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

D.R. Rothwell and R. Davis Antarctic Environmental Protection: a Collection of Australian and International Instruments G.J. Aplin Australians and their Environment: an Introduction to Environmental Studies J. Dargavel (ed.) Australia's Ever-Changing Forests III: Proceedings of the Third National Conference on Australian Forest History D. Slattery The Australian Alps: Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks J.M. Jacobs Edge of Empire Postcolonialism and the City M. McKinnon with B. Bradley and R. Kirkpatrick (eds) New Zealand Historical Atlas: Ko Papatuanuku e Takoto Nei I.G. Thomas Environmental Impact Assessment in Australia: Theory and Practice D. Shearman and G. Sauer-Thompson Green or Gone A.S. Goudie (ed.) The Human Impact Reader: Readings and Case Studies G.C. Wescott Wilsons Promontory: Marine and National Park, Victoria     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: A Continent Transformed: Human Impact on the Nutural Vegetation of Australia Jamie Kirkpatrick The Emergence of Bioregionalism in the Murray-Darling Basin J.M. Powell From Forest to Sea: Australia's Changing Environment: Eric Rolls Australian Environmental History: Essays and Cases Stephen Dovers, (ed.) Spirited Cities Urban Planning, Traffic and Environmental Management in the Nineiies Essays for Hans Westerman Robert Freestone (ed.) The Margin Fades: Geographical Itineraries in a World of Islands Eric Waddell and Patrick D. Nunn (eds) Oceanic Islands Patrick D. Nunn Natural Disasters David Alexander REVIEWS IN BRIEF: Geography and National Identity David Hooson (ed.) REVIEWS IN BRIEF: The Challenge for Geography. A Changing World: A Changing Discipline R.J. Johnston (ed.) REVIEWS IN BRIEF: Building Bridges. Geography in Australia Report of the National Committee for Geography Australian Academy of Sciences R.L. Heathcote (ed) REVIEWS IN BRIEF: The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Physical Geography Andrew Goudie, B.W. Atkinson, K.J. Gregory, I.G. Simmons, D.R. Stoddart, David Sugden (eds.) The Dictionary of Human Geography R.J. Johnston, Derek Gregory and David Smith (eds.)     

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

N. Roberts, The Holocene an Environmental History K. R. Dyer, Estuaries: a Physical Introduction T. Hall and P. Hubbard (eds), The Entrepreneurial City Geographies of Politics, Regime and Representation P. A. Murphy and S. Watson, Surface City: Sydney at the Millennium R. Fincher and J. M. Jacobs (eds), Cities of Difference J. Hagan and A. Wells (eds), A History of Wollongong G. Banks and C. Ballard (eds), The Ok Tedi Settlement: Issues, Outcomes and Implications Institute of Asian Research, The Empowerment of Asia: Reshaping Global Society R. W. Butler, C. M. Hall and J. M. Jenkins (eds), Tourism and Recreation in Rural Areas     

