The Geography of Border Landscapes / Edition 1

by Dennis Rumley, Julian V. Minghi

Overview

This book is an outcome of the 26^th international geographical union congress in Perth, Western Australia. It focuses on border landscapes, with emphasis on the varying impact that political decision-making and ideological differences can have on the environment at border locations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138815636
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/18/2016
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Political Geography
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	332
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dennis Rumley is Professor of Indian Ocean Studies at Curtin University, Western Australia.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The border landscape concept 2. From conflict to harmony in border landscapes 3. Geographical investigations in boundary areas of the Basle region (‘Regio’) 4. Boundary, values and identity: The Swiss-Italian transborder region 5. Some developing and current problems of the eastern border landscape of the Federal Republic of Germany: The Bavarian example 6. Geographic problems of frontier regions: The case of the Italo-Yugoslav border landscape 7. The impact of sovereignty transfer on the settlement pattern of Sakhalin Island 8. Society, state and peripherally: The case of the Thai Malaysian Border Landscape 9. The Indonesia-Papua New Guinea border landscape 10. Coastal islands on an international boundary: Dauan and Parama in the Torres Strait 11. Inter- and intra-regional conflicts in Pakistan’s border landscape 12. The Gulf of Aqaba coastline: An evolving border landscape 13. The evolution and contemporary significance of the Bophuthatswana-Botswana border landscape 14. Where the Colorado flows into Mexico 15. Peacekeeping missions and landscapes 16. Conclusion Border landscapes: Themes and directions

Editorial Reviews

International contributors draw upon divergent geographical traditions and cover many different border regions in Asia, the Far East, Europe, Africa, and the Americas. They deal both with the problems of contemporary international boundary conflicts and the historical evolution of border landscapes. New approaches and directions in defining and elaborating the border landscape concept are explored, and the impact of political decision-making and ideological differences on the environment in border areas is examined. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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