The Geographical Journal articles from June 2000

The Geographical Journal archives from June 2000

Geography in the United Kingdom 1996-2000.
June 1, 2000... Geography occupies an important place in the United Kingdom's system of Higher Education. In 1996-97, for example, the 103 Higher Education establishments that offered courses in Geography had 21 400 students registered in Honours programmes, a...

Changing regional climatic gradients in the United Kingdom.
June 1, 2000... The regional climatic gradient between the north-west and south-east of the United Kingdom is analysed in the context of the fluctuating vigour of the mid-latitude westerlies. The study period comprises the mid-twentieth century period of...

Historical Constraints on Slope Movement Age: a Case Study at Broadway, United Kingdom.
June 1, 2000... The Broadway area of the Cotswolds has been extensively investigated in an attempt to delineate areas of slope instability, including 'relict' landslides, which may have been initiated under periglacial climatic conditions. It is, therefore,...

Fishing and Farming at Lake Chad: Responses to Lake-level Fluctuations.
June 1, 2000... MARIE-TH[acute{E}]R[grave{E}]SE SARCH Lake Chad lies at the southern extreme of the Sahara Desert and is well known for large fluctuations in its surface area this century. Seasonal fluctuations, however, have received much less attention....

Fifty Years Ago.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Relevance is the old chestnut of Geography. Do we contribute to the theoretical debate whilst ignoring what is around us, or do we work on applications hoping that we might contribute to both theory and some wider altruistic good? Part of the...

Natural Hazards: Explanation and Integration.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Natural Hazards: Explanation and Integration. By GRAHAM A. TOBIN and BURRELL E. MONTZ. New York: Guilford Press, 1997, 388 pp., [pounds]18.95 (pbk). ISBN 1 57230 062 0 It is estimated that natural disasters, such as hurricanes, floods...

From Chiefs to Landlords: Social and Economic Change in the Western Highlands and Islands c. 1493-1820.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... From Chiefs to Landlords: Social and Economic Change in the Western Highlands and Islands c. 1493-1820. By ROBERT A. DODGSHON. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1998, 265 pp. [pounds]16.95 (pbk). ISBN 0 7486 1034 0 Robert Dodgshon...

Cultural Geography.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Cultural Geography. By MIKE CRANG. London: Routledge, 1998, 215pp. [pounds]10.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 415 14083 8 The rise in the popularity of cultural geography following the so called 'cultural turn' has been perhaps somewhat slow to...

Environmental Challenges in South-East Asia.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Environmental Challenges in South-East Asia. Edited by VICTOR T. KING. Richmond: Curzon, 1998, 410 pp. [pounds]45.00. ISBN 0700706151 This text is the result of the first conference held by the European Association of South-East Asian...

Remaking Reality: Nature at the Millennium.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Remaking Reality: nature at the millennium. Edited by BRUCE BRAUN and NOEL CASTREE. London: Routledge, 1998, 295 pp. [pounds]16.99 (pbk). ISBN 04151 4494 9 This book is a significant contribution to the theoretical debates surrounding...

Land-locked states of Africa and Asia.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Land-locked states of Africa and Asia. Edited by DICK HODDER et al. London: Frank Cass, 1998, 232 pp. [pounds]14.50 (pbk). ISBN 0 714 64371 8 This group of essays first appeared in a special issue of Geopolitics and international...

Fundamentals of Biogeography.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Fundamentals of Biogeography. By RICHARD HUGGETT. London: Routledge, 1998, 261 pp. [pounds]14.99 (pbk). ISBN 0415 15499 5 This textbook, aimed at those studying biogeography at an initial level, forms part of the Routledge Fundamentals...

Techniques in Human Geography.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Techniques in Human Geography. By JAMES M. LINDSAY. London: Routledge, 1997, 209 PP. [pounds]10.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 415 15476 6 The scope of this book is very wide-ranging. Herein there are both attractions and difficulties. On the...

Environmental Movements in Asia.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Environmental Movements in Asia. Edited by A.K ALLAND and G. PERSOON. Richmond: Curzon, 1998, 296 PP. [pounds]40.00 (pbk). ISBN 070070616 X In their opening chapter to this collection, Arne Kalland and Gerard Persoon note that the...

Women Pioneers For The Environment.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Women Pioneers For The Environment. By MARY JOY BRETON. London: Northeastern University Press, 1998, 129 pp. [pounds]25.50. ISBN 1 55553 365 5 This book is a captivating account of the role that women have played in environmental...

The Biosphere.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... The Biosphere, Second edition. By IAN K. BRADBURY. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons, 1998, 254 pp. [pounds]18.99(pbk). ISBN 0471 98549 X This book is written for students entering environmentally-focused degree programmes. It is meant to...