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

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     

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

Book reviewed in this article: Young, R.W. & Nanson, G.C. eds. Aspects of Australian Sandstone Landscapes. Australian and New Zealand Geomorphology Group Special Publication No. 1. S. Nieuwolt Tropical Climatology–An Introduction to the Climates of the Low Latitudes R.J. Mitchell Earth Structures Engineering Vink, A.P.A. Landscape Ecology and Land Use, (edited by D.A. Davidson) Badcock, B. Unfairly Structured Cities Costin, A.M., Greenway, M.A. and Wright L.G. Harvesting Water From Land Freeman, T.G. and Benyon, P.R. (eds) Pastoral and Social Problems in a Semi-arid Environment: A Simulation Model Faniran A. and Jeje, L.K. Humid Tropical Ceomorphology: A Study of the Geomorphological Processes and Landforms in Warm Humid Climates Kissling, C.C., Taylor, M.J., Thrift, N.J. and Adrian, C. (eds) Regional Impacts of Resource Developments Harvey, D. Limits to Capital     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: ‘DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM’ ON THE PLANTATIONS? THE JAMAICAN SUGAR WORKERS' COOPERATIVES: Carl Henry Feuer, Jamaica and the Sugar Worker Cooperatives: The Politics of Reform. Boulder ‘DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM’ ON THE PLANTATIONS? THE JAMAICAN SUGAR WORKERS' COOPERATIVES: Monica Frölander-Ulf and Frank Lindenfeld, A New Earth: The Jamaican Sugar Workers' Cooperatives, 1975–1981. ‘DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM’ ON THE PLANTATIONS? THE JAMAICAN SUGAR WORKERS' COOPERATIVES: D. C. M. Piatt and Guido di Telia (eds), Argentina, Australia and Canada. Studies in Comparative Development, 1870–1965. ‘DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM’ ON THE PLANTATIONS? THE JAMAICAN SUGAR WORKERS' COOPERATIVES: Charles Edquist, Capitalism, Socialism and Technology: A Comparative Study of Cuba and Jamaica. ‘DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM’ ON THE PLANTATIONS? THE JAMAICAN SUGAR WORKERS' COOPERATIVES: Merle Lipton, Capitalism and Apartheid: South Africa 1910–84. ‘DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM’ ON THE PLANTATIONS? THE JAMAICAN SUGAR WORKERS' COOPERATIVES: Dale Johnson (ed.) Middle Class in Dependent Countries. Liberal Hopes: John W. Sewell, R. E. Feinberg and V. Kallab (eds), U. S. Foreign Policy and the Third World: Agenda 1985–1986. US-Third World Policy Perspectives No. 3. Washington DC: Overseas Development Council; Liberal Hopes: A. Gauhar (ed.), Regional Integration: The Latin American Experience. Liberal Hopes: Theodore Panayotou (ed.), Food Policy Analysis in Thailand. Liberal Hopes: J. G. M. Hilhorst and M. Klatter (eds), Social Development in the Third World Level of Living Indicators and Social Planning. Liberal Hopes: R. L. Harris and C. M. Vilas (eds), Nicaragua: A Revolution under Siege. Liberal Hopes: Kwame Arhin, Paul Hesp and Laurens van der Laan (eds), Marketing Boards in Tropical Africa. Monographs from the Africa Studies Centre, Leiden. Liberal Hopes: Alan Gilbert and Peter M. Ward, Housing, the State and the Poor. Policy and Practice in Three Latin American Cities. Liberal Hopes: John Rogge, Too Many, Too Long: Sudan's Twenty-Year Refugee Dilemma. Liberal Hopes: Robert Cassen (ed.), Soviet Interests in the Third World London: Royal Institute of International Affairs; Liberal Hopes: Raymond Goodman, Charles Lepani and David Morawetz, The Economy of Papua New Guinea. An Independent Review. Liberal Hopes: Allan G. Hill (ed.), Papulation, Health and Nutrition in the SaheL Issues in the Welfare of Selected West African Communities. London, Boston, Melbourne and Henley: Kegan Paul International, 1985. xxiv + 400 pp. Paperback. N. p.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Bent Flyvberg, Rationality and Power. Democracy in Practice A. de Tinguy, (ed.)The Fall of the Soviet Empire Peter Godwin, (ed.)The Looming Epidemic: The Impact of HIV and AIDS in India Alejandro Portes, Carlos Dore‐Cabral and Patricia Landolt, (eds)The Urban Caribbean. Transition to the New Global Economy Elsa Leo‐Rhynie, Barbara Bailey and Christine Barrow, (eds) Gender: A Caribbean Multi‐Disciplinary Perspective Nalinin Visvanathan, Lynn Duggan, Laurie Nisonoff and Nan Wiegersma, (eds)The Women, Gender and Development Reader Doreen Indra, (ed.) Engendering Forced Migration: Theory and Practice. S. M. Charlton and J. Everett, (eds) NGOs and Grassroots in Development Work in South India: Elizabeth Moen Mathiot Ruddar Datt, (ed.) Organising the Unorganised Workers A. Dorward, J. Kydd and C. Poulton, (eds)Smallholder Cash Crop Production under Market Liberalisation. A New Institutional Economics Perspective Deepak Nayyar, (ed.) Trade and Industrialization J. Leckie, To Labour with the State. The Fiji Public Service Association Carl K. Eicher and John M. Staatz, (eds) International Agricultural Development     

