Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Green Politics By S. Rainbow.
Keeping New Zealand Green: Recent Environmental Reforms By P.A. Memon.
Environmental Planning in New Zealand Edited by P.A. Memon and H. C. Perkins.     

中国环境影响评价中公众参与的有效性有待提高

环境影响评价(EIA)作为协调经济发展与环境保护的手段，已日益成为国家环境管理的重要工具。公众参与是环境影响评价的重要组成部分。从公众参与的概念及作用出发，分析中国环境影响评价中公众参与的机制，认为存在着参与对象选取不合理、参与形式双向性差、调查内容设置不科学、意见整理分析方法不完善及公众参与时段滞后等影响公众参与有效性提高的问题，最后提出注重参与对象的代表性，形式的有效性，内容的科学性，分析的定量化以及权利的保障等，以提高中国环评公众参与的有效性。     

From the Seam to the Stove: greenhouse gas assessment and the coal seam gas industry in Australia

In Australia, Coal Seam Gas (CSG) is a relatively new source of natural gas commonly advocated as a lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions alternative to coal. This study investigates how GHG emissions have been, and potentially could be, assessed within the Australian CSG industry. The research involved a document analysis of several Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) and consultant reports prepared as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process for major CSG projects in New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland (Qld). There were found to be inconsistencies in the conduct of greenhouse assessment by the CSG industry, including how complete and transparent assessments were, as well as how effectively they addressed project emission intensity and cumulative impacts. There were also found to be large inconsistencies between assessments carried out for Qld projects and those for NSW projects, likely because of differences in how assessment requirements are applied by planning bodies. This study also highlights how alternative assessment approaches, such as Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), have potential to enable a broader and more consistent understanding of emission sources that cross a range of geographical and project boundaries.     

Reviews

Environmental Management and Change in Plymouth and the South West. By M ark B lacksell , J udith M athews and P eter S ims .
People, Environment, Disease and Death. By M elvyn H owe .
Timing global cities. Edited by S.G.E. G ravesteiin , S. van G riensven and M.C. de S midt
Modern Geographical Thought By R ichard P eet .
The Political Ecology of Bananas: Contract Farming, Peasants, and Agrarian Change in the Eastern Caribbean. By L awrence S. G rossman
The Holocene: an Environmental History. By N eil R oberts
Histoire de la Géographie Franáise de 1870 à nos jours. By P aul C laval
Battling the Elements, Weather and Terrain in the Conduct of War. By H rold A. W inters with G erald E. G alloway , W illiam I. R eynolds and D avid W. R hyne
The Military Use of Land, A History of the Defence Estate. By J ohn C hilds
Flood Studies in India. Edited by V ishwas S. K ale
The Northridge Earthquake: Vulnerability and Disaster. By R obert B olin with L ois S tanford
The Assessment of the Status of Human Induced Soil Degradation in South and Southeast Asia. By G.W.A. van L ynden and L.R. O ldeman
Asia Pacific: New Geographies of the Pacific Rim. Edited By F.R. W atters and T.G. M cgee     

Channel Dredging, Dredge Spoil Migration and Downdrift

A major dredging programme to deepen the shipping channels at the Port of Tauranga has seen some 5 million m³ of mainly sandy sediment dredged from the shipping channels and dumped on the adjacent inner shelf. An Environmental Impact Assessment has identified major concerns and consent granting authorities have proposed a monitoring programme.     

Geographical Reviews

CONSERVANCY: The Land Trust Movement in America. By RICHARD BREWER. CONTEMPORARY MEANINGS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY: From What to Why? Edited by STEPHEN TRUDGILL and ANDRÉ ROY. GAINING GROUND: A History of Landmaking in Boston. By NANCY S. SEASHOLES. CHANGING MINES IN AMERICA. By PETER GOIN and C. ELIZABETH RAYMOND. PLANTING NATURE: Trees and the Manipulation of Environmental Stewardship in America. By SHAUL E. COHEN. SEEING THE FOREST AND THE TREES: Human‐Environment Interactions in Forest Ecosystems. Edited by EMILIO F. MORAN and ELINOR OSTROM. LANDSCAPE AND IMAGES. By JOHN STILGOE.     

