Buchbesprechungen: Atlas der Republik Österreich

Summary

This article comprises two reviews. The first assesses the initial installment of the Atlas of the Republic of Austria, edited by Hans Bobek. Planned to include about 85 main maps and 140 supplementary maps in twelve sections, the atlas is praised for its precise municipal-level cartograms; the reviewer recommends adding an administrative-boundary overlay. Notable plates include Vienna's building and housing structure, a tourism bar diagram, and an electoral-results map. The second review discusses a study of Nile Valley landscape change, correcting earlier notions of papyrus swamps and emphasizing that human activity, rather than climatic fluctuation, was decisive in environmental transformation.