The Geographical Journal articles from June 2008

The Geographical Journal archives from June 2008

Value chains and the geographies of wine production and consumption.(Editorial)
June 1, 2008... The controversial 2004 film, Mondovino, directed by Jonathan Nossiter, set out to explore the pressures between the global and the local in a wine industry that Nossiter saw as increasingly being globalised. Indeed Nossiter created a film that...

UK retail concentration, Chilean wine producers and value chains.(Report)
June 1, 2008... Introduction McMichael (1996) argued that the events of the 1980s and early 1990s in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Latin America and East Asia were of such import that 'the development project', evident since post-Second World War...

Negotiating partnerships, understanding power: doing action research on Chilean Fairtrade wine value chains.(Report)
June 1, 2008... Introduction In 2007, sales of certified Fairtrade products in the UK grew by 81% to reach [pounds sterling]493 million (Fairtrade Foundation 2007a). All major UK supermarkets now offer fairly traded products. Consumer research shows that...

Regional dynamics in the globalising wine industry: the case of Marlborough, New Zealand.(Report)
June 1, 2008... Introduction The recent growth of the New Zealand wine industry has rested heavily on a single wine variety, Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc (MSB). As with other fine wines, MSB is defined by a specific combination of botanical factors (grape...

Agro-industrial conventions: some evidence from northern California's wine industry.(Report)
June 1, 2008... Introduction California is something of an oenological juggernaut. The state's wine industry ranks as the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, accounting for 95% of total US wine production (Armstrong 2006). More importantly, the...

Voices from the south: report from a workshop on environmental management and sustainable development in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, August 2007.(Report)
June 1, 2008... Introduction Postcolonial commentators have noted the absence of voices from the South in geography journals. Whether it is because of the different conventions of academic research, conceptual concerns, writing styles, or other barriers...

A review of current Tanzanian national environmental policy.(Report)
June 1, 2008... Introduction The term 'environment' commands a very broad meaning. It refers to the physical and biological systems that provide our basic life support, and that contribute to our psychological well-being. It incorporates air, water, land,...

Opportunities and challenges for sustainable water resources management in Tanzania.(Report)
June 1, 2008... Introduction The current national interest in the Great Ruaha Basin in southwest Tanzania (Figure 1) has been driven by major concerns over water availability generally in Tanzania. In particular, water shortages at Mtera hydroelectric...

Commercialisation of smallholder production in Tanzania: implications for sustainable resources management.(Voices from the South)(Report)
June 1, 2008... Introduction The policy environment under which the agricultural sector operates in Tanzania has undergone significant changes since the mid-1980s. These changes are dominated by an increasing commercialisation of smallholder production....

Using GIS for decision-making: the case of Kidunda dam in Morogoro, Tanzania.(Report)
June 1, 2008... Introduction Dams are important water resource management systems. In many places, water is regulated by and stored in dams for various purposes, but most importantly to maintain a reliable supply of water. Currently 64% of the total...

Perception and conceptualisation of urban environmental change: Dar es Salaam City.(Report)
June 1, 2008... Introduction Although Dar es Salaam was elevated to a city status in 1961, the City Council was subsequently dissolved in 1972, following a government decision to abolish all local governments in Tanzania in favour of a decentralised...

Population, environment and development in Kinondoni District, Dar es Salaam.(Voices from the South)(Report)
June 1, 2008... Introduction The study investigates the relationship at the microlevel between population, environment and development in Kinondoni District in Dar es Salaam. It argues that deep-rooted poverty can lead to overdependence on a single...

Obituary.(Obituary)
June 1, 2008... SIR EDMUND HILLARY 20 July 1919-11 January 2008 Edmund Hillary formed with Tenzing Norgay one of the most celebrated partnerships of the twentieth century. The beekeeper and the Tibetan-born Sherpa were the first humans to set foot on the...

