Reviews

Books reviewed: J.E. Hobbs, J.A. Lindesay and H.A. Bridgman (eds) Climates of the Southern Continents: Present, Past and Future K. Dodds Geopolitics in Antarctica: Views from the Southern Oceanic Rim H.D. Foster, D.C. Lai and N. Zhou (eds) The Dragon’s Head: Shanghai, China’s Emerging Megacity R. Hall and J.D. Holloway (eds) Biogeography and Geological Evolution of SE Asia A.J. Conacher and M. Sala (eds) Land Degradation in Mediterranean Environments of the World: Nature and Extent, Causes and Solutions G. Tansey and J. D’Silva (eds), The Meat Business Devouring a Hungry Planet J.B. Kirkpatrick A Continent Transformed: Human Impact on the Natural Vegetation of Australia J.S. Duncan and D.J. Gregory (eds) Writes of Passage: Reading Travel Writing R. Le Heron, L. Murphy, P. Forer and M. Goldstone (eds) Explorations in Human Geography: Encountering Place J. Overton and R. Scheyvens (eds) Strategies for Sustainable Development: Experiences from the Pacific R. Harding and E. Fisher (eds) Perspectives on the Precautionary Principle E. Darier (ed.) Discourses of the Environment S. Body‐Gendrot The Social Control of Cities? A Comparative Perspective M.J. Dear The Postmodern Urban Condition     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Klein, N. ‘No Logo Forster, C. Australian Cities: Continuity and Change Hamnett, S. and Freestone, R. (eds) The Australian Metropolis: a Planning History Marcuse, P. and van Kempen, R. (eds) Globalizing Cities: A New Spatial Order? Gleeson, B. and Low, N. Australian Urban Planning: New Challenges, New Agendas Meyer, B. and Geschiere, P. (eds) Globalization and Identity. Dialectics of Flow and Closure Hall, C.M. Tourism Planning: Policies, Processes and Relationships Inglis, A. Beside the Seaside. Victorian Resorts in the Nineteenth Century Stratford, E. (ed.) Australian Cultural Geographies J. Dargavel and B. Libbis (eds) Australia's Ever‐Changing Forests IV: Proceedings of the Fourth National Conference on Australian Forest History Filer, C. (ed.) Dilemmas of Development: the Social and Economic Impact of the Porgera Gold Mine 1989–1994 Summerfield, M.A. (ed.) Geomorphology and Global Tectonics     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: E. Shepard and T. J. Barnes (eds.), A Companion to Economic Geography G. L. Clark, M. P. Feldman and M. S. Gertler (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Economic Geography A. Rogers and H. A. Viles (eds.), The Student's Companion to Geography, 2^nd edition G. Bridge and S. Watson (eds.), A Companion to the City G. Bridge and S. Watson (eds.), The Blackwell City Reader G. Aplin, Heritage: Identification, Conservation, and Management T. Huybers and J. Bennett, Environmental Management and the Competitiveness of Nature‐based Tourism Destinations M. Shaw, D. Dorling and R. Mitchell, Health, Place and Society J. Collins, G. Noble, S. Poynting and P. Tabar, Kebabs, Kids, Cops and Crime: Youth, Ethnicity and Crime N. A. Geeson, C. J. Brandt and J. B. Thornes (eds.), Mediterranean Desertification S. Boehmer‐Christiansen and A. Kellow, International Environmental Policy: Interests and the Failure of the Kyoto Process L. Head, Cultural Landscapes and Environmental Change     

