Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
New Horizons in Natural Gas Deregulation Edited by Jerry Ellig and Joseph P. Kalt, foreword by Robert L. Bradley
Amazonia: Resiliency and Dynamism of the Land and its People Nigel J. H. Smith, Emanuel Adilson S. Serrao, Paulo T. Alvim and Italo C. Falesi
Mineral Recovery, Recycling, Waste Prevention and Confinement for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific Region. Volume 1: Resource Assessment, Development and Management Adrian Brett (Part One) and Martin van de Munt (Part Two)
Ecological Economics—Concepts and Methods Malte Faber, Reiner Manstetten and John Proops
Mitigation Banking: Theory and Practice Edited by Lindell L. Marsh, Douglas R. Porter and David A. Salvesen     

Conference Report on United Nations Interregional Seminar on Computerized Mineral Title Management and Associated Databases

The United Nations Interregional Seminar on Computerized Mineral Title Management and Associated Databases which was held in North Africa from 26 November-7 December 1990, was convened by the United Nations Department of Technical Cooperation for Development (UN/DTCD), in conjunction with the United Nations Development Programme. The seminar was hosted by the Government of Morocco. More than forty participants from thirty-one developing countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Central and Latin America, as well as international lecturers took part in the seminar. Representatives of government agencies, industry, universities, consultancy organizations and other United Nations agencies were also present as observers.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Kirchner/Schanze/v. Schlabrendorff/Stockmayer/Wälde/Fritzsche/Patzina, Rohstofferschliessungsvorhaben in Entwicklungslndern - Teil 1: Interessenrahmen, Verhandlungsprozess, rechtliche Konzeption (Mining Ventures in Developing Countries - Part 1: Interests, Bargaining Process, Legal Concepts), Metzner, Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany, 1977, 413 pp.
Nyembo Shabani, L'Industrie du Cuivre dans le Monde et le Progres Economique du Copperbelt Africain .
Zuhayr Mikdashi, The International Politics of Natural Resources , Cornell University Press
Dennis Hayes, Rays of Hope - The Transition to a Post-Petroleum World , A Worldwatch Institute Book, W. W. Norton and Company, Inc.
Association of Geosciences for International Development, New Directions in Mineral Development Policies
G. P. Gasby (editor), Marine Manganese Deposits , Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company
Kathryn Morton and Peter Tulloch, Trade and Developing Countries , John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
L. V. Cunha, V. A. Figueiredo, M. L. Correia, A. S. Gonçalves, Management and Law for Water Resources , Fort Collins (Colorado), Water Resources Publications
W. M. Telford, L. P. Geldhart, R. E. Sheriff, and D. A. Keys, Applied Geophysics , Cambridge University Press, 1976.     

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Energy and Development in Kenya: Opportunities and Constraints Editors : Phil O'Keefe, Paul Raskin and Steve Bernow.
The Use of Non-conventional Water Resources in Developing Countries ( Natural Resources/Water Series No. 14 )
Economics of Mineral Exploration in Australia: Guidelines for Corporate Planning and Government Policy, Authors : Brian W. Mackenzie and Michel L. Bilodeau.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Ok Tedi: The Pot of Gold, Richard Jackson
Pricing Petroleum Products: Strategies of Eleven Industrial Nations, Edward N. Krapels
Experiences in the Development and Management of International River and Lake Basins (Natural Resources/Water Series No. 10)
Water Resources Management in Industrial Areas, Leo R. Beard and W. H. C. Maxwell     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Groundwater in the Pacific Region
Mineral Resources Development: Michael Woakes and John S. Carman.
The Energy Transition in Developing Countries
A Collection of International Concessions and Related Instruments: Peter Fischer and Thomas Wälde.     

