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Clapperton and Piper's book I Environmental Activism on the Ground: Small Green and Indigenous Organizing i focuses on local environmental activism in the Western Hemisphere. Environmental abuse accelerated tremendously in the 20 SP th sp century because of population growth, economic development, and technological advancement. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews several books on Canadian studies including "Around and About Marius Barbeau: Modelling Twentieth-Century Culture," edited by Lynda Jessup, Andrew Nurse, and Gordon E. Smith; "An Introduction to Environmental Law and Policy in Canada," by Paul Muldoon, Alastair Lucas, Robert B. Gibson, and Peter Pickfield; and "Whose Canada? Continental Integration, Fortress North American and the Corporate Agenda," edited by Ricardo Grinspun and Yasmine Shamsie.

Books reviewed in this article: Kurt E. Engelmann and Vjeran Pavlakovic (eds.), Rural Development in Eurasia and the Middle East: Land Reform, Demographic Change, and Environmental Constraints Gregory C. Randall, America’s Original GI Town: Park Forest, Illinois John B. Rehder, Delta Sugar: Louisiana’s Vanishing Plantation Landscape Cathy D. Knepper, Greenbelt, Maryland: A Living Legacy of the New Deal Char Miller (ed.), Fluid Arguments: Five Centuries of Western Water Conflict Edward F. Bergman, The Spiritual Traveler: New York City: The Guide to Sacred Spaces and Peaceful Places Rachel Pain, Michael Barke, Duncan Fuller, Jamie Gough, Robert MacFarlane, and Graham Mowl, Introducing Social Geographies Tor A. Benjaminsen, and Christian Lund, (eds.), Politics, Property, and Production in the West African Sahel: Understanding Natural Resources Management Al Gedicks, Resource Rebels: Native Challenges to Mining and Oil Corporations Maryann P. Feldman and Nadine Massard (eds.), Institutions and Systems in the Geography of Innovation Richard Foglesong, Married to the Mouse: Walt Disney World and Orlando Annick Germain, and Damaris Rose, Montréal: The Quest for a Metropolis George F. Rengert, Mark T. Mattson, and Kristin D. Henderson, Campus Security: Situational Crime Prevention in High–Density Environments Vaclav Smil, Feeding the World: A Challenge for the Twenty–First Century Pu Miao (ed.), Public Places in Asia Pacific Cities: Current Issues and Strategies Lisa M. Benton and John Rennie Short (eds.), Environmental Discourse and Practice: A Reader Philip Scranton (ed.), The Second Wave: Southern Industrialization from the 1940s to the 1970s Barry Dalal–Clayton and David Dent, Knowledge of the Land: Land Resources Information and Its Use in Rural Development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "Africa Capacity Indicators 2011: Capacity Development in Fragile States."

Reviews the book 'The Regional Geography of Canada,' by Robert M. Bone.

Reviews the book "Across This Land: A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada," by John C. Hudson.