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OFFICE DEVELOPMENT: A Geographical Analysis by M. Bateman. 14 × 22 cm, xvi and 175 pages. Croom Helm: London 1985 (ISBN 0 7099 0697 8) $A35.95 (cloth).

ATLAS OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT, 1981: The Geographic Distribution of Youth Unemployment in Australian Cities from the 1981 Census According to Birthplace and Gender by P. Matwijiw with E. Bamford and C. Maher. 21 × 29 cm, 127 pages. Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs: Melbourne 1985 (ISBN 949890 33 2) $A12.00 (limp).

ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH by A. J. Rowland and P. Cooper. 23 × 16 cm, vi and 205 pages. Edward Arnold: London 1983 (ISBN 0 7131 2855 0) $A27.95 (limp).

FAMINE AS A GEOGRAPHICAL PHENOMENON edited by B. Currey and G. Hugo. 17 × 24 cm, vi and 202 pages. Reidel: Dordrecht 1984 (ISBN 90 277 1762 1) Dfl 95.00, $US37.00 (cloth).

SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S CHANGING POPULATION (South Australian Geographical Papers No. 1) by G. J. Hugo. 25 × 18 cm, 71 pages. Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (SA Branch): Adelaide 1983 (ISBN 0 909112 05 03) $A4.00 (limp).

DEVELOPMENTS IN POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY edited by M. A. Busteed. 23 × 15 cm, 340 pages. Academic Press: London 1983 (ISBN 0 12 148420 3) $US42.00 (cloth).

NEITHER JUSTICE NOR REASON: A Legal and Anthropological Analysis of Aboriginal Land Rights by M. Gumbert. 22 × 14 cm, xv and 215 pages. University of Queensland Press: St Lucia 1984 (ISBN 0 7022 1746 8) $A20.00 (cloth).

RURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT by P. J. Cloke and C. C. Park. 14 × 22 cm, xiii and 473 pages. Croom Helm: London 1985 (ISBN 0 7099 2037 7) $A44.95 (cloth).

FARM POLICY IN AUSTRALIA by R. K. Hefford. 14 × 22 cm, xviii and 415 pages. University of Queensland Press: St Lucia 1985 (ISBN 0 7022 1698 4) $A40.00 (cloth).

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR PACIFIC MICROSTATES: Issues in Organisation and Management edited by C. C. Kissling. 14 × 21 cm, 192 pages. Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific: Suva 1984. $A10.00 (cloth), $A8.00 (limp).

TIMES OF CRISIS: Epidemics in Sydney 1788–1900 by P. H. Curson. 15 × 25 cm, xii and 195 pages. Sydney University Press: Sydney 1985 (ISBN 0 424 00112 8). $A35.00 (cloth).

PEASANTS, SUBSISTENCE, ECOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA by L. S. Grossman. 24 × 16 cm, xxi and 302 pages. Princeton University Press: Princeton, NJ 1984 (ISBN 0 691 09406 3) $US45.50.

THE WORLD FOOD PROBLEM 1950–1980 by D. Grigg. 15 × 24 cm, 276 pages. Basil Blackwell: Oxford 1985 (ISBN 0 631 13481 6) $A58.50 (cloth).

POPULATION REDISTRIBUTION AND DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH ASIA edited by L. A. Kosinski and K. M. Elahi. 17 × 24 cm, 243 pages. Reichel: Dordrecht 1985 (ISBN 90 277 1938 1) Dfl 120.00, $US44.00, £30.50 (cloth).

GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNIC PLURALISM edited by C. Clarke, D. Ley and C. Peach. 15 × 23 cm, xvii and 294 pages. Allen & Unwin: London 1984 (ISBN 0 04 309107 5) $A45.00 (cloth); (ISBN 0 04 309108 3) $A24.95 (limp).

SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY IN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE edited by J. Eyles. 14 × 22 cm, 295 pages. Croom Helm: London 1986 (ISBN 0 7099 0944 6) $A49.95 (cloth).

THE GENTRIFICATION OF INNER MELBOURNE: A Political Geography of Inner City Housing by W. S. Logan. 14 × 22 cm, xvi and 328 pages. University of Queensland Press: St. Lucia 1985 (ISBN 0 7022 1729 8) $A50.00 (cloth).