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China's Potential in International Coal Trade Author : Guy Doyle.
Negotiating Change Author : Patrick H. O. Rousseau.
The Political Economy of Venezuelan Oil Author : Laura Randall
Proceedings of United Nations Interregional Seminar on the Applications of Electronic Data Processing Methods in Mineral Exploration and Development, Sudbury, Canada, October 1986
Mineral Resource Development: Geopolitics, Economics and Policy Editors : Harley E. Johansen, Olen Paul Matthews and Gundars Rudzitis     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Mediating Environmental Conflicts: Theory and Practice J Walton Blackburn and Willa Marie Bruce
Agroforestry in the Pacific Islands: Systems for Sustainability Edited by W C Clarke and R R Thaman
The Chao Phya: A River in Transition Steve van Beek
Human Development Report 1995 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Human Development Report 1994 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Taking Nature into Account: A Report to the Club of Rome Edited by Wouter van Dieren     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Pamela S. Chasek, David L. Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown, Global Environmental Politics, 4th Edition
Ian Calder, Blue Revolution: Integrated Land and Water Resources Management, 2nd Edition
Vivienne Bennett, Sonia Dávila-Poblete and María Nieves Rico (eds), Opposing Currents: The Politics of Water and Gender in Latin America
Petri S. Juuti and Tapio S. Katko (eds), Water, Time and European Cities: History Matters for the Futures
Jyotsna Bapat, Development Projects and Critical Theory of Environment
Carol J. Pierce Colfer, The Complex Forest. Communities, Uncertainty, and Adaptive Collaborative Management     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Oscar Schachter, Sharing the World's Resources .
A. A. Beus and S. V. Grigorian, Geochemical Exploration Methods for Mineral Deposits , Translation from the Russian by Rita Teteruk-Schneider, edited by A. A. Levinson
A. A. Beus and S. V. Grigorian, Geochemical Exploration Methods for Mineral Deposits, Translation from the Russian by Rita Teteruk-Schneider, edited by A. A. Levinson, Applied Publishing Ltd., Wilmette, Illinois, United States, 1977.
Robert W. Tucker, The Inequality of Nations.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book review in this Article
Resources Management in the Great Lakes Basin , edited by F. A. Butrico, C.J. Touhill, and I. L. Whitman.
Water Management - Basic Issues. Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development     

Book reviews

Books reviewed:
Kathryn M. Mutz, Gary C. Bryner and Douglas S. Kenney (eds), Justice and Natural Resources: Concepts, Strategies and Applications
Minu Hemmati with contributions from Felix Dodds, Jasmin Enayati and Jan McHarry, Multi–stakeholder Processes for Governance and Sustainability. Beyond Deadlock and Conflict
Clive L. Spash and Sandra McNally (eds), Managing Pollution. Economic Valuation and Environmental Toxicology
Rognvaldur Hannesson, Investing for Sustainability. The Management of Mineral Wealth
Gretchen C. Daily and Katherine Ellison, The New Economy of Nature: The Quest to Make Conservation Profitable
Kenneth S. Deffeyes, Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage
Charles Perrings (ed.), The Economics of Biodiversity Conservation in Sub–Saharan Africa: Mending the Ark
S.R. Harrison, J.L. Herbohn and K.F. Herbohn (eds), Sustainable Small–scale Forestry: Socio–economic Analysis and Policy     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Sustainable Development for a Democratic South Africa Edited by Ken Cole
Economics of Natural Resources, the Environment and Policies E Kula Chapman & Hall, London
Breaking the Logjam: Obstacles to Forest Policy Reform in Indonesia and the United States Charles Victor Barber, Nels C Johnson and Emmy Hafild World Resources Institute, Washington, DC
Responding to Global Warming: The Technology, Economics and Politics of Sustainable Energy Peter Read Zed Books London and New Jersey
Fishing for Truth: A Sociological Analysis of Northern Cod Stock Assessments from 1977–1990 Alan Christopher Finlayson Institute of Social and Economic Research, Newfoundland, Canada     

Other Books And Publications Received

Integrated Transboundary Water Management in Theory and Practice, G.D. Gooch and P. Stalnacke (Editors)
Water Gas Treatment for Resource Recovery, P.N.L. Lens et al.
Water Resources in Jordan: Evolving Policies for Development, the Environment, and Conflict Resolution, M.J. Haddadin (Editor).
Groundwater Hydraulics and Pollutant Transport , R.J. Charbeneau.     

