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Human Geography: Society, Space, and Social Science edited by DEREK GREGORY, RON MARTIN, and GRAHAM SMITH
Postmodern Cities and Spaces edited by SOPHIE WATSON and KATHERINE GIBSON
Neighbourhood Organizations and the Welfare State by SHLOMO HASSON and DAVID LEY, Toronto
L'écologisme retrouvé: Essor et déclin de la Commission de la conservation du Canada by MICHEL F. CIRARD, Les Presses de I'Université d'Ottawa
Green Production: Toward an Environmental Rationality by ENRIQUE LEFF, The Guildford Press
Managing Natural Resources in British Columbia: Markets, Regulations, and Sustainable Development edited by ANTHONY SCOTT, IOHN ROBINSON, and DAVID COHEN
Diversite du Canada par Jean Pelletier, Masson, Paris     

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The Mega-Urban Regions of Southeast Asia edited by T.G. Mcgee and I.M. Robinson
The Frozen Echo: Greenland and the Exploration of North America, ca. A.D. 1000–1500 by Kirsten A. Seaver
Montréal: une société multiculturelle par Claire Mcnicoll
Montréal en évolution: historique du développement de ('architecture et de I'environnement urbain montréalais, 3^eédition par Jean-Claude Marsan
Postmodern Semiotics: Material Culture and the Forms of Postmodern Life by M. Gottdiener
The Global Commons: A Regime Analysis by John Vocler
Le dragon et la mer: stratégies géopolitiques chinoises en mer de Chine du Sud par Frédéric Lasserre     

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Times, Spaces, and Places: A Chronogeographic Perspective , by D on P arkes and N igel T hrift
The Sash Canada Wore: A Historical Geography of the Orange Order in Canada , by CECIL J, HOUSTON and WILLIAM J. SMYTH
La Situation démolinguistique au Canada , par R éjean L acharelle et J acques H enripin
Planning Industrial Development , edited by D avid F. W alker , John Wiley
Regional Development in Britain (2nd edition), by G. M anners , D. K eeble , B. R odgers , and K. W arren
Pipelines and Permafrost: Physical Geography and Development in the Circumpolar North , by P eter J. W illiams     

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Maps with the News: The Development of American Journalistic Cartography by mark monmonier
Labour, Environment and Industrial Change edited by g.j.r. LINCE and G.A. van der knaap
Revitalizing the Waterfront: International Dimensions of Dockland Development edited by b.s. hoyle
ROBERT J. MCCALLA St. Mary's University The Modernist City: An Anthropological Critique of Brasília by james holston
The Sugar Cane Industry: An Historical Geography from its Origins to 1914 by j.h. galloway
Hispanic Lands and Peoples: Selected Writings of James J. Parsons edited by william m. denevan
Towns and Urban Society in Early Nineteenth Century Hungary by vera bácskai, Akadémiai Kiadó
Theory and Practice in British and Hungarian Geography edited by paul a. compton and márton pécsi, Akadémiai Kiadó
Contemporary Essays in Austrian and Hungarian Geography edited by elisabeth lichtenberger and márton pécsi, Akadémiai Kiadó
Land Evaluation Studies in Hungary edited by dénes lóczy, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest     

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Crossing Boundaries: Mine Migrancy in a Democratic South Africa edited by Jonathan crush and wilmot james, irdc and idasa (International Development Research Centre and Institute for Democracy in South Africa) Ottawa
Free Trade: Neither Free nor about Trade by CHRISTOPHER 0. MERRETT, Black Rose Books, Montrkal
Noms et lieux du Quebec: dictionnaire illustre par COMMISSION DE TOPONYMIE DU QUEBEC, Les publications du Quebec
Coastal lagoon Processes edited par BJORN KJERFVE, Elsevier, Oceanography series no 60, New York
Third World in the First: Development and Indigenous Peoples by elspeth young, Routledge, New York, 1995
A Persistent Spirit: Towards Understanding Aboriginal Health Care in British Columbia edited by peter h. stephenson, susan j. elliott, Leslie t. foster and jill Harris, Department of Geography, University of Victoria, Western Canadian Geographical Series
The Resources of Poverty: Women and Survival in a Mexican City by mercedes González de la rocha, Blackwell, Cambridge, 1994
Emigration from Hong Kong: Tendencies and Impacts edited by ronald skeldon, The Chinese University Press, Hong Kong
Transport Planning and Policy Issues: Geographical Perspectives edited by JEAN andrey, Department of Geography, University of Waterloo, Waterloo     

