The Geography of Border Landscapes
1st Edition
Published on 3. October 2014
332 pages
978-1-317-59879-4 (ISBN)
Description
This volume is about border landscapes, with emphasis on the varying impact that political decision-making and ideological differences can have on the environment at border locations, for example. This volume by political-geography experts from across the globe provides important insights specficially into border landscapes and so serves to further our understanding of aspects of cultural landscapes.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
5,91 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-317-59879-4 (9781317598794)
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Dennis Rumley | Julian V. Minghi
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Persons
Dennis Rumley is Professor of Indian Ocean Studies at Curtin University, Western Australia.
Content
Introduction: The Border Landscape Concept 1. From Conflict to Harmony in Border Landscapes 2. Geographical Investigtations In Boundary Areas of the Basle Region ('Regio') 3. Boundary, Values and Identity: The Swiss-Italian Transborder Region 4. Some Developing and Current Problems of the Eastern Border Landscape of the Federal Republic of Germany: The Bavarian Example 5. Geographic Problems of Frontier Regions: The Case of the Italo-Yugoslav Border Landscape 6. The Impact of Sovereignty Transfer on the Settlement Pattern of Sakhalin Island 7. Society, State and Peripherality: The Case of the Thai-Malaysian Border Landscape 8. The Indoneisa-Papua New Guinea Border Landscape 9. Coastal Islands on an International Boundary: Dauan and Parama in the Torres Strait 10. Inter-and Intra-Regional Conflicts in Pakistan's Border Landscape 11. The Gulf of Aqaba Coastline: An Evolving Border Landscape 12. The Evolution and Concemporary Significance of the Bophuthatswana-Botswana Border Landscape 13. Where the Colorado Flows into Mexico 14. Peacekeeping Missions and Landscapes . Conclusion Border Landscapes: Themes and Directions
