Man-made Resources Research Articles

Environmental Management within the Framework of Land Use Planning along the Mediterranean Coast of Israel

A multi-disciplinary team was commissioned by the Environmental Protection Service to prepare a statutory land use plan for the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Suitability for tourist and recreation development was assessed on the basis of geological, vegetation and landscape surveys. Five levels of intensity of development were defined for beach activities and four levels for visitor activities and accommodation in the hinterland. The allocation of level of development for each site along the Mediterranean coastline was checked in relation to resource sensitivity. The plan includes regulations for the protection of natural and manmade resources, for maximum visitor capacity, for beach services and accommodation, for the location of offshore structures and for development at river mouths,

Earth Resource Satellite Systems

The direct use of satellites is already beginning to have enormous influence on the development of civilisation in our world. An initial study of the benefits to be obtained for mankind by the use of satellites to survey the natural and man-made resources of the earth leads to the inescapable conclusion that this will undoubtedly be one of the major applications of satellite technology that will evolve in the next few years. It is only very few years ago that the real impact of this use of space became evident, but already in that period of time an extremely wide range of types of measurements and different use of such data has been examined and a considerable amount of experimental work been carried out both in earth terrestrial laboratory conditions and also using equipment orbiting in space. There is now a wealth of data on what is possible already and might be possible in this new field of endeavour. I shall attempt in this paper to summarise the main potentialities of different types of systems and try and relate some of the key elements of the satellites to the natural resources being observed.

An Index of Resources Development with Special Reference to Brazil

economic activity, a resources index will tell us something about the tools by which income is produced. For the productive capacity of an area is partly a function of the level of development of its several resources. And of particular relevance in this regard are the socalled secondary or man-made resources, such as manufacturing industry, agricultural land, transportation, cities, and technical skills. It is the combination of these and similar resources into

THE PEDIATRICIAN AND THE PUBLIC

I enclose a portion of an address, "Epilepsy Then, Now and A Century Hence," delivered at the Centenary of the Boston University School of Medicine. In the belief that the subject discussed will become increasingly timely, I request space for it in "The Pediatrician and the Public." Pediatricians occupy a strategic position with respect to genetics and childbearing and, because of their associations, pediatricians should be unusually youthful minded and forward looking. From our little Mount Pisgah we have gazed hopefully toward the Promised Land of Epilepsy Control. Now we must descend to the common plain of economics. Fruitful research in any field depends primarily on inspired minds, but money, with its supporting stable politico-economy, seems increasingly important. What will be the state of the world a century hence? Who or what threatens its stability? At the moment we fear the power of the fissured atom. We physicians envy atomic scientists with their billions to spend, and we feel superior because our labors do not engender fears of catastrophic destruction. And yet, what will people think of us a century hence? By then, we are told, the population of the earth, excessive with respect to its natural or man-made resources, will present a wider and more insoluble menace to peace and prosperity than the split atom. For this menace our profession will be chiefly to blame. Medical science and public health forces have wonderfully reduced the scourge of sickness and death; but the doubled life span means a doubled population—and, for the added portion of that span, economic unproductivity. A passion for prolonging all lives, including the genetically unfit (coupled with war's destruction of the fit), has violated nature's plans for humanity's improvement. Flattered for past achievements in prolonging life, we physicians ignore the complementary problem of excessive births. We see no danger and cry no alarms. Knowing most about human genetics and the physiology, endocrinology and psychology of reproduction, we nevertheless have not grappled seriously with the vast problems involved in widespread efforts towards the limitation and the genetic improvement of the human breed.