The Geographical Journal articles from December 2006

The Geographical Journal archives from December 2006

Good, bad or 'necessary evil'? Reinterpreting the colonial burning experiments in the savanna landscapes of West Africa.
December 1, 2006... Introduction Fire policy in West Africa has been the source of longstanding and sometimes violent conflict between rural populations and government agencies. Since the colonial era, governments have striven to reduce the amount of savanna...

Partnerships for protected area conservation in Rwanda.
December 1, 2006... Introduction The question of what constitutes best practice for biodiversity conservation in developing countries has generated vigorous debate in recent years. A spectrum of views abound, although it has become analytically convenient to...

'Science', representation and resistance: the Bt cotton debate in Andhra Pradesh, India.
December 1, 2006... Introduction Advocacy of transgenic crops for the global South is rooted in their purported superiority over conventional crops in providing nutritional and economic sustenance (Conway 2003; Juma 2003; Nuffield Council on Bioethics 2003;...

Population mobility and the survival of small farming in the Rio Grande Valley, Jamaica.
December 1, 2006... Introduction The impact of population mobility on agriculture has been the focus of much debate over the past two decades. A review of the literature reveals that there are essentially two major perspectives on the subject. One perspective...

Maami Waata's underwater kingdom; Perceptions of water in a changing hydrological and ecological context: the case of the logone flood plains in Cameroon.
December 1, 2006... Last year--2001--at the end of the rainy season an inhabitant of Maga--a village on the border of the lake artificially created in 1979 with the same name in the far North of Cameroon--went to the 'traditional healer' in a village...

Emrys Jones 1920-2006.(geographer)(Obituary)
December 1, 2006... Emrys Jones, who died on 30 August 2006 at the age of 86, was a pioneer social and urban geographer, whose classic work on Belfast and later books firmly established social geography in the UK. Born and schooled in Aberdare, in the Welsh...

S.A. Andree: The Beginning of Polar Aviation 1895-1897.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... S.A. Andree: the Beginning of Polar Aviation 1895-1897. By GUNTHER SOLLINGER Moscow: Russian Academy of Sciences and Institute for the History of Natural Sciences and Technology, 2005, 720 pp, ISBN 5 900078 42 7 The story of Salomon...

Into the Untravelled Himalaya--Travel, Treks and Climbs.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Into the Untravelled Himalaya--Travel, treks and Climbs. By HARISH KAPADIA New Delhi: Indus Publishing, 2005, 256 pp np ISBN 81 7387 181 7 The Himalaya have always lured the best adventurers of the world, from early explorers and...

Mount Everest: The Reconnaissance 1935, 'The Forgotten Adventure'.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Mount Everest, The Reconnaissance 1935: 'The Forgotten Adventure'. By TONY ASTILL Les Alpes Livres, Southampton, 2005, 359 pp [pounds sterling]30.00 ISBN 0 9549201 0 4 Available from author at alpes@supanet.com Tel: (44) (0) 2380293767...

Nitrate, Agriculture and the Environment.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Nitrate, Agriculture and the Environment. By T M ADDISCOTT Wallingford: CABI Publishing, 2005, 279 pp, ISBN 0 85199 913 1 This interesting and timely publication describes the state of knowledge of the sources and fates of nitrate in...

Climate Change in Contrasting River Basins: Adaptation Strategies for Water, Food and Environment.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Climate Change in Contrasting River Basins: Adaptation Strategies for Water, Food and Environment. Edited by JEROEN AERTS and PETER DROOGERS Oxfordshire: CABI, 2004, 288pp [pounds sterling]55.00 ISBN 0 85199 835 6 Existing climate...

City of Flows: Modernity, Nature, and the City.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... City of Flows: Modernity, Nature, and the City. By MARIA KAIKA London: Routledge, 2005, 200 pp [pounds sterling]16.99 paperback ISBN 0 415 94716 2 City of Flows is a valuable contribution to a growing body of literature seeking to...

Hard Labour: The Forgotten Voices of Latvian Migrant Volunteer Workers.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Hard Labour: The Forgotten Voices of Latvian Migrant Volunteer Workers. By LINDA MCDOWELL London: UCL Press, 2005, 219 pp [pounds sterling]26.00 paperback ISBN 1 84472 020 9 Linda McDowell's latest case study of a group of workers in...

Islands of Intensive Agriculture: Past and Present.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Islands of Intensive Agriculture: Past & Present. Edited by MATS WIDGREN and JOHN E G SUTTON Eastern African Studies, British Institute in Eastern Africa, Nairobi, and Stockholm University, Stockholm E.A.E.P. Nairobi, Mkuki na Nyota,...