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Aridity, droughts and human development by Monique Mainguet, Springer, Berlin 1999. No. of pages. 302. Price: DM 149.00, ?? 57.50. ISBN 3 540 63342 1

Earth Surface Processes and LandformsVolume 25, Issue 5 p. 561-562 Book Review Aridity, droughts and human development by Monique Mainguet, Springer, Berlin 1999. No. of pages. 302. Price: DM 149.00, ? 57.50. ISBN 3 540 63342 1 C.T. Agnew, C.T. Agnew School of Geography, University of ManchesterSearch for more papers by this author C.T. Agnew, C.T. Agnew School of Geography, University of ManchesterSearch for more papers by this author First published: 25 April 2000 https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(200005)25:5<561::AID-ESP89>3.0.CO;2-WAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume25, Issue5May 2000Pages 561-562 RelatedInformation

Aridity, droughts and human development by Monique Mainguet, Springer, Berlin 1999. No. of pages. 302. Price: DM 149.00, ? 57.50. ISBN 3 540 63342 1

Earth Surface Processes and LandformsVolume 25, Issue 5 p. 561-562 Book Review Aridity, droughts and human development by Monique Mainguet, Springer, Berlin 1999. No. of pages. 302. Price: DM 149.00, ? 57.50. ISBN 3 540 63342 1 C.T. Agnew, C.T. Agnew School of Geography, University of ManchesterSearch for more papers by this author C.T. Agnew, C.T. Agnew School of Geography, University of ManchesterSearch for more papers by this author First published: 25 April 2000 https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(200005)25:5<561::AID-ESP89>3.0.CO;2-WAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume25, Issue5May 2000Pages 561-562 RelatedInformation

Statistical analysis in climate research, by Storch, H. von and Zwiers, F.W. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999, No. of Pages x +484pp. Price US$65-00, ISBN 0 521 45071 3 (Hardback)

International Journal of ClimatologyVolume 20, Issue 7 p. 811-812 Book Review Statistical analysis in climate research, by Storch, H. von and Zwiers, F.W. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999, No. of Pages x +484pp. Price US$65-00, ISBN 0 521 45071 3 (Hardback) Glenn R. Mcgregor, Glenn R. Mcgregor School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UKSearch for more papers by this author Glenn R. Mcgregor, Glenn R. Mcgregor School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UKSearch for more papers by this author First published: 23 June 2000 https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0088(20000615)20:7<811::AID-JOC510>3.0.CO;2-PAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume20, Issue715 June 2000Pages 811-812 RelatedInformation

Using TQA and the RAE as Management Tools

The impacts of Teaching Quality Assessment and the Research Assessment Exercises are considered for the School of Geography, Kingston University, in terms of their role in shaping management strategies for the development of greater synergy between research and teaching.

La geografía de los recursos naturales en Cuba: potencial natural y combinaciones territoriales

Este trabajo tiene como objetivo elaborar una imagen geográfica sintetizada de la distribución regional de los recursos naturales en Cuba- Para ello, fue necesario transitar las posturas teórico-metodológicas que abordan este tema de manera unificada. En tal sentido, el cálculo del "potencial natural" y la clasificación de las "combinaciones territoriales de los recursos naturales", posiciones que emergen en la escuela rusa de Geografía, representan los soportes cognoscitivos esenciales de este estudio. La importancia de esta investigación puede ser entendida en dos sentidos: por una parte, propone una vía generalizada y sintética para abordar la problemática regional de la utilización de los recursos naturales tradicionalmente tratada según el tipo genético de éstos: en otro sentido representa una metodología y una forma de pensamiento investigativo que pueden ser aplicadas a la solución de problemas prácticos relacionados con el desarrollo socioeconómico de los territorios.

Two diamictites, two cap carbonates, two δ13C excursions, two rifts: The Neoproterozoic Kingston Peak Formation, Death Valley, California

Research Article| April 01, 1999 Two diamictites, two cap carbonates, two δ13C excursions, two rifts: The Neoproterozoic Kingston Peak Formation, Death Valley, California A. R. Prave A. R. Prave 1Crustal Geodynamics Group, School of Geography and Geosciences, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, UK Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Geology (1999) 27 (4): 339–342. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0339:TDTCCT>2.3.CO;2 Article history first online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation A. R. Prave; Two diamictites, two cap carbonates, two δ13C excursions, two rifts: The Neoproterozoic Kingston Peak Formation, Death Valley, California. Geology 1999;; 27 (4): 339–342. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0339:TDTCCT>2.3.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract Stratigraphic mapping of the Neoproterozoic glaciogenic Kingston Peak Formation (Death Valley, California) provides evidence for two temporally discrete extensional deformation episodes. These episodes are bracketed by the Sourdough Limestone and Noonday Dolomite, the facies characteristics and δ13C data (ranging between 2.15 and −2.56‰ and −1.88 and −4.86‰, respectively) of which make them equivalent to Sturtian and Varangian age cap carbonates, respectively. This constrains the two extensional episodes along the southwestern margin of Laurentia to ca. 700 Ma and ca. 600 Ma. These observations and data show that the field evidence for mid-Neoproterozoic breakup and the predictions from tectonic subsidence curves for a latest Neoproterozoic breakup are both correct. Thus, Neoproterozoic plate reconstructions must account for two discrete rift episodes separated by 100 m.y. or more. Confining rifting to within the Kingston Peak Formation thereby places the younger Proterozoic rocks of the southwestern Great Basin in the rift to drift tectonic phase. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.