Reviews

Books reviewed: L. Bondi, H. Avis, R. Bankey, A. Bingley, J. Davidson, R. Duffy, V. Einagel, A. Green, L. Johnston, S. Lilley, C. Listerborn, S. McEwan, M. Marshy, N. O’Connor, G. Rose, B. Vivat and N. Wood, Subjectivities, Knowledges, and Feminist Geo‐graphies: The Subjects and Ethics of Social Research L.C. Botterill and M. Fisher (eds), Beyond Drought. People, Policy and Perspectives J.S. Bridge, Rivers and Floodplains. Forms, Processes, and Sedimentary Record Carolyn Cartier, Globalizing South China Stephen Dovers and Su Wild River (eds), Managing Australia's Environment Antoinette M. Mannion, Dynamic World: Land‐cover and Land‐use Change P. Moss (ed.), Feminist Geography in Practice E. Pawson and T. Brooking (eds), Environmental Histories of New Zealand Ian Thomas, Environmental Impact Assessment in Australia: Theory and Practice, 3rd Edition J.F. Williams and R.J. Stimson (eds), International Urban Planning Settings: Lessons of Success     

Reviews

Books reviewed: S. Wahab and J. J. J. Pigram (eds), Tourism, Development and Growth the Challenge of Sustainability L. Sandercock, Towards Cosmopolis: Planning for Multicultural Cities S. Ryan, The Cartographic Eye: How Explorers Saw Australia J. M. Powell, Watering the Western Third Water, Land and Community in Western Australia, 1826–1998 M. C. Campbell, The Kingdom of the Ryans: the Irish in Southwest New South Wales, 1816ndash;1890 L. Sandercock (ed.), Making the Invisible: a Multicultural Planning History M. Ioannou, Barossa Journeys: into a Valley of Tradition N. R. Britton, J. McDonald and J. Oliver (eds), Insurance Liability and Loss Mitigation: Partners in Risk Resolution N. R. Britton and J. Oliver (eds), Financial Risk Management for Natural Catastrophes P. D. Nunn, Pacific Island Landscapes: Landscape and Geological Development of Southwest Pacific Islands, especially Fiji, Samoa and Tonga G. R. McGregor and S. Nieuwolt, Tropical Climatology: an Introduction to the Climates of the Low Latitudes T. M. Berra, A Natural History of Australia G. Cho, Geographic Information Systems and the Law: Mapping the Legal Frontiers     

Reviews

Books reviewed: P. Hay, Main Currents in Western Environmental Thought P. Kershaw, B. David, N. Tapper, D. Penny and J. Brown (eds), Bridging Wallace's Line: the Environmental and Cultural History and Dynamics of the Southeast Asian–Australian Region A. Sturman and R. Spronken–Smith, The Physical Environment: a New Zealand Perspective I.H. Burnley, The Impact of Immigration on Australia: a Demographic Approach A. Boncompagni, The World is Just Like a Village: Globalization and Transnationalism of Italian Migrants from Tuscany in Western Australia M.M. Cernea and C. McDowell (eds), Risks and Reconstruction: Experiences of Resettlers and Refugees A.C. Gatrell, Geographies of Health: an Introduction G. Valentine, Social Geographies. Space and Society     

Reviews

J.A. Kerle, Uluru Kata Tjuta & Watarrka: Ayers Rock, the Olgas and Kings Canyon, Northern Territory R.J. Allan, J.A. Lindesay and D.E. Parker (eds), El Niño Southern Oscillation and Climatic Variablity P.J. May, R.J. Burby, N.J. Ericksen, J.W. Handmer, J.E. Dixon, S. Michaels and D.I. Smith, Environmental Management and Governance: Intergovernmental Approaches to Hazards and Sustainability R.W.G. Carter and C.D. Woodroffe (eds), Coastal Evolution: Late Quaternary Shoreline Morphodynamics I.R. Wills, Economics and the Environment: a Signalling and Incentives Approach     

