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

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: 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

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: 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

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     

Reviews

Books reviewed: G. Garrod and K.G. Willis Economic Valuation of the Environment: Methods and Case Studies D. Pearce Economics and Environment. Essays on Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development A. Gilpin Dictionary of Environmental Law H. Lithwick and Y. Gradus (eds) Developing Frontier Cities: Global Perspectives, Regional Contexts A. Holt‐Jensen Geography: History and Concepts. A Student’s Guide P. Ayres Mawson a Life J. N. Rayner Dynamic Climatology: Basis in Mathematics and Physics     

Introductory textbooks in human geography

Spatial Organization

R. Abler, J.S. Adams & P. Gould (1971) Prentice‐Hall, (0–13–824086–8), 587pp

Human Geography: theories and their applications

M.G. Bradford & A. Kent (1977) Oxford University Press, (0–19–913227–5), 180pp

Human Geography: evolution or revolution

M. Chlsholm (1975) Penguin, (0–1402–1883–1), 207pp

Situations in Human Geography

J.P. Cole (1975) Basil Blackwell, (0–631–16860–5), 238pp

Man, Location and Behaviour: an introduction to human geography K. Cox (1972) Wiley, (0–471–18150–1), 399pp

Geography as a Social Science

Programmed Case Studies in Geography

G. Fielding (1974) Harper & Row, (06–042051–0 & 06–042052–9), 336pp & 300pp

Geography: a modern synthesis

P. Haggett (1975) Second Edition, Harper & Row, (06–042576–8) 620pp

Human Spatial Behaviour: a special geography

J. Jakle, S. Brunn & C. Roseman (1976) Duxbury Press, (0–87872–098–7), 315pp

The Spatial Organization of Society

R. Morrill (1974) Second Edition, Wadsworth, (0–87822–057‐X), 267pp

Human Geography: a welfare approach

D. Smith (1977) Edward Arnold, (0–7131–5924–3), 402pp

Patterns and Processes in Human Geography

V. Tidswell (1976) University Tutorial Press, (0–7231–0719‐X) 314pp     

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     

Book Reviews

Books Reviewed: Peter Isard, Globalization and the International Financial System: What's Wrong and What Can be Done Matthew Odedokun (ed.), External Finance for Private Sector Development: Appraisals and Issues Sunanda Sen, Global Finance at Risk: On Real Stagnation and Instability Susanne Soederberg, The Politics of the New International Financial Architecture: Reimposing Neoliberal Domination in the Global South Anne Marie Goetz and Rob Jenkins, Reinventing Accountability: Making Democracy Work for Human Development Patricia L. McCarney and Richard E. Stren (eds), Governance on the Ground: Innovations and Discontinuities in Cities of the Developing World Michael Carley, Paul Jenkins and Harry Smith (eds), Urban Development & Civil Society: The Role of Communities in Sustainable Cities David Potts, Patrick Ryan and Anna Toner (eds), Development Planning and Poverty Reduction Feargal Cochrane, Rosaleen Duffy and Jan Selby (eds), Global Governance, Conflict and Resistance Pranab Bardhan, Scarcity, Conflicts, and Cooperation: Essays in the Political and Institutional Economics of Development Lyuba Zarsky (ed.), Human Rights and the Environment: Conflict and Norms in a Globalizing World Krishna B. Ghimire (ed.), The Native Tourist: Mass Tourism within Developing Countries Donald G. Reid, Tourism, Globalization and Development: Responsible Tourism Planning Rosaleen Duffy A Trip Too Far. Ecotourism, Politics and Exploitation Kees Jansen and Sietze Vellema (eds), Agribusiness and Society: Corporate Responses to Environmentalism, Market Opportunities and Public Regulation Ashok Gulati, Ruth M. Dick and K. V. Raju, Institutional Reforms in Indian Irrigation Robin Clarke and Jannet King, The Atlas of Water: Mapping the World's Most Critical Resource Janelle Plummer and John G Taylor (eds), Community Participation in China: Issues and Processes for Capacity Building Tunde Zack‐Williams, Diane Frost and Alex Thomson (eds), Africa in Crisis: New Challenges and Possibilities     