Regional Climates of the British Isles.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Regional Climates of the British Isles. Edited by DENNIS WHEELER and JULIAN MAYES. London: Routledge, 1997, 343 pp. [pounds]17.99 (pbk). ISBN 0415 139317 Despite the limited size of the British Isles, regional variations in climate...

The Dominican Republic, a Country between Rain Forest and Desert: Contributions to the Ecology of a Caribbean Island.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... The Dominican Republic, a Country between Rain Forest and Desert: Contributions to the Ecology of a Caribbean Island. By EBERHARD BOLAY. Weikersheim: Margraf Verlag, 1997, 456 PP., DM90 (pbk). ISBN 3 8263 1276 X What geographers claim...

Land Resources: on the edge of the Malthusian Precipice.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Land Resources: on the edge of the Malthusian Precipice. Edited by D.J. GREENLAND, P.J. GREGORY and P.H. NYE. Wallingford: CAB, 1997, 192 pp. [pounds]40.00. ISBN 0 851992358 A fundamental global issue is the continuing need to produce...

Ecosystem Management: Adaptive Strategies for Natural Resources Organisations in the 21st Century.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Ecosystem Management: Adaptive Strategies for Natural Resources Organisations in the 21st Century. Edited by JENNIFER ALEY, WILLIAM R. BURCH, BETH CONOVER and DONALD FIELD. London: Taylor and Francis, 1998, 193 pp. [pounds]20.95 (pbk). ISBN...

The Global Commons: An Introduction.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... The Global Commons: An Introduction. By SUSAN J. BUCK. London: Earthscan, 1998, 225 pp. [pounds]14.95 (pbk). ISBN 1 85383 563 3 The exploitation of the global commons is a relatively recent phenomenon as the technology to economically...

Snow.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Snow. By RUTH KIRK. Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 1999, 320 pp. $17.95. ISBN 0 295 977345 This title is actually a re-issue of the 1977 book, but one which incorporates a new Preface by the author. Despite its age, it has not...

Marine Tourism: Development, Impacts and Management.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Marine Tourism: Development, Impacts and Management. By MARK ORAMS. London: Routledge, 1999, 115 pp. [pounds]15.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 4151 3938 4 This a timely book, dealing as it does with the sea-based component of what has become the...

Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice.(Review)
June 1, 2000... Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice. By BENT FLYVBERG. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998, 170 pp. [pounds]13.50 (pbk). ISBN 0 2262 5451 8 For much of the post-war period, fuelled by a belief in the 'end of ideology',...

Dynamics of Regional Growth in Europe.(Review)
June 1, 2000... Dynamics of Regional Growth in Europe. By ANDRES RODRIGUEZ-POSE. Oxford: O.U.P. 1998, 256 pp. [pounds]45.00. ISBN 0 19 823383 3 This book focuses on the evidence of uneven regional economic development, and its causes, in the European...

The Geography of Tourism and Recreation: Environment, Place and Space.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... The Geography of Tourism and Recreation: Environment, Place and Space. By C.M. HALL and S.J. PAGE. London: Routledge, 1999, 309 pp. [pounds]15.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 415 16004 9 On commenting on the lamentable recognition of tourism and...

Nature Conservation in Britain: the formative years.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Nature Conservation in Britain: the formative years. By JOHN SHEAIL. London: The Stationery Office, 1998, 282 pp. [pounds]19.95 (pbk). ISBN 0 11 702308 6 Written to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Nature...

Ecosystems and Sustainable Development.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Ecosystems and Sustainable Development. Edited by J.L. USO, CA. BREBBIA and H. POWER. Computational Mechanics Publications. Southampton: Wessex Institute of Technology Press. 1998, 678 pp. [pounds]195. ISBN 1 85312 502 4 The title of...

Cities in civilization; culture, innovation and urban order.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Cities in civilization; culture, innovation and urban order. By PETER HALL. London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1998, 1169 pp. [pounds]30.00. ISBN 0 297 84219 6 This is a magnum opus in scope, breadth, even weight -- 2.08 kilogrammes....

The Economic Geography Reader: producing and consuming global capitalism.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... The Economic Geography Reader: producing and consuming global capitalism. Edited by JOHN BRYSON, NICK HENRY, DAVID KEEBLE and RON MARTIN. Chichester, Wiley, 1999, 481 Pp. [pounds]19.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 471 985 287 Recently, economic geography...

Obituary.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... SIR VIVIAN ERNEST FUCHS FRS 1908-1999 Sir Vivian's life almost spanned the century. At its beginning, Ernest Shackleton was establishing himself at Cape Evans on Ross Island. Shackleton was to get within 155 kilometers of the South Pole....