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Book reviewed in this article:
The State of the Environment Authors : Essam El-Hinnawi and Manzur H. Hashmi
Options for Developing Countries in Mining Development Authors : Grantley W. Walrond and Raj Kumar
Ground Water Quality Protection Authors : Larry W. Canter, Robert C. Knox and Deborah M. Fairchild
India and Thailand: Social and Economic Effects of Petroleum Development Authors : Tata Energy Research Institute, with C. R. Jagannathan and Charit Tingsabadh
China and Malaysia: Social and Economic Effects of Petroleum Development Authors : Peter Hills and Paddy Bowie     

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Books reviewed:
Dana L. Jackson and Laura L. Jackson, The Farm as Natural Habitat: Reconnecting Food Systems with Ecosystems
Douglas W. Allen and Dean Lueck, The Nature of the Farm: Contracts, Risk and Organisation in Agriculture
John Cavanaugh and Jerry Mander, Alternatives to Economic Globaliza-tion: A Better World is Possible
Nives Dolšak and Elinor Ostrom (eds), The Commons in the New Millennium: Challenges and Adaptations
Howard Geller, Energy Revolution: Policies for a Sustainable Future
Bruce E. Johansen, The Dirty Dozen. Toxic Chemicals and the Earth's Future
Gary K. Meffe, Larry A. Nielsen, Richard L. Knight, and Dennis A. Schenborn (eds), Ecosystem Management: Adaptive, Community-Based Conservation     

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The Acid Rain Debate: Scientific, Economic and Political Dimensions : Ernest J. Yanarella and Randal H. Ihara
Progress in Natural Resource Economics : Anthony Scott, with the assistance of John Helewell, Tracy Lewis and Philip Neker.
Renewable Energy Assessments: An Energy Planner's Manual : Marcia Gowen     

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Books reviewed:
Li Wenhua, (ed.) Agro-Ecological Farming Systems in China
Joachim Blatter and Helen Ingram, (eds.) Reflections on Water: New Approaches to Transboundary Conflicts and Cooperation
Peter Hoffman, Senator Tom Harkin, Tomorrow's Energy: Hydrogen Fuel Cells, and the Prospects for a Cleaner Planet
Edward Goldsmith and Jerry Mander, (eds.) The Case Against the Global Economy and For a Turn Towards Localization
Douglas D. Ofira and Joseph J. Seneca, Economic Losses from Marine Pollution: A Handbook for Assessment
Lance Taylor, (ed.) External Liberalization, Economic Performance, and Social Policy     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The Economic Value of Biodiversity David Pearce and Dominic Moran In association with the Biodiversity Programme of IUCN The World Conservation Union Earthscan, London
Polish Coal and European Energy Market Integration Marian Radetzki Avebury, Ashland Publication England
Accounting for the Environment Rob Gray with Jan Bebbington and Diane Walters Paul Chapman, London     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Economics of Exploration for Energy Resources, James B. Ramsey
Scientific Basis of Water-Resource Management, Myron B. Fiering
Mineral Deposits of Europe, Vol. 2: Southeast Europe, F. W. Dunning, W. Mykura and D. Slater (Editors).     

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State of the world : STATE OF THE WORLD 1992 by Lester Brown, Project Director W. W. Norton & Company, New York
A cookbook for developing countries: IMPROVING CHARCOALING EFFICIENCY IN THE TRADITIONAL RURAL SECTOR: Charles Feinstein and Robert van der Plas World Bank, Industry and Energy Department
KEROSENE STOVES: THEIR PERFORMANCE, USE, AND CONSTRAINTS by Villem Floor and Robert van der Plas World Bank, Industry and Energy Department
ASSESSMENT OF BIOMASS ENERGY RESOURCES: A DISCUSSION ON ITS NEED AND METHODOLOGY by Paul Ryan and Keith Openshaw World Bank, Industry and Energy Department
Development economics : HANDBOOK OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, VOL II Edited by Hollis Chenery and T.N. Srinavasan North Holland, New York
Environmental remote sensing : REMOTE SENSING FOR HAZARD MONITORING AND DISASTER ASSESSMENT: MARINE AND COASTAL APPLICATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION edited by E.C. Barrett, R. Brown and A. Micallef Gordon and Breach, Science Publisher, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Valuing Ground Water. Economic Concepts and Approaches
Factor Four: Doubling Wealth—Halving Resource Use—The New Report to the Club of Rome Ernst von Weizsaecker, Amory B. Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins
Renewable Energy Strategies for Europe, Volume II: Electricity Systems and Primary Electricity Sources Michael Grubb and Roberto Vigotti
Certification of Forest Products Virgilio Vaiana, Jamison Erwin, Richard Donovan, Chris Elliott and Henry Gholz     

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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     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Ezra, D., Coal and Energy - The Need to Explore the World's Most Abundant Fossil Fuel Down, C. G. and J. Stocks, Environmental Impact of Mining Hall, Anthony L., Drought and Irrigation in North-East Brazil Sauvant, Karl P. and Hasenpflug, Hajo, eds., The New International Economic Order: Confrontation or Cooperation between North and South?     

