Travel Around the Pacific Rim
Author : Arnie Weissmann
Publisher :
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 30,98 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Tourism
ISBN : 9780945305521
Author : Arnie Weissmann
Publisher :
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 30,98 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Tourism
ISBN : 9780945305521
Author : Pacific Rim Institute of Tourism
Publisher :
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 42,81 MB
Release : 1992
Category :
ISBN : 9781896000206
Author : Colin Michael Hall
Publisher :
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 17,53 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Tourism in the Pacific Rim is the first book to provide a coherent picture of international tourism in the Asia-Pacific region. Countries included in the book are Japan; China; North East Asia comprising South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong; the ASEAN nations of Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, The Philippines, Singapore and Thailand; Australia and New Zealand; and the microstates of the South Pacific.
Author : Yongxian Zhang
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 25,34 MB
Release : 2017-12-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319715658
This is the first of two volumes devoted to earthquakes and multi-hazards around the Pacific Rim. The circum-Pacific seismic belt is home to roughly 80% of the world’s largest earthquakes, making it the ideal location for investigating earthquakes and related hazards such as tsunamis and landslides. Gathering 16 papers that cover a range of topics related to multi-hazards, the book is divided into three sections: earthquake physics, earthquake simulation and data assimilation, and multi-hazard assessment and earthquake forecasting models. The first section includes papers on laboratory-derived rheological parameters as well as seismic studies in the Gulf of California and China. In turn, the second section includes papers on improvements in earthquake simulators as well as the statistical methods used to evaluate their performance, automated methods for determining fault slip using near-field interferometric data, variabilities in earthquake stress drops in California, and the use of social media data to supplement physical sensor data when estimating local earthquake intensity. The final section includes a paper on probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment, several papers on time-dependent seismic hazard analysis around the Pacific Rim, and a paper on induced and triggered seismicity at the Geysers geothermal field in California. Rapid advances are being made in our understanding of multi-hazards, as well as the range of tools used to investigate them. This volume provides a representative cross-section of how state-of-the-art knowledge and tools are currently being applied to multi-hazards around the Pacific Rim. The material here should be of interest to scientists involved in all areas of multi-hazards, particularly seismic and tsunami hazards. In addition, it offers a valuable resource for students in the geosciences, covering a broad spectrum of topics related to hazard research.
Author : Michael Palin
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 18,31 MB
Release : 2000-05-05
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780312194550
A memoir of the author's exploration of the Pacific Rim includes description of Tierra del Fuego, New Zealand, Australia, and other exotic locales.
Author : Colin Michael Hall
Publisher :
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 14,94 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Tourism
ISBN : 9780582812451
Tourism in the Pacific Rim provides a coherent picture of tourism in the Asia-Pacific region, with each country analysed in terms in of the significance of its tourism industry.
Author : Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. Staff
Publisher : Fodor's
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 24,52 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Asia, Southeastern
ISBN :
With descriptions and features on the most important trade areas and business centers of the Pacific Rim, this guide provides the business traveler with the assistance he needs to find his way around such areas as Tokyo, Jakarta, Seoul, Kuala Lupur, Manila, Sydney, Beijing, and 11 more cities in the Far East and Australia. 41 pages of maps.
Author : Yizhao Yang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 942 pages
File Size : 14,85 MB
Release : 2022-03-17
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1000532496
This handbook addresses a growing list of challenges faced by regions and cities in the Pacific Rim, drawing connections around the what, why, and how questions that are fundamental to sustainable development policies and planning practices. These include the connection between cities and surrounding landscapes, across different boundaries and scales; the persistence of environmental and development inequities; and the growing impacts of global climate change, including how physical conditions and social implications are being anticipated and addressed. Building upon localized knowledge and contextualized experiences, this edited collection brings attention to place-based approaches across the Pacific Rim and makes an important contribution to the scholarly and practical understanding of sustainable urban development models that have mostly emerged out of the Western experiences. Nine sections, each grounded in research, dialogue, and collaboration with practical examples and analysis, focus on a theme or dimension that carries critical impacts on a holistic vision of city-landscape development, such as resilient communities, ecosystem services and biodiversity, energy, water, health, and planning and engagement. This international edited collection will appeal to academics and students engaged in research involving landscape architecture, architecture, planning, public policy, law, urban studies, geography, environmental science, and area studies. It also informs policy makers, professionals, and advocates of actionable knowledge and adoptable ideas by connecting those issues with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. The collection of writings presented in this book speaks to multiyear collaboration of scholars through the APRU Sustainable Cities and Landscapes (SCL) Program and its global network, facilitated by SCL Annual Conferences and involving more than 100 contributors from more than 30 institutions. The Open Access version of chapters 1, 2, 4, 11, 17, 23, 30, 37, 42, 49, and 56 of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003033530, have been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
Author : Timothy Gray
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 50,91 MB
Release : 2006-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1587296667
In Gary Snyder and the Pacific Rim, Timothy Gray draws upon previously unpublished journals and letters as well as his own close readings of Gary Snyder's well-crafted poetry and prose to track the early career of a maverick intellectual whose writings powered the San Francisco Renaissance of the 1950s and 1960s. Exploring various aspects of cultural geography, Gray asserts that this west coast literary community seized upon the idea of a Pacific Rim regional structure in part to recognize their Orientalist desires and in part to consolidate their opposition to America's cold war ideology, which tended to divide East from West. The geographical consciousness of Snyder's writing was particularly influential, Gray argues, because it gave San Francisco's Beat and hippie cultures a set of physical coordinates by which they could chart their utopian visions of peace and love.Gray's introduction tracks the increased use of “Pacific Rim discourse” by politicians and business leaders following World War II. Ensuing chapters analyze Snyder's countercultural invocation of this regional idea, concentrating on the poet's migratory or “creaturely” sensibility, his gift for literary translation, his physical embodiment of trans-Pacific ideals, his role as tribal spokesperson for Haight-Ashbury hippies, and his burgeoning interest in environmental issues. Throughout, Gray's citations of such writers as Allen Ginsberg, Philip Whalen, and Joanne Kyger shed light on Snyder's communal role, providing an amazingly intimate portrait of the west coast counterculture. An interdisciplinary project that utilizes models of ecology, sociology, and comparative religion to supplement traditional methods of literary biography, Gary Snyder and the Pacific Rim offers a unique perspective on Snyder's life and work. This book will fascinate literary and Asian studies scholars as well as the general reader interested in the Beat movement and multicultural influences on poetry.
Author : Elaine Raynolds
Publisher : Tate Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 37,41 MB
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1622955552
Committed to seeing the world, Elaine Raynolds and her husband, Arthur, embarked on yet another world tour, a Pacific cruise, visiting Japan, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji, Western Samoa, and Hawaii. Beginning their journey with a train ride from North Carolina to Seattle, Elaine and Arthur carefully filled their suitcases and boxes with all they would need for their eighty-day trip. Packed with photos, Journey to the Pacific Rim offers a delightful portrait of one couple's cruise across the date line into varied locales. From the nightly entertainment aboard the ship to encounters with koalas and kangaroos, Elaine Raynolds saw it all. Discover the world of the Journey to the Pacific Rim through the journals of a world traveler.