Overview

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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Author:   Dennis Rumley (Professor of Indian Ocean Studies, Curtin University, Australia) ,  Julian V. Minghi
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.589kg
ISBN:  

9781138815582

ISBN 10:   1138815586
Pages:   332
Publication Date:   24 October 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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

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

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