The Geographical Journal articles from December 2007

The Geographical Journal archives from December 2007

Critical perspectives on integrated water management.(Editorial)(Editorial)
December 1, 2007... Integrated water management (IWM) is a concept with a long history dating back to at least the early 1900s, when governments in many parts of the world first became interested in comprehensive development of land, water and other natural...

Learning about learning: lessons from public engagement and deliberation on urban river restoration.(Author abstract)(Report)
December 1, 2007... Introduction Public engagement in environmental decisionmaking has transcended scholarly encouragement to be widely supported by international and national policy (e.g. the Aarhus Convention; UNECE 1998). Engagement is argued to be the...

Integrated water resource management and institutional integration: realising the potential of spatial planning in England.(Report)
December 1, 2007... Introduction In its resolution 58/217, the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) declared 2005-15 as the International Decade for Action 'Water for Life' (UN 2005). This emphasis on water in international affairs reflects a growing...

Spatial planning, water and the Water Framework Directive: insights from theory and practice.(Report)
December 1, 2007... Introduction Land is a finite resource under strain from various often competing demands. These include social and economic pressures arising from the development of housing estates and transport infrastructure for example, and also the...

Operationalising sustainability science for a sustainability directive? Reflecting on three pilot projects.(Report)
December 1, 2007... Introduction Debates in the integrated water management (IWM) literature focus on the delivery of sustainable outcomes: improving the quality and quantity of water available for present/future generations and ecological functions. There is...

Scales and power in river basin management: the Chao Phraya river in Thailand.(Report)
December 1, 2007... Introduction Unlike other resources like minerals, oil or land, water resources are always in a flux, often hidden underground, sometimes changing in quality, always varying in quantity and timing. Because of the nature of the hydrological...

Natural and imposed injustices: the challenges in implementing 'fair' flood risk management policy in England.(Report)
December 1, 2007... Introduction Since the major floods of 1998 and 2000, flood risk management (FRM) in England has undergone a significant change in ideology. This change could not be more radical (Johnson et al. 2004 2005), from a strategy dominated by...

A home from home: from immigrant boy to English man.(Book review)
December 1, 2007... A home from home: from immigrant boy to English man. By GEORGE ALAGIAH London: Little Brown, 2006, [pounds sterling]17.99 (hbk), [pounds sterling]10.99, ISBN 0 316 73016 5 We have something in common: introduction to four commentaries...

Cultural Responses to the Volcanic Landscape: the Mediterranean and Beyond.(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Cultural Responses to the Volcanic Landscape: the Mediterranean and Beyond. Edited by MIRIAM S BALMUTH, DAVID K CHESTER and PATRICIA A JOHNSTON Boston: Archaeological Institute of America, Colloquia and Conference Papers 8, 2005, 345 pp....

Economics and Ecological Risk Assessment. Applications to Watershed Management.(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Economics and Ecological Risk Assessment. Applications to Watershed Management. Edited by RANDALL J F BRUINS and MATTHEW T HEBERLING Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2005, 446 pp. [pounds sterling]68.99 ISBN 978 1 5667 0639 1 The stated goal of...

Towards a New Map of Africa.(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Towards a New Map of Africa. Edited by BEN WISNER, CAMILLA TOULMIN and RUTENDO CHITIGA London: Earthscan, 2005, 352 pp. [pounds sterling]16.99 paperback ISBN 978 1 8440 7093 0 This book covers essential issues relating to the...

Tornado Alley: Monster Storms of the Great Plains.(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Tornado Alley: Monster Storms of the Great Plains. By HOWARD B BLUESTEIN Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, 192 pp. [pounds sterling]11.99 paperback ISBN 978 0 1953 0711 5 Tornadoes are the most extreme of all weather phenomena....

Sir Wally Herbert.(Obituary)
December 1, 2007... Walter William Herbert, who died on 12 June 2007 at the age of 72, was a polar explorer in the classic mould, an artist and a writer. Unusually for someone who felt at home in a tent, he excelled in all three fields. Happy to be known as Wally,...