The Geographical Journal articles from March 2000

The Geographical Journal archives from March 2000

NEW LOOK FOR AN OLD JOURNAL.(Review)
March 1, 2000... In my first Editorial (Vol. 165 (2): 127-9) I signalled a change of editorial policy for the Geographical Journal. This is the first issue of the re-launched Journal, as you will have gathered from the cover and the contents. However, we are...

The relationships of population and forest trends.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... This paper was accepted for publication in June 1999 The relationship between national trends in forest area and population is reviewed at the global scale. Evidence of an inverse relationship is confirmed. The relationship, however, may...

Coastal Change in Ras Al Khaimah (United Arab Emirates): a Cartographic Analysis.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... This paper was accepted for publication in May 1999 The coastline of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, has three main constructional complexes: Jazirat al Hamra, Julfah, and Jazirat Hulaylah. Archival information, air photographs and...

Rural Self-Reliance in Bondolfi, Zimbabwe: the role of beekeeping.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... This paper was accepted for publication in May 1999 Community-based economic self-reliance has become critical in many African countries because of the severity of prevailing soci-economic and environmental constraints. Concerns over food...

The Institutional Architecture of Extractive Reserves in Rondonia, Brazil.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... This paper was accepted for publication in June 1999 This paper examines the evolution and development of institutions involved in the establishment of extractive reserves. It focuses on the different actors, organizations and projects...

The Climate and Hydrology of the Upper Blue Nile River.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... This paper was accepted for publication in March 1999 The Upper Blue Nile river basin is the largest in Ethiopia in terms of volume of discharge, second largest in terms of area, and contributes over 50 per cent of the long-term river flow...

Climatic patterns in a tropical rainforest in Brunei.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... This paper was accepted for publication in September 1998 Meteorological parameters were monitored on an hourly basis over ten months during 1991-2, from altitudes of 45 and 913 metres in an undisturbed tropical rainforest in Brunei, near...

A year's Geography: The Geographical Journal -- 100 Years Ago.
March 1, 2000... On the occasion of the re-launch of The Geographical Journal at the start of a new millennium, the editorial team felt that it would be appropriate to provide a selection of articles from Volumes XV and XVI, each published in six issues during...

Environmental Management and Change in Plymouth and the South West.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Edited by MARK BLACKSELL, JUDITH MATTHEWS and PETER SIMS. Plymouth: University of Plymouth, 1998, 322 pp. [pounds]19.95. ISBN 1 84102 005 2 This volume was conceived as a tribute to John Goodridge who was Head of the Department of...

People, Environment, Disease and Death.(Review)
March 1, 2000... By MELVYN HOWE. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1998, 328 pp. [pounds]50.00. ISBN 0 7083 1373 6 I found it particularly poignant to review this attractive and valuable work, which stands as a fitting testimony to Melvyn Howe's...

Timing global cities.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Edited by S.G.E. GRAVESTEIJN, S. van GRIENSVEN and M.C. de SMIDT. Utrecht: Netherlands Geographical Studies 241, 1998, 128 pp. Dfl 39.00 (pbk). ISBN 90 6809 262 6 Timing global cities is a product of the fifteenth Vereniging van...

Modern Geographical Thought.(Review)
March 1, 2000... By RICHARD PEET. Oxford: Blackwell, 1998, 342 pp. [pounds]16.99 (pbk). ISBN 1 5578 6378 4 Has anyone ever heard of a textbook on geographical thought that is so engaging that it is difficult to put down? Perhaps Clarence Glacken's...

The Political Ecology of Bananas: Contract Farming, Peasants, and Agrarian Change in the Eastern Caribbean.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... By LAWRENCE S. GROSSMAN. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998, 268 pp. $19.95 (pbk). ISBN 0 8078 4718 6 The raison d'etre of this volume is to examine the generic forces which shape contract-farming systems wherever...

The Holocene: an Environmental History.(Review)
March 1, 2000... By NEIL ROBERTS. Oxford: Blackwell, 1998, 316 pp. [pounds]17.99 (pbk). ISBN 0631 186387 The Holocene: an Environmental History is concerned with the last 10 000 years of Earth history and provides an excellent account and explanation...

Histoire de la Geographie Francaise de 1870 a nos jours.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... By PAUL CLAVAL. Paris: Nathan, 1998, 544 pp. Ff 245 (pbk). ISBN 2 09 1908533 In addition to his prodigious output covering many aspects of human geography, Professor Claval has maintained a lively interest in the history of the...

Battling the Elements, Weather and Terrain in the Conduct of War.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... By HAROLD A. WINTERS with GERALD E. GALLOWAY, WILLIAM J. REYNOLDS and DAVID W. RHYNE. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998, 317 pp. [pounds]30.00. ISBN 0 8018 5850 [times] The Military Use of Land, A History of the Defence...

Flood Studies in India.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Edited by VISHWAS S. KALE. Bangalore: Geological Society of India, 1998, 256 pp. $50.00 (pbk). ISBN 81 85867 33 [times] India is subject to some of the world's most intense yet least studied floods. This text is thus a welcome addition...

The Northridge Earthquake: Vulnerability and Disaster.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... By ROBERT BOLIN with LOIS STANFORD. London: Routledge, 1998, 272 PP. [pounds]65.00. ISBN 0 415 17897 5 When I was approached to review this book, I accepted with some reservations. I was expecting to find, within its pages, the same...

The Assessment of the Status of Human Induced Soil Degradation in South and Southeast Asia.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... By G.W.A. van LYNDEN and L.R. OLDEMAN. Wageningen: ISRIC, 1998, 35 pp. Dfl. 50.00 (pbk). Report. This report showcases a massive effort in international cooperation and data collection amongst 17 countries and 16 institutions in South...

Asia Pacific: New Geographies of the Pacific Rim.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Edited by F.R. WATTERS and T.G. MCGEE. London: Hurst and Co., 1997, 215pp. [pounds]10.99 (pbk). ISBN 984 05 1357 5 This volume was prepared and published immediately before the collapse of the South East Asian economies such as...

Obituary.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
March 1, 2000... MICHAEL JOHN EDEN 1936-1998 Michael John Eden had a worldwide reputation for his work on tropical ecology, and the agricultural systems and land management problems of rainforest and savanna. This work was very properly recognized by the...