The Geographical Journal articles from September 2001

The Geographical Journal archives from September 2001

Reservoir resettlement in China: past experience and the three Gorges Dam.
September 1, 2001... This paper reviews involuntary resettlement resulting from dam-building, which has been ignored relative to the dominant focus of migration research in China, rural to urban migration. Reservoir resettlement in China has a long history, often...

A new mapping of the world for the new millennium.
September 1, 2001... PETER J TAYLOR (*) MICHAEL HOYLER (**) DAVID R F WALKER (*) MARK J SZEGNER (*) A new mapping of the world derived from connections between cities is presented as a complement to the traditional world map of countries. Under...

Fostering women's participation in development through non-governmental efforts in cameroon.
September 1, 2001... Women constitute 52 per cent of the population of Cameroon and play a very crucial role in the development of society at all levels. Unfortunately, they function from a subordinate position inherent in both traditional and state institutions....

Aerobic landfill test cells and their implications for sustainable waste disposal.
September 1, 2001... MARK HUDGINS (*) PAUL PHILLIPS (**) Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) landfills world-wide are experiencing the consequences of conventional landfilling techniques, whereby anaerobic conditions are created within the landfill waste. Under...

Monitoring land use change in the Badia transition zone in Jordan using aerial photography and satellite imagery.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... J. T. AL-BAKRI (*) J C TAYLOR (**) T R BREWER (**) Detection of land use change makes a valuable contribution to the planning and monitoring of drylands. Land use changes at four sites within the Badia transition zone of Jordan...

The presidential address.
September 1, 2001... Our Society, I am very pleased to report, is one of the most flourishing of its kind in the country. At a time when many distinguished learned Societies have an ageing and ever declining membership, ours is both growing and getting younger. At...

Annual general meeting.
September 1, 2001... The President, Professor Ron Cooke, in the Chair The Honorary Secretary, BOB ALLISON, read the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of 5 June 2000. The Minutes were approved and signed. The Honorary Treasurer DAVID HALL Once again I...

Obituaries.(Obituary)
September 1, 2001... HELGE MARCUS INGSTAD 1899-2001 The Norwegian explorer, adventurer and writer Heige Ingstad once said that he was lucky to have been allowed an entire century of opportunity for the things he wanted to do, but it would be more accurate to...

Emigration dynamics in developing countries. (Reviews).
September 1, 2001... Emigration dynamics in developing countries. Vol. IV: the Arab region Edited by REGINALD APPLEYARD Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999, 277 pp. [pounds sterling 42.50]. ISBN 1 84014 552 8 This seven-chapter edited volume presents a predominantly...

The essential aldo leopold. Quotations and commentaries. (Reviews).
September 1, 2001... The Essential Aldo Leopold. Quotations and Commentaries. Edited by CURT MEINE and RICHARD L. KNIGHT Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1999, 384 pp. $27.95. ISBN 0 299 16550 7 Compiled fifty years after Leopold's death and at the...

Creating a new consensus on population. (Reviews).
September 1, 2001... Creating a New Consensus on Population. By JYOTI SHANKAR SINGH London: Earthscan, 1998, 215 pp. [pounds sterling]14.95 (pbk). ISBN 1 85383 565 X The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo in 1994...

A siamese tragedy. (Reviews).
September 1, 2001... A Siamese Tragedy. WALDEN BELLO SHEA CUNNINGHAM LI KHENG POH London: Zed, 1998, 267 pp. [pounds sterling]14.95 (pbk). ISBN 1 85649 664 3 For the World Bank and other mainstream development institutions, Thailand has for...

Anastomosing rivers: Forms, processes and sediments. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Anastomosing Rivers: Forms, Processes and Sediments. By BART MAKASKE Utrecht: NGS, 1998, 287 pp. Dfl. 53.00 (pbk). ISBN 90 6809 271 5 Although anastomosing river systems have been the subject of considerable interest, controversy...

Managing water in central Asia. (Review).
September 1, 2001... Managing Water in Central Asia. By PHILIP MICKLIN London: Royal Institute of International Affairs, 2000, 72 pp. n.p. ISBN 1 86203 000 6 Central Eurasian Water Crisis: Caspian, Aral, and Dead Seas. Edited by IWAO KOBORI and MICHAEL H....

Landscapes of defence. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Landscapes of Defence. JOHN R. GOLD GEORGE REVILL Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2000, 297 pp. [pound sterling]18.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 582 38234 3 Under the influence of geography's 'cultural turn' the dominant perception of...

Risk mapping and local capabilities: Lessons from Mexico and central America. (Reviews).
September 1, 2001... Risk Mapping and Local Capabilities: Lessons from Mexico and Central America. By MONICA TRUJILLO AMADO ORDONEZ and CARLOS HERNANDEZ Oxford: Oxfam Working Paper, 2000, 82 pp. [pounds sterling]12.95 (pbk). ISBN 0 85598 420 1 This...

Classic landforms of the white peak (second edition), classic landforms of the dark peak (second edition). (Reviews).(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Classic Landforms of the White Peak (second edition), Classic Landforms of the Dark Peak (second edition). By R. DALTON, H. Fox and P. JONES Sheffield: The Geographical Association, 1999, 52 pp. [pounds]8.95 ([pounds sterling]6.00 to members),...

Environmental crises: Geographical case studies in post-socialist eurasia. (Reviews).
September 1, 2001... Environmental Crises: Geographical Case Studies in Post-Socialist Eurasia. By TATYANA SAIKO Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2001, 320 pp., [pounds sterling]17.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 582 35695 4 Among the consequences of an extended popular awareness...

CAP regimes and the European countryside. (Reviews).
September 1, 2001... CAP Regimes and the European Countryside Edited by F. BROUWER and P. LOWE Wallingford: CABI, 2000, 339 pp. [sterling pound]49.95. ISBN 0 85199 354 0 My first reaction on reading this book was one of relief that it was not a...

The human impact on the natural environment (fifth edition). (Reviews).(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The Human Impact on the Natural Environment (fifth edition). ANDREW GOUDIE Oxford: Blackwell, 2000, 511 pp. n.p. (pbk). ISBN 0 631 19978 0 This is a well-established text, first issued in 1981 and updated at various points since...

La Nouvelle Russie (second edition). (Reviews).
September 1, 2001... La Nouvelle Russie (second edition). By JEAN RADVANYI Paris: Armand Colin, 2000, 424 pp., ff. 175.00 (pbk). ISBN 2 200 25102 5 The specific questions of how the global power and influence of the former Soviet Union crumbled and why...

The global commons: Environmental and technological governance (second edition). (Reviews).
September 1, 2001... The Global Commons: Environmental and Technological Governance (second edition). By JOHN VOGLER Chichester: Wiley, 2000, 247 pp. [pounds sterling]16.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 4719 8574 0 The first edition of John Vogler's The Global Commons,...