Reviews

Books reviewed: P.A. Longley, M.F. Goodchild, D.J. Maguire and D.W. Rhind (eds) Geographical Information Systems Volume 1 Principles and Technical Issues E. Favenc Tales of the Austral Tropics L.B. Leopold Water, Rivers, and Creeks A.B. Knapp, V.C. Pigott, and E.W. Herbert (eds) Social Approaches to an Industrial Past: the Archaeology and Anthropology of Mining M. Crang Cultural Geography J.D. Hansom and J.E. Gordon Antarctic Environments and Resources: a Geographical Perspective C. Hunt Pacific Development Sustained: Policy for Pacific Environments R. Linn Battling the Land: 200 Years of Rural Australia D.E.M. Chapman Natural Hazards E.K. Teather (ed.) Embodied Geographies: Spaces, Bodies and Rites of Passage K.J. Anderson and G.F. Gale (eds) Cultural Geographies P.D. Nunn Environmental Change in the Pacific Basin     

Book Reviews

Thomas D. Hall (ed.), A World‐Systems Reader: New Perspectives on Gender, Urbanism, Cultures, Indigenous Peoples, and Ecology Arif Dirlik, Vinay Bahl and Peter Gran (eds.), History After the Three Worlds: Post Eurocentric Historiographies Susan Schech and Jane Haggis, Culture and Development: A Critical Introduction Mehran Kamrava, Cultural Politics in the Third World Adrian Wood, Raymond Apthorpe and John Borton (eds.), Evaluating International Humanitarian Action: Reflections from Practitioners Richard Black, Refugees, Environment and Development Aristide R. Zolberg and Peter Benda (eds.), Global Migrants, Global Refugees: Problems and Solutions H. W. Singer with D. J. Shaw (ed.), International Development Co‐Operation: Selected Essays by H. W. Singer on Aid and the United Nations System Kristoffel Lieten and Ben White (eds.), Child Labour: Policy Options C. J. Barrow, Social Impact Assessment: An Introduction Douglas Saltmarshe, Identity in a Post‐communist Balkan State: An Albanian Village Study Anne Marie Goetz, Women Development Workers. Implementing Rural Credit Programmes in Bangladesh A. Kundu and A. N. Sharma (eds.), Informal Sector in India: Perspectives and Policies A. Haroon Akram‐Lodhi (ed.), Confronting Fiji Futures M. A. Mohamed Salih and John Markakis (eds.), Ethnicity and the State in Eastern Africa Jeanne X. Kasperson and Roger Kasperson (eds.), Global Environmental Risk James R. Bingen, David Robinson and John M. Staatz (eds.), Democracy and Development in Mali Harri Eglund, From War to Peace on the Mozambique‐Malawi Borderland     

Reviews

Books reviewed: R.W. Dutton Changing Rural Systems in Oman: the Khabura Project R. Capello, P. Nijkamp and G. Pepping Sustainable Cities and Energy Policies P.J. Boyle and K. Halfacree (eds) Migration into Rural Areas: Theories and Issues L.M. Benton and J.R. Short Environmental Discourse and Practice D.B. Massey, J. Allen and P. Sarre (eds) Human Geography Today G.M. Robinson Methods and Techniques in Human Geography L. McDowell Gender, Identity and Place: Understanding Feminist Geographies I.R. Tyrrell True Gardens of the Gods: Californian–Australian Environmental Reform, 1860–1930     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: L. B. M. Mennes, Planning Economic Integration among Developing Countries Yehezkel Dror, Crazy States: A Counterconventional Strategic Problem D. C. Heath Joseph P. Martino, Technological Forecasting for Decisionmaking American Elsevier Publishing Joseph Hutchinson, Farming and Food Supply Cambridge University L. Carl Brown (ed), From Madina to Metropolis; Heritage and Change in the Near Eastern City Jean-Paul Charnay, Islamic Culture and Socio-economic Change E. J. Brill Paul Halmos and Martin Albrow (eds.) Hungarian Sociological Studies University of Keele     

