The Geographical Journal articles from December 2000

The Geographical Journal archives from December 2000

Current shortcomings of global mapping and the creation of a new geographical framework for the world.
December 1, 2000... The vast bulk of topographic mapping -- the geographical framework used to underpin many activities of the state and of business -- has been created and is maintained to national standards. As a consequence, what is available differs greatly...

Mapping Systems and GIS: A Case Study using the Ghana National Grid.
December 1, 2000... The problem of incompatible projections and conversion between mapping systems is of general concern to those involved in the collection of natural resources data. The Ghana National Grid (GNG) is an example of a mapping system that is not...

The spatial dynamics of foreign investment in the Pearl River Delta, south China.
December 1, 2000... The Pearl River Delta region in south China has experienced dramatic economic development, industrialization and urbanization since the late 1970s. Foreign investment, especially the capital from Hong Kong, has been one of the major driving...

Participatory Conservation? Community-based Natural Resource Management in Botswana.
December 1, 2000... This paper examines the complexities of participatory conservation through a case study of the process of participation in a government funded community-based natural resource management programme in Western Botswana. The paper argues that...

The Geography of Edible Insects in Sub-Saharan Africa: a study of the Mopane Caterpillar.
December 1, 2000... Entomophagy, the human consumption of insects, has not received significant attention in Western literature, despite the critical role which it plays as a protein supplement in many parts of the world. This paper explores the importance of...

Geomorphology of the eastern Badia basalt plateau, Jordan.
December 1, 2000... The eastern Badia of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is a landscape developed predominantly on late Tertiary and Quaternary basalt lava flows, which vary in age between 8.9 million and 0.1 million years. Pyroclastic deposits are associated with...

The Knowledge Arena: Approaching Agroforestry and Competing Knowledge Systems -- a Challenge for Agricultural Extension.(Review)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... The Knowledge Arena: Approaching agroforestry and competing knowledge systems -- a challenge for agricultural extension. By PER HILLBUR. Lund: Lund University Press, 1998, 198 pp., 238SEK (pbk). ISBN 91 7966 541 1 This volume is one...

Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture.(Review)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture. By D. HELD et al. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1999, 515 pp., [pound]16.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 7456 1499 X A thought-provoking textbook on the numerous political, economic, social and...

Maps as Prints in the Italian Renaissance: Makers, Distributors and Consumers.(Review)
December 1, 2000... Maps as Prints in the Italian Renaissance: Makers, Distributors and Consumers. By DAVID WOODWARD. London: The British Library, 1995, 127 Pp. [pound]16.00 (pbk). ISBN 0 7123 4502 7 This work is the publication of three lectures in the...

Introduction to Geodesy: the History and Concepts of Modern Geodesy.(Review)
December 1, 2000... Introduction to Geodesy: the History and Concepts of Modern Geodesy. By JAMES R. SMITH. New York: John Wiley, 1997, 224 pp., [pounds]32.50 (pbk). ISBN 0 471 16660 X Ask at random 'What is geodesy?' and the answer from the public is...

Framework for the World.(Review)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Framework for the World. Edited by DAVID RHIND. Cambridge: GeoInformation International, 1997, 325 pp. [pounds]45.00. ISBN 1 8624 2021 1 At first glance this seems to be yet another edited series of conference papers, in this case from...

Maps and Mapping of Africa: a Resource Guide.(Review)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Maps and Mapping of Africa: a Resource Guide. By JOHN MCILWAINE. London: Hans Zell Publishers, 1997, 391 pp. n.p. ISBN 1 873836 76 7 Maps and Mapping of Africa: a Resource Guide has an ambitious remit: it purports to cover 'Cartographic...

Maps and History: Constructing Images of the Past.(Review)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Maps and History: Constructing Images of the Past. By JEREMY BLACK. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997, 267 pp. n.p. ISBN 0 300 06976 6 Historical atlases, those depicting past spatial relationships, have played a significant...

Trading territories: mapping in the early modern world.(Review)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Trading territories: mapping in the early modern world. By JERRY BROTTON. London: Reaktion Books, 1997, 208 pp. [pound]22.50. ISBN 1 86189 011 7 The expansion of the literature on early mapping is a welcome feature of recent work...

OSKAR HERMANN KHRISTIAN SPATE 1911-2000.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
December 1, 2000... A great geographer of the twentieth century, Oskar Spate, died in Canberra on 29 May 2000. He retired as Professor in the Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, in December 1976. But in 'retirement' he undertook his...