The Geographical Journal articles from November 1999

The Geographical Journal archives from November 1999

CARTOGRAPHY, GEOGRAPHY AND ACADEMIA.
November 1, 1999... In 1997 the British Cartographic Society held its annual conference at the University of Leicester. Two things struck me about the conference that will interest RGS Fellows and GJ readers. First, the relatively low proportion of academics who...

Seasonal Forecasting of African Rainfall: Prediction, Responses and Household Food Security.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... The main approaches, assumptions and methods used in seasonal forecasting are described in this paper. Examples of methods ranging from simple correlation to multiannual, multivariate models of seasonal rainfall prediction are given for several...

Nutrient management strategies of small-holder farmers in a short-fallow farming system in north-east Nigeria.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... This paper was accepted for publication in November 1998 This paper presents the results of a study into farmers' management of nutrient dynamics in a short-fallow farming system in northern Nigeria. The research described and quantified...

The Agricultural Base of the pre-Incan Andean civilizations.
November 1, 1999... This paper was accepted for publication in January 1999 Pre-Incan civilizations of the Central Andes occupied an area, at over 4000 metres elevation, which is today regarded as marginal for many basic crops. Away from the cities of the...

Spatio-Evolutionary Model of Jamaican Small Farming.
November 1, 1999... This paper was accepted for publication in June 1998 There is a general consensus among Caribbean development planners that small-scale agricultural producers commonly referred to as small farmers, have an important role to play in...

The 'Mysterious and Terrible Karatash Gorges': Notes and Documents on the Explorations by Stein and Skrine.(Illustration)
November 1, 1999... This paper was accepted for publication in June 1998 This paper is a discussion of the exploration of the Karatash River valley in the 'Kongur Alps' of Xinjiang (China), south of Kashgar. The paper quotes at length unpublished documents...

The Presidential Address.
November 1, 1999... at the Annual General Meeting of The Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers) 7 June 1999 THE EARL OF SELBORNE WHEN YOU DID ME THE HONOUR of electing me your President two years ago I remember being...

Fifty Years Ago.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... C.B. Fawcett's paper of 1949 (Geogrl F. 114: 68-70) illustrates points which resonate with a number of contemporary geographical themes. In the first extract from his paper two points are evident: (i) the focus of the paper is one which is...

World Atlas of Desertification.(Review)
November 1, 1999... World Atlas of Desertification. Second edition. Edited by NICK MIDDLETON and DAVID THOMAS. London: Arnold, 1997, 182 pp. [pounds]145. ISBN 0 340 691662 One of the major difficulties in studying the global extent of desertification is the...

The Charts and Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages: Vol. III; the voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... The Charts and Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages: Vol. III; the voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780. Edited by ANDREW DAVID. London: Hakluyt Society, 1997, 319 pp., [pounds]210.00. ISBN 0 904180 55 7 So here it is -...

Causes and Consequences of Map Generalisation.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Causes and Consequences of Map Generalisation. ELSA MARIA JOAO London: Taylor and Francis, 1998, 266 PP., [pounds]24.95 (pbk). ISBN 0 7484 0776 6 Map generalization is a major practical and research issue in GIS. This very...

Atlas of Mediterranean Environments in Europe.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Atlas of Mediterranean Environments in Europe. Edited by PAOLA MAIROTA, JOHN B. THORNES and NICHOLA GEESON. London: Wiley, 1998, 205 pp. [pounds]225.00. ISBN 0471 960926 The Atlas of Mediterranean Environments in Europe was published in...

Remote Sensing of Tropical Regions.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Remote Sensing of Tropical Regions. By EUGENE A. SHARKOV. Chichester: Wiley, 1998, 310 PP. [pounds]65.00 ISBN 0471971715 The nature of this book embraces the Earth system approach to studying the environment. Emphasizing that the...

Homo geographicus: a framework for action, awareness and moral concern.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Homo geographicus: a framework for action, awareness and moral concern. By ROBERT DAVID SACK. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997, 292 pp. [pounds]16.50 (pbk). ISBN 0 80185553 5 Although the pre-publication reviews printed...

Mountains of the World: A Global Priority.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Mountains of the World: A Global Priority. Edited by B. MESSERLI and J.D. IVES. New York: Parthenon, 1997, 495 pp. [pounds]48.00. ISBN 1 85070 781 2 One of the successes of the 1992 Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit was the prominence given to...

Tropical forest remnants: ecology, management, and conservation of fragmented communities.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Tropical forest remnants: ecology, management, and conservation of fragmented communities. Edited by WILLIAM F. LAURANCE and RICHARD O. BIERREGAARD, Jr. London: University of Chicago Press, 1997, 6l6pp. [pounds]30.50. ISBN 0 226 46899 2...

