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The article discusses Australian government's future sustainability of its own food supplies considering the effects of climate change and environmental degradation on food agriculture. The idea of localisation and the further loss of Sydney Basin's prime agricultural land are also discussed. A diagram of food agriculture in Sydney Basin for 2003-2008, a bar graph of New South Wales' total vegetable production by region in 2003, a local map distribution of various land use, and 21 study guide items students could work on are presented.

The article examines the concept of food-miles as applied on the food sustainability and climate change issues in Sydney, New South Wales, in 2008. Originating from Great Britain, food-miles refers to the total distance food travels from farm to the consumers. Reasons for the increase of food-miles in Sydney involve the high level of food importation, energy-intensive climate control, food production of supermarket chains, and availability of local foods.

SOUTH-WEST TASMANIA - CHERISH OR CHANGE?THE SOUTH-WEST BOOK: A Tasmanian Wilderness edited by H. Gee and J. Fenton. 21 by 27 cm, xi and 307 pages, text figures, tables, plates. Australian Conservation Foundation, Hawthorne, Victoria, 1978 (ISBN 0 85802 054 8) limpWILDERNESS CAVES OF THE GORDON-FRANKLIN RIVER SYSTEM by G. J. Middleton. 21 by 29 cm, 107 pages, text figures, plates. University of Tasmania, Centre for Environmental Studies, Occasional Paper No. 11, Hobart 1979 (ISBN 0 85901 126 7) $A6 limpTHE CHANGING RURAL ENVIRONMENT: A study of rural retreats, new life styles and land use in Southern Tasmania by I. G. Paterson, D. O. Kirkham and K. C. Gilmore. 21 by 29 cm, 257 pages, text figures, plates, tables. Environmental Studies Occasional Paper No. 6, University of Tasmania, 1978 (ISBN 0 85901 088 0)75 WESTERN LANDSCAPES edited by J. Gentilli. 19 by 25 cm, xxii and 526 pages, text figures, tables, plates. University of Western Australia Press, Perth 1979 (ISBN 0 85564 155 X) $A15AUSTRALIAN CITIES AND PUBLIC POLICY edited by P. Scott. 14 by 22 cm, viii and 194 pages, text figures, tables. Georgian House, Melbourne 1978. (ISBN 0 85585 503 7) $A7.95 limpURBANISATION: The Evolution of an Australian Capital by R. J. Solomon. 18 by 28 cm, xviii and 434 pages, figures, tables, plates. Angus and Robertson, Sydney 1976 (ISBN 0 207 12537 6) $A45ECONOMICS AND AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY (2nd edition) by F. G. Davidson and B. R. Stewardson. 14 by 22 cm, 309 pages, text figures, tables. Longman Cheshire, Melbourne 1979 (ISBN 0 582 68427 7) $A9.95 limpECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF TOURISM IN AUSTRALIA. 18 by 25 cm, 114 pages, tables, text figures. Bureau of Industry Economics, Research Report No. 4, AGPS, Canberra 1979 (ISBN 0 642 041296)SPATIAL, TEMPORAL AND HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF AIR POLLUTION IN BRISBANE by A. Auliciems. 17 by 24 cm, 91 pages, text figures, tables. Department of Geography, University of Queensland, Publication No. 3, Brisbane 1979, $A2.50 limpVARIABILITY OF RUNOFF IN AUSTRALIA. 22 by 30 cm, 44 pages, text figures, tables, map. Australian Water Resources Council Hydrological Series No. 11, Government Publishing Service, Canberra 1978 (ISBN 0 642 03973 9)FOOD FOR THE FUTURE by K. O. Campbell. 14 by 21 cm, x and 178 pages, text figures, tables. Sydney University Press, Sydney 1979 (ISBN 0 424 00065 2) $A6.00 limpPHILOSOPHY IN GEOGRAPHY edited by S. Gale and G. Olsson. 15 by 23 cm, xxii and 469 pages, text figures, tables. Reidel, Dordrecht 1979 (ISBN 90 277 0948 3) $A33.40PAKISTAN by B. L. C. Johnson. 19 by 25 cm, xi and 214 pages, text figures, tables, plates. Heinemann, London 1979 (ISBN 0 435 35484 1) £7.95ANTARCTICA by Eliot Porter. 31 by 31 cm, 168 pages, plates. Hutchinson (Australia), Richmond South, Vic. 1978 (ISBN 0 09 136340 3) $32.95BRAZIL by J. P. Dickenson. 14 by 22 cm, xv and 246 pages, text figures, tables. Dawson, Folkestone 1978 (ISBN 0 7129 0819) £8.00HIGHLAND PEOPLES OF NEW GUINEA by Paula Brown. 13 by 21 cm, xiv and 258 pages, text figures, tables, plates. Cambridge University Press, London 1978 (ISBN 0 521 29249 2) $3.95 limpU.S.A. Eine geographische Landeskunde by H. Blume. 2 vols. 14 by 22 cm. Vol. I: Der Grossraum in strukturellen Wandel, 346 pages; Vol. II: Die Regionen der U.S.A., 499 pages, text figures, tables, plates. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1975 and 1979 (ISBN 3 534 05068 1) DM 86 limp; (ISBN 3 534 05069 X) DM 99 limpGEOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES ON AMERICA'S PAST: Readings on the Historical Geography of the United States edited by D. Ward. 17 by 23 cm, xi and 364 pages, text figures, tables, plates. Oxford University Press, New York 1979 (ISBN 0 19 502353 6) $A10.50 limp.SPATIAL INEQUALITIES AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT edited by H. F. Folmer and J. Oosterhaven. 16 by 23 cm, xi and 258 pages, text figures, tables. Martinus Nijhoff Publishing, The Hague 1979 (ISBN 0 89838 006 5) $A31.70HOUSING ASIA'S MILLIONS edited by S. H. K. Yeh and A. A. Laquian. 17 by 25 cm, 243 pages, text figures, tables, plates. International Development Research Centre, Ottawa 1979 (ISBN 0 88936 163 0)URBAN DEPRIVATION AND THE INNER CITY edited by C. Jones. 14 by 22 cm, 218 pages, text figures, tables. Croom Helm, London 1979 (ISBN 0 85664 713 6) $9.55MAPPING FROM AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS by C. D. Burnside. 17 by 25 cm, xiv and 304 pages, text figures, plates. Granada Publishing, St Albans, U.K. 1979 (ISBN 0 258 97035 9) £18.50REMOTE SENSING IN GEOMORPHOLOGY by H. Th. Verstappen. 21 by 30 cm, ix and 214 pages, text figures, tables, plates. Elsevier, Amsterdam 1977 (ISBN 0 444 41086 6) $A49COASTAL GEOMORPHOLOGY by K. Clayton. 14 by 21 cm, v and 46 pages, text figures, tables, plates. Macmillan, London 1979 (ISBN 0 333 26781 8) $A3.95 limpCOASTAL SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS edited by R. A. Davis, Jr. 17 by 24 cm, ix and 420 pages, text figures, tables, plates. Springer, New York 1978 (ISBN 0 387 90300 3) $A20.50

