The Geographical Journal articles from September 2002

The Geographical Journal archives from September 2002

Sustainable development in drylands: geographical contributions to a better understanding of people--environment relationships.
September 1, 2002... In August 2002, at Upington, on the edge of the Kalahari Desert, South Africa, 70 scientists, many geographers, participated in an international conference entitled 'Dryland Change 2001'. The delegates came from 15 countries, and all were...

Soil degradation assessment in mixed farming systems of southern Africa: use of nutrient balance studies for participatory degradation monitoring.
September 1, 2002... Research context In sub-Saharan Africa it is recognized increasingly that optimizing the nutrient balance on a farm is one of the most difficult agricultural management challenges faced in avoiding land degradation (Reij and Waters-Bayer...

Management of the old field vegetation in the Namaqua National Park, South Africa: conflicting demands of conservation and tourism.
September 1, 2002... Introduction Namaqualand is a winter-rainfall desert of some 55 000 [km.sup.2], located in the northwestern part of South Africa (Figure 1). It is part of the Succulent Karoo Biome, the only arid region to qualify as a hotspot of global...

Participatory selection process for indicators of rangeland condition in the Kalahari.
September 1, 2002... Introduction Although a number of frameworks have been used to generate indicators for sustainable natural resource management, indicators have too frequently been identified, evaluated and selected by researchers (e.g. Breckenridge et al....

Tourism as a local development strategy in South Africa.
September 1, 2002... Introduction The economic geography of the post-industrial world has been characterized by fundamental processes of restructuring, an increased mobility of capital, the rise and decline of localities and regions and the pursuit of new...

Decision-making and innovation among small-scale yam farmers in central Jamaica: a dynamic, pragmatic and adaptive process.
September 1, 2002... Overview of the small-scale domestic agricultural sector in Jamaica Agricultural production and exports have always been essential to Jamaica's economy. In fact, until comparatively recently (with increased earnings from bauxite in the...

Annual general meeting of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) 10 June 2002. (Presidential Address).
September 1, 2002... 2002 has been a memorable year of progress for the Society. It has been a year when we have achieved a number of our objectives, made good progress towards meeting others, and laid the foundations for our future strategy. It has been a year,...

Annual General Meeting.(Royal Geographical Society)
September 1, 2002... 10 June 2002 The President, Professor Sir Ron Cooke, in the Chair SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING 10 June 2002 The President, Professor Sir Ron Cooke, in the Chair The President explained that a review of the Society's membership...

Sharing Nature's Interest: Ecological Footprints as an Indicator of Sustainability & From Here to Sustainability: Politics in the Real World. (Reviews).(Book Review)
September 1, 2002... Sharing Nature's Interest: Ecological Footprints as an Indicator of Sustainability. By NICKY CHAMBERS, CRAIG SIMMONS and MATHIS WACKERNAGEL London: Earthscan, 2000, 185 pp. [pounds sterling]13.95 (pbk). ISBN 1 85383 739 3 From Here to...

Migration and International Conservation of Waders: Research and Conservation on North Asian and European Flyways. (Reviews).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Migration and International Conservation of Waders: Research and Conservation on North Asian and European Flyways. Edited by H. HOTKER, E. LEBEDEVA, P. S. TOMKOVICH, J. GROMADZKA, N. C. DAVIDSON, J. EVANS, D. A. STROUD and R. B. WEST ...

Science and Politics in International Environmental Regimes: Between Integrity and Involvement. (Reviews).(Book Review)
September 1, 2002... Science and Politics in International Environmental Regimes: Between Integrity and Involvement. By STEINER ANDRESEN, TORA SKODVIN, ARILD UNDEROAL and JORGEN WETTESTAD Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2000, 221 pp. [pounds...

Environmental History and Policy: Still Settling Australia. (Reviews).(Book Review)
September 1, 2002... Environmental History and Policy: Still Settling Australia. Edited by STEVEN DOVERS Oxford: OUP, 2000, 306 pp. [pounds sterling]19.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 19 550749 5 This volume of contributed papers on Australian environmental history adds...

Les tres grandes villes dans le monde. (Reviews).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Les tres grandes villes dans le monde. By ANTOINE S. BAILLY, PHILIPPE CADENE, JEAN-PAUL FERRIER, LAY J. GIBSON, ERIC GLENN, JEAN-PIERRE LOZATO-GIOTART and JEAN-PIERRE PAULET Paris: CNED/SEDES, 2000, 240 pp. n.p. (pbk). ISBN 2 7181 9335 2...

