The Geographical Journal articles from July 1999

The Geographical Journal archives from July 1999

Transformation and space in Central and Eastern Europe.
July 1, 1999... A decade has now passed since this author identified the vast swathe of territory lying between the former Iron Curtain dividing Central Europe on the west and the Pacific coast of Russia on the east as a 'global region in the melting pot'...

New geographies of post-socialist Europe.
July 1, 1999... The collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union between 1989 and 1991 led Fukuyama (1992) to declare 'the end of History' and Johnston (1994) to proclaim 'the ascendancy of Geography'. Whether or not either of these...

From glittering icon to ....(symbolisms in the so-called 'socialist city')
July 1, 1999... As the traveller by road or rail approaches Warsaw across what seems to be the endless flatness of the North European Plain, he or she is likely to notice a thin, pencil-like building on the horizon. It is immediately obvious, that this is a...

Representations of place: Albania.
July 1, 1999... This paper attempts to examine ways in which Albania and its changing fortunes have been represented, largely from a UK perspective, through images derived from academic sources and popular media. It examines three sets of image components of...

Tourist impact in the historic centre of Prague: resident and visitor perceptions of the historic built environment.
July 1, 1999... Prague, known as 'The City of a Hundred Spires', has a historic built environment which is internationally renowned for its quality and unique ambience. The central area comprises four towns. Hradcany, the castle district, is located at the top...

Changing the perception of the post-socialist city: place promotion and imagery in Lodz, Poland.
July 1, 1999... Place promotion involves the re-evaluation and re-presentation of place to create and market a new image for localities to enhance their competitive position in attracting or retaining resources (Ashworth and Voogd, 1990; Ward, 1998). However,...

Sustainable rural tourism in the Romanian Carpathians.
July 1, 1999... Romania has long been an important tourist destination, but under the communist system there was little scope for private enterprise. The rural areas were generally neglected and provision in the mountains was largely restricted to a few key...

Localities, natural resources and transition in Eastern Europe.
July 1, 1999... Nearly a decade of scholarly research in the transition countries' of the former Soviet bloc has produced, virtually ex nihilo, an enormous and complex literature on the many different aspects of transition. First wave treatments of...

Poland: the environment in transition.
July 1, 1999... The Polish economy was in a bad state after the Second World War. Many cities, including Warsaw and Wroclaw, had been reduced to rubble. Over six million Polish citizens had perished and much of the country's industrial capacity destroyed....

The environmental impact of transition - a case study of Moscow City.
July 1, 1999... The Soviet period produced a legacy of environmental degradation and pollution (see, for example, Pryde, 1991; Peterson, 1993). The desire to out-compete and out-produce the capitalist West combined with an aggressive attitude towards nature...

Marine Debris: Sources, Impacts and Solutions.(Review)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1999... By JAMES M. COE and DONALD B. ROGERS. New York: Springer, 1997, 432 pp. [pounds]49. ISBN 0 387 94759 0 This book is part of the Springer series on environmental management and chapters are based on invited contributions given at the Third...

The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the Twenty-First Century.(Review)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1999... By GORDON CONWAY. London: Penguin Books, 1997, 335 pp. [pounds]9.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 14 026616 X This book has emerged from the 1994 report Sustainable Agriculture for a Food Secure World compiled by a multinational team led by Gordon Conway,...

Coastal and Estuarine Management.(Review)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1999... By PETER W. FRENCH. London: Routledge, 1997, 251 pp. [pounds]15.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 415 13759 4 Writing a book on environmental management poses many problems for the author, as such management involves consideration of a diverse array of...

Salt Weathering Hazards.(Review)
July 1, 1999... By ANDREW GOUDIE and HEATHER MILES. Chichester: Wiley, 1997, 241 pp, [pounds]45.00. ISBN 0 471 95842 5 Salt weathering hazards is a study of the nature and effects of salt weathering in both the natural and anthropogenic world. The book...

The Rural Landscape.(Review)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1999... By JOHN FRASER HART. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998 401 pp. [pounds]30. ISBN 0 8018 5717 I John Fraser Hart writes clearly both for the novice and the expert. HIS account of rural landscapes is based on a lifetime of...

Rural Scotland Today: The Best of Both Worlds.(Review)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1999... By M. SHUCKSMITH, R. CHAPMAN and G.M. CLARK with S. BLACK and E. CONWAY. Aldershot: Avebury, 1996, 518 pp. [pounds]49.50. ISBN 1 8 5972 367 5 The title of this book is misleading, since it is in fact the full findings of a research report...