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Book Reviews in this Articles.
Science and Engineering for Pollution-Free Systems, by David Krofchak and J. Neil Stone
Water and Community Development: Social and Economic Perspectives, by Donald R. Field, James C. Barron and Burl F. Long
Environmental Quality Management, by Granville H. Sewell
Water Resources of the World, Selected Statistics, by Frits van der Leeden     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
James David Fahn, A Land On Fire: The Environmental Consequences of the Southeast Asian Boom
Jörg Andriof, Sandra Waddock, Bryan Husted and Sandra Sutherland Rahman (Eds.), Unfolding Stakeholder Thinking, Vol 2: Relationships, Communication, Reporting and Performance
A. Peter Castro and Erik Nielsen (Eds.), Natural Resource Conflict Management Case Studies: An Analysis of Power, Participation and Protected Areas
Rutgerd Boelens and Paul Hoogendam (Eds.), Water Rights and Empowerment
John Charles Kunich, Ark of the Broken Covenant. Protecting the World's Biodiversity Hotspots
David B. Lindenmayer and Jerry F. Franklin, Conserving Forest Biodiversity. A Comprehensive Multiscaled Approach
Donald N. Zillman, Alistair Lucas and George Pring (Eds.), Human Rights in Natural Resource Development. Public Participation in the Sustainable Development of Mining and Energy Resources     

Book review

Books reviewed:
Marian Radetzki (John E. Tilton) The Green Myth — Economic Growth and the Quality of the Environment
Richard Starkey and Richard Welford, eds. (Orland Wilkerson) The Earthscan Reader in Business and Sustainable Development
Edward Goldsmith and Jerry Mander, eds. (Orland Wilkerson) The Case Against the Global Economy and for a Turn Towards Localization
Susan Perkoff Bass and Manuel Ruiz Muller (Traci Warkentin) Protecting Biodiversity: National Laws Regulating Access to Genetic Resources in the Americas
Tanya M. Shenk and Alan B. Franklin, eds. (Philip LeBel) Modeling in Natural Resource Management: Development, Interpretation, and Application
Norman Myers and Jennifer Kent (Suna Bayrakal) Perverse Subsidies: How Tax Dollars Can Undercut the Environment and the Economy     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Rural energy strategies: Energy For Rural Development In Zimbabwe edited by Richard Hosier
National energy planning Zimbabwe: Energy Planning For National Development: edited by Richard Hosier
Appropriate design: Design For Northern Climates : Cold-Climate Planning And Environmental Design:by Vladimir Matus
Indigenous resource: Natural Gas : Governments And Oil Companies In The Third World: by Ann Davison, Chris Hurst and Robert Mabro
A 'structural' matrix of income distribution : Natural Resource Policy And Income Distribution: by Adam Rose, Brandt Stevens and Gregg Davis
Chinese energy policy : China'S Energy And Mineral Industries: Current Perspectives:edited by James P. Dorian and David G. Findley
Material questions : Essential Raw Materials — The Threat Of Supply Disruptions:by Bernard Keeling
Desertification in West Africa : Desertification Control And Renewable Resource Management In The Sahelian And Sudanian Zones Of West Africa, edited by Francois Falloux and Aleki Murkundi     

Simulation of Combined Best Management Practices and Low Impact Development for Sustainable Stormwater Management1

Damodaram, Chandana, Marcio H. Giacomoni, C. Prakash Khedun, Hillary Holmes, Andrea Ryan, William Saour, and Emily M. Zechman, 2010. Simulation of Combined Best Management Practices and Low Impact Development for Sustainable Stormwater Management. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 1-12. DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00462.x Abstract: Urbanization causes increased stormwater runoff volumes, leading to erosion, flooding, and the degradation of instream ecosystem health. Although Best Management Practices (BMPs) are used widely as a means for controlling flood runoff events, Low Impact Development (LID) options have been proposed as an alternative approach to better mimic the natural flow regime by using decentralized designs to control stormwater runoff at the source, rather than at a centralized location in the watershed. For highly urbanized areas, LID practices such as rainwater harvesting, green roofs, and permeable pavements can be used to retrofit existing infrastructure and reduce runoff volumes and peak flows. This paper describes a modeling approach to incorporate these LID practices in an existing hydrologic model to estimate the effects of LID choices on streamflow. The modeling approach has been applied to a watershed located on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, to predict the stormwater reductions resulting from retrofitting existing infrastructure with LID technologies. Results demonstrate that use of these LID practices yield significant stormwater control for small events and less control for flood events. A combined BMP-LID approach is tested for runoff control for both flood and frequent rainfall events.     

THE ECONOMICS OF GEOTHERMAL POWER

This article, based on a rapporteur's report, is a synthesis of papers read before the United Nations Symposium on the Development and Utilization of Geothermal Resources, held at Pisa, Italy, in 1970. It covers a broad cross-section of experience in exploiting geothermal energy, especially in Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America