Many of the main towns of Borneo today, such as Sandakan, Jesselton, Kuching, Pontianak
and Balikpapan, are relatively young, having risen to importance as administrative centers …

A DISCUSSION OF THE relations between history and geography properly should commence
with a statement defining the two sciences. Since such definitions are never satisfactory, …

In view of the contrasts and divergent interests one may well ask whether there is any sense
in dealing with South East Asia as a regional unit. The first half of the 1940's may prove to …

Review" took advantage of the opportunity and invited Professor Innis to review some of the
recently putblished works in the field. In response he laid down a serious challenge to …

The geographer's concern with national character stems from his traditional interest in the
mutual relations be tween a people and their land. Each society perceives the habitat through …

FIG. I-Map showing the chief administrative divisions of the Netherlands Indies. In this article
the divisions are described simply as" provinces," though officially they have different …

The expenditures for general welfare formed about 17 per cent of the general Netherlands
Indies budget in recent years, but this figure alone is meaningless because a considerable …

The southwestern front, finally, consisting of two small, disconnected sectors in Yunnan
Province, has at present perhaps two or two and a half Japanese di? visions, probably not of full …

The analysis of the functions of urban places has received much, and increasing, attention
in the last thirty years. Sociologists, economists and geographers have been refining their …

Leo Waibel was born on February 22, I 888, in Kiitzbrunn Baden, where his father was a
teacher. When Leo was a boy, the family moved to Heidelberg. Here he visited the Gymnasium …