BOOK NOTES

Books reviewed in this articles: Alt, James E. and K. Alec Chrystal, Political Economics American Enterprise Institute, Natural Gas Proposals: 1983. 98th Congress, 1st Session American Enterprise Institute, Reauthrization of the Clean Water Act: 1983, 98th Congress, 1st Session Bajpai, U.S. (ed.), Non-Alignment: Pespectives and Prospects Ball, Howard (ed.), Federal Administrative Agencies: Essays on Power and Politics barker, Michael (ed.), State Employment Policy in Hard Times Baugh, William H., The Politics of Nuclear balance: Ambiguity and Continuity in Strategic Policies Baum, Kenneth H. and Lyle P. Schertz (eds.), Modeling Farm Decisions for Policy Analysis Brewster, Lawrence G., The Public Agenda: Issues in American Politics Bullock, Charles S. III and Charles M. lamb (Eds.), Implementation of Civil Rights Policy Campbell, Duncan C. and Richard L. Rowan, Multinational Enterprises and the OECD Industrial Relations Guidelines Clark, Terry Nichols and Lorna Crowley Fergusion, City Money: Political Processes, Fiscal Strain, and Retrenchment Dahl, Robert A., Modern Political Analysis Deloria, Vine Jr. and Clifford M. Lytle, American Indians, American Justice Eddy, William B. (ed.), Handbook of Organization Management Finsinger, Jorg (ed.), Public Sector Economics Franklin, Kay and Norman Schaeffer, Duel for the Dunes: Land Use Conflict on the Shores of Lake Michigan Gilberty, Neil, Capitalism and the Welfare State: Dilemmas of Social Benevolence Grannemann, Thomas W. and Mark V. Pauly, Controlling Medicaid Costs: Federalism, Competition, and Choice Hall, Richard H. and Robert E. Quinn (eds.), Organizational Theory and Public Policy Held, David, et al (eds.), States and Societies Herson, Lawrence J. R., The Politics of Ideas: Political Theory and American Public Policy Hicks, Donald A. and Norman J. Glickman (eds.), Transition to the 21st Century: Prospect and Policies for Economic and Urban-Regional Tansformation Kerr, Thomas J., Civil Defense in the United States: Bandaid for a Holocaust? Klein, Mitchell S. G., Law, Courts, and Policy Lynch, Thomas D. (ed.), Organization Theory and management Martin, Shan, Managing Without Managers: Alternative Work Arrangements in Public Organizations McNeil, john S., Pedro J. Lecca, and Roosevelt Wright, Jr., Military Retirement: Social, Economic, and Mental Health Dilemmas Miles, Robert H. and Arvind Bhambri, The Regulatory Executives Nelson, Michael (ed.), The Presidency and the Political System Northrup, Herbert R. and Richard L. Rowan, The International Transport Workers’ Federation and Flag of Convenience Shipping Paddison, Ronan, The Fragmented State: The Political Geography of Power pogrow, Stanley, Education in the Computer Age: Issues of Policy, Practice, and Reform Rostow, W. W., The Barbaric Counter-Revolution: Cause and Cure Samuels, Richard J., The Politics of Regional Policy in Japan: Localities Incorporated? Sternlieb, George and James W. Hughes, The Atlantic City Gamble Tatalovich, Raymond and Byron W. Daynes, Presidential Power in the United States Taylor, Charles Lewis (ed.), Why Governments Grow: Measuring Public Sector Size Thompson, William R. (ed.), Contending Approaches to World System Analysis Trebilcock, Michael, J., J. Robert S. Prichard, Thomas J. Courchene, and John Whalley (eds.), Federalism and the Canadian Economicc Union Van Maanen, John (ed.), Qualitative Methodology Wallance, Helen, William Wallace, and Carole Webb (eds.), Policy-Making in the European Community Whitaker, Gordon P. and Charles David Phillips (eds.), Evaluating Performance of Criminal Justice Agencies Wilson, John T., Academic Science, Higher Education, and the Federal Government, 1950–1983     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Harold Brookfield, Helen Parsons and Muriel Brookfield (eds), Agrodiversity. Learning from Farmers Across the World . Fidelis Kaihura and Michael Stocking (eds), Agricultural Biodiversity in Smallholder Farms of East Africa . Peter Dunbar‐Hall and Chris Gibson, Deadly Sounds, Deadly Places: Contemporary Aboriginal Music in Australia . M.H. Glantz (ed.), La Niña and Its Impacts: Facts and Speculation . D.L. Higgitt and E.M. Lee (eds), Geomorphological Processes and Landscape Change: Britain in the Last 1000 Years . M.A. Quaddus and M.A.B. Siddique (eds), Handbook of Sustainable Development Planning: Studies in Modelling and Decision Support .     