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Canada's Cold Environments edited by HUGH M. FRENCH and OLAV SLAYMAKER, McGill
Geography and the Human Spirit by ANNE BURIMER, with a Foreword by Yi-Fu Tuan
French America: Mobility, Identity, and Minority Experience across the Continent edited by DEAN R. LOUDER and ERIC WADDELL, translated by FRANKLIN PHILIP
Dictionnaire des entites géographiques au Couvernement du Québec dir. par ROBERT CHÉNIER, ANDRÉ GACNON, et JOCELYNE MALBOEUF
Tourism Research: Critiques and Challenges edited by DOUGLAS C. PEARCE and RICHARD W. BUTLER
St. Catharines: Canada's Canal City by JOHN N. JACKSON and SHEILA M. WILSON
Télédétection spatiale: Université d'été européenne, Toulouse 1990 dir. par MICHEL VAUZELLE
Remote Sensing for Monitoring the Changing Environment of Europe edited by PETER WINKLER, A.A. Balema
Landscape and Power edited by W.J.T. MITCHELL
Atlas historique de Montréal by JEAN-CLAUDE ROBERT
The Quest for the Other: Ethnic Tourism in San Cristobal, Mexico by PIERRE L. VAN DEN BERCHE
Continuities and Discontinuities: The Political Economy of Social Welfare and Labour Market Policy in Canada edited by ANDREW F. JOHNSON, STEPHEN MCBRIDE, and PATRICK J. SMITH     

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Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900–1900: by ALFRED w. CROSBY
North America: The Historical Geography of a Changing Continent: edited by ROBERT D. MITCHELL and PAUL A. GROVES
Defi au développement régional: territorialité et changement social au Nicaragua sandiniste: par JUAN-LUIS KLEIN
Ethnomedical Systems in Africa: Patterns of Traditional Medicine in Rural and Urban Kenya: by CHARLES M. GOOD
The Geography of Urban Transportation edited by SUSAN HANSON.
High Tech America edited by ANN MARKUSEN, PETER HALL, and AMY CLASMEIER, Allen and Unwin.
Steel City: Hamilton and Region edited by MICHAEL J. DEAR, JOHN J. DRAKE, and LLOYD G. REEDS.
Art and Cartography: Six Historical Essays edited by DAVID WOODWARD.
The Savannas: Biogeography and Geobotany by MONICA M. COLE.     

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Visible Histories: Women and Environments in a Post-War British City by SUZANNE MACKENZIE
MONA DOMOSH San Diego State University
Creating a Landscape: A Geography of Ukrainians in Canada by LUBOMYR Y. LUCIUK and BOHDAN S. KORDAN, with cartography by Geoffrey J. Matthews
Language in Geographic Context edited by COLIN H. WILLIAMS, Multilingual Matters Ltd.
The Regional Dynamics of Language Differentiation in Belgium: A Study in Cultural-Political Geography by ALEXANDERB, MURPHY
La situation démolinguistique du Québec PAR MARC TERMOTTE et DANIELLE GAUVREAU, Conseil de la langue françhise
James David Forbes: Pioneer Scottish Glaciologist by F. CUNNINGHAM
Aboriginal People and Politics by PAUL TENNANT, University of British Columbia Press     

OTTAWA'S TECHNOLOGY-ORIENTED COMPLEX

Development of Ottawa's technology-oriented complex (toc) has incorporated elements of four models of tocs. The federal government's key role has changed as the toc has passed through several phases. The latest phase has involved rapid growth in manufacturing. A 1981 survey reveals the age, ownership, and size of the high-technology firms, identifies the role of the federal presence as a factor stimulating the firms' development, shows purchase and sales patterns and federal contact linkages, and identifies executives' attitudes about the ability of other cities to satisfy their firms' locational requirements.
Le développement du Complexe à technologie de pointe d'Ottawa s'est fondé sur des éléments empruntés à quatre modèles de complexes similaires. Le rle crucial de l'Administration fédérale a changé en fonction des diverses phases du développement de ce Complexe, et la dernière s'est caractérisée par une croissance rapide du secteur de fabrication. Une enquěte effectuée en 1981 aporté sur l'envergure et l'ge des entreprises de pointe de ce Complexe et sur la nature des intérěts prépondérants dans chacune. Elle montre que l'intervention des autorités fédérates a accéléré le dáeveloppement des firmes, met en relief leurs habitudes d'achat et de vente et leurs points de couplage avec l'Administration fédérale et, enfin, décrit comment les cadres dirigeants envisagent les possibilités offertes par d'autres villes pour satisfaire aux besoins de leurs entreprises.     