La science forestière vue par les géographes français, ou la confrontation de deux sciences «diagonales» (1870-1914)//The science of Forestry as seen by French geographers : the encounter of two «transverse» sciences (1870-1914)

The science of Forestry and Geography have a lot in common; like Agronomy or Ecology, both of them can be described as « transverse » sciences since they borrow elements from other sciences (such as Botany or Geology). Present only as scattered mentions in the works of eighteenth century naturalists, they experienced numerous changes during the nineteeth; these changes gave way to a true recognition from other scientific fields at the turn of the twentieth century. Right after the disasters of the war of 1870, the astonishing development (at every level) of the educational system in France combined with the mobilization of natural resources gave way to the creation of a French school of Geography led by Vidal de la Blache, and to the scientific popularization of the work of French foresters. Geographers and foresters met each other thanks to a large number of associations freshly created to help the country recover from the war, both physically and psychologically. Strangely, few of geographical studies dealing with forests came out of h; the work of Pierre Deffontaines, L'homme et la forêt (1933), coin cided with an interruption of studies on forests led by French geographers, right until the middle of the seventies.

Métamorphoses d'un continent. L'Afrique des Annales de Géographie, de 1919 au début des années 1960

Abstract A Continent's Metamorphoses: The Africa of Annales de Geographie from 1919 to the early 1960s. — The space reserved for Africa and the way this continent was presented in the Annales de Geographie (the official publication of the Vidalian "French School of Geography") from WW I to the 1960s reflects the image that the community of French geography professors had of this continent. Though separated from the colonial lobby, this journal remained dependent on colonial sources till WW II. To a large extent, it reproduced the stereotypes of the times, namely: Africa as the "dark continent". Right after the war however, the journal presented Africa's new place in epistemological debates in geography and in the definition of the relations between geography and the other socials sciences. This scientific interest in Africa entailed changes in the subjects at the center of African studies.

MODERN CARTOGRAPHY: RESULTS AND PROSPECTS

The author reviews the principal problems pertaining to the development of modern cartography raised at a conference on Cartography at the Transition between the 20th and 21st Centuries, held in Moscow in the autumn of 1997. The conference was organized by the Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the Russian Geographical Society, the Russian Federation Geodetic and Cartographic Service, the school of Geography at Moscow University, the Russian State Library, the Moscow State University of Geodesy, Aerial Mapping, and Cartography, and the Geoinformation System Association. There were 67 plenary reports, over 30 poster sessions, and a roundtable on “Cartographic Working Groups of Today and Tomorrow.” Translated by Edward Torrey, Alexandria, VA from: Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, seriya geograficheskaya, 1998, No. 2, pp. 121-130.

International geomorphology in Bologna

Earth Surface Processes and LandformsVolume 23, Issue 4 p. 289-290 Editorial International geomorphology in Bologna Avijit Gupta, Corresponding Author Avijit Gupta School of Geography, University of LeedsSchool of Geography, University of LeedsSearch for more papers by this author Avijit Gupta, Corresponding Author Avijit Gupta School of Geography, University of LeedsSchool of Geography, University of LeedsSearch for more papers by this author First published: 04 December 1998 https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199804)23:4<289::AID-ESP884>3.0.CO;2-KAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume23, Issue4April 1998Pages 289-290 RelatedInformation

Evaluation of the Work-Place Cooperative Project in Geography Degrees at the University of Leeds

ABSTRACT This paper describes the context and objective of a Work-Place Cooperative Project (WPCP) established in the School of Geography at the University of Leeds in 1995. The project, in part a response to the changing graduate and employment market in the early 1990s, presents students with issues with a geographical dimension from business, commerce, industry and environmental research. A number of examples from the WPCP are presented.