Reviews

Books reviewed: D.C. Mercer ‘A Question of Balance’: Natural Resources Conflict Issues in Australia K. Dodds Geopolitics in Antarctica: Views from the Southern Oceanic Rim S.H. Preston Demography: Measuring and Modelling Population Processes A.S. Goudie The Human Impact on the Natural Environment R.J. Morley Origin and Evolution of Tropical Rainforests D.P. Drew and H. Holtzl Karst Hydrogeology and Human Activities. Impacts, Consequences and Implications K. O’Connor (ed.) Housing and Jobs in Cities and Regions: Research in Honour of Chris Maher S. Schech and J. Haggis Culture and Development: A Critical Introduction M. Watts, R.J. Johnston, D. Gregory and G Pratt (eds) The Dictionary of Human Geography J. Dargavel and B. Libbis (eds) Australia’s Ever‐Changing Forests IV: Proceedings of the Fourth National Conference on Australian Forest History S.O. Brizga and B.L. Finlayson (eds) River Management: The Australasian Experience D. Mitchell Cultural Geography: A Critical Introduction Arthur Conacher and Jeanette Conacher Environmental Planning and Management in Australia A. Wirthmann, translated by D. Busche Geomorphology of the Tropics     

Reviews

Books reviewed: G. Worboys, M. Lockwood and T. De Lacey, Protected Area Management — Principles and Practice Martin Doornbos, Ashwani Saith and Ben White (eds.), Forests: Nature, People, Power Marwan A. Hassan, Olav Slaymaker and Simon M. Berkowicz (eds.), The Hydrology‐Geomorphology Interface: Rainfall, Floods, Sedimentation, Land Use M. Stone (ed.), The Role of Erosion and Sediment Transport in Nutrient and Contaminant Transfer Thomas J.R. Jenkin, Place, Image and Environmental Conflict: World Heritage and the Lake Eyre Basin P. Leadbeter, N. Gunningham and B. Boer (eds.), Environmental Outlook No. 3: Law and Policy T.M. Swanson and S. Johnston, Global Environmental Problems and International Environmental Agreements: the Economics of International Institution Building B. Pritchard and P. McManus (eds.), Land of Discontentment: the Dynamics of Change In Rural and Regional Australia L.R. Goldman (ed.), Social Impact Analysis: an Applied Anthropological Manual B. Badcock and A. Beer, Home Truths: Property Ownership and Housing Wealth in Australia     

Reviews

Books Reviewed: David B. Lindenmayer and Jerry F. Franklin, Conserving Forest Biodiversity: a Comprehensive, Multiscaled Approach John Dargavel, Diane Hart and Brenda Libbis (eds), Perfumed Pineries: Environmental History of Australia's Callitris Forests M. Cotter, B. Boyd and J. Gardiner (eds), Heritage Landscapes: Understanding Place and Communities Clem Tisdell (ed.), The Economics of Tourism Arthur J. Conacher (ed.), Land Degradation D.M.J.S. Bowman and S.L. Farrer (eds), Measuring and Imagining: Exploring Centuries of Australian Landscape Change Fiona J. Dyer, Martin C. Thoms and Jon M. Olley (eds), The Structure, Function and Management Implications of Fluvial Sedimentary Systems     