Wetlands of the American Midwest: A Historical Geography of Changing Attitudes.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Wetlands of the American Midwest: a historical geography of changing attitudes. By HUGH PRINCE. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1997, 395 pp. [pounds]16.75 (pbk). ISBN 0 226 68283 8 This is a detailed study of extensive areas of the...

Tropical Environments: The Functioning and Management of Tropical Ecosystems.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Tropical environments: the functioning and management of tropical ecosystems. By MARTIN KELLMAN and ROSANNE TACKABERRY. London: Routledge, 1997, 380 pp. [pounds]18.99 (pbk). ISBN 0415 116090 The appearance of a book that covers the diverse...

Regions of Risk: A Geographical Introduction to Disasters.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Regions of risk: a geographical introduction to disasters. By KENNETH HEWITT. Harlow: Addison Wesley Longman, 1997, 389 pp. [pounds]l8.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 582 210054 In this book Hewitt reinvigorates the human ecology of hazards paradigm...

Urban Geography.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Urban Geography. By TIM HALL. London: Routledge, 1998, 180 pp. [pounds]35. ISBN 0 415 14084 6 The concept of this book is excellent; it seeks to investigate traditional and contemporary approaches to urban geography in an introductory...

Modern Europe: Place, Culture and Identity.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Modern Europe: Place, Culture and Identity. Edited by BRIAN GRAHAM. London: Arnold, 1998, 322 pp. [pounds]15.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 340 67698 1 This reviewer enjoyed reading much of this book, but feels that the value of the book lies in the...

Contested Natures.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Contested Natures. By PHIL MAGNAGHTEN and JOHN URRY. London: Sage, 1998, 307 pp. [pounds]15.99 (pbk). ISBN 0761953132 Social science's engagement with 'nature' has gathered pace in the 1990s, illustrated by several volumes which have...

Geography and Development.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Geography and Development. By ARTHUR MORRIS. London: UCL, 1998, 193 pp. [pounds]12.95 (pbk). ISBN 1 85728 081 4 Geography and Development is a well-organized text, comprising a balanced blend of theory, model and example. Its clarity of...

Britain's Population: Demographic Issues in Contemporary Society.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Britain's Population: Demographic Issues in Contemporary Society. By STEPHEN JACKSON. London: Routledge, 1998, 158 pp. [pounds]14.99, (pbk). ISBN 0 415 07076 7 The author sets out his approach very clearly in the book's Preface and...

Greening the Built Environment.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Greening the Built Environment. By MAF SMITH, JOHN WHITELEGG and NICK WILLIAMS. London: Earthscan Publications, 1998, 248 pp. [pounds] 14.95 (pbk). ISBN 1 85383 403 3 This volume continues a tradition of stimulating material in...

Fluvial Geomorphology of Great Britain.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Fluvial geomorphology of Great Britain. Edited by K. J. GREGORY et al. London: Chapman and Hall, 1997, 348 pp., [pounds]120.00. ISBN 0 412 78930 2. This impressive volume is the thirteenth title in The Geological Conservation Review...

Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts, 8th ed.(Review)
November 1, 1999... Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts. Eighth edition. By H.J. de BLIJ and P.O. MULLER. Chichester: John Wiley, 1997, 539 pp. [pounds]23.95. ISBN 0471 11946 6 Since its appearance, in 1971, to help arrest the decline of school...

Japanese Landscapes: Where Land and Culture Merge.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Japanese Landscapes: Where Land and Culture Merge. By COTTON MATHER, P.P. KARAN and SIGERU IIJIMA. Lexington KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1998, 100 pp., $24.95. ISBN 0 8131 2090 X This is an elegantly produced short book, of which...

Tourism Geography.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Tourism Geography (Human Geography Series). By STEPHEN WILLIAMS. London: Routledge, 1998, 212 pp. [pounds]10.99 (pbk). ISBN 0415142156 This is a text that sets out to provide the reader with a basic understanding of the geographical...

Landscape and Englishness.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Landscape and Englishness. By DAVID MATLESS. London: Reaktion Books Ltd, 1998, 367 pp. [pounds]25.00. ISBN 1 86189 022 2 This book makes a substantial contribution to current work on the construction and representation of English...

The South Downs.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... The South Downs. By PETER BRANDON. Chichester: Phillimore, 1998, 248 pp. [pounds]25.00. ISBN 186077 069 X To many people, the South Downs represent the rural idyll of an England they love. This book examines the reality and myth of this...

A Bahian Counterpoint: Sugar, Tobacco, Cassava, and Slavery in the Reconcavo, 1780-1860.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... A Bahian Counterpoint: Sugar, Tobacco, Cassava, and Slavery in the Reconcavo, 1780-1860. By B. J. BARICKMAN. Cambridge: C.U.P., 1998, 276 pp. [pounds]35.00. ISBN 08047 2632 9 Barickman's aim is to challenge the plantationist perspective...

RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES IN AFRICA.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES IN AFRICA. By Stephen Karekezi and Timothy Ranja (London: Zed Books, 1997, 269 pp. n.p. (pbk). ISBN 1 85649 090 4). Zed Books, in association with AFREPREN (The African Energy Policy Research Network), have...

GUYANA: FRAGILE FRONTIER.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... GUYANA: FRAGILE FRONTIER. By Marcus Colchester (London: Latin America Bureau, 1997, 172 pp. [pounds]10.99 (pbk). ISBN 1 899365 02 8). The subjects of this volume are the loggers, miners and forest peoples of Guyana. The author describes how...

LOCAL AND GLOBAL MANAGEMENT OF CITIES IN THE INFORMATION AGE.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... LOCAL AND GLOBAL MANAGEMENT OF CITIES IN THE INFORMATION AGE. By Jorde Borja and Manuel Castells (London: Earthscan, 1997, 277 pp [pounds]19.95 (pbk). ISBN 1 85383 441 6). This translation from the Spanish is based on a Habitat Report first...

RAINFOREST CITIES: URBANIZATION, DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALIZATION OF THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... RAINFOREST CITIES: URBANIZATION, DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALIZATION OF THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON. By John D. Browder and Brian J. Godfrey (New York: Columbia University Press, 1997, 429pp [pounds]15.95 (pbk). ISBN 0 231 10655 6). Rainforest Cities...

DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY; A BASIC COURSE.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY; A BASIC COURSE. By Adrian Gordon et al. (London: Edward Arnold, 1998, 344 pp. [pounds]18.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 340 59503 5). This volume, the work of four Australian academics, is an introduction to the physics of the...

MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE: A MULTICULTURAL PLANNING HISTORY.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE: A MULTICULTURAL PLANNING HISTORY. Edited by Leonie Sandercock (Berkeley CA: University of California Press, 1998, 270 pp. [pounds] 1.95 (pbk). ISBN 0 520 20735 1). The 15 contributors to this book detail in 12...

TOURISM AND SUSTAINABILITY: NEW TOURISM IN THE THIRD WORLD.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... TOURISM AND SUSTAINABILITY: NEW TOURISM IN THE THIRD WORLD. By Martin Mowforth and Ian Munt (London: Routledge, 1998, 363 pp. [pounds] 16.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 415 1 3764 0). Tourism is increasing in developing countries, as travellers search for...

ECOSYSTEMS. A FUNCTIONAL APPROACH.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... ECOSYSTEMS. A FUNCTIONAL APPROACH. By Gordon Dickinson and Kevin Murphy (London: Routledge, 1998, 208 PP. [pounds]11.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 415 14513 9). The ecosystem provides the best framework for examining the complex relationships and...

COMMUNICATING IN GEOGRAPHY AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... COMMUNICATING IN GEOGRAPHY AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES. By Lain Hay (Oxford: OUP, 1998, 184 pp [pounds]9.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 19 553942 7). This concise volume gives instructions for students on techniques for preparing and presenting their...

ENVIRONMENT AND POLITICS.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... ENVIRONMENT AND POLITICS. By T. Doyle and D. McEachern (London: Routledge, 1998, 206 pp [pounds]10.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 415 14776 X). This volume is an introduction to the study of environmental politics. It explains the concepts, conflicts,...

GROUNDWATER--OUR HIDDEN ASSET.(Review)
November 1, 1999... GROUNDWATER--OUR HIDDEN ASSET. Compiled by R.A. Downing on behalf of the UK Groundwater Forum. (Nottingham: British Geological Survey, 1998, 61 pp. [pounds]6.50 (pbk). ISBN 0 85272 304 0). This volume is a layman's guide in the Earthwise Series...

GEOPOLITICS IN ANTARCTICA.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... GEOPOLITICS IN ANTARCTICA. By Klaus Dodds (Chichester: Wiley, 1997, 252pp. [pounds]45.00. ISBN 0471 96992 3). The increasing accessibility of the Antarctic to scientists, tourists and policy-makers has resulted in controversies over its...

THE ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY OF THE TOURIST INDUSTRY: A SUPPLY-SIDE ANALYSIS.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... THE ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY OF THE TOURIST INDUSTRY: A SUPPLY-SIDE ANALYSIS. Edited by Dimitri Ioannides and Keith G. Debbage (London: Routledge, 1998, 342pp. [pounds]16.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 415 16412 5). In many places at different scales tourism is...

THE NEW EUROPE -- ECONOMY, SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... THE NEW EUROPE -- ECONOMY, SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT. By David Pinder (London: Wiley, 1998, 494pp. ISBN 0471 97123 5). In 1989, whilst embroiled in the final production stages of the highly successful Western Europe: challenge and change, Pinder...

