Geographical Magazine 1992 - Abstracts

Geographical Magazine 1992
TitleSubjectAuthors
Action avalanche. (guarding against avalanches)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesLeslie Symons
A geography of war. (Mozambique)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesMike Sill
A green landmark. (1992 U.N. Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) (Reactions to Rio)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesJohn Hemming
A life of their own. (gravestones as information sources for geographers)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesJane Dove
Amazon skywatch. (using satellites to monitor deforestation)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesChristoph Corves, Stephen Bax
An ancient city rises from the dust. (restoration of Ad Diriyah, Saudi Arabia)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesNicholas Wood
A question of quality. (research on standards of living in the United Kingdom)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesRobert Rogerson
A twinning combination. (forging links between foreign and British cities)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesLiza Donaldson
Barcelona's Olympic facelift.Petroleum, energy and mining industriesAnn Varley
Beating a path to wildlife survival. (planning for changes in wildlife patterns from global warming)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesDamien Lewis
Big savings at the ice margin. (climatic research in Greenland)(includes related article on social problems in Tasiilap county)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesPeter Knight, Deborah Thompson
Bizarre economies. (economic analysis of bazaar economy)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesFrank S. Fanselow
Borderline cases. (effects of current events on geography; includes new world map)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesClive Schofield
Bovine burden. (impact of beef cattle on the environment)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesJeremy Rifkin
Breaking the ice. (commercial viability of the Northeast Passage)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesBenedict Goldsack
Civic deals on wheels. (environmental civic planning in Curitiba, Brazil)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesPeter Musson
Cultivating a new system. (land use reform in Zimbabwe)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesMike Sill
Culture down the tube. (American cultural imperialism purveyed via television in the Caribbean region) (One World 92, Geographical Supplement)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesChristopher Laird
Culture under fire. (protection of cultural artifacts during wartime in Yugoslavia and elsewhere)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesKeith Eirinberg
David Horsfall looks at the contrasting views of two population theorists: Thomas Malthus and Ester Boserup.Petroleum, energy and mining industriesDavid Horsfall
David Horsfall on von Thunen's model. (J.H. von Thunen's theory of agricultural production)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesDavid Horsfall
Developing a different sort of story. (production of Developing Stories television program for BBC) (One World 92, Geographical Supplement)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesPeter Firstbrook
Diminishing dividend. (reality of the end of the Cold War and the fate of the peace dividend)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesTrevor Taylor
Divergent paths. (Ethiopian Jews in Israel; includes article on Israeli demographics)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesRandi Hutter Epstein
Dreaming of yew. (age and religious aspects of yew trees)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesDavid Wallace
Eye in the sky. (geography and geographer's assistance to military intelligence) (Cover Story)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesPeter Vujakovic
Fast forward. (high-speed trains in Europe)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesAnthony Lambert
Five hundred years of servitude. (indigenous peoples protests of the Columbus Quincentenary)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesPaul Hollingworth
Funds in fragile places. (environmental effects of European Community funding)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesMartin Wright
Genes rock the fossil record. (genetic evidence of recent differentiation of Homo sapiens) (includes information on Richard Leakey) (Cover Story)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesRobin McKie
Getting the drift.... (phenomenon of longshore drift examined at Porlock Bay on the Somerset Coast)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesHeather Wilson
Green course guide. (environmental studies programs in the United Kingdom)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesPeter de la Cour
Gulags and goldmines. (natural resources in Siberia) (includes related articles)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesNicholas Louis, Noriko Takahashi, Bruce Alexander Grant
In GATT's name. (objectives of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) (includes related article on East Asian Economic Grouping)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesAlexander Goldsmith, Charles Tyler
In hot water. (water policy in United Kingdom)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesHannah Pearce
Jungle four-wheel drive. (domesticated elephant use in Southeast Asia, includes related article on an elephant training facility in Thailand)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesCharles Santiapillai, Widodo Sukohadi Ramono
Jungle geopolitics. (Amazon deforestation influenced by military concerns as well as economic; includes related article on Brazilian geopolitics)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesElizabeth Allen
Letting it sink in. (infiltration of moisture experiments in the Seychelles)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesIan Murray
Living with permafrost. (includes glossary of permafrost terminology)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesBrian Whalley
London's crossroads. (plans to reverse London's alleged decline)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesRichard Evans
Mapping Europe's myths. (cartography and European politics) (Cover Story)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesPeter Vujakovic