Geographical Reviews

THE RETREAT OF THE ELEPHANTS: An Environmental History of China. By Mark Elvin. HISTORIES OF THE BORNEO ENVIRONMENT: Economic, Political and Social Dimensions of Change and Continuity. Edited by Reed L. Wadley. MODERNIZING NATURE: Forestry and Imperial Eco‐Development 1800–1950. By S. Ravi Rajan. ROUTE 66: Iconography of the American Highway. By Arthur Krim. Edited by Denis Wood. CITY BOUNTIFUL: A Century of Community Gardening in America. By Laura J. Lawson. OVERTHROWING GEOGRAPHY: Jaffa, Tel Aviv, and the Struggle for Palestine, 1880–1948. By Mark Le Vine. IN THE SPACE OF THEORY: Postfoundational Geographies of the Nation‐State. By Matthew Sparke. SPATIAL INEQUALITY AND DEVELOPMENT. Edited by Ravi Kanbur and Anthony J. Venables. DEMONIC GROUNDS: Black Women and the Cartographies of Struggle. By Katherine Mc Kittrick. CITIES OF THE WORLD: A History in Maps. By Peter Whitfield.     

GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: SEEING THROUGH MAPS: The Power of Images to Shape Our World View. By Ward L. Kaiser and Denis Wood . LANDSCAPE, NATURE, AND THE BODY POLITIC: From Britain's Renaissance to America's New World. By Kenneth Olwig . OPENING THE OZARKS: A Historical Geography of Missouri's Ste. Genevieve District, 1760–1830. By Walter A. Schroeder . WETLANDS DRAINAGE, RIVER MODIFICATION, AND SECTORAL CONFLICT IN THE LOWER ILLINOIS VALLEY, 1890–1930. By John Thompson . ON THE BORDER: An Environmental History of San Antonio. Edited by Char Miller . WESTERN PLACES, AMERICAN MYTHS: How We Think about the West. Edited by Gary J. Hausladen . RANCHING WEST OF THE 100^TM MERIDIAN: Culture, Ecology, and Economics. Edited by Richard L. Knight , Wendell C. Gilgert , and Ed Marston .     

GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEWS

FINDING THE WALLS OF TROY: Frank Calvert and Heinrich Schliemann at Hisarlik. By Susan Heuck Allen . THE WORLD OF ANDRÉ LE NÔTRE. By Thierry Mariage . Translated by Graham Larkin . “WHAT NATURE SUFFERS TO GROE”: Life, Labor, and Landscape on the Georgia Coast, 1680–1920. By Mart A. Stewart . SURVEYING THE RECORD: North American Scientific Exploration to 1930. Edited by Edward C. Carter II. BEYOND THE NEON LIGHTS: Everyday Shanghai in the Early Twentieth Century. By Hanchao Lu . LIVING HERITAGE: Vernacular Environment in China. Edited by Kai ‐Yin FROM AZTEC TO HIGH TECH: Architecture and Landscape across the Mexico‐United States Border. By Lawrence A. Herzog . SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN: An Environmental History of the Twentieth‐Century World. By J. R. McNeill .     

GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEWS

LIVING WITH NATURE'S EXTREMES: The Life of Gilbert Fowler White. By Robert E. Hinshaw . MANAGING WATER RESOURCES: Past and Present. Edited by Julie Trottier and Paul Slack . ENVIRONMENTALITY: Technologies of Government and the Making of Subjects. By Arun Agrawal . ILLUSTRATED ATLAS OF THE HIMALAYA. By David Zurick and Julsun Pacheco , with Basanta Shrestha and Birendra Bajracharya . WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. Edited by Pnina Motzafi ‐Haller . NATURE AND THE CITY: Making Environmental Policy in Toronto and Los Angeles. By Gene Desfor and Roger Keil . THE STEAMER PARISH: The Rise and Fall of Missionary Medicine on an African Frontier. By Charles M. Good Jr. WAR EPIDEMICS: An Historical Geography of Infectious Diseases in Military Conflict and Civil Strife, 1850–2000. By M. A. Smallman ‐Raynor and A. D. Cliff     

GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEWS

THE LIE OF THE LAND: Migrant Workers and the California Landscape. By Don Mitchell . LOST LANDSCAPES AND FAILED ECONOMIES: The Search for a Value of Place. By Thomas Michael Power . THE ORGANIC MACHINE: The Remaking of the Columbia River. By Richard White . ENTITLEMENTS TO NATURAL RESOURCES: Contours of Political Environmental Geography. By Ton Dietz . ECOLOGY AND EQUITY: The Use and Abuse of Nature in Contemporary India. BY Madhav Gadgil and Ramchandra Guha . NEPAL: A Himalayan Kingdom in Transition. By Pradyumna P. Karan and Hiroshi Ishii . ENVIRONMENTAL AESTHETICS: Ideas, Politics and Planning. By J. Douglas Porteous . PICTURING KNOWLEDGE: Historical and Philosophical Problems Concerning the Use of Art in Science. Edited by Brian S. Baigrie . TAKING MEASURES ACROSS THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE. By James Corner and Alex S. Mac Lean . SPACES OF IDENTITY: Global Media, Electronic Landscapes and Cultural Boundaries. By David Morley and Kevin Robins TREE MANAGEMENT IN FARMER STRATEGIES: Responses to Agricultural Intensification. Edited by J. E. Michael Arnold and Peter A. Dewees . THE GREAT FLOOD OF 1993: Causes, Impacts, and Responses. Edited by Stanley A. Chagnon . DECIDING TO BE LEGAL: A Maya Community in Houston. By Jacqueline Maria Hagan . THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA. Edited by W. M. Adams , A. S. Goudie , and A. R. Orme . THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM, GOMORRAH, AND JERICHO: Geological, Climatological, and Archaeological Background. By David Neev and K. O. Emery . THE FROZEN ECHO: Greenland and the Exploration of North America ca. a.d. 1000–1500. By Kirsten A. Seaver . OLIVES: The Life and Lore of the Noble Fruit. By Mort Rosenblum .     

GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEWS

WHERE THERE ARE MOUNTAINS: An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians. By Donald Edward Davis. THE MONTEREY BAY SHORELINE GUIDE. By Jerry Emory PHILOSOPHY AND GEOGRAPHY III: Philosophies of Place. Edited by Andrew Light and Jonathan M. Smith. DELTA SUGAR: Louisiana's Vanishing Plantation Landscape. By John B. Rehder. SHADOWS IN THE FOREST: Japan and the Politics of Timber in Southeast Asia. THE RADIANCE OF FRANCE: Nuclear Power and National Identity after World War II. By Gabrielle Hecht. SECURE FROM RASH ASSAULT: Sustaining the Victorian Environment. By James Winter . THE WILD AND THE DOMESTIC: Animal Representation, Ecocriticism, and Western American Literature. By Barney Nelson     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Geographic Systems: Developments and Applications, Edited by Les Worrall, New York: Belhaven Press, 1990.
The Urge to Clear the 'Bush': A Study of Native Forest Clearance on Farms in the Catlins District of New Zealand 1861–1990 By G.A. Wilson
Southeast Asia. A Region in Transition By Johnathan Rigg.
Greater Cook Strait -Form and Flow By T.F. W. Harris
Neotectonics and Resources By J. Cosgrove & M. Jones
New Zealand and International Migration: A Digest and Bibliography Number 2 Edited by Andrew D. Trlin and Paul Spoonley, Palmerston North: Department of Sociology, Massey University
Mining, Indigenous Peoples and Development in Australasia By J. Connell and R. Howitt, Sydney University Press, Sydney, NSW, 1991.
Pacific Asia By David Drakakis-Smith.
Plains of Promise, Rivers of Destiny, Water Management and The Development of Queensland 1824–1990 By J.M. Powell, Boolanong, Bowen Hills, Queensland
Dictionary of Environmental Science By G. Jones, A. Robertson, J. Forbes and G. Hollier.
Land Use Change in Modern Japan (Nihon No Kindaika To Tochi Riyo Henka) By Yukio Himiyama
Inventing Places: Studies in Cultural Geography By Kay Anderson and Fay Gale     

GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEWS

IMPERIAL VISIONS: Nationalist Imagination and Geographical Expansion in the Russian Far East, 1840–1865. By Mark Bassin . LANDSCAPE AND WESTERN ART. By Malcolm Andrews . HIMALAYA: Life on the Edge of the World. By David Zurick and P. P. Karan . THE BASIN OF MEXICO: Critical Environmental Issues and Sustainability. By Exequiel Ezcurra , Marisa Mazari –Hiriart , Irene Pisanty , and Adrián Guillermo Aguilar . THE U.S.–MEXICO BORDER: Transcending Divisions, Contesting Identities. Edited by David Spener and Kathleen Staudt . LAND OF CHAMISE AND PINES: Historical Accounts and Current Status of Northern Baja California's Vegetation. By Richard A. Minnich and Ernesto Franco Vizcaíno .     

Book reviews

Summary Books reviewed in this article.
Green Backlash: Global Subversion of the Environmental Movement by Andrew Rowell
The Practice of Strategic Environmental Assessment edited by Riki Thérivel and Maria Rosário Partidário
Sustainability Indicators: A Report on the Project on Indicators of Sustainable Development edited by Bedrich Moldan, Suzanne Billharz and Robyn Matravers
Directions in Housing Policy edited by Peter Williams
The Atmosphere and Oceans: A Physical Introduction. Second edition by Neil Wells
Intelligent Environments: Spatial Aspects of the Information Revolution edited by Peter Droege
The Shopping Experience edited by Pasi Falk and Colin Campbell
World Soil. Third edition by E M Bridges
A Climate Modelling Primer. Second edition by K McGuffie and A Henderson-Sellers
Farms, Trees and Farmers: Responses to Agricultural Intensification edited by Michael Arnold and Peter Dewees
Forever England: Reflections on Race, Masculinity and Empire by Jonathan Rutherford
Innovations in GIS IV edited by Zarine Kemp
Regional Policy in Europe by Sergey S Artobolevskiy
Islam in Europe: The Politics of Religion and Community edited by Steven Vertovec and Ceri Peach     

Book reviews

Book reviews in this article:
Disability and the City: International Perspectives by Rob Imrie
Social Change and the Middle Classes edited by Tim Butler and Mike Savage
Regulation Theory and the British State: the Case of the Urban Development Corporations by Mo O'Toole
Understanding Fossils by Peter Doyle
Glacial Geology: Ice Sheets and Landforms by M R Bennett and N F Glasser
Environmental Science: the Natural Environment and Human Impact by Andrew Jackson and Julie Jackson
Landslide Recognition: Identification, Movement and Causes edited by R Dikau, D Brunsden, L Schrott and M-L Ibsen
Desert Aeolian Processes edited by Vatche P Tchakerian
Cartographic Design: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives edited by Clifford H Wood and C Peter Keller
People and Environment edited by Stephen Morse and Michael Stocking
Space and Time Scale Variability and Interdependences in Hydrological Processes edited by Reinder A Feddes     