Book Reviews

Richard Florida, The Rise of the Creative Class, And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life Gabriele Tondl, Convergence After Divergence? Regional Growth in Europe Brookings Institution Center on Urban & Metropolitan Policy, Beyond Merger: A Competitive Vision for the Regional City of Louisville Eliahu Stern, Ilan Salomon, and Piet H. L. Bovy (eds.), Travel Behaviour: Spatial Patterns, Congestion and Modelling Börje Johansson, Charlie Karlsson and Roger R. Stough (eds.), Theories of Endogenous Regional Growth: Lessons for Regional Policies Daniel Felsenstein and Michael Taylor (eds.), Promoting Local Growth: Process, Practice and Policy Southern California Studies Center, University of Southern California, Sprawl Hits the Wall: Confronting the Realities of Metropolitan Los Angeles Kathryn A. Foster, Regionalism on Purpose Gerrit J. Knaap (ed.), Land Market Monitoring for Smart Urban Growth Andrew Frank, Jonathan Raper, and Jean‐Paul Cheylan (eds.), Life and Motion of Socio‐Economic Units Matthew Gandy, Concrete and Clay: Reworking Nature in New York City Joseph Rykwert, The Seduction of Place: The City in the Twenty‐First Century Daniel D. Arreola, Tejano South Texas: A Mexican American Cultural Province Manfred M. Fischer, Javier Revilla Diez, and Folke Snickars, Metropolitan Innovation Systems: Theory and Evidence from Three Metropolitan Regions in Europe Roger Simmonds and Gary Hack, Global City Regions: Their Emerging Forms Y. M. Yeung and David K. Y. Chu (eds.), Fujian: A Coastal Province in Transition and Transformation Coen Holtzappel, Martin Sanders, and Milan Titus (eds.), Riding a Tiger: Dilemmas of Integration and Decentralization in Indonesia     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Burning Bush. A Fire History of Australia Stephen J. Pyne Monsoonal Australia. Landscape, Ecology and Man in the Northern Lowlands C.D. Haynes, M.G. Ridpath and M.A.J. Williams (eds) Mining and Indigenous Peoples in Australasia J. Connell and R. Howitt (eds.) Internal Migration in Australia 1981-86 Martin Bell, Produced for the Joint Commonwealth/State/Territory Population and Immigration Research Program Changing Places in New Zealand. A Geography of Restructuring Steve Britton, Richard Le Heron, and Eric Pawson Global Warming: Physics and Facts AIP Conference Proceedings 247, B.G. Levi, D. Hafemeister and R. Scribner, (Eds) Principles of Air Pollution Meteorology Tom Lyons and Bill Scott Money, Medicine, and Malpractice in American Society Jain Hay     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: J.M. Powell Plains of Promise, Rivers of Destiny: Water Management in the Development of Queensland 1824–1990 J.W. Handmer, A.H.J. Dorcey and D.I. Smith (eds) Negotiating Water: Conflict Resolution in Australian Water Management Norman Mackay and David Eastburn (ed.) The Murray Australian Defence Force Academy. Canberra D.J. Mulvaney (ed). The Humanities and the Australian Environment William J. Lines Taming the Great South Land Melbourne J.B. Kirkpatrick (ed) Tasmanian Native Bush: a Management Handbook Brotchie, J., Batty, M., Hall., and Newtown, P. Cities of the 21 st Century: New Technologies and Spatial Systems Kay J. Anderson Vancouver's Chinatown: Racial Discourse in Canada, 1875–1980 Daniel W. Bromley. Environment and Economy: Property Rights and Public Policy Wetlands: A Threarened Landscape Learmonth, Andrew Disease Ecology     

Nomadism,Pastoralism, Ecology,and Grazing Lands

J. Aschenbrenner and L. R. Collins, eds. The Processes of Urbanism: A Multidisciplinary Approach. The Hague: Mouton Publishers, 1978. x + 424 pp. $40.00.

E. Eames and J. G. Goode. Anthropology of the City: An Introduction to Urban Anthropology. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice‐Hall Inc., 1977. viii + 344 pp.

R. G. Fox. Urban Anthropology: Cities in Their Cultural Settings. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice‐Hall Inc., 1977. xiii + 176 pp.