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Book reviewed in this article: CATCHMENT EXPERIMENTS IN FLUVIAL GEOMOR-PHOLOGY. Edited by T. P. Burt and D.E. Walling. CARBON DIOXIDE: FRIEND OR FOE? An inquiry into the Climatic and Agricultural Consequences of the Rapidly Rising CO₂ Content of Earth's Atmosphere, by Sherwood B. Idso. LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY AND LAND USE, by A.P.A. Vink. Longman AN ATLAS OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS, by I. Griffiths. THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEASTERN TASMANIA, by N. Caine. SCOTLAND'S ENVIRONMENT DURING THE LAST 30,000 YEARS, by R.J. Price AN INTRODUCTION TO SOUTH ASIA, by B.H. Farmer. URBAN STORM WATER HYDROLOGY. Edited by David F. Kibler.     

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GEOMORPHOLOGY by R. J. Chorley, S. A. Schumm and D. E. Sugden.’ 19 × 25 cm, xxiii and 605 pages. Methuen: London 1984 (ISBN 0 416 32590 4) $A39.95 (cloth).

THEMES IN GEOMORPHOLOGY edited by A. F. Pitty. 13 × 21 cm, 280 pages. Croom Helm: London 1985 (ISBN 0 7099 2066 0) $A49.50 (cloth).

DESERTS AND ARID LANDS edited by F. El‐Baz. 16 × 25 cm, vi and 222 pages. Nijhoff: The Hague 1984 (ISBN 90 247 2850 9) $US46.00 (cloth).

COASTAL GEOMORPHOLOGY IN AUSTRALIA edited by B. G. Thorn. 16 × 24 cm, xv and 349 pages. Academic Press: Sydney 1984 (ISBN 0 12 687880 3) $A49.50 (cloth).

KWONGAN: Plant Life on the Sandplain edited by J. S. Pate and J. S. Beard. University of Western Australia Press: Nedlands 1984 (ISBN 0 85564 230 0) $A25.00 (limp).

THEMES IN BIOGEOGRAPHY edited by J. A. Taylor. 22 × 14 cm, xxvii and 404 pages. Croom Helm: London 1984 (ISBN 0 7099 2428 3) $A25.95 (limp).

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT: A Practical Guide by C. F. Porter. 22 × 15 cm, xiii and 269 pages. University of Queensland Press: St Lucia 1985 (ISBN 0 7022 1699 2) $A35.00 (cloth).

THE CLIMATIC SCENE edited by M. J. Tooley and G. M. Sheail. 16 × 24 cm, xx and 306 pages. George Allen and Unwin: London 1985 (ISBN 0 04 551089 X) $A59.95 (cloth).

VOLCANIC HAZARDS: A Sourcebook on the Effects of Eruptions by R. J. Blong. 24 × 15 cm, xvi and 424 pages. Academic Press: Sydney 1984 (ISBN 0 12 107180 4) $A68.00 (cloth).

THE ECONOMICS OF BUSHFIRES: The South Australian Experience edited by D. T. Healey, F. G. Jarrett and J. M. McKay. 22 × 15 cm, x and 152 pages. Oxford University Press: Melbourne 1985 (ISBN 0 19 554669 5) $A19.99 (cloth).     

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Book reviewed in this article: THE EVOLUTION OF POLYNESIAN CHIEFDOMS. Patrick Vinton Kirch. AN INDUSTRIAL GEOGRAPHY OF JAPAN. Edited by K. Murata. THE NATURE OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. By K. J. Gregory, Edward Arnold. SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY IN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE. Edited by J. Eyles. SILCON LANDSCAPES. Edited by P. Hall and A. Markusen. Allen and Unwin. GEOGRAPHY MATTERS! A READER. Edited by D. Massey and J. Allen. REGIONS IN QUESTION: SPACE, DEVELOPMENT THEORY AND REGIONAL POLICY, by C. Gore, Methuen. A GEOGRAPHICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR AMERICAN LIBRARIES. Edited by Chauncy D. Harris. DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS, RED OR GREEN ALTERNATIVES? By Michael Redclift, Methuen THE MAKING OF NEW ZEALAND: AN ECONOMIC HISTORY. By G. R. Hawke. GEOMORPHOLOGY. By R. J. Chorley, S. A. Schumm and D. E. Sugden.     