YELLOWCAKE AND CROCODILES: Town Planning, Government and Society in Northern Australia by J. Lea and R. Zehner. 14 × 22 cm, xxvi and 200 pages. Allen & Unwin: Sydney 1986 (ISBN 0 86861 875 6) $A24.95 (cloth); (ISBN 0 86861 843 8) $A 14.95 (limp).

THE BUNGALOW: The Production of a Global Culture by A. D. King. 20 × 25 cm, xii and 310 pages. Routledge & Kegan Paul: London 1984 (ISBN 0 7100 9538 4) $A62.50 (cloth).

THE WEST EUROPEAN CITY: A Social Geography by P. White. 15 × 23 cm, xviii and 269 pages. Longman: London 1984 (ISBN 0 582 30047 9) $A22.95 (limp).

THE SHAPING OF AMERICA: A Geographical Perspective on 500 years of History. Volume 1. Atlantic America, 1492–1800 by D. W. Meinig. 18 × 25 cm, xii and 500 pages. Yale University Press: New Haven 1986 (ISBN 0 300 03548 9) $US35.00 (cloth).

CANBERRA: MYTHS AND MODELS. Forces at Work in the Formation of the Australian Capital by K. F. Fischer. 21 × 30 cm, 166 pages. Institute of Asian Studies: Hamburg 1984 (ISBN 3 88910 009 0).

THE GEOGRAPHY OF PEACE AND WAR edited by D. Pepper and A. Jenkins. 15 × 23 cm, vi and 222 pages. Basil Blackwell: Oxford 1985 (ISBN 0 631 13559 6) $A75.00 (cloth); (ISBN 0 631 14069 7) $A23.95 (limp).

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY: World‐economy, Nation‐state and Locality by P. J. Taylor. 15 × 23 cm, × and 238 pages. Longman: London 1985 (ISBN 0 582 30088 6) $A24.95 (limp).

THE INDUSTRIAL GEOGRAPHY OF CANADA by A. Blackbourn and R. G. Putnam 14 × 22 cm, 201 pages. Croom Helm: London 1984 (ISBN 0 7099 0622 6) $A42.50 (cloth).

THE FOODMAKERS by S. Sargent. 13 × 20 cm, 296 pages. Penguin: Ringwood 1985 (ISBN 0 14 007359 0) $A8.95 (limp).

LIMITS TO PREDICTION edited by R. B. McKern and G. C. Lowenthal. 13 × 19 cm, xiii and 163 pages. Australian Professional Publications: Sydney 1985 (ISBN 0 949416 029) $A14.95 (limp).

THE KANGAROO KEEPERS edited by H. J. Lavery. 18 × 25 cm, xxvi and 211 pages. University of Queensland Press: St Lucia 1985 (ISBN 0 7022 1875 8).

PRACTICAL ECOLOGY by D. D. Gilbertson, M. Kent and F. B. Pyatt. 15 × 23 cm, 320 pages, Hutchinson: London 1985 (ISBN 0 09 162651 X) £8.95.

BASIC BIOGEOGRAPHY (Second edition) by N. Pears. 15 × 24 cm, × and 358 pages. Longman: London 1985 (ISBN 0 582 30120 3) $A24.95 (limp).

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE (Second edition) by A. Goudie. 23 × 15 cm, xi and 258 pages. Oxford University Press: Oxford 1983 (ISBN 0 19 874135 9) A16.00 (limp).

MEGA‐GEOMORPHOLOGY edited by R. Gardner and H. Scoging. 16 × 24 cm, xiii and 240 pages. Oxford University Press: Oxford (ISBN 0 19 823244 6) $A48.00.

GRANITE LANDFORMS by C. R. Twidale. 25 × 17 cm, xxiii and 372 pages. Elsevier: Amsterdam 1982 (ISBN 0 444 42116 5) $A148.25.     

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North American Exploration: A Continent Defined, Volume 2, John Logan Allen, editor, Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. 1997. 480 pp. Illustrations, maps. ISBN 080321023x. $75.00 (Cloth).

North American Exploration: A Continent Defined, Volume 3, John Logan Allen, editor, Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. 1997. 656 pp. Illustrations, maps. ISBN 0803210434. $75.00 (Cloth).

Space, Gender, and Knowledge, Linda McDowell and Joanne P. Sharp, editors, New York, NY John Wiley & Sons. 1997. 468 pp. ISBN 0470236698. $34.95 (paper).