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Beaches and Coasts (2nd ed), by C uchlaine A. M. K ing , M acmillan
Introduction to Geomorphology, by A listair F. P itty , Methuen and Co., London
Political Geography, by J. R. V. P rescott , M ethuen & Co Ltd, Toronto
Politics and Geographic Relationships (2nd ed.), edited by W. A. D ouglas J ackson and M arwyn S. S amuels
Migration and Regional Development in the United States, 1950–1960, by P aul J. S chwind
China, by Y i -F u T uan
The Changing Face of the Great Hungarian Plain, edited by B éla S árfalvi
Vénézuéla. Travailleurs et villes du pétrole, par Bernard Marchand, Travaux et Mémoires de l'lnstitut des Hautes Etudes de l'Amérique Latine
L'Amérique Latine, économies et sociétés, par D.-C. Lambert et J.-M. M artin , A rmand C olin
The Soviet Far East, by E. S tuart K irby , M acmillan
Design for Development in Ontario: The Initiation of a Regional Planning Program, by R ichard S. T homan
Combinatorial Programming, Spatial Analysis and Planning, by A llen J. S cott , M ethuen and C o. , Toronto
Experiments in Recreation Research, by T homas L. B urton , with a part by A. J. V eal , M ethuen
AMBIO, A Journal of the Human Environment – Research and Management, edited by ERIC Dyring     

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Residential Location Markets and Urban Transportation: Economic Theory, Econometrics, and Policy Analysis with Discrete Choice Models , by A lex A nas
Dynamic Spatial Models , edited by D aniel A. G riffith and R oss D. M ac K innon , nato Advanced Science Institutes Series, D, Sijthoff and Noordhoff International Publishers bv, Alphen aan den Rijn
Evolving Geographical Structures , edited by D aniel A. G riffith and A nthony C. L ea
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information , by E dward R. T ufte
Early Thematic Mapping in the History of Cartography , by A rthur H. R obinson
The Maps of Canada: A Guide to Official Canadian Maps, Charts, Atlases and Gazetteers , by N.L. N icholson and L.M. S ebert
Forever on the Fringe: Six Studies in the Development of the Manitoulin Island , by W. R. W ightman
U.S. 40 Today: Thirty Years of Landscape Change in America , by T homas R. V ale and G eraldine R. V ale
Archaeology as Human Ecology , by K arl W. B utzer
River Basin Management: Canadian Experiences , edited by B ruce M itchell and J ames S. G ardner
Castleguard Cave and Karst, Columbia Icefields Area, Rocky Mountains of Canada: A Symposium , edited by D.C. F ord , Arctic and Alpine Research , Vol. 15, No. 4, November 1983, special issue
Les Milieux 'naturels' du globe , par J ean D emangeot
La Formation de l'école française de géographie (1870–1914) , par V incent B erdoulay , Bi-bliothèque nationale, Mémoires de la section de géographie, 11
Historical Analysis in Geography , by W illiam N orton     

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Place, Migration, and Development in the Third World: An Alternative View , by Lawrence A. Brown.
Migration and Labor Market Adjustment , edited by Jouke van Dijk, Hendrik H. Folmer, Henry W. Herzog, Jr., and Alan M. Schlottmann.
Quantitative Methods for Market-Oriented Economic Analysis over Space and Time , edited by Walter C. Labys, Takashi Takayama, and Noel D. Uri.
Chaos and Socio-Spatial Dynamics , by Dimitrios S. Dendrinos and Michael Sonis.
Spatial Data Analysis in the Social and Environmental Sciences , by Robert Haining.
Economic Restructuring of the American Midwest , edited by Richard D. Bingham and Randall W. Eberts.
An Empirical Assessment of Factors Shaping Regional Competitiveness in Problem Regions , by Commission of the European Communities.
Regional Development Processes and Policies , edited by William H. Berentsen, Darrick R. Danta, and Eta Daróczi.
Regional Studies and Rural Development , by Josef G. M. Hilhorst.     

