The Geographical Journal articles from November 1996

The Geographical Journal archives from November 1996

Lesotho and the new South Africa: the question of incorporation.
November 1, 1996... When South Africa is liberated, there will no longer be a need for an independent Lesotho. Ntsu Mokhehle, 1974 In the midst of a new world order infused with ethnic nationalism and secession, leading to the break-up of states from Eastern...

Are there sex differences in geographic knowledge and understanding?
November 1, 1996... It is widely reported, in both the geography (e.g. Matthews, 1986) and psychology (e.g. Herman and Siegel, 1978) literature, that males and females differ in both their local geographic knowledge and in the ability to remember, comprehend,...

Tensions and transformation in a tea enterprise: Transkei, South Africa.
November 1, 1996... This paper is concerned with tea production on the Magwa and Majola tea estates in Transkei, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is based on a field study conducted just after the 1994 April elections which brought South Africa to majority rule and...

The admission of women Fellows to the Royal Geographical Society, 1892-1914; the controversy and the outcome.
November 1, 1996... On 18 May 1914, the Right Honourable Earl Curzon of Kedleston presented his third and last Presidential Address to the Royal Geographical Society. In the 'memorable' period of his Presidency on the eve of World War One, he highlighted four events...

Response to dynamic flood hazard factors in peninsular Malaysia.
November 1, 1996... The increasing occurrence of disasters throughout the world is a commonly identified indicator of non-sustainable development (United Nations, 1994; Burton et al., 1993). Environmental hazards in the developing world are essentially unresolved...

The presidential address. (Annual General Meeting of the Royal Geographical Society)
November 1, 1996... The past year has been a most active year in the life of this indeed most active Society - a Society which is involved with our geographical discipline, both human and physical in very many ways. I begin, if I may, on a purely historical note....

Water in the Middle East: Legal, Political and Commercial Implications.
November 1, 1996... Over the past two years, there has been a minor inundation of the market with books focusing on water problems in the Middle East. However, it must be said immediately that this volume, through the breadth of its approach to the subject, is...

The Shona and Their Neighbours.
November 1, 1996... David Beach's enthusiasm and fascination for the Shona have sustained his longstanding scholarly study of their history and are evident throughout this book, which is a pleasure to read, even for a non-historian. The book covers a vast...

The Shape of Texas: Maps as Metaphors.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1996... This is a distinctly frustrating little tome. The book is an attempt to examine the importance of maps as metaphors or as icons which help us to identify with a place and with its peoples, a way of visually communicating values associated with...

Everglades: The Ecosystem and Its Restoration.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1996... Wetland ecosystems are under human pressure world-wide and are in need of effective conservation. The large-scale loss of wetlands is nowadays most commonly associated with developing countries, but in the developed world many surviving wetlands...

Glasgow: The Socio-Spatial Development of the City.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1996... This book will only capture the eye and enthusiasm of the dedicated urban historian and even then only those with an existing intimate spatial knowledge of Glasgow; it will not attract and hold the interest of most readers. Faced with the...

The Regions and the New Europe: Patterns in Core and Periphery Development.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1996... The reference to core and periphery in the subtitle of this book recalls what is now a rather dated paradigm in geographical studies of Europe. In fact this volume, which grew out of seminars and conferences held at the University of Manchester's...

A New Social Atlas of Britain.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1996... In this instance the term 'new' in the title is fully merited. The cartographic methods employed, the wealth of detailed information portrayed, the incisive and informative commentaries and compact layout used combine to provide a much needed...

Desert Aeolian Processes.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1996... This book is a contribution to the resurgence of interest in aeolian geomorphology that has occurred in the last two decades. The Editor, in his opening paper, highlights nine major reasons for this recent increase in attention to wind as a...

Steepland Geomorphology.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1996... This volume is truly international both in the range of contributors and in the broad spatial coverage. All 13 research papers are profusely illustrated, and most deal with geomorphological processes and deposits from a geographical viewpoint. A...

Geography and Air Transport.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1996... Since the second edition of Sealy's classic Geography of Air Transport 30 years ago there have been dramatic changes in the industry in response to deregulation and privatization. Graham's new text provides a timely, comprehensive and global...

The Tithe Maps of England and Wales: A Cartographic Analysis and County-By-County Catalogue.
November 1, 1996... This massive book crowns a substantial corpus of publications focused on the tithe surveys of England and Wales, produced in recent years by Professor Kain and his various associates. It represents the outcome of a five-year project in which an...

Environmental Issues of Tourism and Recreation.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1996... The circular and cumulative relationship between tourism and the environment - that tourists are not only subjects but also objects of natural impacts - is one that has been widely acknowledged but narrowly interpreted in the existing literature....

Soils and Environment.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1996... Ellis and Mellor have produced a book of modest length and low cost which attempts to review all the environmental aspects of soil science. The book starts with chapters introducing fundamental concepts in soil science; horizons, soil forming...

The Real Picture Atlas.
November 1, 1996... This multimedia learning pack consists of an electronic atlas supported by 42 pages of worksheets directed towards GCSE classes. The worksheets explore eight themes: plate tectonics, volcanoes and earthquakes; rivers and coasts; places where...

Images of Earth: A Teachers Guide to Remote Sensing in Geography at Key Stage 2.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1996... Geographers in schools have long been enthusiastic users of audio-visual materials, stretching back to the Victorian use of lantern-slides, and epidiascopes. The growing potential of satellite photography to reveal new facets and new images of...