The Japanese City, P.P. Karan and Kristin Stapleton, editors, Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. 1997. 264 pp. ISBN 0813120357. $31.95 (cloth).

Education, Environment and Economy: Reporting Research in a New Academic Grouping, Frances Slater, David Lambert, and David Lines, editors, London, England: Institute of Education, University of London. 1997. 210 pp. Figures., ISBN 0854734996. £11.99 (paper).

The Peopling of Africa: A Geographic Interpretation, James L. Newman New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. 1997., 252 pp. Maps., ISBN 0300072805. $15.00 (paper).     

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WEATHER AND WEATHER MAPS. Edited by Gosta H. Liljequist
THE TIME OF DARKNESS. By R. J. Blong
BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS IN GEOGRAPHY REVISITED. Edited by Kevin R. Cox and Reginald G. Golledge
GOVERNMENT AND CAPITALISM: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CHOICE IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AUSTRALIA. By N. G. Butlin, A. Barnard and J. J. Pincus.
CINDERELLAS OF THE EMPIRE. By Barrie Macdonald     

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SOUTHERN LANDSCAPES: ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF BILL BROCKIE AND RAY HARGREAVES. Edited by Geoff Kearsley and Blair Fitzharris, Dunedin: Department of Geography, University of Otago, 1990, pp.360.
POPIULESIN BLONG HONIARA: OLKETA POPIULESIN BLONG 1986 SENSIS. By A. C. Walsh, Honiara: Department of Statistics, and Palmerston North: Board of Development Studies, Massey University
PRIESTS AND PROGRAMMERS: TECHNOLOGIES OF POWER IN THE ENGINEERED LANDSCAPE OF BALI. By Stephen Lansing
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN GEOGRAPHY. By Paul Mather
INTRODUCTION TO TOURISM IN AUSTRALIA: IMPACTS, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. By C. M. Hall
TAMING THE GREAT SOUTH LAND: A HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF NATURE IN AUSTRALIA. By W. J. Lines
PEOPLE, PLACES, PATTERNS, PROCESSES: GEOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE CANADIAN PAST. Edited by Graeme Wynn
STUDYING NEW ZEALAND HISTORY. By G. A. Wood, Dunedin
LOCAL HISTORY: A SHORT GUIDE TO RESEARCHING, WRITING AND PUBLISHING A LOCAL HISTORY. By Gavin McLean
THE NATIVE FORESTS OF NEW ZEALAND. By John Halkett     

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Book reviews in this article:
LIFE AND LANDSCAPES. BOOK I: IN LANDS OF DIFFICULTY. A. M. Wynter and W. A. Halloway
WORLD LANDSCAPES. By C. L. Frascr and T. M. H. Thorpe     

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MID-PACIFIC OUTPOSTS. By Sir Albert Ellis
FROM A SOUTH SEAS DIARY 1938–1942. By Sir Harry Luke
THE BRITISH PACIFIC ISLANDS. By Sir Harry Luke     

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Book reviewed in this article:
PRINCIPLES OF TOURISM. By A. Collier
TOURISM PLANNING. By C. A. Gunn
TOURISM ANALYSIS. By S. L. J. Smith     

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THE DICTIONARY OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY edited by R. J. Johnston. 20 x 13 cm, xix and 411 pages. Blackwell: Oxford 1983 (ISBN 0 631 13465 4) $A13.95 (limp).

THE GEOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALIAN CORPORATE POWER edited by Michael Taylor. 22 x 14 cm, ix and 230 pages. Croom Helm Australia: Sydney 1984 (ISBN 0 949614 06 8) $A24.95 (cloth).

MULTINATIONALS AS MUTUAL INVADERS: Intra‐industry Direct Foreign Investment edited by A. Erdilek. 14 x 22 cm, xii and 217 pages. Croom Helm: London 1985 (ISBN 0 7099 0935 7) $A39.95 (cloth).

UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT: Nature, Capital and the Production of Space by N. Smith. 15 x 22 cm, xv and 198 pages. Basil Blackwell: Oxford 1984 (ISBN 0 631 13564 2) $A59.95 (cloth); (ISBN 0 631 13685 1) $A18.95 (limp).