Obituary.(Obituary)
June 1, 2008... PROFESSOR MICHAEL J BARNSLEY Professor Michael J ('Mike') Barnsley, our friend and colleague, died on 6 December 2007 in Swansea's Singleton Hospital, following a recurrence of the melanoma he had suffered from in recent years. Born in...

Exploring the Highlands of Himalaya.(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Exploring the Highlands of Himalaya. By HARISH KAPADIA New Dehli: Indus, 2007, 248 pp. [pounds sterling]32.50 ISBN 979 8 173871 88 6 When reviewing a book by Harish Kapadia on the subject of the Indian Himalaya, one immediately feels...

Fuzzy Planning: the Role Of Actors in a Fuzzy Governance Environment.(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Fuzzy Planning: the Role Of Actors in a Fuzzy Governance Environment.: Eddited by Gert Dr Roo and Grorr Porter Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007, 233 pp. [pounds sterling]55.00 ISBN 978 0 7546 4962 5 The argument that concepts like...

Mass movements in Great Britain, Geological Conservation Review Series, Vol. 33.(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Mass movements in Great Britain, Geological Conservation Review Series, Vol. 33. By RG COOPER Perterborough: Joint Nature Conservation Committee, 2007, 348 pp.[Pounds sterling]45.00 ISBN 978 1 8610 7481 6 Mass movements in Great Britain is...

The Front Line of Freedom: British Farming in the Second World War.(Book review)
June 1, 2008... The Front Line of Freedom: British Farming in the Second World War. BY BRAIN SHORT, CHARLES WAIKINS AND JOHN MARIN Exefer: The Agrictural History Society, 2007, [pounds sterling]17.50 paperback ISBN 0 9032 6904 X The chief lesson of...

Critical Approaches to International Security.(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Critical Approaches to International Security. By K M FIERKE Cambridge: Polity Press, 2007, 235 pp. [pounds sterling]16.99 paperback ISBN 978 07456 3293 3 During the past 25 years much attention has been given to exploring the...

Exploring Post-Development: Theory and Practice, Problems and Perspectives.(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Exploring Post-development: Theory and Practice, Problems and Perspectives. Edited by ARAM ZIAI London: Routledge, 2007, 240 pp. [pounds sterling]80.00 ISBN 978 0 4154 1764 8 This is a fascinating and diverse collection of essays exploring...

La Via Campesina: Globalization and the Power of Peasants.(Book review)
June 1, 2008... La Via Campesina: Globalisation and the Power of Peasants. By ANNETTE DESMARAIS London: Pluto Press, 2007, 238 pp. [pounds sterling]14.99 paperback ISBN 978 0 7453 2704 4 The growing centrality of agriculture in world economics is evident...

Architecture and Utopia: The Israeli Experiment.(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Architecture and Utopia: The Israeli Experiment. By MICHAEL CHYUTIN and BRACHA CHYUTIN Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007, 250 pp. [pounds sterling]55.00 ISBN 0754648311 Envisaging, designing and building the ideal environment has been part...

Global Climate Change: Insights, Impacts and Concerns.(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Global Climate Change: Insights, Impacts and Concerns. By HAR DARSHAN KUMAR New Delhi: Vitasta Publishing, 2007, 487 pp. US$112.00 ISBN 81 89766 10 4 Global climate change is a comprehensive and well-informed reference source...

Environmental Sedimentology.(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Environmental Sedimentology. Edited by CHRIS PERRY and KEVIN TAYLOR Oxford: Blackwell, 2007, 441 pp. [pounds sterling]39.99 paperback ISBN 978 1 405115 15 5 Environmental sedimentology addresses the functioning and dynamics of...

Geochemical Soil Survey of The Netherlands.(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Geochemical Soil Survey of The Netherlands. By GRISHJA VAN DER VEER Utrecht: NGS 347, 2006, 245 pp. [euro]30.00 paperback ISBN 978 90 6809 388 9 This book presents a spatial overview of the chemical composition of topsoils and soil...