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The Journals of Captain James Cook: Volume 111 the Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery, 1776–1780, Parts one and two, edited by J. C. B eaglehole
Models in Geography, edited by R ichard J. C horley and P eter H aggett
Introduction to Geography: Selected Readings, edited by F red E. D ohrs and L awrence M. S ummers
Physical Geography: Selected Readings, edited by F red E. D ohrs and L awrence M. S ummers
Cultural Geography: Selected Readings, edited by F. E. D ohrs and L awrence M. S ummers
River Plains and Sea Coasts, by R. J. R ussell
Japan Advances—a Geographical Study, by P rue D empster
Urban Development in Canada, by L eroy O. S tone
An Advanced Geography of Northern and Western Europe, by R. J. H arrison C hurch , P eter H all , G. R. P. L awrence , W. R. M ead , and A lice M utton
Human Dimensions of Weather Modification, edited by W. R. D errick S ewell     

Winding Down in a Quebec Mining Town: a Case Study of Schefferville

The pattern of decline in a mining region is examined using a case study of Schefferville. A critical examination is made of Lucas's model of youth to maturity in community development, and a further two stages are suggested - winding down and closure of a town. The discussion centres on the characteristics of community and corporate winding down in Schefferville: the restructuring of the local workforce, disinvestment, relocation of capital, and company withdrawal from housing, municipal affairs, and public services.
Les auteurs entreprennent une étude du processus de déclin dans les régions minikres en se servant de l'exemple de Schefferville. En partant d'une critique du modtle fait par Lucas sur les stages d'évolution et de maturation d'une communauté, les auteurs proposent d'y ajouter deux autres Ctages, soit celui de déclin et celui de la fermeture définitive d'une ville. La période de déclin est donc caractérisée par la restructuration de la main d'ceuvre, par la diminution des investissements, par la relocalisation de capitaux, et par le retrait de la sociktk minikre au niveau du logement, des affaires municipales, et des services publics dans la ville.     

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Property Taxes and House Values: The Theory and Estimation of Intrajurisdictional Property Tax Capitalization , by John Yinger, Howard S. Bloom, Axel Borsch-Supan, and Helen F. Ladd.
Spatial Price Theory of Imperfect Competition , by Hiroshi Ohta.
Advanced Spatial Statistics , by Daniel A. Griffith.
Regional Economic Development: Essays in Honour of François Perroux , edited by Benjamin Higgins and Donald J. Savoie.
Recent Advances in Regional Economic Modelling , edited by Frank Harrigan and Peter McGregor.
State Policy Choices: The Wisconsin Experience , edited by Sheldon Danziger and John F. Witte.
Resource Development and Environmental Issues: Opportunities and Constraints in the Hunter Region, New South Wales , edited by A. J. Jakeman, P. K. Parker, J. Formby, and D. G. Day.
The Urbanization of the Third World , edited by Josef Gugler.
Indonesia: The Transmigration Program in Perspective , by the World Bank.
The Economic Geography of China , edited by Sun Jingzhi.     

AGGREGATION ERROR EFFECTS ON THE DISCRETE-SPACE p-MEDIAN MODEL: THE CASE OF EDMONTON, CANADA

The spatial analysis literature recognizes three sources of aggregation error, termed Source A, Source B, and Source C, which affect models relying on distance measurements between populations and facilities. We consider these effects with respect to aggregating from census enumeration areas to census tracts, on a popular location model. We identify a further source of aggregation error, which we dub Source D error, arising from the representation of facility sites by discrete points. Source D effects are of the same magnitude as Source A and B combined, much greater than Source C effects. Source D error is further significant, because, unlike Source A and B error, it can be eliminated only by disaggregating .
La littérature sur Vanalyse spatiale reconnaît trois sources d'erreur d'agrégation appelées erreurs de source A, B, et C. Ces erreurs influencent les modèles qui reposent sur des mesures de distance entre des populations et des installations. On considère les effets d'agrégation des secteurs de dénombrement en secteurs de recensement sur un modèle de localisation courant. On identifie une quatrième source d'erreur d'agrégation appelée erreur de source D. Cette erreur découle de la représentation des sites des installations par des points discrets. Ses effets sont du même ordre de grandeur que ceux des sources A et B combinées et beaucoup plus grands que les effets de source G. L'erreur de source D est d'autant plus significative à cause du fait que, contrairement aux erreurs de source A et B, elle ne peut être éliminée que par la désagrégation .     