SOCIAL THEORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CITY (Studies in Society No. 26) by L. Kilmartin, D. Thorns and T. Burke. 14 x 21 cm, ix and 218 pages. George Allen and Unwin: Sydney 1985 (ISBN 0 86861 405) $A24.95 (cloth); (ISBN 0 86861 413 0) $A12.95 (limp).

THE FUTURE OF URBAN FORM: The Impact of New Technology edited by J. Brotchie, P. Newton, P. Hall and P. Nijkamp. 14 x 22 cm, xiii and 374 pages. Croom Helm: London 1985 (ISBN 0 7099 3255 3) $A44.95 (cloth).     

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RAW MATERIALS AND PACIFIC ECONOMIC INTEGRATION. Edited by Sir John Crawford and Saburo Okita.
INDUSTRIALISATION IN ASIA — SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY. By Bureau of Industry Economics.     

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AUSTRALIA: ITS RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT. Edited by G. L. Wood
NEW ZEALAND. Edited by Horace Belshaw. Berkeley and Los Angeles     

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An Elementary Commercial Geography. By Cyrus C. Adam. Size, 7 1/2 × 5 inches. Pp. xii, 351. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1903.

Geographen-Kalender. By Dr. Hermann Haack. In collaboration with Dr. Wilhelm Blankenburg, Professor Paul Langhans, Professor Paul Lehmann, and Hugo Wichmann. First year, 1903-1904. Size, 4 × 6. Pp. xv. and 320 and 124 and 64 and 15 maps Price, 3 marks. Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1903.     

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WALES. By F. V. Emery
IRELAND. By A. R. Orme     

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Books reviewed:
Australia and New Zealand: Economy, Society and Environment. Reviewed by Terry Birtles
Global Environment Outlook 2000 – UNEP. Reviewed by Chris Park
Environment, Energy and Economy. Reviewed by Gordon Walker
Perspectives on British Rural Planning Policy 1994-1997. Reviewed by Richard Yarwood
Earth Surface Systems. Reviewed by Tony Parsons
Ecoviolence: Links Among Environment, Population, and Security. Reviewed by John Kirkby
Environment and Philosophy. Reviewed by Adrian Martin
Rehabilitation of Rivers: principles and implementation. Reviewed by Lindsey McEwen
Urban Growth and Development in Asia. Volume 1: Making the Cities. Volume II: Living in the Cities. Reviewed by Jonathan Rigg
The Hydrology of the Nile. Reviewed by Declan Conway
Geological Hazards: Their assessment, avoidance and mitigation. Reviewed by John Grattan
Living with the Unexpected: Linking Disaster recovery to Sustainable Development in Montserrat. Reviewed by David K. Chester
People, Land and Water in the Arab Middle East: Environments and Landscapes in the Bilâd ash-Shâm. Reviewed by Marianne Edwards
The Random Spatial Economy and its Evolution. Reviewed by Gordon L. Clark
Sustainable development in Central Asia. Reviewed by Jonathan Warner     

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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.     

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Battling the Elements: Weather and Terrain in the Conduct of War, Harold A. Winters with Gerald E. Galloway, Jr., William J. Reynolds, and David W. Rhyne Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. 1998. 271 pp. Tables, graphs, maps, and photographs. ISBN: 080185850X. $35.95 (cloth).

Teaching and Learning Geography, Daniella Tilbury and Michael Williams, editors New York, New York: Routledge, 1997. 309 pp. Figures and index. ISBN: 041514244X. $22.99 (paper).

The Place of Music, Andrew Leyshon, David Matless, and George Revill, editors, New York, New York: Guildford. 1998. 321 pp. ISBN: 157230314X. $24.00 (paper).

Teaching Political Geography, Fiona M. Davidson, Jonathan I. Leib, Fred M. Shelley, and Gerald R. Webster, editors Indiana, Pennsylvania: National Council for Geographic Education. 1998. 135 pp. Maps, figures. ISBN: 188413615X. $16.95 (paper).

Growing Up in America: An Atlas of Youth in the USA, Mark T. Mattson and Rickie Sanders, New York, New York: Simon and Schuster Macmillan. 1998. 238 pp. Maps, figures, references, appendix and index. ISBN: 0028972627. $160.00 (cloth).     

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Book reviewed in this article:
SOCIAL POLICY AND THE WELFARE STATE IN NEW ZEALAND. By B. Easton
RICH AND POOR IN NEW ZEALAND. By D. Bedggood