Michael R Williams
Biographic Data
| ID | 3786074 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael R Williams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael R |
| FAMILY NAME | Williams |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMS M R |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Adelaide |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1523-6353 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Setting a reference for wetland carbon: The importance of accounting for hydrology, topography, and natural variability
Wetland soils are a key global sink for organic carbon (C) and a focal point for C management and accounting efforts. The ongoing push for wetland restoration presents an opportunity for climate mitigation, but C storage expectations are poorly defined due to a lack of reference information and an incomplete understanding of what drives natural variability among wetlands. We sought to address these shortcomings by (1) quantifying the range of var…
The River Dragon Has Come!: Three Gorges Dam and the Fate of China's Yangtze River and Its People
In the ongoing courageous struggle of a relatively small group of Chinese to prevent the completion of the Three Gorges Dam in China, Dai Qing is the outspoken leader whose eloquent voice is always heard despite threats and intimidation by the Chinese authorities to silence it. Dai Qing, an investigative journalist and author with a wide audience in China and abroad, compiled this book of essays and field reports assessing the impact of the Three…
Who Invented the Computer: The Legal Battle that Changed Computing History (review)
Who Invented the Computer? The Legal Battle that Changed Computing History. By Alice Rowe Burks. Amherst, N.Y., and Oxford: Prometheus Books, 2002. Pp. 463. $35
Howard Aiken: Portrait of a Computer Pioneer, and: Makin' Numbers: Howard Aiken and the Computer (review)
Makin' Numbers: Howard Aiken and the Computer. Edited by I. Bernard Cohen and Gregory W. Welch. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1999. Pp. xvii+279; illustrations, tables, index. $40
Americans and Their Forests: A Historical Geography
Journal Article Americans and Their Forests: A Historical Geography. By Michael Williams. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. xxii + 599 pp. $49.50.) Get access Phillip Drennon Thomas Phillip Drennon Thomas Wichita State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 4, March 1991, Page 1325, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078271 Published: 01 March 1991
Americans and Their Forests: A Historical Geography
Neighborhood Organizing for Urban School Reform
Giving an overview of the sources of problems in urban schools, the schooling process itself, and the contemporary meanings of school reform, the author offers his theory of how neighbourhood organisations can bring about school reform
Beyond the Limits: "Flight Enters the Computer Age" at the National Air and Space Museum
Lately it appears to have become the fashion for exhibit reviewers to judge all museum exhibits by whether they show social relevance and are more concerned with the social and cultural history than with the technological properties and uses of the artifacts on display. The impulse to demonstrate that all the technological advances of our society have deep dark cultural ramifications, while laudable in some subject areas, is often ridiculous in s…
A History of Computing Technology
Two Models of Community Organizing
Life Change Stress, Psychiatric Symptoms, and Natural Killer Cell Activity
Previous research has linked stress with adverse health change; however, the immunologic mechanisms mediating these changes remain poorly understood. To test whether "stress" was associated with alterations in cell-mediated immunity, we examined the correlations of self-reported life change stress (LCS) and psychiatric symptoms with natural killer cell activity (NKCA) among 114 healthy undergraduate volunteers. Although the bivariate correlation …
Planned and unplanned changes in the marginal lands of South Australia
A major scheme for restructuring the rural landscape was implemented in the drought and erosion prone margins of wheat cultivation in South Australia between 1939 and 1961. It was a planned abandonment of farms by halving the number of holdings and doubling the size of the remainder. The origins and working of the Marginal Lands Scheme are examined and an appraisal made of its geographical impact on the Murray Mallee region of South Australia. Si…
Stability and Simplicity in Rural Areas: The Example of the Pinnaroo District of South Australia
crisis'. These changes in rural settlement have received little attention from geographers, largely, one would guess, because it is deeply embedded in the geographical mind that rural settlement is characterized by simplicity and stability, particularly when compared with urban settlement. Yet, there is great complexity in the rural landscape. Instances of these assumptions of oversimplification are many. For example, the farm is often considered…
Stability and Simplicity in Rural Areas: The Example of the Pinnaroo District of South Australia
crisis'. These changes in rural settlement have received little attention from geographers, largely, one would guess, because it is deeply embedded in the geographical mind that rural settlement is characterized by simplicity and stability, particularly when compared with urban settlement. Yet, there is great complexity in the rural landscape. Instances of these assumptions of oversimplification are many. For example, the farm is often considered…
