The Geographical Journal articles from December 2003

The Geographical Journal archives from December 2003

Symbols, not data: rare trees and vegetation history in Mali.
December 1, 2003... The Geographical Journal, Vol. 169, No. 4, December 2003, pp. 295-312 Introduction Broad-scale generalized theories of landscape change such as desertification and allied concepts such as savannization have profoundly influenced...

Changing women's roles, changing environmental knowledges: evidence from Upper Egypt.
December 1, 2003... The Geographical Journal, Vol. 169, No. 4, December 2003, pp. 313-325 Introduction Despite the recognition for many years of the vital and pro-active economic contributions of women to household reproduction in developing countries...

Landscapes of change: socio-environmental interactions in developing areas.(Editorial)(Editorial)
December 1, 2003... The Geographical Journal, Vol. 169, No. 4, December 2003, pp. 326-327 'Landscapes of change: socio-environmental interactions in developing areas' is the result of a session organized by the Developing Areas Research Group of the RGS-IBG...

Archipelagos and networks: urbanization and water privatization in the South.(Industry Overview)
December 1, 2003... The Geographical Journal, Vol. 169, No. 4, December 2003, pp. 328-341 Introduction: privatization, commercialization, and water supply Private sector management of water supply systems is not a new phenomenon. The diversity of water...

Contrasting water management techniques in Tunisia: towards sustainable agricultural use.
December 1, 2003... The Geographical Journal, Vol. 169, No. 4, December 2003, pp. 342-357 Introduction Tunisia faces a serious water deficit caused by low annual rainfall, distributed unevenly over space and time, and increasing water demand (Beaumont...

State forestry and spatial scale in the development discourses of post-colonial Tanzania: 1961-1971.
December 1, 2003... The Geographical Journal, Vol. 169, No. 4, December 2003, pp. 358-369 Introduction As one of the best known examples of a socialist experiment in Africa, the history of Tanzania has been well studied and debated (Binen 1970; Cliffe...

Markets, ethnicity and environment in a vulnerable landscape: the case of small-scale vegetable production on the Jos Plateau, Nigeria, 1991-2001.
December 1, 2003... The Geographical Journal, Vol. 169, No. 4, December 2003, pp. 370-381 Introduction This paper is about the pressures of market forces and ethnic competition, and the tensions which arise as interactions between the two are played out...

Atlas of Cyberspace.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... Atlas of Cyberspace. By MARTIN DODGE and ROB KITCHIN London: Addison Wesley Longman, 2001, 268 pp. [pounds sterling]30.00. ISBN 0 201 74575 5 Map-making is central to the way geographers explore the world, but during the last 50 years, the...

Rural Regions in the EU: Exploring Differences in Economic Development.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Rural Regions in the EU: Exploring Differences in Economic Development. By IDA J. TERLUIN Utrecht: Netherlands Geographical Studies 289, 2001, 265 pp. Dfl 45.00 (pbk) ISBN 90 6809 324X Ida Terluin's research monograph addresses an...

Environmental Policy-Making in Britain, Germany and the European Union: The Europeanisation of Air and Water Pollution Control.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Environmental Policy-Making in Britain, Germany and the European Union: The Europeanisation of Air and Water Pollution Control. By RUDIGER K. W. WURZEL Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2002, 319 pp. [pounds sterling]45.00. ISBN 0 7190...

Global Environmental Outlook 3 (GEO-3): Past, Present and Future Perspectives.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Global Environmental Outlook 3 (GEO-3): Past, Present and Future Perspectives. Edited by UNEP London: UNEP and Earthscan, 2002, 446 pp. plus CD-ROM [pounds sterling]25.00 (pbk) ISBN 92 807 2087 2 The predecessor to this volume, GEO-2000,...

Volcanoes in Human History.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Volcanoes in Human History. By JELLE ZEILINGA DE BOER and DONALD THEODORE SANDERS Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002, 295 pp. [pounds sterling]19.95. ISBN 0 691 05081 3 Over the last decade a number of books have appeared that...

Critical Issues in Tourism: A Geographical Perspective (second edition).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Critical Issues in Tourism: A Geographical Perspective (second edition). BY GARETH SHAW and ALLAN M. WILLIAMS Oxford: Blackwell, 2001, 371 pp. [pounds sterling]16.99 (pbk) ISBN 0 631 22414 9 When Shaw and Williams published the first...

Internally Displaced People: A Global Survey (second edition).(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... Internally Displaced People: A Global Survey (second edition). GLOBAL IDP PROJECT and NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL London: Earthscan, 2003, 256 pp. [pounds sterling]19.95 (pbk) ISBN 1 85383 952 3 Worldwide there are 25 million internally...

A Geography of the Canadian Economy.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... A Geography of the Canadian Economy. By IAIN WALLACE Toronto: OUP, 2002, 265 pp. [pounds sterling]12.99 (pbk) ISBN 0 19 540773 3 This is an important book which fills a glaring void in the current literature on the contemporary...