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Keys. 24 x 15 cm, xviii and 198 pages, tables, text figures. Wiley: New York 1982 (ISBN 0 471 10451 5) $A55.50URBAN PROBLEMS AND PLANNING IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD edited by M. Pacione. 14 x 22 cm, 324 pages, tables, text figures. Croom Helm: London 1981 (ISBN 0 7099 0191 7) £13.50AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA edited by Chi-ming Hou and Tzong-shian Yu. 26 x 19 cm, xiii and 877 pages, tables, text figures. Academica Sinica: Taipei 1982 (distributed by University of Washington Press: Seattle) (ISBN 0 295 95997 5) $US40.00AGRICULTURE IN THE MALAYSIAN REGION (Geography of World Agriculture No. 11) by R. D. Hill. 24 x 17 cm, 234 pages, tables, text figures. Akademiai Kiado: Budapest 1982 (ISBN 963 05 2825 8) $A27.60ROOTS OF THE EARTH by P. Sillitoe. 16 x 24 cm, xvi and 285 pages, text figures, tables, plates. New South Wales University Press: Sydney 1983 (ISBN 0 86840 064 3) $A39.95THE ARID LANDS: Their Use and Abuse (Themes in Resource Management Series) by R. L. Heathcote. 23 x 15 cm, xx and 323 pages, tables, text figures. Longman: London 1983 (ISBN 0 582 30048 7) $A19.95 limpDESERTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT: Dryland Ecology in Social Perspective edited by B. Spooner and H. S. Mann. 24 x 16 cm, xviii and 407 pages, tables, text figures. Academic Press: London 1982 (ISBN 0 12 658050 2) $A52.00INTERPRETATIONS OF CALAMITY: From the Viewpoint of Human Ecology (Risks and Hazards Series No. 1) edited by K. Hewitt. 23 x 16 cm, xi and 304 pages, tables, text figures. George Allen and Unwin: Boston 1983 (ISBN 0 04 301161 6) $A24.95 limpTHE GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S DESERTS edited by T. L. Smiley. 29 x 21 cm, 134 pages, plates, text figures, tables. Societas Upsaliensis pro Geologia Quaternaria: Uppsala 1982 (ISBN 91 7388 035 3)MAN, A GEOMORPHOLOGICAL AGENT by Dov Nir. 18 x 25 cm, xii and 165 pages, text figures, tables, plates. Reidel: Dordrecht 1983 (ISBN 90 277 1401 0) $A38.40LANDFORMS OF NEW ZEALAND edited by J. M. Soons and M. J. 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The crisis in the international mining and metals industries has accelerated the process of concentration in the industry.This article gives an historical background to the present struggle for control over Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd, Australia's largest industrial company and a leading actor in the international resources industry.

The article focuses on the Republic of Panama where golf course conditions are as good or better than most of the Caribbean and where the Jack Nicklaus-designed Buenaventura Golf Club located at the top of the Panamanian Golf Course Food Chain is a favored destination.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Salt of the Earth," and "The Photographer Revealed," by Jay Dusard both in the April 1989 issue and a book review by Vicki Goldberg in the March 1989 issue.