Geographical Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: NEW YORK, CHICAGO, LOS ANGELES: America's Global Cities. By Janet L. Abu -Lughod . AN ETHNIC GEOGRAPHY OF EARLY UTICA, NEW YORK: Time, Space, and Community. By Allen G. Noble . A GOLDEN STATE: Mining and Economic Development in Gold-Rush California. Edited by James J. Rawls and Richard J. Orsi . INDIAN RESERVATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES: Territory, Sovereignty, and Socioeconomic Change. By Klaus Frantz . THE INDIAN SOUTHWEST, 1580–1830: Ethnogenesis and Reinvention. By Gary Clayton Anderson THE GREEN REPUBLIC: A Conservation History of Costa Rica. By Sterling Evans . NAFANUA: Saving the Samoan Rain Forest. By Paul Alan Cox . SACRIFICING THE FOREST: Environmental and Social Struggles in Chiapas. By Karen L. O'Brien . TUTIRA: The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station. By Herbert Guthrie -Smith .     

Geographical Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: THOREAU's COUNTRY: Journey through a Transformed Landscape. By David R. Foster . VISIONS OF PARADISE: Glimpses of Our Landscape's Legacy. By John Warfield Simpson . CREATING COLORADO: The Making of a Western American Landscape, 1860–1940. By William Wyckoff . THE DAWN OF CONSERVATION DIPLOMACY: U.S.-Canadian Wildlife Protection Treaties in the Progressive Era. By Kurkpatrick Dorsey . ORGANIZING THE LANDSCAPE: Geographical Perspectives on Labor Unionism. Edited by Andrew Herod GREEN LAND, BROWN LAND, BLACK LAND: An Environmental History of Africa, 1800–1990. By James C. Mc Cann . RED CAPITALISM IN SOUTH CHINA: Growth and Development of the Pearl River Delta. By George C. S. Lin . PILLAR OF SAND: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last? By Sandra Postel. xv THE CHACO MERIDIAN: Centers of Political Power in the Ancient Southwest. By Stephen H. Lekson .     

REVIEWS

The Enigmas of Easter Island : By John Flenley and Paul Bahn.
Two Decades of Change in New Zealand: From Birth to Death V : By Judith A Davey.
Living Space: Towards Sustainable Settlements in New Zealand : Edited by Claire Freeman and Michelle Thompson-Fawcett.
The Prickly Pair: Making Nationalism in Australia and New Zealand : By Denis McLean.
Ecological Context of Development: New Zealand Perspectives : By Marjorie van Roon and Stephen Knight.
Key Concepts in Geography : Edited by Sarah L. Holloway, Stephen P. Rice and Gill Valentine.
Key Methods in Geography : Edited by Nicholas J. Clifford and Gill Valentine.
Global Positioning System: A Field Guide for the Social Sciences : By John Spencer, Brian G. Frizzelle, Philip H. Page, and John B. Vogler.
Glacial Landsystems : By David J. A. Evans (editor).
Food and Environment: Geographies of Taste : Edited by Armando Montanari.
The New Countryside: Geographic Perspectives on Rural Change : Edited by Kenneth B. Beesley, Hugh Millward, Brian Ilbery and Lisa Harrington.     

GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEWS

ARIDLAND SPRINGS IN NORTH AMERICA: Ecology and Conservation. Edited by Lawrence E. Stevens and Vicky J. Meretsky TRINCHERAS SITES IN TIME, SPACE, AND SOCIETY. Edited by Suzanne K. Fish , Paul R. Fish , and M. Elisa Villalpando THE TASTE OF PLACE: A Cultural Journey into Terroir. By Amy B. Trubek THE GROWTH AND COLLAPSE OF PACIFIC ISLAND SOCIETIES: Archaeological and Demographic Perspectives. Edited by Patrick V. Kirch and Jean –Louis Rallu LEPROSY AND EMPIRE: A Medical and Cultural History. By Rod Edmond EMOTIONAL GEOGRAPHIES. Edited by Joyce Davidson , Liz Bondi , and Mick Smith