Category: Horticulture

6-15 Mar 2009, Φ Japan

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6-15 Mar 2009, Japan – Invitation by Japanese Public Health Association

6 Mar 2009, Narita Airport -> Shinjuku Station  (one of the largest train stations of the world)

8 Mar 2009, Jogging (mit ”jogging map” des Hotels) um Cocoon Tower etc; Ueno Park, mit Museum of Western Art (incl. Claude); erste Kirschblüten

2009_03 Tokio (JP)
2009_03 Tokio (JP)

9 Mar 2009, Japan Public Health Association; Ministry of Health [08-73]

10 Mar 2009, National Institute for Public Health [08-85]; Asakusa-Tempel: Senso-Ji (ältester buddhistischer Tempel von Tokio), Ginza

11 Mar 2009, Tahito Health Center; per Shinkansen nach Kurume (in Fukuoka Anschlusszug verpasst) – Shinkansen = Netz von Hochgeschwindigkeitszügen, baulich getrennt von Nah- und Güterverkehr

12 Mar 2009, Kurume: Kurume University [09-15]; per Shinkansen nach Kobe

13 Mar 2009, Kobe: WHO Kobe Center [09-13]; per Shinkansen nach Kyoto

14 Mar 2009, Kyoto – Tokio

15 Mar 2009, Rückflug

4 Oct 1969, Birmingham: Lokal-geographische Exkursionen

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Birmingham: Lokal-geographische Exkursionen

4 Oct 1969, (A) A transect across the original site of Birmingham and part of the inner ring

  • Theme and purpose: To illustrate and examine some characteristics and problems of the innermost districts of a large city.
  • Route: Bull Ring – Digbeth – Floodgate St. – Fazeley St. – Heath Mill Lane – Hich Street Deritend – High Street – Bordesley – Camp Hill.
  • … River Rea … “The Crown Inn” … This fine half-timbered building is the only remaining example in the whole inner district which gives an indication of the Mediaeval character of Birmingham… (c. 1386) …
1969_10 Bull Ring Centre, Birmingham (UK)
1969_10 Birmingham (UK)
1969_10 Stratford Rd, Birmingham (UK)

8 Oct 1969, (B) The Cole Valley. A study of settlement and use

  • The River Cole “provided power for 13 watermills, and its tributaries served 8 or 9 more”.
  • River ford.
1969_10 The Crown Inn, Birmingham (UK)
1969_10_15 Rupert St., Nechells Green, Birmingham (UK)
1969_10_08 Ford near Trittiford Mill Pool, Birmingham (UK)

15 Oct 1969, (G) The Nechells Green Comprehensive Development Area (C.D.A.), Birmingham

  • Theme: The character of the Nechells Green C.D.A., and the concepts behind its structure.
  • Purpose: To investigate the problems facing high-density developments in the inner districts of industrial cities.

Lit.: The Birmingham Branch Geographical Association (1968): Selected geographical excursions and fieldwork projects in the West Midlands. Series: Field studies in the West Midlands, vol. 1