The Geography of Border Landscapes
Published on 4. April 1991
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-415-04825-5 (ISBN)
Description
Recent political events, particularly in Eastern Europe, have underlined the significance of international political boundaries. Manifestations of political control displayed in the landscape demonstrate clearly the linkage between geography and politics. This analysis provides insights into border landscapes and regions in an attempt to further our understanding of cultural landscapes. The 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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
50 line drawings, 20 b&w illustrations, tables, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
620 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-04825-5 (9780415048255)
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Content
1: From Harmony to Border Landscapes Julian V. Minghi 2: Geographical Investigations in Boundary Areas of the Basle Region Werner A. Galluser 3: Boundary, Values and Identity; The Swiss-Italian Transborder Region Walter Leimgruber 4: Some Developing and Current Problems of the Eastern Border Landscape of the Federal Republic of Germany; The Bavarian Example Ulrich Ante 5: Geographical Problems of Frontier Regions; The Case of the Italo-Yugoslav Border Landscape Vladimir Klemencic and Milan Bufon 6: The Impact of Sovereignty Transfer on the Settlement Pattern of Sakhalin Island Shinsuke Minamide 7: Society, State and Peripherality; The Case of the Thai-Malaysian Border Landscape Dennis Rumley 8: The Indonesia-Papua New Guinea Border Landscape Ronald May 9: Coastal Landscape on an International Boundary; Dauan and Panama in the Torres Strait George Ohshima 10: Inter and Intra Regional Conflicts in Pakistan's Border Landscape Mohammed Ismail Siddiqi 11: The Gulf of Aqaba Coastline; An Evolving Border Landscape Alasdair Drysdale 12: The Evolution and Contemporary Significance of the Bophuthatswana-Botswana Border Landscape James Drummond and Andrew Manson 13: Where the Colorado Flows into Mexico John E. Chappell Jr 14: Peacekeeping Missions and Landscapes Stanley D. Brunn.