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Book reviewed in this article:
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.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Inuit, Whaling, and Sustainability Milton M.R. Freeman, Lyudmila Bogoslovskaya, Richard A. Caulfield, Ingmar Egede, Igor I. Krupnik and Marc G. Stevenson Development Policies in Natural Resource Economies : Jörg Mayer, Brian Chambers and Ayisha Farooq, Editors: Edward Elgar Wildlife Resources: A Global Account of Economic Use : Harald H. Roth, Günther Merz, Editors: Springer‐Verlag Global Public Goods: International Cooperation in the 21st Century : Inge Kaul, Isabelle Grunberg, Marc A. Stern, Editors Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last? : Sandra Postel, W.W. Norton & Company Planning for Biodiversity: Issues and Examples : Sheila Peck     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Corazón Morales Siddayao, The Off-Shore Petroleum Resources of South-East Asia - Potential Conflict Situations and Related Economic Considerations
William C. Peters, Exploration and Mining Geology
K. A. Hammond, G. Macinko and W. B. Fairchild, Sourcebook on the Environment: A Guide to the Literature
F. J. Monkhouse, and R. J. Small, A Dictionary of the Natural Environment     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Environmental Policies, Regulations and Management Practices in Mineral Resources Development in Asia and the Pacific: Mineral Resources Assessment, Development and Management Series, Vol. II; Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); United Nations
The Struggle for Water: Politics, Rationality, and Identity in the American Southwest; W.N. Espeland
Resource Conflict in the Horn of Africa; John Markakis     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Sauvant, Karl P. (ed.), The Third World Without Superpowers - the Collected Documents of the Group of 77
Sauvant, Karl P., The Group of 77: Evolution, Structure, Organization , Oceana, New York
Petroleum Economist and Petroconsultants, Far East Oil and Energy Survey , Geneva and Dublin
Jaenicke, Günther, Erich Schanze and Wolfgang Hauser, A Joint Venture Agreement for Seabed Mining , Kluwer, Deventer, The Netherlands
Richard B. Bilder, Managing the Risks of International Agreement , University of Wisconsin Press
Brown, Lester R., Building a Sustainable Society , W. W. Norton and Co., New York and London     

Indicators for sustainable energy development: An initiative by the International Atomic Energy Agency

Since 1999, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been leading a multinational, multi‐agency effort to develop a set of energy indicators useful for measuring progress on sustainable development at the national level. This effort has included the identification of major relevant energy indicators, the development of a framework for implementation and the testing of the applicability of this tool in a number of countries. To achieve these goals, the IAEA has worked closely with other international organizations, leaders in energy and environmental statistics and analysis including the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the International Energy Agency (IEA), Eurostat and the European Environment Agency (EEA). Also, the IAEA completed a three‐year coordinated research project for the implementation and testing of the original set of indicators in seven countries — Brazil, Cuba, Lithuania, Mexico, the Russian Federation, the Slovak Republic and Thailand. This article provides an overview of the IAEA programme on Indicators for Sustainable Energy Development (ISED) and highlights its experiences and accomplishments.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Bowie, S. H. U., A. Kvalheim and H. W. Haslam, eds., Mineral Deposits of Europe, Volume 1: Northwest Europe
Carman, John S., Obstacles to Mineral Development: A Pragmatic View , edited by Bension Varon, Pergamon Press
Christiaan, S. D. and J. J. Zuckerman, eds., Energy and the Chemical Sciences
Radetzki, Marian and Stephen Zorn, Financing Mining Projects in Developing Countries
Jones, M. J., ed., Proceedings of the Eleventh Commonwealth Mining and Metallurgical Congress, Hongkong, 1978
United Nations Bibliography on Transnational Corporations     

BOOKS REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article
Human Dimensions of Weather Modification by W. R. Derrick Swell
Perception of the Drought Hazard on the Great Plains by Thomas F. Saarinen
Plant Environment and Efficient Water Use edited by W. H. Pierre
Scientific Problems of the Humid Tropical Zone Deltas and Their Implications: Proceedings of the Dacca Symposium; jointly organized by the Government of Pakistan and UNESCO, 1964
Statistical Methods in Hydrology , Proceedings of Hydrology Symposium held at McGill University, 1966
Isotopes in Hydrology , Proceedings of the Symposium held by the International Atomic Energy Agency and International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Vienna, 14-18 November 1966
The Fresh Water of New York State: Its Conservation and Use , Proceedings of Symposium held in Buffalo, New York in 1966; 255 pages
The Technology of Fish Utilization edited by Rudolf Kreuzer
Water and Wastewater Engineering, Vol. 2: Water Purification and Wastewater Treatment and Disposal by G. M. Fair, J. C. Geyer and D. A. Okun
Detergentien und Öle im Wasser und Abwasser (Detergents and Oils in Water and Sewage), Hans Liebmann     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: PII: S0165-0203(98)00017-8 Climate Impact and Adaptation Assessment by Martin Parry and Timothy Carter. PII: S0165-0203(98)00025-7 Environmental Accounting in Theory and Practice Edited by Kimio Uno and Peter Bartelmus PII: S0165-0203(98)00024-5 Biomass Energy Policy in Africa, Selected Case Studies Edited by D. L. Kgathi, D. O. Hall, A. Hategeka and M. B. M. Sekwela PII: S0165-0203(98)00023-3 Green Households? Domestic Consumers, Environment and Sustainability Edited by Klaas Jan Noorman and Ton Schoot Uiterkamp PII: S0165-0203(98)00029-4 Industrial Ecology: Towards Closing the Materials Cycle By Robert U. Ayres and Leslie W. Ayres.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The collapse of tin THE TIN MEN: A CHRONICLE OF CRISIS, by Ralph Kestenbaum
Economic Developement HANDBOOK OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, VOL I, edited by Hollis Chenery and T. N. Srinavasan
Future energy ENERGY FOR HABITABLE WORLD, A CALL FOR ACTION, edited by Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Uses and abuses of energy PROCEEDINGS OF CONFERENCE ON ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY, edited by J.W. Tester, D. O. Wood and N. A. Ferrari
People and mining HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING FOR THE MINING INDUSTRY, Proceedings of the Twentieth CRS Policy Discussion Seminar, 26–28 March, 1990, Kingston, Ontario. edited by L. Moira Jackson
Paying for the environment DEBT AND THE ENVIRONMENT: CONVERGING CRISIS, by Morris Miller