The Geography of Border Landscapes - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0415048257 ISBN 13 : 9780415048255

Editeur : Routledge, 1991

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Biographie de l'auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415048257
• ISBN 13: 9780415048255
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Éditeur: Rumley Dennis, Minghi Julian V.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible