcards of the Night: Views of American Cities . John A. Jakle; America's New Downtowns: Revitalization of Reinven…
The Internet in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center Attack
parts of the United States that would function in case of a national emergency when other methods of communication would be out of commission. The U.S. Defense Departments Advanced Research Projects Agency established ARPANET to link computers on the East and West coasts, as well as command centers in Utah and Illinois that could continue to communicate in the event of a nuclear attack. But it was over thirty years later on September 11, 2001, in…
Misguided policy initiatives in small-island destinations: Why Do Up-Market Tourism Policies Fail
Following the rhetoric of sustainability, many destinations have adopted policies aimed at attracting high spending visitors while limiting the further growth of mass package tourism. Drawing mainly from the experiences of small-island destinations, we question whether these policies are either environmentally or economically justifiable. Up-market tourists are few in number, prefer varied destinations and require luxury accommodations and facili…
The New Middle Class and the Remaking of the Central City
Gay Tourism in the United States
Feminism and Geography: The Limits of Geographical Knowledge
Poverty in Urban America: Policy Options
Under the Johnson administration, the US government declared war on poverty but millions of Americans remain in poverty today. Structural shifts in the economy have pushed many groups traditionally at the margins of society (minorities and women) deeper into poverty. This paper explores demographic changes in the nature of poverty and recent government efforts to cope with them. The authors examine reasons for the persistence of poverty and descr…
Language and Learning in the Teaching of Geography
Part One: Language and Learning 1. Language and Learning Frances Slater 2. Writing in a Humanities Classroom Daniel Lewis 3. A Case Study of Language and Learning in Physical Geography Sharon Hamilton-Wieler 4. Talking and Problem Solving: Reality-Orientated Problem Solving (ROPS) Julie I.N. Okpala 5. Language and Learning in Multicultural Education Daniel Lewis Part Two: Language and Concept Development 6. Concept Maps and Children's Thinking: A…
Nation into State: The Shifting Symbolic Foundations of American Nationalism . Wilbur Zelinsky
National geography awareness week 1987: An assessment
National Geography Awareness Week, initiated by the National Geographic Society and supported by other geographic organisations, seeks to improve the state of geographic knowledge both in schools and among the public. The achievements and limitations of this public relations strategy are assessed. While the commemorative week generated much media attention and stimulated many celebratory activities, the image of geography as a serious academic di…
The United States in the World Economy: A Regional Geography
The tenure review process
This paper examines the tenure review process faced by geographers in American universities from the perspectives of successful and unsuccessful candidates, a department chair, and a member of a tenure review committee. It aims to assist candidates for tenure by commenting on both formal and informal aspects of the process
Geography and Urban Women
Women in the City
Enterprise Zones: The Non-Manipulation of Economic Space
In 1982 and 1983, legislation to establish enterprise zones in the United States was placed before Congress. The spatially targeted program is designed to stimulate economic growth in depressed inner cities. Yet an assessment of the probable spatial consequences of the zones at various scales and of their potential for affecting significant change in economic space indicates that the program is likely to do little to modify the current dynamics o…
Relevance and Ethics in Geography
Legal Foundations of Land Use Planning . Jerome G. Rose; Remote Sensing for Planners . Kristina Ford, editor; Housing Asia's Millions: Problems, Policies and Prospects for Low-Cost Housing in Southeas…
Images of the Urban Environment . Douglas Pocock , Ray Hudson
Environmental Planning: Perception and Behavior
Environmental Planning: Perception and Behavior
Misguided policy initiatives in small-island destinations: Why Do Up-Market Tourism Policies Fail
Following the rhetoric of sustainability, many destinations have adopted policies aimed at attracting high spending visitors while limiting the further growth of mass package tourism. Drawing mainly from the experiences of small-island destinations, we question whether these policies are either environmentally or economically justifiable. Up-market tourists are few in number, prefer varied destinations and require luxury accommodations and facili…
Gay Tourism in the United States
Geography and Urban Women
Women in the City
Mobile Technologies and Youthful Exploration: Stimulus or Inhibitor
In this paper, an examination is made of how young people locate themselves in the world through using GPS-enabled mobile phones. Three research themes are explored. First, how GPS mobile phones encourage young people to explore new territory by providing both spatial information and a ‘lifeline’ to security. Secondly, how parental surveillance encourages or discourages exploration. Finally, how the accessibility of spatial data reduces the need …
Poverty in Urban America: Policy Options
Under the Johnson administration, the US government declared war on poverty but millions of Americans remain in poverty today. Structural shifts in the economy have pushed many groups traditionally at the margins of society (minorities and women) deeper into poverty. This paper explores demographic changes in the nature of poverty and recent government efforts to cope with them. The authors examine reasons for the persistence of poverty and descr…
The United States in the World Economy: A Regional Geography
Enterprise Zones: The Non-Manipulation of Economic Space
In 1982 and 1983, legislation to establish enterprise zones in the United States was placed before Congress. The spatially targeted program is designed to stimulate economic growth in depressed inner cities. Yet an assessment of the probable spatial consequences of the zones at various scales and of their potential for affecting significant change in economic space indicates that the program is likely to do little to modify the current dynamics o…
Cities and Visitors: Regulating People, Markets, and City Space
Feminism and Geography: The Limits of Geographical Knowledge
Language and Learning in the Teaching of Geography
Part One: Language and Learning 1. Language and Learning Frances Slater 2. Writing in a Humanities Classroom Daniel Lewis 3. A Case Study of Language and Learning in Physical Geography Sharon Hamilton-Wieler 4. Talking and Problem Solving: Reality-Orientated Problem Solving (ROPS) Julie I.N. Okpala 5. Language and Learning in Multicultural Education Daniel Lewis Part Two: Language and Concept Development 6. Concept Maps and Children's Thinking: A…
The tenure review process
This paper examines the tenure review process faced by geographers in American universities from the perspectives of successful and unsuccessful candidates, a department chair, and a member of a tenure review committee. It aims to assist candidates for tenure by commenting on both formal and informal aspects of the process
Relevance and Ethics in Geography
Environmental Planning: Perception and Behavior
Legal Foundations of Land Use Planning . Jerome G. Rose; Remote Sensing for Planners . Kristina Ford, editor; Housing Asia's Millions: Problems, Policies and Prospects for Low-Cost Housing in Southeas…
Images of the Urban Environment . Douglas Pocock , Ray Hudson
Enterprise Zones: The Non-Manipulation of Economic Space
In 1982 and 1983, legislation to establish enterprise zones in the United States was placed before Congress. The spatially targeted program is designed to stimulate economic growth in depressed inner cities. Yet an assessment of the probable spatial consequences of the zones at various scales and of their potential for affecting significant change in economic space indicates that the program is likely to do little to modify the current dynamics o…
Relevance and Ethics in Geography
Women in the City
Geography and Urban Women
The tenure review process
This paper examines the tenure review process faced by geographers in American universities from the perspectives of successful and unsuccessful candidates, a department chair, and a member of a tenure review committee. It aims to assist candidates for tenure by commenting on both formal and informal aspects of the process
National geography awareness week 1987: An assessment
National Geography Awareness Week, initiated by the National Geographic Society and supported by other geographic organisations, seeks to improve the state of geographic knowledge both in schools and among the public. The achievements and limitations of this public relations strategy are assessed. While the commemorative week generated much media attention and stimulated many celebratory activities, the image of geography as a serious academic di…
The United States in the World Economy: A Regional Geography
Nation into State: The Shifting Symbolic Foundations of American Nationalism . Wilbur Zelinsky
Language and Learning in the Teaching of Geography
Part One: Language and Learning 1. Language and Learning Frances Slater 2. Writing in a Humanities Classroom Daniel Lewis 3. A Case Study of Language and Learning in Physical Geography Sharon Hamilton-Wieler 4. Talking and Problem Solving: Reality-Orientated Problem Solving (ROPS) Julie I.N. Okpala 5. Language and Learning in Multicultural Education Daniel Lewis Part Two: Language and Concept Development 6. Concept Maps and Children's Thinking: A…
Poverty in Urban America: Policy Options
Under the Johnson administration, the US government declared war on poverty but millions of Americans remain in poverty today. Structural shifts in the economy have pushed many groups traditionally at the margins of society (minorities and women) deeper into poverty. This paper explores demographic changes in the nature of poverty and recent government efforts to cope with them. The authors examine reasons for the persistence of poverty and descr…
Feminism and Geography: The Limits of Geographical Knowledge
Gay Tourism in the United States
The New Middle Class and the Remaking of the Central City
The Internet in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center Attack
parts of the United States that would function in case of a national emergency when other methods of communication would be out of commission. The U.S. Defense Departments Advanced Research Projects Agency established ARPANET to link computers on the East and West coasts, as well as command centers in Utah and Illinois that could continue to communicate in the event of a nuclear attack. But it was over thirty years later on September 11, 2001, in…
Misguided policy initiatives in small-island destinations: Why Do Up-Market Tourism Policies Fail
Following the rhetoric of sustainability, many destinations have adopted policies aimed at attracting high spending visitors while limiting the further growth of mass package tourism. Drawing mainly from the experiences of small-island destinations, we question whether these policies are either environmentally or economically justifiable. Up-market tourists are few in number, prefer varied destinations and require luxury accommodations and facili…
Greater Boston: Adapting Regional Traditions to the Present . Sam Bass Warner, Jr.; Postcards of the Night: Views of American Cities . John A. Jakle; America's New Downtowns: Revitalization of Reinven…
Cities and Visitors: Regulating People, Markets, and City Space
Mobile Technologies and Youthful Exploration: Stimulus or Inhibitor
In this paper, an examination is made of how young people locate themselves in the world through using GPS-enabled mobile phones. Three research themes are explored. First, how GPS mobile phones encourage young people to explore new territory by providing both spatial information and a ‘lifeline’ to security. Secondly, how parental surveillance encourages or discourages exploration. Finally, how the accessibility of spatial data reduces the need …
The Urban Wisdom of Jane Jacobs
Community
The idea of community as a mutually supportive group has evolved from a primarily place‐based notion to one of shared interests with sometimes distant members staying in touch through newer communications technologies. Nevertheless, spatially located communities remain important for both governmental planning and local activists.
Geography (14 works) · Political science (13 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Economic geography (6 works) · Geography Education and Pedagogy (5 works) · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · History (4 works)