Mapping out the future. (William Wood, Geographer of the United States)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesKeith Eirinberg
Muddy waters. (Bangladesh plans to improve control over the Ganges River Delta)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesAnnette Bingham
News of the world. (survey of television news) (Cover Story)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesGraham Chapman
New Zealand loses its top. (Dec 14, 1991 avalanche on Mt. Cook)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesDavid Sugden, Martin Kirkbride
Not just a number. (population growth)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesPat Sinclair
Of all the curios in the RGS collection, Lord Hunt covets Alexander Wollaston's camera. (Royal Geographical Society camera used in 1921 expedition to Mount Everest)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesJohn Dryden, Lord Hunt
On a wheel and a prayer. (exploits of Indians in making geographic studies for the British) (Cover Story)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesJasper Pleydell-Bouverie
Orimulsion's tarnished promise. (liquid fuel mixture from Venezuela)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesDamien Lewis
Painting mutations. (paintings show the effect of radioactive pollution on plants and animals) (includes excerpt from the book 'After Chernobyl)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesWilliam Thompson, Cornelia Hesse-Honegger
Pearl River powerhouse. (Special Economic Zones in southern China)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesAnn Williams
Pedal power. (cycling tours and equipment)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesClive Tully
Picking up the pieces of the USSR. (economic performance of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesJohn Sallnow, Tatyana Saiko
Polishing the pearl. (Uganda)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesMark Mather
Profits from paradise. (ecotourism)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesErlet Cater
Rainforest university. (the Brunei Rainforest Project)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesGathorne Gathorne-Hardy
Raleigh to the cause. (assistance for scientific research in Chile from participants of Raleigh International expeditions)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesJonathan Cook
Reconstructing Constable country. (British painter John Constable)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesStephen Daniels
Regions don't matter? (demographics of the 1992 election in England)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesTony Martin, Robert Rogerson, Nick Fyfe
Reinventing the map. (maps to order from Ordnance Survey)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesDavid Rhind
Renewable energy from sun, wind and waves.Petroleum, energy and mining industriesJohn Twidell
Requiem of silence. (drought in Zimbabwe) (includes related article)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesJulian Pettifer, Eric MacRae
Rio's forest fiasco. (U.N. Conference on Environment and Development fails to protect the world's forests) (Reactions to Rio)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesStanley Johnson
Rock of ages. (rock glaciers)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesStephan Harrison
Rocks, rights and rituals. (proposed change in access to Stonehenge)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesDavid Crouch, Adam Colin
Sands of time. (sand dunes)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesJohn Houston
Sharp shooting in peak conditions. (filming the BBC television series 'Classic Adventure')Petroleum, energy and mining industriesMatt Dickinson
Suburbia by stealth. (growth of suburban nodes)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesPaul Knox
Sudden destruction. (what makes earthquakes destructive) (includes related articles on earthquake measurement and British earthquakes)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesRoger Musson
Sustainable jobs. (increasing employment and protecting the environment)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesMichael Renner
The answer's in the soil. (soil experiments) (Geographical Analysis)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesRebecca Marsden, Cara Allison
The Big Apple turns rotten. (New York City) (includes related article)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesRichard Evans
The bottle stopper tree. (cork oak) (includes related article on the replacement of the cork oak by eucalyptus)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesNicholas Mander, Rebecca Irvin
The shrimp cocktail's hidden sting. (includes a related article on the worldwide shrimp market)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesSusannah Walker, Andrew Webb-Vidal
The strange survival of nationalism. (surge in nationalist sentiment with the nearing of the Single European Market) (includes related article that ideologically profiles nationalism)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesMalcolm Keir
The walkman's friend. (Sony's Pyxis handheld global positioning system)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesTom Sheppard
Throwing away the textbook. (Oxfam's management technique)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesSandy Balfour
Torremolinos: then and now. (tourist town in Spain)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesLesley France, Michael Barke
Trekking to save the treeline. (conservation measures in the Annapurna region of Nepal)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesSue Thompson
Unblocking an inland artery. (reopening of Main-Danube canal in Germany linking the Rhine with the Danube)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesDavid Nicholson
Unblocking the brain drain. (international migration of skilled labor) (Cover Story)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesAndre Norton
We stand united. (Yemen)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesMichael Keating
What went wrong? (how teachers can help students avoid a low grade on a geography exam)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesNicholas I. Gee
Will the fear of water cross the Channel? (threat of rabies in Great Britain)(includes related articles) (Cover Story)Petroleum, energy and mining industriesRandi Epstein, Brian Davies
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