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fOUSH A C A O E W T 9F SCIENCES GEOGRAPHIA POLONICA Editorial Bosrd STANISŁAW LESZCZYCKI (EOfTOR-IN-GHIEF) KAZIMIERZ DZIEWOŃSKI, JERZY KOSTROWICKI PIOTR KORGELLI, JANUSZ PASZYŃSKI TERESA LIJEWSKA (SECRETARY) Address of Editorial Roard KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEŚCIE 30 00-927 WARSZAWA POLANO Printed in Poland http://rcin.org.pl POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES INSTITUTE OF 6E06RAPHY GEOGRAPHIA POLONICA 34 PWN — Polish Scientific Publishers • Warszawa 1976 http://rcin.org.pl APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF MAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANGLO-POLISH GEOGRAPHICAL SEMINAR TORUŃ, SEPTEMBER 1974 Edited by ERIC H. BROWN AND RAJMUND GALON http://rcin.org.pl CONTENTS List of Participants 5 Report of the Meeting 7 Introductory Remarks of Professors R. Galon and E. H. Brown 9 V. Gardiner: Land evaluation and the numerical delimitation of natural regions 11 Tadeusz Bartkowski: Terrain types considered as working information surf- ace units 31 Eugeniusz Gil and Leszek Starkel: Complex physico-geographical investigations and their importance for economic development of the Flysh Carpathian area 47 Rajmund Galon: On the elaboration of detailed physico-geographical maps: the case of the Polish Lowland 63 Zdzisław Czeppe: Mapping of the geographical environment in the West Car- pathians 69 Ivan P. Jolliffe: Man's impact on the coastal environment 73 Ryszard Czarnecki and Irena Maria Grzybowska: The changes in the landscape caused by man's activity in the Sandomierz district 91 Ai. C. R. Edgell and E. H. Brown: The nature and perception of the bushfire hazard in Southeastern Australia 99 David Ingle Smith: Limestone hydrology and its relevance to applied geography 119 |Anna Kowalska: The influence of river regulation and land drainage upon water conditions within the Sandomierz Basin 133 Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell: The effect of flood damage on land use planning 139 Ken J. Gregory: Drainage basin adjustments and man 155 Zofia Churska: Tentative evaluation of the intensity of soil erosion as determin- ed by natural conditions and type of land use. A case study of the valleys of the Drwęca and the lower Vistula 175 Keith Clayton: Coastal defence policy on the East Anglian Coast 195 Michael F. Thomas: Purpose, scale and method in land resource surveys . 207 Roger S. Crofts: Geomorphological inputs into the planning process: case stu- dies in Scotland 225 Władysław Niewiarowski: Some problems in the evaluation of the natural envir- onment for the demands of tourism and recreation: A case study of the Bydgoszcz Region 241 Jadwiga Warszyńska: An evaluation of the resources of the natural environ- ment for tourism and recreation 255 Henryk Dubaniewicz: An appraisal of the natural environment of the Łódź Region for the needs of economic development and recreation .... 265 Janusz Czerwiński: Problems of protecting the natural environment against the background of the economic development of Lower Silesia 273 I. G. Simmons: Protection and development in the national parks of England and Wales: the role of the physical environment 279 http://rcin.org.pl http://rcin.org.pl LIST OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE FIFTH ANGLO-POLISH SEMINAR GREAT BRITAIN Professor E. H. Brown, University College London Professor K. M. Clayton, University of East Anglia, Norwich Mr. R. S. Crofts, Scottish Economic Planning Department, Edinburgh Dr. V. Gardiner, Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry Dr. K. J. Gregory, University of Southampton Dr. I. P. Jolliffe, Bedford College, London Dr. E. C. Penning-Rowsell, Middlesex Polytechnic, London Dr. I. G. Simmons, University of Durham Dr. D. I. Smith, Australian National University, Canberra Dr. M. F. Thomas, University of St. Andrews POLAND Professor R. Galon, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń Professor' K. Dziewoński, Institute of Geography, Polish Academy of Scien- ces, Warsaw Professor T. Bartkowski, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań Professor J. Paszyński, Institute of Geography, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw Professor L. Starkel, Institute of Geography, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow Professor W. Niewiarowski, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń Professor J. Szupryczyński, Institute of Geography, Polish Academy of Sciences, Toruń Dr. habil. L. Baraniecki, Wrocław University Dr. Z. Churska, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń Dr. habil. Z. Czeppe, Jagellonian University, Cracow Dr. J. Czerwiński, Wrocław University Dr. H. Dubaniewicz, Łódź University Mr. E. Gil, Institute of Geography, Polish Academy of Sciences, Szymbark Mrs. I. M. Grzybowska, Warsaw University Dr. habil. A. Kowalska, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin Dr. habil. J. Warszyńska, Jagellonian University, Cracow