The Great Lakes Geographer, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2001 41 Prior to the 1990s, Union Township, located near the geographic center of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula (Figure 1), was experiencing predictable, if unspectacular growth. That began to change when several championship golf courses opened, along with the Soaring Eagle Casino. New service industries such as restaurants, hotels, and gas stations open...

An epidemiological survey of clonorchiasis was conducted at Panqiao township of Yangxin County of Hubei Province from June to November, 1993. The positive rate of cercaria in the body of intermediate hosts, Parafossarulus stratulus and Alocinma longicornis was 12.25% and 3.84% respectively. Positive rates of metacercariae in the bodies of Pseudonaphona parva was 48.15%, Ctenopharyngodon idellus...

Recently, the spatial contradiction in rural construction has intensified. Production–living–ecological (PLE) spaces, as important load-bearing patterns of revitalization, have become a research focus territorial space planning. Because lack studies on scale and accuracy at township level PLE objective this study is to quantify subfunctional functional areas weigh relationship between functions...

the incidence of brucellosis has been increased in recent years. this imposes many economical and health related problems among rural and tribe people. khuzestan province is in low infected range of iran provinces. we reviewed the epidemiological, clinical and demographical specialty of patient referred to health centers and laboratories of andimeshk township in year 2006. medical records of 50...

This paper aims to assess the relationship between COVID-19 pandemic and South African township economy in King William’s town, Africa. The research methodology utilized a descriptive cross-sectional (survey) design. population included micro small business owners or managers Williams Town, Random sampling technique was used sample 210 participants. data were collected from owners/managers of b...