Recently added articles from The Geographical Journal:
A geographers' imperative? Research and action in the aftermath of disaster.(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Introduction After the Asian tsunami, there was an unprecedented response from the global public audience. The response was spurred by a number of factors related to the waves hitting some of the most popular tourist resorts in South and Southeast Asia. Not only were Western ...
Groundwater governmentality: hegemony and technologies of resistance in Rajasthan's (India) groundwater governance.(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Introduction In 2004, six farmers were shot and killed in the Indian state of Rajasthan by police for protesting their lack of access to adequate irrigation water. Water supplies throughout the state, and indeed in many areas of the country, are under increasing stress due to ...
Re-thinking frontiers in Southeast Asia.(Editorial)
Jun 01, 2009; ... The frontier has a long tradition in geographical study. Exploration, conquest and the colonial project were all about pushing back the frontier of civilisation, and seeking riches at and beyond the resource frontier. Turner's thesis put frontiers as geographical peripheries at the heart ...
Finding common ground: relational concepts of land tenure and economy in the oil palm frontier of Papua New Guinea.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Introduction There is growing appreciation within geography of the value of relational concepts of the economy for providing theoretical insights into processes of economic change. Relational perspectives are now influencing research in a variety of contexts in both developed ...
Policy narratives, landholder engagement, and oil palm expansion on the Malaysian and Indonesian frontiers.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Introduction A remarkable transformation has occurred over recent decades in the frontier areas of Malaysian Borneo and many areas of Indonesia outside Java with the rapid conversion of agricultural lands, fallows, and formerly forested areas into oil palm plantations. The area ...