Source: The Geographical Journal, Volume 168, Number 1, March 2002 , pp. 74-94(21)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Abstract:

Books reviewed:

Daniel W. Gade, Nature and Culture in the Andes

Lydie Goeldner-Gianella, L'Allemagne et ses Polders: Conquête et renaissance des marais maritimes

Dawn Wright and Darius Bartlett, (eds.) Marine and Coastal Geographical Informationn Systems

A. M. Gurnell and D. R. Montgomery, Hydrological Applications of GIS

Mirjam Van Roode, The effects of vegetative barrier strips on surface runoff and soil erosion in Machakos, Kenya

D. W. Pearce and E. B. Barbier, Blueprint for a Sustainable Economy

Paul Sanlaville, Le Moyen-Orient Arabe: Le Milieu et L'Homme

Austin Post and Edward R. Lachapelle, Glacier Ice

Petr Pavlinek and J. Pickles, Environmental Transitions: Transformation and Ecological Defence in Central and Eastern Europe

Egon Becker and Thomas Jahn, (eds.) Sustainability and the Social Sciences: A cross-disciplinary approach to integrating environmental considerations into theoretical reorientation

Henry Buller, Geoff A. Wilson and Andreas Höll, (eds.) Agri-environmental policy in the European Union

Frances Drake, Global Warming: the science of climate change

Olav Slaymaker, Geomorphology, Human Activity and Global Environmental Change

Anthony Young, Land Resources: now and for the future

Michael Mortimore and William M. Adams, Working the Sahel: Environment and Society in Northern Nigeria

Richard Dikau and Helmut Saurer, GIS for Earth Surface Systems: analysis and modelling of the natural environment

Andy Mitchell, The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis. Volume 1 Geographic Patterns and Relationships

Globes and Maps and Views of the Earth (CD Roms)

Eugene J. Palka, Valued Landscapes of the Far North: A Geographical Journey Through Denali National Park

Michael Carley and Ian Christie, Managing Sustainable Development (second edition)

Peter Raven, Nature and Human Society: The Quest for a Sustainable World

Will Eddison, Romney Marsh: Survival on a Frontier

Hugh Millward, Kenneth B. Beesley, Brian Ilbery and Lisa Harrington, Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability in the New Countryside

Michel Goussot, Les Etas-Unis dans la Nouvelle Economie Mondiale

Michel Goussot, Les Grandes Villes Américaines

Jennifer A. Elliot, An introduction to Sustainable Development (second edition)

Moshe Rapaport, (ed.) The Pacific Islands: Environment and Society

Keywords: Ghana; small-scale gold mining; environmental impacts; Cleaner Production; mercury

Document Type: Book review

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-4959.t01-1-00040

Publication date: 2002-03-01

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