Issue Information Geography Compass Overview Geography Compass is an online-only journal publishing original, peer-reviewed surveys of current research from across the entire discipline. Aims and Scope Unique in its range, Geography Compass is an online-only journal publishing original, peer-reviewed surveys of current research from across the entire discipline. Geography Compass is inclusive: it does not privilege any one perspective over another, it is open to all authors, and publishes articles that are both theoretical and practical in orientation, or concerned with methodology, as well as issue- oriented reviews. The journal’s emphasis is upon state-of-the-art reviews, supported by a comprehensive bibliography and accessible to an international readership of geographers and scholars in related disciplines. Geography Compass is aimed at students, researchers and non-specialist scholars, and will provide a unique reference tool for researching essays, preparing lectures, writing a research proposal, or just keeping up with new developments in a specific area of interest. Geography Compass... • …supports your research with over 100 new articles per year, sourced from an international scholarly community. Gain an introduction to new fields, an overview of unfamiliar topics, and familiarity with the latest scholarship and debate. • …informs your teaching with lively original articles that are quickly and continuously replenished, and supplemented with teaching guides. Geography Compass will provide you with up-to-date bibliographies and expert analysis on key themes to inspire and engage your students Explore Geography Compass for: • A new kind of core content: state-of-the-art surveys of current research discuss the major topics, issues, viewpoints, and controversies within each area of the discipline. • Coverage of the entire field highlights connections across sub-disciplines within geographical research Reference-linked bibliographies for each article, providing the ideal entry point into specialist literature. • Teaching Guides from article authors to inspire and engage your students 100 articles per year: 3 times more than a standard journal. • Fast continuous publication: articles typically available 6-8 weeks after acceptance and as an online-only journal there are no issue restrictions. Fields covered by Geography Compass include: Atmosphere & Biosphere, Cultural Geography, Development, Economic, Environment & Society, Geomorphology & Hydrology, GIS & Earth Observation, Political Geography, Social Geography and Urban Geography. Visit www.geography-compass.com For information on other Wiley-Blackwell Compass Journals visit www.blackwell-compass.com Keywords geography, compass, Atmosphere & Biosphere, Cultural, Development, Economic, Environment & Society, Geomorphology & Hydrology, GIS & Earth Observation, Political, Social, Urban Abstracting and Indexing Information • Academic Search Complete (EBSCO Publishing) • CSA Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database (ProQuest) • CSA Sustainability Science Abstracts (ProQuest) • Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management (OCLC) • GEOBASE (Elsevier) • SCOPUS (Elsevier) • Water Resources Abstracts (ProQuest) 361 Editorial Board Editors-in-Chief Mike Bradshaw, University of Leicester, UK Associate Editor for Physical Geography John Kupfer, University of South Carolina, USA Section Editors Atmosphere & Biosphere John Kupfer, University of South Carolina, USA Scott Curtis, East Carolina University, USA Cultural Geography Gail Davies, University of Exeter, UK Development Geography Cheryl McEwan, Durham University, UK Economic Geography Andrew Wood, University of Kentucky, USA James Faulconbridge, Lancaster University, UK Environment and Society Geoff Wilson, The University of Plymouth, UK Trevor Birkenholtz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Geomorphology & Hydrology Paul F. Hudson, University of Texas at Austin, USA Sheryl Luzzadder Beach, The University of Texas at Austin, USA GIS & Earth Observation Ryan Jensen, Brigham Young University, USA John Jensen, University of South Carolina, USA Michael N. DeMers, New Mexico State University, USA Political Geography Fiona McConnell, University of Oxford, UK Social Geography Jon May, Queen Mary College, London UK Urban Geography Mark Jayne, University of Manchester, UK Editorial Board Members Atmosphere & Biosphere David M. Cairns P. Grady Dixon Taly Drezner Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux Lesley Rigg Richard Field Scott Franklin Michelle Goman Georg Grabherr Paul Knapp Rezaul Mahmood George Malanson Patrick Moss Corene Matyas Andrew Oliphant George Perry Scott Robeson John Rogan Cultural Geography Gavin Brown Ian Cook Mike Crang Philip Crang Dydia DeLyser Caitlin DeSilvey David Lambert Denis Linehan Hayden Lorimer Fraser MacDonald Catherine Nash Divya Praful Tolia-Kelly Development Anthony Bebbington Reginald Cline-Cole Sara Kindon Claire Mercer Giles Mohan Warwick Murray Richa Nagar Rob Potter Saraswati Raju Jonathan Rigg Jennifer Robinson Alison Stenning Economic Geography Roger Hayter Philip Kelly George C.S. Lin Danny MacKinnon Phillip O’Neill Bae-Gyoon Park John Pickles Jane Pollard Jessie Poon Dominic Power Norma Rantisi Adrian Smith Peter Sunley Andrew Wood Matthew Zook Environment & Society Ian Bailey Anne Chin Julian Clark Anna Davies Kirstie Fryirs Mike Goodman David Laurence Higgitt Richard Howitt Richard Huggett Kate Rowntree Geomorphology & Hydrology Ramon Batalla Mike Bonell Sean Carey Helmut Elsenbeer Jeff McDonnell Jim McNamarra Tom Meixner Allan Rodhe Jan Seibert Murugesu Sivapalan John Wainwright William Graf Carol P. Harden Stuart Lane Richard Marston Takashi Oguchi Francisco L. Pérez André G. Roy Randall Schaetzl Douglas J. Sherman Catherine Souch Markus Stoffel Martin Thoms Ellen Wohl GIS & Earth Observation Sharolyn Anderson Gennady Andrienko Robert Edsall Sarah Elwood Douglas Flewelling Mark Gahegan Rina Ghose Randy Gimblett Michael Goodchild Carl Grundy-Warr Mark Harrower R. Daniel Jacobsen Chris Jones Brian Lees Steven Manson Robert McMaster Jeremy Mennis Morton O’Kelly Martin Raubal Nadine Schuurman Shashi Shekhar Kathleen Stewart (Hornsby) Monica Wachowicz Mike Worboys Nick Mount Andrew Lovett Kelley A. Crews-Meyer Reginald Fletcher Perry Hardin R. Douglas Ramsey Jason Tullis Yong Wang Timothy Warner Dawn Wright Political Geography Peter Adey Veit Bachmann Alana Boland Angharad Closs Stephens Mathew Coleman Simon Dalby Lorraine Dowle Klaus Dodds Colin Flint Kevin Grove Merje Kuus Katie Meehan Jo Sharp Chih Yuan Woon Social Geography Paul Cloke Damian Collins Robyn Dowling Isabel Dyck Robyn Longhurst Robin Kearns Don Mitchell Virginia Parks Deborah Phillips Gill Valentine Urban Geography Ben Derudder Kevin Dunn Bethan Evans Steve Herbert Phil Hubbard Kurt Iveson Andy Jonas Paul Knox Loretta Lees David Ley Eugene McCann Deborah Martin Pauline McGuirk Byron Miller Ugo Rossi Elvin Wyly 362