The Geographical Journal articles from September 2004

The Geographical Journal archives from September 2004

A macroscale analysis of coastal steepening around the coast of England and Wales.
September 1, 2004... Introduction Coastal steepening has been defined as the process whereby the cross-shore profile does not retreat or progress as an equilibrium profile, but develops towards a steeper profile (Soulsby et al. 1999). In the UK, the earliest...

Transfer of Taiwanese ideas and technology to The Gambia, West Africa: a viable approach to rural development?
September 1, 2004... World development owes much to the transfer of ideas and technology. History tells of how these have travelled, and have been adopted and adapted with varying levels of success since civilization began. For example, Carl Sauer (1969) has shown...

The Singapore River thematic zone: sustainable tourism in an urban context.
September 1, 2004... Introduction New World (1923-85), Happy World (1936-1980s) and Great World (1930s-1964) were all theme parks in Singapore created before the Second World War, and popular amusement centres for Singaporeans up to the 1980s. Unlike these...

Problems of the solution: intervention into small-scale irrigation for drought proofing in the Mekele Plateau of northern Ethiopia.
September 1, 2004... The hope of boosting agricultural output in areas where rainfall inadequacy and variability is a major environmental limiting factor depended for a long time on the development of large capital-intensive irrigation schemes. Nevertheless, the...

Accessibility and land-use patterns at the forest fringe in the northeastern part of the Philippines.
September 1, 2004... Introduction Accessibility is considered to be one of the most important driving factors of land-use and land-cover change (Angelsen and Kaimowitz 1999; Chomitz and Gray 1996; Geist and Lambin 2002). The ability that people have to reach...

The karstlands of Trinidad and Tobago, their land use and conservation.
September 1, 2004... Introduction By comparison with much of the Caribbean, little has been written previously about the karst landscapes of Trinidad and Tobago. There exists a disparate karst literature dealing primarily with cave exploration and ecology, but...

Annual general Meeting of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) 7 June 2004.(Presidential Address)
September 1, 2004... Today is a great day for geography. For today, for the first time, outsiders can gain a view of the inside of this great institution, of what it holds and what it represents. Not only are we unlocking the archives, we are opening up a...

The President, Sir Neil Cossons, in the Chair.(Annual General Meeting)
September 1, 2004... 7 June 2004 The Honorary Secretary, Dr M. Firth, read the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of 2 June 2003. The Minutes were approved and signed. The Honorary Treasurer DAVID LYON 2003 was a year of hectic activity as the...

Torsten Hagerstrand 1916-2004.(Obituary)(Obituary)
September 1, 2004... Stig Torsten Erik Hagerstrand, a Swede devoted to his homeland, a good European and a citizen of the world, died in Lund on 3 May 2004. He was one of the most distinguished geographers of his generation. In thought, word and deed he sought...

Rivers of the world: A social, geographical and environmental sourcebook.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Rivers of the world: A social, geographical and environmental sourcebook. By JAMES R. PENN Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2001, 357 pp. [pounds sterling]58.95. ISBN 1 57607 042 5 The author's aim in writing this book was to provide a...

FRIEND 2002--Regional Hydrology: Bridging the gap between research and practice.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... FRIEND 2002--Regional Hydrology: Bridging the gap between research and practice. Edited by HENNY A. J. VAN LANEN and SIEGFRIED DEMUTH Wallingford: IAHS, 2002, 518 pp. [pounds sterling]73.50. ISBN 1 901502 81 3 This book contains 63...

Remote Sensing for Sustainable Forest Management.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Remote Sensing for Sustainable Forest Management. By STEVEN E. FRANKLIN London: CRC, 2002, 407 pp. [pounds sterling]59.99. ISBN 1 5667 0394 8 As someone who spends a lot of time reading the scientific literature on remote sensing of...

The Development of Sustainable Tourism.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... The Development of Sustainable Tourism. By LARS ARONSSON London: Continuum, 2000, 193 pp. [pounds sterling]25.00 (pbk). ISBN 0 8264 4885 2 What distinguishes this book from others on tourism and sustainable development is its use of a...

The Middle East Water Question: Hydropolitics and the Global Economy.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... The Middle East Water Question: Hydropolitics and the Global Economy. By TONY ALLAN London: Tauris, 2002, 408 pp. [pounds sterling]45.00. ISBN 1 86064 582 8 In his recent book, The Middle East Water Question: Hydropolitics and the...

Ecology, Civil Society and the Informal Economy in North West Tanzania.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Ecology, Civil Society and the Informal Economy in North West Tanzania. By CHARLES DAVID SMITH London: Ashgate, 2001, 234 pp. [pounds sterling]39.95. ISBN 0 7546 1068 3 A book with such a title should immediately attract the attention...

The Physical Geography of North America.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... The Physical Geography of North America. Edited by ANTONY ORME Oxford: OUP, 2002, 608 pp. [pounds sterling]79.99. ISBN 0 19 511107 9 If you want an up-to-date, authoritative, comprehensive and very readable review of the state of...

Pollution of Lakes and Rivers: A Paleoenvironmental Perspective.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Pollution of Lakes and Rivers: A Paleoenvironmental Perspective. By JOHN P. SMOL London: Arnold, 2002, 280 pp. [pounds sterling]19.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 340 69167 0 As part of the Arnold series Key Issues In Environmental Change, John Smol...

'A Trip Too Far': Ecotourism, Politics & Exploitation.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... 'A Trip Too Far': Ecotourism, Politics & Exploitation. BY ROSALEEN DUFFY London: Earthscan, 2002, 210 pp. [pounds sterling]15.95 (pbk). ISBN 1 853 83759 8 The rapidly emerging field of ecotourism has generated a plethora of academic...

Islands of the Arctic.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Islands of the Arctic. BY JULIAN DOWDESWELL and MICHAEL HAMBREY Cambridge: CUP, 2002, 280 pp. [pounds sterling]24.95. ISBN 0 521 81333 6 This book, which is aimed at a non-scientific audience, has a 'coffee table' format with its...

Modelling Soil Erosion in a Small Catchment on the Chinese Loess Plateau: Applying LISEM to Extreme Conditions.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Modelling Soil Erosion in a Small Catchment on the Chinese Loess Plateau: Applying LISEM to Extreme Conditions. By RUDI HESSEL The Netherlands: Universiteit Utrecht, Nederlandse Geografische Studies 307, 2002, 317 pp. [euro]32 (pbk). ISBN...

Cultivated Landscapes of Middle America on the Eve of Conquest.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Cultivated Landscapes of Middle America on the Eve of Conquest. By THOMAS M. WHITMORE and B. L. TURNER II Oxford: OUP, 2001, 311 pp. [pounds sterling]75.00. ISBN 0 19 924453 7 This excellent book is part of a three-volume set that...

Colonialism and Landscape. Postcolonial Theory and Applications.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Colonialism and Landscape. Postcolonial Theory and Applications. By ANDREW SLUYTER Lanham, Rowman and Littlefield, 2002, 267 pp. [pounds sterling]20.95 (pbk). ISBN 0 7425 1560 5 Sluyter presents a geographic theory of colonialism and...

The Peopling of Britain: the Shaping of a Human Landscape. The Linacre Lectures 1999.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... The Peopling of Britain: the Shaping of a Human Landscape. The Linacre Lectures 1999. Edited by P. SLACK and R. WARD Oxford: OUP, 2002, 307 pp. [pounds sterling]50.00. ISBN 0 19 829759 9 If anyone is seeking a review of the current...