The Geographical Journal articles from November 1998

The Geographical Journal archives from November 1998

Resilience and vulnerability: coastal dynamics or Dutch dikes?
November 1, 1998... 'Resilience' increasingly referred to as a desirable attribute of coastal systems, especially in the face of uncertain future changes in coastal processes. Many coastal zones are confronted with a range of environmental and socio-economic...

Coastal management for sustainable development: analysing environmental and socio-economic changes on the UK coast.
November 1, 1998... One of Britain's principal geographical features is its extensive coastline (12429 km) created by a multitude of land and ocean processes, subjected to anthropogenic influences and characterized by a variety of formations and coastal...

Realizing the benefits of shoreline management.
November 1, 1998... Historically solutions to flooding and erosion problems have been developed on a local and ad hoc basis. Schemes were designed and implemented following site-specific studies and confined to capital schemes, which could solve the local problem,...

Coastal management on the Isle of Wight, UK.
November 1, 1998... Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) is now recognized as a constructive way of tackling problems that result from the pressures and conflicts of use in many coastal areas. This holistic approach takes account of the whole range of...

Implementing estuary management plans - a case study from the Dee Estuary.
November 1, 1998... Estuaries are amongst the most productive natural systems and provide habitat and food for many species of plants and animals (Davidson et al., 1991). A distinctive series of estuaries and shallow open coast have developed along the shores of...

The English beach: experiences and values.
November 1, 1998... England's beaches and coasts have a special place in the nation s consciousness. A day at the English beach is a particularly notable experience, full of rituals, symbolism, nostalgia and myths (Shields, 1991). The holiday at the coast, or the...

Flood insurance as a management strategy for UK coastal resilience.
November 1, 1998... Coastal physical and biological systems are endowed with numerous negative feedback mechanisms which provide a tendency to recover from all but the most severe stresses. Realignment of the shoreline may be inevitable in the long term, but the...

Tourism, Ecotourism, and Protected Areas: The State of Nature-Based Tourism Around the World and Guidelines for Its Development.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1998... Edited by HECTOR CEBALLOS-LASCURAIN. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, 1996, 301 pp. n.p. (pbk). ISBN 2 8317 0124 4 Having previously abandoned the pursuit of many...

High Latitudes: A History of Swedish Polar Travels and Research.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1998... By GOSTA H. LILJEQUIST. Stockholm: Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, 1993, 607 pp. n.p. ISBN 91 7886 102 0 Gosta H. Liljequist and the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat have every reason to be pleased with having produced such a...

Land Use: The Interaction of Economics, Ecology and Hydrology.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1998... By J.R. O'CALLAGHAN. London: Chapman and Hall, 1996, 200 pp. [pounds]35.00. ISBN 0 412 61720 X This volume results from contributions by members of NELUP (NERC/ESRC Land Use Programme). It brings together fundamental information on...

Mapping the UK.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1998... By C.R. PERKINS and R.B. PARRY. London: Bowker-Saur, 1996, 397 pp. [pounds]125.00. ISBN 1 85739 030 X This title plugs a significant gap. PubLished together under one cover, Chris Perkins and Bob Parry have compiled the authoritative...

Spatial Analytical Perspectives on GIS: GISData IV.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1998... Edited by MANFRED FISCHER, HENK J. SCHOLTEN and DAVID UNWIN. London: Taylor and Francis, 1996, 256 pp. [pounds]18.00 (pbk). ISBN 0 7484 0340 X This collection of state-of-the-art papers is the fourth in the GISDATA series that...

Paris.(Review)
November 1, 1998... By DANIEL NOIN and PAUL WHITE. Chichester: John Wiley, 1997, 286pp. [pounds]45.00. ISBN 0 471 949442 Europe's most populous agglomeration (9.3 million) has 1.6 times the economy and 28 per cent more offices than the London region. It...

The Mapping of New Spain: Indigenous Cartography and the Maps of the Relaciones Geograficas.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1998... By BARBARA E. MUNDY. London: University of Chicago Press, 1996, 981 pp. [pounds]31.95. ISBN 0 226 55096 6 This handsome and interesting volume successfully shows how an analysis of early maps can be used to reveal the different...

Artificial Intelligence in Geography.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1998... By S. OPENSHAW and C. OPENSHAW. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 1997, 329pp, [pounds]45.00. ISBN 0 471 969 915 Publisher's blurbs are an author's nightmare. 'A major methodological milestone', 'Witty style' and similar...

Professor Gordon East 1902-1998.(historical and political geographer)(Obituary)
November 1, 1998... Professor W.G. (Gordon) East, Emeritus Professor of Geography in the University of London, died peacefully on 27 January 1998, aged 95. As an historical geographer, he would have appreciated the fact that his life spanned most of the twentieth...

Professor Arthur Davies 1906-1998.(geography professor)(Obituary)
November 1, 1998... Arthur Davies was appreciated in the 1950s and 1960s and indeed until his retirement, in 1971, as one of the significant characters of British Geography. He was very much an individual warm-hearted, interested in people, always willing to offer...