The Women Were Always Welcome at Clark

In absolute and relative terms, since its founding in 1921, the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University has played a major role in educating women geographers. This article examines the period from the 1920s to the early 1970s, when Clark was most distinctive in its representation of women in comparison to other institutions. I examine patterns of enrollment, how the women came to choose Clark, their experiences of the institution and of the job market, and the regional, national, and international connections of Clark women. I pay attention to the women’s perspectives and to their relationships with faculty and alumni, especially founding director Wallace Atwood, questioning whether Ellen Churchill Semple’s presence on the Clark faculty in its first decade had any positive effect on women students’ relations to Clark. The themes are analyzed in relation to currents in the institution, the discipline, American higher education, and gender roles in U.S. society. Key issues that emerge are the occupational segregation within the discipline before the 1960s, which led to women being associated primarily with teacher training institutions and, to some extent, women’s colleges; Atwood’s commitment to geographic education; the importance of Clark networks; and the women’s valuing of a collaborative atmosphere and of field education.

Changing climate and climate change

Journal Article Changing climate and climate change Get access Politics of Climate Change: A European Perspective edited by O'Riordan TimJager Jill Routledge, London, 1996, 396 pages, £50, 0-415-12573-1 (hardback), £16.99, 0-415-12574-X (paperback) Jane Hunt Jane Hunt School of Geography, Leeds University, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Science and Public Policy, Volume 24, Issue 6, December 1997, Pages 437–438, https://doi.org/10.1093/spp/24.6.437 Published: 01 December 1997

Kush: a Sasanian and Islamic‐period archaeological tell in Ras al‐Khaimah (U.A.E.)

With contributions by Mark Beech (University of York, U.K.), Adrian Parker (School of Geography, University of Oxford, U.K.) and Alan Pipe (Museum of London Archaeological Service, U.K.

Book review: Hydrology and hydrochemistry of British wetlands, edited by J. Hughes and L. Heathwaite. John Wiley &amp; Sons, Chichester, 1995. No. of pages: 486. Price: £60.00 ISBN 0-471-95759-3.

Regulated Rivers: Research & ManagementVolume 13, Issue 2 p. 199-201 Book Review Book review: Hydrology and hydrochemistry of British wetlands, edited by J. Hughes and L. Heathwaite. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 1995. No. of pages: 486. Price: £60.00 ISBN 0-471-95759-3. Chris Bradley, Chris Bradley School of Geography, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UKSearch for more papers by this author Chris Bradley, Chris Bradley School of Geography, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UKSearch for more papers by this author First published: 04 December 1998 https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1646(199703)13:2<199::AID-RRR429>3.0.CO;2-ZAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume13, Issue2March 1997Pages 199-201 RelatedInformation

A History of Arab-Islamic Geography (9th-16th Century AD)

“Everything you ever wanted to know about the Arab-Islamic contribution togeography (but have had no time to learn up to now),” aptly describes SayyidMaqbool Ahmad‘s A History of Arab-Islamic Geography, which is a descriptionof the Arab-Islamic contribution to geography between the sixth and nineth centuries.To the uninitiated reader, the book may seem like a spider’s web; there isa guiding thread to follow, but that thread is hard to find and easy to lose.Barring language difficulty and the insipid organization of the text, the book ismonumental. It clarifies a number of misconceptions and provides authenticdetails about Arab-Islamic geography.The book is based on over 50 years of painstaking research of Arabicpalimpsests and chronicles and their translations into English and otherEuropean languages. It was the late Professor Hamilton Gibb of St. JohnsCollege (Oxford University), a shining light among Western Orientalists, whoasked Ahmad in 1945 for research on the subject. Following his mentor, Ahmadhas done a remarkable job of distilling much of the chaotic and contentious mattersrelating to Arab-Islamic geography. Never before has anyone attempted toprovide detailed “basic data” on Arab-Islamic geography. Contrary to whatmany Western Orientalists believe, the Arabs-in addition to being inheritorsand preservers of Greek, Indian, and Persian knowledge-made significant contributionsto geography. It was partly the contribution of Nasir al-Din Tusi(astronomy), al-Battani (astronomy), Mohammed Musa al-Khwarizmi (mathematics),Ibn al-Haytham (optics), Abul-Rayhan al-Biruni (astronomy, physics),Ibn Sina (medicine), Al-Jazari (mechanics), Al-Sharif al-Idrisi (geography), Al-Masudi (geography), Ibn al-Nafis (blood circulation), Ibn Majid (magnetic compass),and others to science and technology.that motivated the IndustrialRevolution of Europe.The book is organized into two parts and twenty-two chapters to present thevast literature by subject and chronological order. Part I of the book has threesections and nine chapters, which discuss the origins of scientific geography,astronomical and philosophical literature, reports of the explorers and Arabembassies, and regional discussions. These chapters are conclusive that Arab-Islamic scientific geography began with Al-Ma’mun (813-833 AD), who establishedthe first academy, known as Bayt al-Hikmu (the House of Wisdom). As aresult, in Baghdad after the middle of the ninth century, general and descriptivegeographical works began appearing. Included in this section are also chapterson the Iraqi and Balkhi school of geography. Chapters 10 through 15 discuss theimportant regional, philosophical, and astronomical geography works whichappeared in Baghdad. lbn Khurdadbih was the fit writer on the subject andhence can be called the father of Arab-Islamic geography. His Kirub ul-Musalikwu ul-Mumulik (Book of Roads and Kingdoms) is a classic.Two appendices, one concerning the Waqwaq Islands and the other concerningModification of Ptolemy’s Geography by Al-Idrisi, are the most revealingparts of the book because the location of the Waqwaq Islands and Al-Idrisi’smodification of Ptolemy’s map have long baffled Orientalists. Waqwaq Islands(ul-Juzur al-Wuqwuq) were fit mentioned in Ibn Khurdashbih’s Kitab ul-Musulik wu a1 -Mamulik. Appendix 2, Al-Idris’s modification of Ptolemy’s map, ...