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

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     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Hans Singer, Neelamber Hatti and Ramesbwar Tandon (eds), Technology Transfer by Multinationals. Paul W. Beamish, Multinational Joint Ventures in Developing Countries. Yves Beigbeder, Management Problems in United Nations Organizations: Reform or Decline? Frits van Holthoon and Marcel van der Linden (eds), Internationalism in the Labour Movement 1830–1940. R. Vos (ed.), From Crisis to Equitable Growth. A New Development Agenda for Latin America. PREALC, In Search of Equity. Planning for the Satisfaction of Basic Needs in Latin America. Margaret Garritsen de Vries, Balance of Payments Adjustment, 1945 to 1986. The IMF Experience. Birol A. Yesilada, Charles D. Brockett and Bruce Drury (eds), Agrarian Reform in Reverse: The Food Crisis in the Third World. J. Hinderink and J. J. Slerkenburg, Agricultural Commercialization and Government Policy in Africa. Piers Blaikie and Harold Brookfield, Land Degradation and Society. Mike Donaldson and Kenneth Good, Articulated Development: Traditional and Capitalist Agriculture in Papua New Guinea. Sun Jingzhi (ed.), The Economic Geography of China. Peter Bowden, National Monitoring and Evaluation, Development Programs in the Third World. Amiya Kumar Bagchi, Public Intervention and Industrial Restructuring in China, India and Republic of Korea. William K. A. Agyei, Fertility and Family Planning in the Third World: A Case Study of Papua New Guinea. G. N. Ramu, Family Structure and Fertility: Emerging Patterns in an Indian City. S. Alessandrini and B. Dallago (eds), The Unofficial Economy: Consequences and Perspectives in Different Economic Systems. The Netherlands Review of Development Studies.     

Getting to know you

Statistics in Geography: A Practical Approach

D. Ebdon (1977) Basil Blackwell, (0–631–10131–4), 195pp

Statistical Methods and the Geographer

S. Gregory (1978), Fourth Edition, Longman, (0–582–48186–4), 240 pp

Quantitative Techniques in Geography: An Introduction

R. Hammond &; P. S. McCullagh (1978), Second Edition, Oxford University Press, (0–19–874067–0) 364 pp

Multivariate Statistical Analysis in Geography: A Primer on the GeneralLinear Model

R.J. Johnston (1978), Longman, (0–582–48677–7), 280 pp

Maps and Statistics

P. Lewis (1977), Methuen, (0–416–65380–4), 318 pp

Inferential Statistics for Geographers

G.B. Norcliffe (1977), Hutchinson, (0–09–128621–2), 272 pp

Statistical Concepts in Geography

J. Silk (1979), George Allen &; Unwin, (0–04–910066–8), 276 pp

Patterns in Human Geography

D.M. Smith (1977), Penguin, (0–14–080926–0), 373 pp

Quantitative Methods in Human Geography: An Introduction to SpatialAnalysis

P.J. Taylor (1977), Houghton‐Mifflin, (0–395–18699–4), 386 pp

An Introduction to Quantitative Analysis in Human Geography

M. Yeates (1974), McGraw‐Hill; (0–07–072251–X), 300 pp     

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     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Central Place Theory, by Leslie J. King. Scientific Geography Series, Volume 1, edited by Grant I. Thrall. Gravity and Spatial Interaction Models, by Kingsley E. Haynes and A Industrial Location, by Michael J. Webber. Regional Population Projection Models, by Andrei Rogers. Spatial Transportation Modeling, by Christian Werner. Regional Input-Output Analysis, by Geoffrey J. D. Hewings. Human Migration, by W. A. V. Clark. Point Pattern Analysis, by Barry N. Boots and Arthur Getis. Spatial Autocorrelation, by John Odland. Spatial Diffusion, by Richard Morrill, Gary L. Gaile, and Grant I. Thrall. Analytical Behavioural Geography: A Review, by Reginald G. Golledge and Robert J. Stimson.     