Planned and unplanned changes in the marginal lands of South Australia
A major scheme for restructuring the rural landscape was implemented in the drought and erosion prone margins of wheat cultivation in South Australia between 1939 and 1961. It was a planned abandonment of farms by halving the number of holdings and doubling the size of the remainder. The origins and working of the Marginal Lands Scheme are examined and an appraisal made of its geographical impact on the Murray Mallee region of South Australia. Si…
Stability and Simplicity in Rural Areas: The Example of the Pinnaroo District of South Australia
crisis'. These changes in rural settlement have received little attention from geographers, largely, one would guess, because it is deeply embedded in the geographical mind that rural settlement is characterized by simplicity and stability, particularly when compared with urban settlement. Yet, there is great complexity in the rural landscape. Instances of these assumptions of oversimplification are many. For example, the farm is often considered…
Planned and unplanned changes in the marginal lands of South Australia
A major scheme for restructuring the rural landscape was implemented in the drought and erosion prone margins of wheat cultivation in South Australia between 1939 and 1961. It was a planned abandonment of farms by halving the number of holdings and doubling the size of the remainder. The origins and working of the Marginal Lands Scheme are examined and an appraisal made of its geographical impact on the Murray Mallee region of South Australia. Si…
Two Models of Community Organizing
Life Change Stress, Psychiatric Symptoms, and Natural Killer Cell Activity
Previous research has linked stress with adverse health change; however, the immunologic mechanisms mediating these changes remain poorly understood. To test whether "stress" was associated with alterations in cell-mediated immunity, we examined the correlations of self-reported life change stress (LCS) and psychiatric symptoms with natural killer cell activity (NKCA) among 114 healthy undergraduate volunteers. Although the bivariate correlation …
Neighborhood Organizing for Urban School Reform
Giving an overview of the sources of problems in urban schools, the schooling process itself, and the contemporary meanings of school reform, the author offers his theory of how neighbourhood organisations can bring about school reform
Beyond the Limits: "Flight Enters the Computer Age" at the National Air and Space Museum
Lately it appears to have become the fashion for exhibit reviewers to judge all museum exhibits by whether they show social relevance and are more concerned with the social and cultural history than with the technological properties and uses of the artifacts on display. The impulse to demonstrate that all the technological advances of our society have deep dark cultural ramifications, while laudable in some subject areas, is often ridiculous in s…
A History of Computing Technology
Americans and Their Forests: A Historical Geography
Journal Article Americans and Their Forests: A Historical Geography. By Michael Williams. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. xxii + 599 pp. $49.50.) Get access Phillip Drennon Thomas Phillip Drennon Thomas Wichita State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 4, March 1991, Page 1325, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078271 Published: 01 March 1991
Americans and Their Forests: A Historical Geography
Howard Aiken: Portrait of a Computer Pioneer, and: Makin' Numbers: Howard Aiken and the Computer (review)
Makin' Numbers: Howard Aiken and the Computer. Edited by I. Bernard Cohen and Gregory W. Welch. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1999. Pp. xvii+279; illustrations, tables, index. $40
Who Invented the Computer: The Legal Battle that Changed Computing History (review)
Who Invented the Computer? The Legal Battle that Changed Computing History. By Alice Rowe Burks. Amherst, N.Y., and Oxford: Prometheus Books, 2002. Pp. 463. $35
The River Dragon Has Come!: Three Gorges Dam and the Fate of China's Yangtze River and Its People
In the ongoing courageous struggle of a relatively small group of Chinese to prevent the completion of the Three Gorges Dam in China, Dai Qing is the outspoken leader whose eloquent voice is always heard despite threats and intimidation by the Chinese authorities to silence it. Dai Qing, an investigative journalist and author with a wide audience in China and abroad, compiled this book of essays and field reports assessing the impact of the Three…
Setting a reference for wetland carbon: The importance of accounting for hydrology, topography, and natural variability
Wetland soils are a key global sink for organic carbon (C) and a focal point for C management and accounting efforts. The ongoing push for wetland restoration presents an opportunity for climate mitigation, but C storage expectations are poorly defined due to a lack of reference information and an incomplete understanding of what drives natural variability among wetlands. We sought to address these shortcomings by (1) quantifying the range of var…
Geography (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · History (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · American Environmental and Regional History (2 works) · Archaeology and Natural History (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Economic geography (2 works) · Education Systems and Policy (2 works)