The Geographical Journal articles from June 2005

The Geographical Journal archives from June 2005

A disappearing biome? Reconsidering land-cover change in the Brazilian savanna.
June 1, 2005... Introduction The Cerrado, a tropical savanna covering 22% of Brazil's territory or approximately 1.783 million [km.sup.2], has suffered significant human impacts during the past three decades (Figure 1). Today's globally significant...

Soil fertility management strategies on the Jos Plateau: the need for integrating 'empirical' and 'scientific' knowledge in agricultural development.
June 1, 2005... Introduction The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the debate about the integration of farmers' empirical knowledge in agricultural development, using a case study on soil fertility management strategies from the Jos Plateau of...

Seismic and volcanic hazards in Peru: changing attitudes to disaster mitigation.
June 1, 2005... Introduction Earthquakes, which together with droughts, floods and windstorms constitute the four principal categories of natural disaster in terms of losses, have claimed the lives of almost two million people since 1900. Over the same...

Annihilation of both place and sense of place: the experience of the Cheslatta T'En Canadian First Nation within the context of large-scale environmental projects.
June 1, 2005... Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey When wealth accumulates, and men decay Oliver Goldsmith 1770 ('The deserted village') Introduction Three decades ago, Sewell (1971) suggested that, in broad terms,...

Agribusiness and farmers in Mexico: the importance of contractual relations.
June 1, 2005... Introduction Recent changes in food consumption habits of people in developed countries have included a growing demand for a greater variety of value-added products, which, in turn, has given rise to greater sophistication in food...

Halford Mackinder's 'Heartland'--a Help or Hindrance?(Conference Report)
June 1, 2005... Tashkent, 2-3 December 2004 A century after their original publication, what is the significance of the geopolitical theories of Halford Mackinder? On 2-3 December 2004 the University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan...

Agrarian Change, Gender and Land Rights.(Book Review)
June 1, 2005... Agrarian Change, Gender and Land Rights. Edited by SHAHRA RAZAVI Blackwell: 2004, 296 pp. [pounds sterling]19.99 (pbk). ISBN 1 405 11076 7 This book provides a very useful consideration of the relationships between agrarian change,...

Dangerous Harvest: Drug Plants and the Transformation of Indigenous Landscapes.(Book Review)
June 1, 2005... Dangerous Harvest: Drug Plants and the Transformation of Indigenous Landscapes. Edited by MICHAEL STEINBERG, JOSEPH HOBBS and KENT MATHEWSON Oxford UP, 2004, 325 pp. [pounds sterling]25.00 (pbk). ISBN 0 19 514320 5 Psychoactive plants...

The Meaning of Water.(Book Review)
June 1, 2005... The Meaning of Water. By VERONICA STRANG Berg: Oxford, 2004, 320 pp. [pounds sterling]16.99 (pbk). ISBN 1 85973 753 6 In 'The Meaning of Water', Veronica Strang uses an ethnographic approach supplemented with broader literature to...

Isle of Fire: The Political Ecology of Landscape Burning in Madagascar.(Book Review)
June 1, 2005... Isle of Fire: The Political Ecology of Landscape Burning in Madagascar. By CHRISTIAN A KULL Chicago: UP, 2004, 322 pp. $25.00 (pbk). ISBN 0 226 46140 8 Challenging claims that fires are responsible for widespread deforestation,...

River Channel Management: Towards Sustainable Catchment Hydrosystems.(Book Review)
June 1, 2005... River Channel Management: Towards Sustainable Catchment Hydrosystems. By PETER W DOWNS and KENNETH J GREGORY Arnold, London, 2004, 395 pp. [pounds sterling]21.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 340 75969 0 This book is a welcome addition to the fold...

Southeast Asia: The Human Landscape of Modernization and Development, 2d ed.(Book Review)
June 1, 2005... Southeast Asia: The Human Landscape of Modernization and Development (2nd edition). By JONATHAN RIGG Routledge: London, 2003, 408 pp. [pounds sterling]20.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 415 25640 2 As Jonathan Rigg notes in the preface to this second...

The Russian Far East: A Reference Guide for Conservation and Development, 2d ed.(Book Review)
June 1, 2005... The Russian Far East: A Reference Guide for Conservation and Development (2nd Edition). By JOSH NEWELL Daniel & Daniel, McKinleyville, 2004, 466 pp. [pounds sterling]54.50. ISBN 1 88028 476 6 This is a much revised edition of the 1996...

Political Ecology: A Critical Introduction.(Book Review)
June 1, 2005... Political Ecology: a Critical Introduction. By PAUL ROBBINS Blackwell, Oxford, 2004, 242 pp. [pounds sterling]19.99 (pbk). ISBN 1 405 10266 7 I enjoyed reading this book. It is lucidly written and thoughtful and has two central aims....

Cumberland Island National Seashore: A History of Conservation Conflict.(Book Review)
June 1, 2005... Cumberland Island National Seashore: A History of Conservation Conflict. By LARY M DILSAVER London: University of Virginia Press, 2004, 323 pp. US$35.00. ISBN 0 981 39 2268 2 It has been twenty years since the first time I left...

Oil and Gas: Crises and Controversies 1961-2000: Europe's Entanglement, Studies and Commentaries, vol. 2.(Energy and Environment: Multiregulation in Europe)(Book Review)
June 1, 2005... Oil and Gas: Crises and Controversies 1961-2000 (Volume 2): Europe's Entanglement, Studies and Commentaries. By PETER R. ODELL Brentwood: Multi-Science, 667 pp. [pounds sterling]55.50 (pbk). ISBN 0 906522 18 8 Energy and Environment:...

Understanding Environmental Policy Processes: Cases from Africa.(Book Review)
June 1, 2005... Understanding Environmental Policy Processes: Cases from Africa. By JAMES KEELEY and IAN SCOONES London: Earthscan, 2003, 224 pp, [pounds sterling]17.95 (pbk). ISBN 1 85383 975 2 Since the late 1990s, there has been an explosion of...

The Vulnerability of Cities: Natural Disasters and Social Resilience.(Book Review)
June 1, 2005... The Vulnerability of Cities: Natural Disasters and Social Resilience. By MARK PELLING. London: Earthscan, 2003, 224 pp, [pounds sterling]17.95 (pbk). ISBN 1 85383 830 6 Pelling has provided another compelling argument against the...

The Global Casino: An Introduction to Environmental Issues, 3d ed.(Book Review)
June 1, 2005... The Global Casino: An Introduction to Environmental Issues (third edition). By NICK MIDDLETON London: Arnold, 2003, 433 pp, [pounds sterling]19.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 340 80949 3 The third edition of Nick Middleton's 2003 book on...