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Abstract The Mountains of the Mediterranean World: An Environmental History. J. R. McNeill. Reviewed by Karl W. Butzer, Departments of Geography and Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. The Biophilia Hypothesis. Stephen R. Kellert and Edward O. Wilson, eds. Reviewed by Robin W. Doughty, Department of Geography, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. Andean Ecology: Adaptive Dynamics in Ecuador. Gregory Knapp. Reviewed by Karl S. Zimmerer, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wis-consin. Las Chacras de Coporaque: Andenería y Riego en el Valle del Colca. John M. Treacy. Reviewed by Gregory Knapp, Department of Geography, University of Texas, Austin, Texas. Gold Seeking: Victoria and California in the 1850s. David Goodman. Reviewed by Randall Rohe, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Waukesha, Waukesha, Wis-consin. La Géographie Culturelle. Paul Claval. Reviewed by Philip L. Wagner, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Geography and the Human Spirit. Anne Buttimer. Reviewed by Paul Claval, Universite de Paris-Sorbonne, Paris, France. Vancouver's Chinatown: Racial Discourse in Canada, 1875–1980. Kay J. Anderson. Reviewed by Benjamin Forest, Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, and American Bar Foundation, Chicago, Illinois. The Sounds of People and Places: A Geography of American Folk and Popular Music. George O. Carney, ed. Reviewed by Peter H. Nash, Department of Geography, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Controlling Immigration: A Global Perspective. Wayne A. Cornelius, Philip L. Martin, James F. Hollifield, eds. Reviewed by Brigitte Waldorf, Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. Sustainable Cities. Graham Haughton and Colin Hunter. Reviewed by William D. Solecki, Department of Geography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. The Added Value of Geographical Information Systems in Public and Environmental Health. Marion J. C. de Lepper, Henk J. Scholten and Richard M. Stern, eds. Reviewed by Russell S. Kirby, Medical School, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. Possibilities and Constraints of GIS Applications in Developing Countries. Pieter van Teeffelen, Leo van Grunsven, and Otto Verkoren, eds. Reviewer: Gary L. Gaile, Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. Key Words: deforestationenvironmental historyMediterraneanmountain ecologyrural depopulationsoil erosionecologyenvironmentenvironmental ethicsperceptionadaptive dynamicsagricultureAndescultural ecologyecologyEcuadoragriculturecultural ecologyenvironmental historyirrigationPeruCaliforniacomparative historygold rushVictoriacommunicationcultural geographycultureenvironmentmodernizationvalueshistory of geographyhumanismphilosophy of geographyworld hypothesisCanadaChinesehegemonyplaceracesocial constructionfolk musicmusic geographypopular musicimmigrantsimmigration policiesrefugeescitiesdevelopmentenvironmentsustainabilityurbanismenvironmental healthGISmedical geographypublic healthappropriate technologydeveloping countriesGIS