Book Notes

Martin Katzman, Cities and Frontiers in Brazil Philip Musgrove, Consumer Behavior in Latin America (An ECIEL Study) William R. Cline and Enrique Delgado, eds., Economic Integration in Central America Wayne A. Cornelius and Robert V. Kemper, eds., Metropolitan Latin America: The Challenge and the Response James M. Malloy, ed., Authoritarianism and Corporatism in Latin America Merilee S. Grindle, Bureaucrats, Politicians, and Peasants in Mexico: A Case Study in Public Policy COURTS, CRIME, AND LAW Richard Lehne, The Quest for Justice: The Politics of School Finance Reform Ray C. Jeffrey, Crime Prevention through Environmental Design Linda Medcalf, Law and Identity: Lawyers. Native Americans and Legal Practice Benno C. Schmidt, Jr., Freedom of the Press vs. Public Access Lawrence A. Gooberman, Operation Intercept: The Multiple Consequences of Public Policy Milton Heumann, Plea Bargaining: The Experiences of Prosecutors, Judges and Defense Attorneys enneth C. Laudon, Communications Technology and Democratic Participation Raymond Bowers, Alfred M. Lee, and Cary Hershey, eds., Communications for a Mobile Society: An Assessment of New Technology Roy Bahl, ed., The Fiscal Outlook for Cities: Implications of a National Urban Policy Mark Gottdiener, Planned Sprawl: Private and Public Interests in Suburbia Anthony James Catanese and W. Paul Farmer, eds., Personality, Politics and Planning: How City Planners Work Robert L. Lineberry, Equality and Urban Policy: The Distribution of Municipal Public Services John J. Harrigan and William C. Johnson, Governing the Twin Cities Region, The Metropolitan Council in Comparative Perspective D. S. Chauhan, Public Labor Relations: A Comparative State Study A. Lawrence Chickering, ed., Public Employee Unions: A Study of the Crisis in Public Sector Labor Relations Martin Binkin and Shirley J. Bach, Women and the Military Martin Binkin, with Herschel Ranter and Rolf H. Clark, Shaping the Defense Civilian Work Force: Economics, Politics, and National Security Richard K. 3etts, Soldiers. Statesmen, and Cold War Crises Selig Harrison, China. Oil, and Asia; Conflict Ahead? J. T. Pempel, ed., Policymakinq in Contemporary Japan Fred H. Sanderson, Japan's Food Prospects and Policies A. Doak Barnett, China and the Major Powers in East Asia Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Tactical Nuclear Weapons: European Perspectives Thomas H. Etzold and John Lewis Gaddis, eds., Containments: Documents on American Policy and Strategy, 1945-1950 William O. McCagg, Jr., Stalin Embattled. 1943-1948 Barry B. Hughes, The Domestic context of American Foreign Policy     

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

Books reviewed: A. Beer, A. Maude and W. Pritchard, Developing Australia's Regions: Theory and Practice K. Beesley, H. Millward, B. Ilbery and L. Harrington (eds), The New Countryside: Geographic Perspectives on Rural Change Alexander R. Cuthbert (ed.), Designing Cities: Critical Readings in Urban Design Ian Burnley and Peter Murphy, Sea Change: Movement from Metropolitan to Arcadian Australia     

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     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Andrew S. MacDonald Nowhere to go but down? Simmons, I. G. Changing the Face of the Earth Culture, Environment, History Storper, M. and Walker, R. The Capitalist Imperative: Territory, Technology, and Industrial Growrh T.R. Slater (editor) The Built Form of Western Cities Australian Surveying and Land Information Group Atlas of Australian Resources Third Series; Vegetation S.A. Drury A Guide to Remote Sensing—Interpreting Images of the Earth C.A. Gregory and J.G. Altman Observing the Economy R. Hudson, and D. Sadler, The Imitational Steel Industry: Restructuring State Policies and Localities Heather Joshi (editor) The Chonging Population of Britain Lundqvist, L., Mattsson, L.G., Eriksson, E.A. Spatial Energy Analysis J.B. Thornes (ed.) Vegetation and Erosion Rocesses and Environments L.J. Webb, and J. Kikkawa. (editors) Australian Tropical Rainforests Science—Values—Meaning Elspeth Young and Kim Doohan Mobility for survival a process analysis of Aboriginal population movement in Central Australia     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Scott Campbell and Susan S. Fainstein (eds), Readings in Planning Theory, 2nd Edition Noel Castree and Bruce Braun (eds), Social Nature: Theory, Practice and Politics Thomas V. Cech, Principles of Water Resources; History, Development, Management and Policy Jonathan Crush and David McDonald (eds),Transnationalism and New African Immigration to South Africa K. O’Connor, R. Stimson and M. Daly, Australia's Changing Economic Geography. A Society Dividing B. Roberts and D. Wadley (eds), Planning for Sustainable Industry Sima Williamson, David Brunckhorst and Gerard Kelly, Reinventing the Common: Cross‐Boundary Farming for a Sustainable Future     