CALL FOR PAPERS

Earth Surface Processes and LandformsVolume 21, Issue 11 p. 986-986 Call for Papers CALL FOR PAPERS J. HARDISTY, Corresponding Author J. HARDISTY School of Geography, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, UKSchool of Geography, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, UKSearch for more papers by this author J. HARDISTY, Corresponding Author J. HARDISTY School of Geography, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, UKSchool of Geography, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, UKSearch for more papers by this author First published: November 1996 https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199611)21:11<986::AID-ESP701>3.0.CO;2-9Citations: 1AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article.Citing Literature Volume21, Issue11November 1996Pages 986-986 RelatedInformation

Sociology and Spatial Development

In recent years urban sociology has been more notable for its theoretical works, specialised research monographs and collections than for its output of textbooks. A number of books with urban sociology in their title (for example Dickens 1990) have offered a selective coverage of the field, but Saunders (1986) is the only comprehensive work. One problem in writing a textbook is undoubtedly that the boundaries of the field are hard to define. Urban geography, urban politics and urban sociology overlap considerably hence the idea that urban studies is more appro priate than any disciplinary label. The question 'is there an urban sociology' was first posed by Castells twenty five years ago, and Savage and Warde follow the tradition of writers on urban sociology who have responded to it by seeking to give the field a new direction. Whereas Saunders argued for a focus on consumption and Dickens for a return to the biotic emphasis of the Chicago School, Savage and Warde argue for a cultural direction in urban sociology (also drawing on the Chicago School). They do this by adopting two analytical starting points: capitalism and modernity. The authors set out their case in Chapters 5 and 6. The main part of the book reviews the development of urban sociology (chapter 2) and examines major bodies of writing (chapters 3, 4 and 7). The strongest chapters in the book are this last group of three which draw out the implications of capitalism (and patriarchy). Chapter 3 reviews the mostly geographical literature on the uneven development of cities distinguishing evolutionary theories, the New International Division of Labour thesis, Harvey's capital switching theory, Massey's restructuring theory, Regulation theory and the Californian school of geography. In each case the authors present an outline and critique of the arguments concerned. Although evolutionary theories are treated rather gently (given their vagueness about causal forces), the chapter provides an excellent overview of the debate on the dynamics of city growth and decline.

Making a difference: geography, feminism and everyday life—an interview with Susan Hanson

Susan Hanson is one of the most well‐known geographers in the USA. Currently Director of the School of Geography at Clark, a position she has held since 1988, she was President of the Association of American Geographers during the year 1991–1992. Her Past‐President's address was published in the Annals in December 1992 in which she made clear her commitment to feminist scholarship in geography. Professor Hanson has strong views on teaching styles and strategies which she has developed throughout her career. As well as an active professional career, Professor Hanson is one of the few women of her eminence in geography who have successfully combined a career with motherhood. Her university career as a geographer has been intimately bound up with her life as a wife and mother. Part of the explanation for her success lies in her long relationship with her husband Perry. For many women the attempt to combine marriage and career often leads to conflicts, but Susan and Perry seem to have been able to combine the...

BOOK REVIEWS

Journal Article BOOK REVIEWS Get access Arabs in Exile: Yemeni Migrants in Urban Britain By FRED HALLIDAY. London: I.B. Tauris, 1992. Pp. xi + 166. Price not given. 1–85043–499–9. Ceri Peach Ceri Peach School of Geography, Oxford University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Islamic Studies, Volume 5, Issue 2, July 1994, Pages 304–306, https://doi.org/10.1093/jis/5.2.304 Published: 01 July 1994