China's Spatial Economic Development: Restless Landscapes in the Lower Yangzi Delta. (Reviews).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... China's Spatial Economic Development: Restless Landscapes in the Lower Yangzi Delta. By ANDREW M. MARTON London: Routledge, 2000, 233 pp. [pounds sterling]60.00. ISBN 0 415 22779 8 Scholars have attempted to adopt existing Western...

Statistical Methods for Geography. (Reviews).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Statistical Methods for Geography. By PETER A. ROGERSON London: Sage, 2001, 236 pp. [pounds sterling] 7.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 7619 6288 3 'I came here to study geography, not statistics!', exclaimed an enraged one of our new intake a few...

Replenishing Soil Fertility in Africa. (Reviews).(Book Review)
September 1, 2002... Replenishing Soil Fertility in Africa. Edited by R. J. BURESH, P. A. SANCHEZ and F. CALHOUN Madison: Soil Science Society of America and American Society of Agronomy, 1997, 251 pp. $24.20 (pbk). ISBN 0 89118 829 0 The book is the...

Land Use Systems Research on Strongly Weathered Soils in South and South-east Brazil. (Reviews).(Book Review)
September 1, 2002... Land Use Systems Research on Strongly Weathered Soils in South and South-east Brazil. By MAURITS VAN DEN BERG Utrecht: NGS, 2000, 250 pp. Dfl. 53.50 (pbk). ISBN 90 6809 296 0 This is an excellent research publication, which attempts to...

Environmental Discourse and Practice: A Reader. (Reviews).(Book Review)
September 1, 2002... Environmental Discourse and Practice: A Reader. Edited by LISA M. BENTON and JOHN RENNIE SHORT Oxford: Blackwell, 2000, 272 pp. [pounds sterling]17.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 631 21636 7 There are two things which strike one immediately when...

The Tropical Islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. (Reviews).(Book Review)
September 1, 2002... The Tropical Islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. By H. ARNBERGER and E. ARNBERGER Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 2001, 556 pp. Os. 990.00. ISBN 3 7001 2738 3 This is the first English edition of a book first...

Agricultural Expansion and Tropical Deforestation: Poverty, International Trade and Land Use. (Reviews).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Agricultural Expansion and Tropical Deforestation: Poverty, International Trade and Land Use. By SOLON L. BARRACLOUGH and KRISHNA B. GHIMIRE London: Earthscan, 2000, 150 pp. [pounds sterling]14.95 (pbk). ISBN 1 853 83665 6 In this...

Cultural Landscapes and Environmental Change. (Reviews).(Book Review)
September 1, 2002... Cultural Landscapes and Environmental Change. BY LESLEY HEAD London: Arnold, 2000, 179 pp. [pounds sterling]16.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 340 73114 1 It is now commonplace for authors in human geography to declare where they are coming from in...

Quantitative Geography: Perspectives on spatial data analysis. (Reviews).(Book Review)
September 1, 2002... Quantitative Geography: Perspectives on spatial data analysis. By A. STEWART, A. S. FOTHERINGHAM, C. BRUNSOON and M. CHARLTON. London: Sage Publications, 2000, 270 Pp. [pounds sterling]16.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 7619 5948 3 I don't shock...

GIS: A sourcebook for schools. (Reviews).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... GIS: A sourcebook for schools. Edited by DAVID GREEN London: Taylor and Francis, 2001, 228 pp. [pounds sterling]15.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 7484 0207 5 David Green, the book's Editor, aims to offer teachers and pupils a 'source of information...

European Coastal Zone Management: partnership approaches. (Reviews).(Book Review)
September 1, 2002... European Coastal Zone Management: partnership approaches. Edited by ROBERT W. DIXON-GOUGH London: Ashgate, 2001, 225 pp. [pounds sterling]42.50 ISBN 0 7546 1305 4 This book contains the papers presented at a symposium organized by the...

Science and Integrated Coastal Management. (Reviews).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Science and Integrated Coastal Management. Edited by B. V. BODUNGEN and R. K. TURNER Berlin: Dahlem University Press, 2001, 378 pp. n.p. ISBN 3 934504 02 7 This text contains a range of papers reporting contemporary themes in...

Environmental Problems in an Urbanizing World. (Reviews).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Environmental Problems in an Urbanizing World. By JORGE E. HARDOY, DIANA MITLIN and DAVID SATTERTHWAITE London: Earthscan, 2001, 448 pp. [pounds sterling]16.95 (pbk). ISBN 1 85383 719 9 This substantial volume is an updated and...