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Global Environmental Issues: A Climatological Approach by DAVID D. KEMP, Routledge, London and New York
Resource Analysis Research in Developing Countries: The Experience of Ontario Geographers edited by PAUL F. WILKINSON and WILLIAM C. FOUND
Planned to Death: The Annihilation of a Place Called Howdendyke by J. DOUGLAS PORTEOUS, University of Toronto Press
Industrial Location: Principles and Policies 2nd ed by KEITH CHAPMAN and DAVID F. WALKER, Basil Blackwell Ltd.
Geographic Information Systems: The Microcomputer and Modern Cartography edited by D.R. FRASER TAYLOR
Devolution and Constitutional Development in the Canadian North edited by GURSTON DACKS     

THE MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ON THE MANITOBA ESCARPMENT

The Manitoba Escarpment is an area of severe environmental problems caused by a combination of adverse physical characteristics and inappropriate land use. Government programmes to solve these problems have emphasized, in succession, water control, land acquisition and use, and a combination of the two. Evaluation of these activities is difficult because of a lack of basic data on precipitation, runoff, and rates of erosion. Work is currently being done to provide the required information and to use it as a basis for land and water management programmes in conservation districts.
L'escarpement du Manitoba est une région de grands problèmes du milieu, du fait des traits physiques et contraires combinés avec le mésusage de la terre. A fin dé resoudre ces problèmes, des programmes gouvernementaux ont souligné d'abord la réglementation de l'eau, ensuite l'obtention et l'usage de la terre, et enfin une combinaison des deux. Aucune évaluation de ces projets est difficile à cause d'une manque de données véritables du milieu, y compris dés détails de précipitation, de l'écoulement de l'eau, et du dégre d'érosion. On essaie actuellement de fournir les détails nécessaires pour s'en servir comme base des programmes de l'entretien de l'eau et de la terre dans les régions de conservation.     

THE ONTARIO COUNTRY ROAD AS A CULTURAL RESOURCE

This paper demonstrates that the morphology of ordinary rural roads tells much about regional development. It uses southern Ontario as a case study, but the principles may be applied widely. It is a plea for recognition of a deep heritage in unspectacular things: ditches, fence-lines, culverts, jogs in the survey, and more. This paper also encourages local and regional planners to conserve signs of change in the roadscape and to celebrate them. Roadside evolution is worth publicizing, and unnecessary destruction of elements that enhance the story must be discouraged.
Cet essai démontre que la morphologie des routes rurales ordinaires en dit beaucoup au sujet du développement regional. On peut employer cet exemple de /'Ontario du sud mais les principes peuvent s'appliquer d'une manière plus large. Dans ce manuscrit on doit reconnaître /'heritage profond des elements communs: des caniveaux, des clotures, des aqueducs, des irrégularity de I'arpentage, etc. Cet essai encourage aussi les planificateurs i conserver ces signes du paysage routier et à les mettre en Évidence. On doit les faire connaître au public, et décourager leur déstruction.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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Metropolis: From the Division of Labor to Urban Form, by Allen J. Scott.
Services and Uneven Development. J. Neill Marshall in collaboration with P. Wood, P. W. Daniels et al.
New Industrial Spaces. Allen J. Scott.
Space-Structure Economy: A Tribute to August Lösch, edited by Rolf H. Funck and Antoni Kuklinski.
The Changing Downtown: A Comparative Study of Baltimore and Hamburg, by Jurgen Friedrichs, Allen C. Goodman, et al.
Store Choice, Store Location and Market Analysis, edited by Neil Wrigley.
An Analysis of Cross-Border Shopping, by J. D. Fitzgerald, T. P. Quinn, B. J. Whelan, and J. A. Williams.
Essay on the Economy of the Old Northwest. edited by David C. Klingaman and Richard K. Vedder.
China: Growth and Development in Gansu Province, by the World Bank.
Urban Development and Regional Policy in India: An Econometric Analysis. by Vibhooti Shukla.
The Economics of Urbanisation and Urban Policies in Developing Countries, edited by George S. Tolley and Vinod Thomas.
The New Economic Role of American States: Strategies in a Competitive World Economy, edited by R. Scott Fosler.
Plant Closings and Worker Displacement, by Marie Howland.
Industrial Location, by Keith Chapman and David Walker.