Economic transition from colonial dependency to national development: the Nigerian experience
Legacies of the colonial period have lead to a gulf between private and public sector participants in development. Unless foreign principles can be modified to suit local needs, the economy lacks a foundation for sustained growth. (EMS).
Grandiose plans, but insignifiant outcomes : the development of colonial ports at Twofold Bay, New South Wales
Australie ; Colonisation ; Géographie historique ; Localisation ; New South Wales ; Port ; Siècle 19 ; Transport
The paper examines the period between 1820 and 1920 to explain why the ports of Twofold Bay-Boydtown and Eden never sustained their challenge to Sydney's economic hegemony. These small ports provide an interesting insight into the economic
marginalisation of localities by the process of colonisation. Twofold Bay is examined within Rimmer's spatial model of port development. Uneven port development is examined as the geographical expression of several colonisation processes.
Africa ; Colonialism ; Development ; Economic development ; Policy ; Post-colonialism ; Territory ; Zaire
L'A. rappelle l'héritage colonial de l'Afrique centrale avant d'étudier les divergences de développement post-colonial pour terminer par l'étude de cas sur le Zäire de Mobutu.
Colonial rule and economic subordination. The North Indian economy in the teenth century
Commercialisation ; Développement ; Economie régionale ; Géographie de l'Asie ; Histoire économique ; Inde ; Inde du Nord ; Industrialisation ; Pouvoir colonial ; Produit agricole ; Siècle XIX
Etude de l'impact du pouvoir colonial sur le Nord de l'Inde: déclin de la production artisanale à cause de l'importation de produits manufacturés, mais augmentation importante de la production agricole et accroissement des produits commercialisés
The political economy of an African public enterprise: a longitudinal case study of the administrative and economic operations of the Sierra Leone port organization
A case study of the administrative and economic operations of Freetown in colonial and post-colonial Sierra Leone provides background for students interested in port development. (EMS).
The evolution of racial segregation in Port Elizabeth before 1911 is traced. Significant differences were apparent between officially segregated indigenous peoples, with peripheral locations and the various immigrant groups, segregated by economic
Economic crisis in the Russian Far East : Overdevelopment or colonial exploitation ?
Asian part of Russia ; Economic crisis ; Economic indicators ; Economic region ; Extractive industry ; Foreign investment ; Natural resources ; Regional economy ; Russian Far East ; Specialization ; Years 1990-99
Trois modèles de colonisation touristique. Cas des archipels des mers chaudes
Archipel ; Colonisation ; Maldives ; Modèle ; Polynésie française ; Tourisme ; Tuamotu ; Zone intertropicale
The text presents three models of tourist colonisation known in the World. On the basis of an analysis of the impact of the development of tourism on the social and economic reality of colonised areas, three models called respectively : models
of colonisation described are typical, not only of tropical islands, and it is not difficult to find corresponding situations in Poland. - (BJ)
From hornbills to oil? Patterns of indigenous and European trade in colonial Borneo
Asie ; Bornéo ; Colonisation ; Commerce ; Economie régionale ; Exportation ; Gestion des ressources ; Géographie historique ; Mise en valeur ; Siècle 19 ; Système de production
. The articulation of indigenous and foreign capital and production systems was much more complex than models of economic dualism and core-periphery linkages would suggest.
Die Zentralen Orte im Becken von Oaxaca (Mexiko) während der Kolonialzeit.. (The central places in the Basin of Oaxaca, Mexico, during the colonial period)
Very well documented study concerning the development of central places and their zones of influence in the area of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. The interaction of political, eclesiastical and socio-economic factors from precolumbian times to the end
of the Spanish colony in the 18th century is demonstrated. Based on historical sources, the elaboration and interpretation follows geographical methods. (EG).
Amazonie ; Brésil ; Colonisation ; Esclavage ; Histoire du peuplement ; Histoire économique ; Paysage naturel ; Population
Amazon Basin ; Brazil ; Colonization ; Economic history ; Natural landscape ; Population ; Settlement history ; Slavery
), indigenous inhabitants, colonial history and economy, post-1889 events, and recent politics. There is a good discussion of contemporary environmental and social problems as well as of modern popular culture. - (SLD)
Capitalism ; Colonialism ; Competitiveness ; Economy ; Europe ; Geopolitics ; Globalization ; Industry ; Italy
The paper considers the evolution of geopolitical practices in the industrialised world and discusses the geoeconomic practices of key economic actors from the period of colonialism to the present, in order to trace some possible objectives
L'Empire des géographes : géographie, exploration et colonisation, XIXe-XXe siècle
Africa ; Asia ; Colonization ; Economic impact ; Exploration ; Geographical knowkedge ; Imperialism ; Land development ; Nineteenth Century ; Post-colonialism ; Twentieth Century
L'exploration puis la colonisation des espaces africains et asiatiques ont suscité un immense travail de description topographique, de classification ethnique et d'analyse socio-économique. Le savoir géographique devait permettre de conquérir puis
de gouverner de vastes étendues et de mettre en valeur les colonies de façon rationnelle. Les colonies ont pu constituer un laboratoire de la modernité géographique, lieux d'expérimentation de nouvelles pratiques de gestion et d'aménagement de
l'espace, susceptibles d'être ensuite importées en métropole. Des premières missions d'exploration africaine aux études géographiques sur les sociétés post-coloniales, cet ouvrage éclaire la dimension spatiale du fait colonial et la matrice coloniale de la