Compte Rendus: Un Atlas d'Australie

Summary

This review examines the third edition of the Atlas of Australian Resources, focusing on its first four volumes: Soils and Land Use, Population, Agriculture, and Climate. It highlights the atlas's clear cartography, practical classification of soil limitations, and striking depiction of imbalances in population and land use between eastern and western Australia, as well as its detailed commentaries and bibliographies. Although the reference year is 1976 and publication was delayed until the 1980s, the atlas remains an exceptionally valuable source. The article also briefly introduces a collection on peripheral regions of Quebec, emphasizing their marginal position relative to the province's demographic and economic center.