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Around the World Program: Malta, Japan, Australia, Madagascar, Switzerland, and Fiji, Hilary Lambert Hopper, series ed. Fort Pierce, Florida: McDonald and Woodward Publishing Company. 1996

Atlas of World Geography, Brett R. Gover and Ann T. Natunewicz, eds. Chicago, Illinois: Rand McNally and Company. 1996 (revised 1999 printing). 176 pp. ISBN 0528177900 (paper).

The New Comparative World Atlas, Charles G. Lees, Jr., ed. Maplewood, New Jersey: Hammond Incorporated; 1998. 96 pp. ISBN 0843771003 (paper).

Political Geography: A New Introduction, Richard Muir, New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1997 316 pp. Maps and figures. ISBN 0470237449. $39.95 (paper)

The Southern Black Belt: A National Perspective, Ronald C. Wimberley, Libby V. Morris., Lexington, KY TVA Rural Studies, 1997. 49 pp. Illustrations, maps ISBN 0-9649746-2-2.

The Rural Landscape, John Fraser Hart, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press 1998 408 pp., figures, illustrations, graphs, tables, bibliography, index. $35.95 cloth.     

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Bppks reviewed:
Reginald Appleyard, (ed.) Emigration dynamics in developing countries. Vol. IV: the Arab region
Curt Meine and Richard L. Knight, (eds.) The Essential Aldo Leopold. Quotations and Commentaries
Jyoti Shankar Singh, Creating a New Consensus on Population
Walden Bello, Shea Cunningham and Li Kheng Poh, A Siamese Tragedy
Bart Makaske, Anastomosing Rivers: Forms, Processes and Sediments
Philip Micklin, Managing Water in Central Asia
Iwao Kobori and Michael H. Glantz, (eds.) Central Eurasian Water Crisis: Caspian, Aral, and Dead Seas
John R. Gold and George Revill, (eds.) Landscapes of Defence
Monica Trujillo Amado Ordonez and Carlos Hernandez, Risk Mapping and Local Capabilities: Lessons from Mexico and Central America
R. Dalton, H. Fox and P. Jones, Classic Landforms of the White Peak (second edition), Classic Landforms of the Dark Peak (second edition)
Tatyana Saiko, Environmental Crises: Geographical Case Studies in Post-Socialist Eurasia
F. Brouwer and P. Lowe, (eds.) CAP Regimes and the European Countryside
Andrew Goudie, The Human Impact on the Natural Environment (fifth edition)
Jean Radvanyi, La Nouvelle Russie (second edition)
John Vogler, The Global Commons: Environmental and Technological Governance (second edition)     

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Books reviewed:
Bjørn Lomborg, The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the real state of the world
B. Dalal–Clayton and D. Dent, Knowledge of the Land: Land resources information and its use in rural development
Krishna B. Ghimrie, The Native Tourist: Mass tourism within developing countries     

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Book reviewed in this article: MAURI MIND, MAORI LAND, by Hong Key Yoon, Peter Lang NGA TAU TOHETOHE, YEARS OF ANGER. By Ranginui Walker PROUD TO BE WHITE? A SURVEY OF PAKEHA PREJUDICE IN NEW ZEALAND. By Angela Ballara     

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Book reviewed in this article: FLOOD WARNING IN AUSTRALIA CREATING FLOOD DISASTERS? NEW ZEALAND'S NEED FOR A NEW APPROACH TO URBAN FLOOD HAZARD     

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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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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 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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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