Nature tourism in the High Coast of Sweden The conditions for nature tourism in the form of kayaking in the High Coast of Sweden. The aim of this study was to investigate the conditions for nature tourism in the form of kayaking in the High Coast of Sweden. The work focused on examining: the impact of protected areas, logistics and security for the kayak activity, visible evidences from the last glacial period (Weichsel), isostatic uplift and coastal processes, and also time- and site specific environmental effects of kayaking. Three destinations were selected as the main investigation sites.   In a protected area there are regulations that limits activities that may be carried out. Protected areas also promote outdoor recreation as a main goal. Logistics and security risks were documented for possible starting locations and routes. The results showed that evidences of glacial processes, isostatic uplift and coastal processes were visible at all three destinations. Trysunda showed the greatest presence of traces/kilometer. However, Trysunda was surveyed by hiking which may have affected the results. Trysunda showed the largest number of evidences of coastal processes, which may depend on the high exposure of this island to wave energy. At all three destinations environmental effects were found as abrasion on the vegetation as well as the disturbance of birds.   The conclusion is that all three destinations represent good sites for the experience of distinct educational traces of glacial and postglacial processes. Furthermore, the study emphasizes that the kayaker should have some experience of previous kayaking. The kayaker can benefit from the free facilities established in the protected areas.

In the British Columbia Coast Mountains most dendroclimatological and dendroglaciological studies have focused on developing insights from tree‐ring sites located in the southern and central regions. By contrast relatively few studies have been conducted in the northwestern Coast Mountains, where exploratory studies reveal that significant climate‐radial growth relationships exist. The purpose of this study was to develop a proxy record of climate change from tree rings and to reconstruct the late Holocene glacial history of two outlet glaciers spilling eastward from th e Cambria Icefield. Dendroclimate investigations were conducted using mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) trees growing on three high‐elevation montane slopes. The three stands located along a 35 km transect cross date to form a master chronology for the region spanning 409 years (1596 to 2007 A.D.). Correlation analyses show that the radial growth of the regional tree‐ring chronology corresponds to variations in the mean June‐July‐August (JJA) air temperature. The relationship between the two variables was used to reconstruct mean JJA air temperature from 1680 to 2007 A.D.). The reconstruction illustrates warm and cool intervals that are synchronous ito those derived from other paleoenvironmental research in this region. The proxy record also highlights annual to inter‐decadal climate variability likely resulting from atmospheric‐ocean circulation patterns described by the El Niño‐Southern Oscillat ion and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. The late Holocene behaviour of White and South Flat glaciers was investigated using radiocarbon dating techniques, dendrochronological cross‐dating techniques and geomorphological analysis of sedimentary units within the White and South Flat glacier forefields. Evidence for a First Millennial Advance (FMA) cumulating around 650 A.D. and early Little Ice Age (LIA) advances at 1200 and 1400 A.D. were documented. These advances are contemporaneous with the late Holocene activity of glaciers throughout the region, suggesting coherent broad‐scale climate forcing mechanisms have influence glacial mass balance regimes over at least the last two millennia. The dendroclimatological and dendroglaciological findings of the study provide the first annually‐resolved climate record for the region and help to enhance our understanding of late‐Holocene glacier behaviour in the Cambria Icefield Area. The thesis documents the complex interactions between climate and the radial growth of mountain hemlock trees in the Pacific Northwest, and describes the role that long‐term climate variability played in glacier dynamics during the FMA and LIA. / Graduate

The purpose of this thesis was to examine the genetic structure of the North Yorkshire coast, comparing the traditionally insular fishing settlements to the surrounding rural populace. Specifically it was thought that the fishing villages might approximate the conditions of the stepping-stone model, which could then be tried and tested, and compared to alternative predictions of kinship from isonymy, Male-cot's migration matrix, and isolation by distance. The results showed that the fishing communities were highly endemic; high values of kinship were obtained and were in the order of those given for other isolates. The much more mobile rural settlements provided a marked comparison. Values of kinship predicted from the various models agreed quite well with the exception of the stepping-stone model. The violation of the assumption that migration did not occur between non-adjacent settlements was thought to be responsible for this.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2006. Graduate Programme in Social Anthropology. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 564-614). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:NR19768

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1971. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Santa Cruz, 1999. / Each plate reproduced in 4 sections. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 168-171).

Thesis (M.S. in Resource Planning and Management for International Defense) Naval Postgraduate School, June 1997. / Thesis advisor(s): Jansen, Erik ; Evered, Roger D. "June 1997." DTIC Descriptors: Colombia, Coast Guard, Matrix Theory, Stability, United States Government, Environments, Organizations, Strategy, Management, Models, Dynamics, Parameters, Navy, Theory, Theses, Surveys, Naval Operations, Culture. DTIC Identifiers: Maritime Operations, Strategic Management. Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-96).

Thesis--Helsingfors. / Bibliography: p. [102]-106.

Thesis (M.Sc.)--College of William and Mary. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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