Simon Batterbury ([log in to unmask]) and Tim Forsyth
([log in to unmask]) are pleased to announce the publication of
eleven papers
resulting from the conference entitled 'Environmental Transformations
in
Developing Countries', October 1996, Royal Geographical Society,
London UK.
Thanks to the support of one of the conference funders (the ESRC
Global
Environmental Change programme) we are able to make available a bound
offprint
of all eleven papers at cost price. If you would like a copy, please
send THREE
POUNDS or US DOLLAR EQUIVALENT (five bucks) to Mrs Gwen Lowman,
Deputy Editor, Geographical Journal, RGS-IBG, 1 Kensington Gore,
London
SW17 2AR. You may also purchase a copy by Visa or debit card, by
informing her
of your card number, expiry date, address in the usual way. This
price includes
postage and packing, and it is a bargain. Gwen may be contacted on
email at
[log in to unmask] We have about one hundred copies left for sale.
The papers are unified by a critical approach to environmental and
development
research. We hope they are a valuable resource for research and
teaching.
Contents:
The Geographical Journal 163 (2 ) JULY 1997 pp126-215
Special Issue - Environmental Transformations in Developing Countries
Environmental transformations in developing countries: hybrid research
and
democratic policy. SIMON BATTERBURY, TIMOTHY FORSYTH and KOY
THOMSON page 126
The sustainability principle in global agendas: implications for
understanding
land-use/cover change. B.L. TURNER II page 133
Security and Solidarity: an anti-reductionist framework for thinking
about the
relationship between us and the rest of nature. MICHAEL THOMPSON
page
141
Agricultural Intensification and Flexibility in the Nigerian Sahel.
W.M. ADAMS
and M.J. MORTIMORE page 150
The Dynamics of Soil Fertility Change: historical perspectives on
environmental
transformation from Zimbabwe . IAN SCOONES page 161
After the Flood: local initiative in using a new wetland resource in
the Sourou
Valley, Mali. P. WOODHOUSE, P. CHENEVIX-TRENCH and M. TESSOUGUE
page 170
Rain Forest Extraction and Conservation in Amazonia. OLIVER T. COOMES
and
BRADFORD L. BARHAM page 180
Social capital and rural intensification: local organizations and
islands of
sustainability in the rural Andes. ANTHONY BEBBINGTON page 189
Fewer people, less erosion: the twentieth century in southern Bolivia.
DAVID
PRESTON, MARK MACKLIN and JEFF WARBURTON page 198
Pollution Patterns during the Industrial Transition. RICHARD M. AUTY
page
206
Environmental Transformations in Cities as they get Larger, Wealthier
and Better
Managed. DAVID SATTERTHWAITE page 216
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Check the conference web page on http://www.brunel/depts/geo (I
will update this
soon).
Simon Batterbury, Geography & Earth Sciences,
Brunel University,
Uxbridge, Middx UB8 3PH
UK
fax +181 891 8237 until Sept. 1997
tel +181 891 0121 until Sept. 1997 then (0044) +1895 274000
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
www.brunel.ac.uk/depts/geo
Toutes ces articles sont ecrites en anglais...quoi faire?...
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