The Geographical Journal articles from September 2007

The Geographical Journal archives from September 2007

Space and sustainability: an exploratory essay on the production of social spaces through city-work.(Report)
September 1, 2007... Introduction I have long been intrigued by Paul Krugman's (1997) discussion of why development theory and economic geography 'failed to "make it" into mainstream economics' (p. 6). It seems neither constituted 'a "proper" economic model'...

Azerbaijan's resource wealth: political legitimacy and public opinion.(Report)
September 1, 2007... Introduction There's obviously an issue, which is that you're going to have a much more revolutionary underclass, who as the rich get richer and they're not sharing it, get more militant. And then you could see strikes among...

Competition and co-operation in the semi-periphery: closer economic partnership and sectoral transformations in Chile and New Zealand.(Report)
September 1, 2007... A co-operative partnership with a competitive dynamic Bilateral and multilateral treaties in a context of economic globalization have persisted as a seemingly paradoxical backdrop to the market liberalization processes that have become such...

Why do they burn the 'bush'? Fire, rural livelihoods, and conservation in Zambia.(Report)
September 1, 2007... Introduction Savanna environments constitute the largest physical ecosystem in southern, central and western Africa (Solbrig and Young 1993; Mistry 2000). The high frequency of dry lightning storms over the African continent creates a...

Integration of smallholder wetland aquaculture-agriculture systems (fingerponds) into riparian farming systems on the shores of Lake Victoria, Kenya: socio-economics and livelihoods.(Report)
September 1, 2007... Introduction The majority of the rural populations around Lake Victoria depend directly on the immediate environment for their livelihoods. Over recent years, the degradation of both natural and agroecosystems and climatic uncertainty have...

Annual General Meeting of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) 4 June 2007.(Presidential Address: Building resilience)
September 1, 2007... As a trained ecologist, I have decided to base my talk today on the intersection of ecology and geography, using the theme of resilience. I believe we are going to hear a great deal about the concept and practice of resilience in the...

Annual General Meeting, 4 June 2007, The President, Sir Gordon Conway, in the Chair.
September 1, 2007... The Honorary Secretary, Dr Michael Firth, read the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of 5 June 2006. The Minutes were approved and signed. The Director, Dr Rita Gardner, presented an outline of the year and drew attention to the detail...

Map-Making, Landscapes and Memory: A Geography of Colonial and Early Modern Ireland, c. 1530-1750.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Map-making, Landscapes and Memory: A Geography of Colonial and Early Modern Ireland, c.1530-1750. By WILLIAM J SMYTH Cork: Cork University Press, 2006, 608 pp. [pounds sterling]49.00 ISBN 10 1859183972 This is the first engagement...

Cartographies of Travel and Navigation.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Cartographies of Travel and Navigation. Edited by JAMES R AKERMAN Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006, 372 pp. [pounds sterling]35.00 ISBN 978 0 226 01074 8 To the modern traveller, maps and travelling are inextricably linked....

Developing Countries: Evaluation of Land Potential. The Work of LRD, 1956-2001.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Developing Countries: Evaluation of Land Potential. The Work of LRD, 1956-2001. Edited by JOHN MAKIN, JOHN BENNETT, MARTIN BRUNT and CHRIS GRIFFIN Bucknell: LRD Publishers, 2006, 167pp [pounds sterling]25.00 ISBN 978 0 9555479 0 4 The...

Sustainable Minerals Operations in the Developing World.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Sustainable Minerals Operations in the Developing World. Edited by B R MARKER, M G PEITERSON, F MCEVOY and M H STEPHENSON London: Geological Society Special Publication No. 250, 2005, 249 pp. [pounds sterling]45.00 ISBN 1 86239 188 2 ...

Humans as Geologic Agents.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Humans as Geologic Agents. Edited by JUDY EHILEN, WILLIAM C HANEBERG and ROBERT A LARSON Reviews in Engineering Geology Volume XVI, Geological Society of America, 2005, US$60.00 paperback ISBN 978 0 813 741 161 Relationships between...

Coastal Planning and Management.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Coastal Planning and Management. By R KAY and J ALDER London, Taylor and Francis, 2005, 380 pp. [pounds sterling]31.99 paperback ISBN 0 415 31772 8 Geographers have been conducting applied research on coastal issues from a number of...

Undiscovered Ocean: from Marco Polo to Francis Drake.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Undiscovered Ocean: from Marco Polo to Francis Drake. By ANTHONY DEANE Stroud: Tempus Publishing Ltd, 2005, 288 pp. [pounds sterling]16.99 paperback ISBN 0 7524 3561 2 Undiscovered Ocean is a book full of fascinating stories of...

The Peri-Urban Interface: Approaches to Sustainable Natural and Human Resource Use.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... The Peri-Urban Interface: Approaches to Sustainable Natural and Human Resource Use. Edited by DUNCAN MCGREGOR, DAVID SIMON and DONALD THOMPSON London: Earthscan, 2006, 336 pp. [pounds sterling]22.95 ISBN 1 8440 7188 X Global...

Indigenous Peoples: Resource Management and Global Rights.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Indigenous Peoples: Resource Management and Global Rights. Edited by SVEIN JENTOFT, HENRY MINDE and RAGNAR NILSEN Delft: Eburon Academic Publishers, 2003, 315 pp. [pounds sterling]19.50 paperback ISBN 90 5166 978 X Land use and natural...

Globalization and New Geographies of Conservation.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Globalization and New Geographies of Conservation. Edited by KARI S ZIMMERER London: University of Chicago Press, 2006, 357 pp. [pounds sterling]22.50 paperback ISBN 0 226 98344 7 Of globalisation's many faces, one of those less...