The Geographical Journal articles from June 2001

The Geographical Journal archives from June 2001

Regional tourism and South-South economic cooperation.(Association of South-East Asian Nations)(Southern African Development Community)(Mercosur, South America)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... Regional tourism within developing countries is a growing phenomenon. Yet this aspect has been largely neglected in social science research as well as tourism planning. This paper highlights the general nature, scale and economic significance...

Containment and counter-containment: planner/community relations in conservation planning.
June 1, 2001... Critical analyses of public involvement in conservation projects in developing countries commonly point toward imbalances of power between project agencies and communities and the persistence of top-down patterns of decision-making. Taking an...

On the convergence of myth and reality: examples from the Pacific Islands.(Critical Essay)
June 1, 2001... Various (groups of) myths from the Pacific Islands are discussed. Generic groups considered are diluvian myths, myths involving abrupt subsidence, abrupt uplift, and simultaneous abrupt subsidence and uplift. Specific myths, recently validated,...

Economic development in tropical Africa from a geographical perspective: a comparative study of African economies.(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... Tropical Africa is often seen to have problem economies that are very much alike and suffer from the same development problems. This view is questioned in exploratory analyses of levels of wealth, spatial productivity, the structure of the...

Woodlands in England: an appreciation of Hilda Annie Wilcox.
June 1, 2001... In 1933 two maps reconstructing the woodlands of England were published by Hilda A. Wilcox: one of these, woodland 'deduced from early literature', is re-assessed in this paper. The distribution it shows is compared with a recently constructed...

Australia and New Zealand: Economy, Society and Environment.(Review)
June 1, 2001... Australia and New Zealand: Economy, Society and Environment. By GUY. ROBINSON, ROBERT J. LOUGHRAN and PAUL J. TRANTER London: Arnold, 2000, 391 pp. [pound]17.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 340 72033 6 Robinson, Loughran and Tranter have attempted a...

Global Environment Outlook 2000 - UNEP.(Review)
June 1, 2001... Global Environment Outlook 2000 - UNEP London: Earthscan, 1999, 398 pp. n.p. (pbk). ISBN 1 85383 588 9 This is an extremely useful, balanced, clearly written and well-illustrated overview of the state of the global environment at the...

Environment, Energy and Economy.(Review)
June 1, 2001... Environment, Energy and Economy. Edited by YOICHI KAYA and KEHCHI YOKOBORI. Tokyo: United Nations Press, 1997, 381 pp. $29.95 (pbk). ISBN 92 808 0911 3 Books based on Proceedings of conferences rarely achieve glowing reviews. This...

Perspectives on British Rural Planning Policy 1994-1997.(Review)
June 1, 2001... Perspectives on British Rural Planning Policy 1994-1997. By ANDREW W. GILG. London: Ashgate, 1999, 154 pp. [pound]35.00 ISBN 1 85972 641 0 Andrew Gilg prefaces his new book with his customary dedication to Scottish sporting...

Earth Surface Systems.(Review)
June 1, 2001... Earth Surface Systems. By JONATHAN D. PHILLIPS. Oxford, Blackwell Publishers, 1998, 180 pp. [pound]60.00 ISBN 1 55786 934 0 In reviewing a book one attempts to answer a set of questions that a potential reader/purchaser might ask. For whom...

Ecoviolence: Links Among Environment, Population, and Security.(Review)
June 1, 2001... Ecoviolence: Links Among Environment, Population, and Security. Edited by THOMAS HOMER-DIXON and JESSICA BUTT. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 1998, 238 pp. $16.95 (pbk). ISBN 0 8476 8870 4 Ecoviolence is based on recent work by the...

Environment and Philosophy.(Review)
June 1, 2001... Environment and Philosophy. By VERNON PRATT, with JANE HOWARTH and EMILY BRADY. London: Routledge, 2000, 175 pp. [pound]13.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 415 14511 2 This book adds to Routledge's substantial series of 'introductions to...

Rehabilitation of Rivers: principles and implementation.(Review)
June 1, 2001... Rehabilitation of Rivers: principles and implementation. Edited by LOUISE C. DE WAAL, ANDREW R.G. LARGE and P. MAX WADE. Chichester: Wiley, 1999, 331 PP. [pound]75.00 ISBN 0 4719 5753 4 This volume, as outcome of an international...

Urban Growth and Development in Asia. Volume 1: Making the Cities. Volume II: Living in the Cities.(Review)
June 1, 2001... Urban Growth and Development in Asia. Volume 1: Making the Cities. Volume II: Living in the Cities. Edited by GRAHAM P. CHAPMAN, ASHOK K. DUTT and ROBERT W. BRADNOCK. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999, 480 PP. and 503 pp. [pound]47.50 each ISBN 1...

The Hydrology of the Nile.(Review)
June 1, 2001... The Hydrology of the Nile. By J.V. SUTCLIFFE and Y.P. PARKS. Wallingford: IAHS Special Publication No. 5, 1999, 179 pp. n.p. (pbk). ISBN 1 901502 75 9 The two authors of this book have a combined total of over 65 years experience of...

Geological Hazards: Their assessment, avoidance and mitigation.(Review)
June 1, 2001... Geological Hazards: Their assessment, avoidance and mitigation. By FRED G. BELL. London: Spon, 1999, 648 pp. [pound]65.00 ISBN 0 419 16970 9 The impact of geohazards upon the human and physical environment has become a matter for...

Living with the Unexpected: Linking Disaster recovery to Sustainable Development in Montserrat.(Review)
June 1, 2001... Living with the Unexpected: Linking Disaster recovery to Sustainable Development in Montserrat. By ANIA K. POSSEKEL Berlin: Springer, 1999, 287 pp. [pound]65.00 ISBN 3 540 65709 6 Living with the Unexpected is an interesting attempt to...

People, Land and Water in the Arab Middle East: Environments and Landscapes in the Bilad ashSham.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... People, Land and Water in the Arab Middle East: Environments and Landscapes in the Bilad ashSham. By WILLIAM and FIDELITY LANCASTER. Amsterdam: Harwood, 1999, 458 pp. [pound]48.00 ISBN 90 5702 322 9 This book is the second in a series of...

The Random Spatial Economy and its Evolution.(Review)
June 1, 2001... The Random Spatial Economy and its Evolution. By LESLIE CURRY. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1998, 474 pp. [pound]49.50 ISBN 1 840 14 391 6 Let me first declare an interest in this book: I first became aware of Leslie Curry's work when he gave a...

Sustainable development in Central Asia.(Review)
June 1, 2001... Sustainable development in Central Asia. Edited by SHIRIN AKINER, SANDER TIDEMAN and JON HAY Richmond: Curzon, 1998, 239pp. [pound]40.00 ISBN 0 7007 0419 1 This book is an invaluable addition to the scant literature on environmental...

What ever happened to Development Geography?
June 1, 2001... From Rob Potter Professor of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London I suspect that I will not be the only person writing in respect of the review of British Geography produced by Thrift and Walling (GJ 2000 166 96-124), for...

Obituaries.(Obituary)
June 1, 2001... H. R. WILKINSON 1916-2000 Henry Robert ('Harry') Wilkinson, who died on 29 November 2000, belonged to a band of Liverpool University geographers that exercised a powerful influence on the development of Geography in British universities...