Dr. E. Wiśniewski, Institute of Geography, Polish Academy of Sciences, Toruń http://rcin.org.pl http://rcin.org.pl REPORT OF THE MEETING The Fifth Anglo-Polish Seminar organized by the Institute of Geography of the Polish Academy of Sciences in co-operation with the Institute of British Geographers, was held from 24th to 29th September 1974. The sessions held in Toruń at the Institute of Geography of the University of Nicolaus Copernicus, were followed by scientific excursions. In this meeting ten geographers from Great Britain and fifteen from Poland took part. The chairman of the British group was Professor Eric H. Brown (London) and the Polish group was led by Professor R. Galon (Toruń). Organizers of the Seminar were Professor R. Galon, Professor J. Szupryczyński and Dr. E. Wiśniewski. During the Seminar 23 papers were delivered in 6 sessions, each chaired by a different participant. The Seminar was inaugurated by Professor K. Dziewoński (Warsaw) who also read a letter to the participants of the Seminar from Professor S. Lesz- czycki, Director of the Institute of Geography, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, who unfortunately was unable to be in Toruń for the opening. Intro- ductory speeches were then made by Professor R. Galon in the name of the; organizers, and by Professor E. H. Brown as Chairman of the British group. Papers were followed by questions and discussions. A general discussion on the subjects touched upon during the seminar, and the possibility of further bilateral work by Anglo-Polish Seminars led on 26th September to the adoption of the following resolution: The participats in the Fifth Anglo-Polish Seminar 1974 wish to make the following recommendations to the Institute of Geography of the Polish Acade- my of Sciences and the Institute of British Geographers: 1. That the papers presented to the Seminar be published in a special issue of "Geographia Polonica", 2. The Anglo-Polish geographical Seminars, having been and continuing to be of great mutual benefit to the geographers of both countries, should be followed by a further seminar held in the United Kingdom, 3. That it be held either before or after the INQUA Congress to be held in Birmingham in August 1977, 4. That the theme of the next seminar should again cover the field of phys- ical geography, with special reference to the relation of contemporary environ- ments to those of Quaternary times. On 27th September the participants led by Professor J. Szupryczyński took part in an excursion to the reservoir of Włocławek to familiarise themselves with studies concerning slope processes induced in the Dobrzyń region on the valley flanks by ponding of the Vistula river. The studies are being carried out by the Department of Physiography of the Institute of Geography of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Toruń. The principal guide was Mr. M. Banach. On the next day (28th September) there began an excursion to the coast via the Pomeranian Lake District. On the way Professor W. Niewiarowski (Toruń) http://rcin.org.pl 8 REPORT OF THE MEETING demonstrated in Chełmno an evaluation of the physiography of the area of this town for planning purposes. In Grudziądz, on one of the moraine hills in the bottom of the Grudziądz basin, Dr. Z. Churska (University of Toruń) demon- strated the studies made by an investigation team dealing with a physiographic- al evaluation of the valley basin with special reference to the prevention of soil erosion. Dr. E. Drozdowski (Institute of Geography of the Polish Academy of Sciences) outlined the geological structure of the Grudziądz basin and the possibilities of utilizing the local mineral resources. The next stop was at the Limnological Station of Gdańsk University in Borucino in the Kashubian Lake District, where Dr. J. Szukalski (Institute of Geography of Gdańsk University) reported on his geomorphological and hydro- graphical work for the Kashubian National Park and outlined the work of the Hydrographical Station in Borucino. On the last day (29th September), in the course of the trip along the Gdańsk coast, Dr. J. Szukalski characterized the physiography of the area of Gdańsk agglomeration from the point of view of urban planning in this area. On the cliff coast at Redlowo Mrs. I. Semrau gave some information about coastal processes, and during a short visit in the Maritime Institute in Gdańsk she also spoke about problems of coast protection. Lastly in the Regional Planning Office in Gdańsk Mr. J. Szczepkowski presented problems of town planning in the urban-industrial agglomeration along Gdańsk Bay. http://rcin.org.pl INTRODUCTORY REMARKS OF PROFESSORS R. GALON AND E. H. BROWN The Fifth Anglo-Polish Geographical Seminar is devoted to one of the most vital contemporary problems in geography, namely the interrelations between the geographical environment and man's life and work. Never before has so much been written and spoken about the
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