Reviews: The Earth as Transformed by Human Action: Global and Regional Changes in the Biosphere over the past 300 Years, the APIC Series Number 37: Fundamentals of Spatial Information Systems, Different Places, Different Voices: Gender and Development in Africa, Asia and Latin America, Vancouver's Chinatown: Racial Discourse in Canada, 1875–1980, International Perspectives in Urban Studies 1, Industrial Subcontracting in the UK and Japan, Protected Landscapes: A Guide for Policy-Makers and Planners. IVth World Congress on National Parks and Protected Areas, Caracas, Venezuela