The Geographical Journal articles from March 2003

The Geographical Journal archives from March 2003

Editorial.(Editorial)
March 1, 2003... The changes the Society implemented for the GJ three years ago have borne fruit in a big way this year. There was evidence of these changes having a bearing on the papers submitted last year, but the last 12 months have exceeded my...

Managed relocation: an assessment of its feasibility as a coastal management option.
March 1, 2003... Introduction Bird (1985) estimates that 70% of the world's coastline is receding; as a result the management of this recession has been part of the coastal science debate for decades. Since the mid-1980s this has often been considered part...

The use of historical bathymetric charts in a GIS to assess morphological change in estuaries.
March 1, 2003... Introduction Reliable sequential measurements of bottom elevation in estuaries are necessary to understand and to quantify the morphodynamics in these areas. For the study of morphological change on a time-scale of decades, navigational...

The Knysna Basin, South Africa: geomorphology, landscape sensitivity and sustainability.
March 1, 2003... Introduction The Knysna Basin, on the southern Cape coast, is the catchment for the Knysna estuary which, like other South African estuaries, is under threat from increasing population and burgeoning development. This paper presents the...

Geopolitics, water and development in South Asia: cooperative development in the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta.
March 1, 2003... Introduction The management of water resources has played a vital role in the economic development of many countries in the South, but in a global context where large dams and water control projects face growing critical scrutiny and...

Distant voices: the views of the field workers of NGOs in Bangladesh on microcredit.(non-governmental organizations)
March 1, 2003... Introduction This article reviews academic writings and what non governmental organization (NGO) field workers have told me about specific aspects of microcredit. In my view, field workers of NGOs are yet another underutilized resource. I...

Relief assistance to 1998 flood victims: a comparison of the performance of the government and NGOs.
March 1, 2003... Introduction In 1998, Bangladesh experienced a flood of unprecedented scale and intensity (Khan 1999; del Ninno et al. 2001). At its peak in early September, this flood inundated 68% of the total area of the country, affecting half of its...

Obituary.(Vince Gardiner )(Obituary)
March 1, 2003... VINCE GARDINER 1948-2002 Vince Gardiner died on 21 June 2002 after a prolonged and courageous battle with cancer. He graduated from the University of Exeter in 1969 and completed his PhD there in 1973. Vince worked first at the NERC...

The Chitawan Tharus in Southern Nepal -- An Ethnoecological Approach. (Reviews).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... The Chitawan Tharus in Southern Nepal -- An Ethnoecological Approach. By ULRIKE MULLER-BOKER Stuttgart: Verlag (Nepal Research Centre publications, No. 21), 1999, 224 pp. [pounds sterling]44.00. ISBN 3 515 07632 8 For anyone interested...

Agroecological Aspects of Agricultural Research in Bangladesh. (Reviews).(Land Use and Land Use Planning in Bangladesh)(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... Agroecological Aspects of Agricultural Research in Bangladesh. By HUGH BRAMMER Dhaka: University Press, 2000, 376 pp. [pounds sterling]25.00. ISBN 984 05 1506 3 Land Use and Land Use Planning in Bangladesh. By HUGH BRAMMER Dhaka:...

Islands of Rainforest: Agroforestry, Logging and Ecotourism in Solomon Islands. (Reviews).(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... Islands of Rainforest: Agroforestry, Logging and Ecotourism in Solomon Islands. By EDVARD HvIDING and TIM BAYLISS-SMITH Aldershot: Ashgate, 2000, 371 pp. [pounds sterling]47.50. ISBN 0 7546 1233 3 The global economy reaches to the...

Inland Flood Hazards: Human, Riparian and Aquatic Communities. (Reviews).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Inland Flood Hazards: Human, Riparian and Aquatic Communities. Edited by ELLEN E. WOHL Cambridge: CUP, 2000, 498 pp. [pounds sterling]70.00. ISBN 0 521 624193 Published around the time when much of Britain went under water, this...

African Rain Forest Ecology and Conservation: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. (Reviews).(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... African Rain Forest Ecology and Conservation: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. Edited by WILLIAM WEBER, LEE J. T. WHITE, AMY VEDDER and LISA NAUGHTON-TREVES London: Yale University Press, 2001, 624 pp. [pounds sterling]50.00. ISBN 0 300...

Environmental Policies for Agricultural Pollution Control. (Reviews).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Environmental Policies for Agricultural Pollution Control. Edited by J. S. SHORTLE and D. ABLER Wallingford: CABI, 2001, 240 pp. [pounds sterling]45.00. ISBN 0 85199 399 0 85199 399 0 Comprising seven chapters of very unequal word length,...