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: READINGS AND CASE STUDIES.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: READINGS AND CASE STUDIES. Edited by Lewis Owen and Tim Unwin (Oxford: Blackwell, 1997, 492pp. [pounds]17.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 631 20117 3). This book provides not only a broad introduction to the field of environmental...

PRESERVING PUBLIC LANDS FOR THE FUTURE.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... PRESERVING PUBLIC LANDS FOR THE FUTURE. By William R. Lowry (Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 1998, 320pp. [pounds]46.50. ISBN 0 87840 701 4). This book is concerned with the politics of intergenerational goods and in particular the...

LAND, WATER AND DEVELOPMENT: SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF RIVER BASIN SYSTEMS, 2d ed.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... LAND, WATER AND DEVELOPMENT: SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF RIVER BASIN SYSTEMS (Second edition). By Malcolm Newson (London: Routledge, 1997, 423pp. [pounds]19.99. ISBN 0 415 15507 X). This book represents both an up-to-date introduction to river...

NORDKAUKASIEN.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... NORDKAUKASIEN. By Wolfgang Meckelein. Eine Iandeskundliche Untersuchen in Auszugen ausgewahlt und annotiert von Jorg Stadelbauer (Stuttgart: Stuttgarter Geographishe Studien, Band 127, 1998, 29lpp. ISBN 3 88028 127 0). This curious work,...

THE JAPANESE CITY.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... THE JAPANESE CITY. Edited by P.P.Karan and Kristin Stapleton (The University Press of Kentucky, 1997, 250 pp. $31.95. ISBN 0 8131 2035 7). With contributions from a host of international scholars, The Japanese City provides an interdisciplinary...

NEW WORLDS, NEW GEOGRAPHIES.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... NEW WORLDS, NEW GEOGRAPHIES. By John Rennie Short (Syracuse University Press, 1998, 222 pp. $24.95. ISBN 0 8156 0527 7). The 'new world order' is neither new nor orderly. This is the stance maintained by the author in a book connecting global...

GEOPOLITICS -- RE-VISIONING WORLD POLITICS.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... GEOPOLITICS -- RE-VISIONING WORLD POLITICS. By John Agnew (London: Routledge, 1998, 150pp. [pounds]11.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 415 14095 1). This book is one in the publisher's 'Frontiers' series aiming to provide concise, accessible but challenging...

WILDERNESS BY DESIGN: LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... WILDERNESS BY DESIGN: LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. By Ethan Carr (Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1998, 378pp. [pounds]42.75. ISBN 0 8032 1491 X). Using a wide variety of examples the author demonstrates how the...

TRAVELLERS ON A TRADE WIND.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... TRAVELLERS ON A TRADE WIND. By Marcia Pirie (Woodbridge: Seafarer Books, 1992, 339pp. [pounds]10.95 (pbk) ISBN 0 85036 471 X). Leaving the rat-race and sailing off into the sunset is a common dream. Few, however, come close to turning it into...

LANDPRINTS: REFLECTIONS ON PLACE AND LANDSCAPE.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... LANDPRINTS: REFLECTIONS ON PLACE AND LANDSCAPE. By George Seddon (Cambridge: G.U.P., 1997, 254pp. [pounds]40.00 ISBN 0 521 58501 5). In this fascinating collection of essays about landscape, which span more than 30 years, George Seddon applies...

MERCHANTS AND MIGRANTS: ETHNICITY AND TRADE AMONG YUNNANESE CHINESE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... MERCHANTS AND MIGRANTS: ETHNICITY AND TRADE AMONG YUNNANESE CHINESE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. By Ann Maxwell Hill (New Haven CT: Yale University Press, Southeast Asia Studies, 1998, l78pp. $20.00 (pbk). ISBN 0 938692 68 2). The history of Chinese...

THE KINGDOMS OF LAOS.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... THE KINGDOMS OF LAOS. By Peter and Sandra Simms (Richmond: Curzon, 1999, 240pp. [pounds]35.00. ISBN 0 7007 1125 2). The book covers 600 years of important historical events from the beginning of the 14th century until the arrival of the French...

The Society's News.
November 1, 1999... Losing its place? Geography in schools David Blunkett's National Curriculum Review proposals published in May sadly did little for GCSE Geography. The Society welcomes, albeit in a slimmer version, the re-introduction of Geography orders...

Correspondence.
November 1, 1999... From Ian Scargill During 1999 the Oxford School of Geography, the oldest Department of Geography in the country, is celebrating the centenary of its foundation in 1899. It would seem wrong to let this pass without acknowledging the debt...

Obituaries.
November 1, 1999... SIR LAURENCE KIRWAN KCMG 1907-1999 Laurence Kirwan was appointed Director and Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society in 1945, just after the end of the War. The President at the time rightly said how pleased they were to find 'a...