Index

Books reviewed: J. C. Noble The Delicate and Noxious Scrub: CSIRO Studies on Native Tree and Shrub Proliferation in the Semi-arid Woodlands of Eastern Australia R. Aldrich and J.H. Connell The Last Colonies D. I. Smith Water in Australia: Resources and Management N. Harvey Environmental Impact Assessment: Procedures, Practice and Prospects in Australia D. Gregory Explorations in Critical Human Geography Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Wealth, Work, Well-Being B.J. Shaw and R. Jones (eds) Contested Urban Heritage: Voices from the Periphery R. Peet Modern Geographical Thought R. Martin (ed) Money and the Space Economy F. E. Martin Saving the Environment: What it Will Take P. W. Preston Pacific Asia in the Global System: an Introduction V. Gardiner and V. D'Andrea, Teaching and Learning Issues and Managing Educational Change in Geography A. Jenkins Curriculum Design in Geography J.F. Birnie and K. Mason O'Connor Practicals and Laboratory Work in Geography . Livingstone, H. Matthews and A. Castley Fieldwork and Dissertations in Geography I. Shepherd Teaching and Learning Geography with Information and Communication Technologies M. Healey Resource-based Learning in Geography G. Clark and T. Wareham Small-group Teaching in Geography B.S Chalkley and J. Harwood Transferable Skills and Work-based Learning in Geography C. Agnew and L. Elton Lecturing in Geography M. Bradford and C. O'Connell Assessment in Geography     

Reviews

P.J. Rimmer (ed.)Pacific Rim Development: Integration and Globalisation in the Asia-Pacific Economy I.H. Burnley, P.A. Murphy and R.H. Fagan Immigration and Australian Cities A. Deville and R. Harding Applying the Precautionary Principle B. O'Neil, J. Raftery and K. Round (eds) Playford's South Australia Essays on the History of South Australia, 1933–1968 G. Seddon Landprints: Reflections on Place and Landscape E.K. Webb Windows on Meteorology: Australian Perspective     

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     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Chang Ha‐Joon and Irene Grubel, Reclaiming Development: An Alternative Economic Policy Manual Simon Bromley, Maureen Mackintosh, William Brown and Marc Wuyts (eds), Making the International: Economic Interdependence and the Political Order Ann Zammit, Development at Risk: Rethinking UN–Business Partnerships Giovanni Andrea Cornia (ed.), Inequality, Growth, and Poverty in an Era of Liberalization and Globalization Dennis A. Rondinelli and G. Shabbir Cheema (eds), Reinventing Government for the Twenty‐First Century: State Capacity in a Globalizing Society Joel S. Migdal (ed.), Boundaries and Belongings: States and Societies in the Struggle to Shape Identities and Local Practices Vernon W. Ruttan, Social Science, Knowledge and Economic Development: An Institutional Design Perspective Greg Bankoff, Georg Frerks and Dorothea Hilhorst (eds), Mapping Vulnerability: Disasters, Development & People Ruedi Baumgartner and Ruedi Hogger (eds), In Search of Sustainable Livelihoods Systems: Managing Resources and Change William D. Sunderlin, Ideology, Social Theory, and the Environment Steven R. Brechin, Peter R. Wilshusen, Crystal L. Fortwangler and Patrick C. West (eds), Contested Nature: Promoting International Biodiversity with Social Justice in the Twenty‐first Century Diane Russell and Camilla Harshbarger, Groundwork for Community‐Based Conservation: Strategies for Social Research James K. Boyce and Barry K. Shelley (eds), Natural Assets: Democratizing Environmental Ownership Nick J. Freeman and Frank L. Bartels (eds), The Future of Foreign Investment in Southeast Asia Sharma, Kishor (ed.), Trade Policy, Growth and Poverty in Asian Developing Countries D. Bandyopadhyay and Amitava Mukherjee, New Issues in Panchayati Raj François Ruf and Frederic Lançon (eds), From Slash‐and‐Burn to Replanting: Green Revolutions in the Indonesian Uplands?