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Books reviewed: R. Blong, D. Sinai and C. Packham, Natural Perils in Australia and New Zealand David Robertson and Aynsley Kellow (eds), Globalization and the Environment: Risk Assessment and the WTO Libby Robin, Defending the Little Desert, The Rise of Ecological Consciousness in Australia H. Millward, K. Beesley, B. Ilbery And L. Harrington (Eds), Agricultural And Environmental Sustainability In The New Countryside A. G. Aguilar And I. Escamilla (Eds), Problems Of Mega Cities: Social Inequalities, Environmental Risk And Urban Governance A.s. Fotheringham, C. Brunsdon And M. Charlton, Quantitative Geography: Perspectives On Spatial Data Analysis     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: White, H. P. Senior, M. L.,: Transport Geography C. C. Kissling Anderson, J. Duncan, S. Hudson, R. (eds.) Redundant Spaces in Cities and Regions? Studies in Industrial Decline and Social Change Michael Taylor Law, P., Antarctic Odyssey Nigel Wace Caine, N., The Mountains of Northeastern Tasmania: a study of alpine geomorphology. A. A. Balkema R. W. Galloway Mosler, M.-A., Geomorphologische Untersuchungen im Lippischen Keuperbergland R. W. Galloway Department of Home Affairs and the Environment, Australian Urban Environmental Indicators David Ingle Smith Douglas, I., The Urban Environment     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Kelley Hays-Gilpin and David S. Whitely (eds) Reader in Gender Archaeology Robert B. Shoemaker Gender in English Society, 1650–1850: The Emergence of Separate Spheres? Robert Shoemaker and Mary Vincent (eds) Gender and History in Western Europe Eileen Janes Yeo (ed.) Mary Wollstonecraft and 200 Years of Feminisms Leah Leneman Alienated Affections: The Scottish Experience of Divorce and Separation, 1684–1830 David Peterson del Mar What Trouble I Have Seen: A History of Violence Against Wives K. D. Reynolds Aristocratic Women and Political Society in Victorian Britain Clare Midgley Gender and Imperialism Antoinette Burton At the Heart of the Empire: Indians and the Colonial Encounter in late-Victorian Britain Indira Chowdhury The Frail Hero and Virile History: Gender and the Politics of Culture in Colonial Bengal Urvashi Butalia The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India Indira Ghose Women Travellers in Colonial India: The Power of the Female Gaze Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch African Women: A Modern History Gwendolyn Mikell (ed.) African Feminism: The Politics of Survival in Sub-Saharan Africa Carolina Maria de Jesus I'm Going to Have a Little House: the Second Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus Carolina Maria de Jesus Bitita's Diary: The Childhood Memoirs of Carolina Maria de Jesus Benedita da Silva Benedita da Silva: An Afro-Brazilian Woman's Story of Politics and Love as Told to Medea Benjamin and Maisa Mendonça Robert M. Levine The Brazilian Photographs of Genevieve Naylor, 1940–1942 Penny Summerfield, Reconstructing Women's Wartime Lives: Discourse and Subjectivity in Oral Histories of the Second World War Linda K. Schott Reconstructing Women's Thoughts: The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Before World War II Begona Aretxaga Shattering Silence: Women, Nationalism, and Political Subjectivity in Northern Ireland Leonie Sandercock (ed.) Making the Invisible Visible: A Multicultural Planning History