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: Money to Burn? The High Costs of Energy Subsidies: Mark Kosmo Planning for Drought: Toward a Reduction of Societal Vulnerability: Donald A. Wilhite and William E. Easterling, with Deborah A. Wood State of the World 1988: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society: Lester R. Brown, William U. Chandler, Christopher Flavin, Jodi Jacobson, Sandra Postel, Cynthia Pollock Shea and Edward C. Wolf Non-Conventional Water Resources Use in Developing Countries; Proceedings of the Interregional Seminar, Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, 22–28 April 1985     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert : Steven J. Phillips and Patricia Wentworth Comus, Editors
Vision for Water and Nature: A World Strategy for Conservation and Sustainable Management of Water Resources in the 21st Century IUCN
Renewable Resources for Electric Power: Prospects and Challenges : Raphael Edinger and Sanjay Kaul
Against the Grain: The Genetic Transformation of Global Agriculture : Marc Lappé and Britt Bailey.
Glen Canyon Dammed: Inventing Lake Powell and the Canyon Country : Jared Farmer
Life out of Bounds: Bioinvasion in a Borderless World : Chris Bright     

Book Reviews

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.     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The Impact of Public Policy on Environmental Quality and Health: The Case of Land Use Management and Planning A. El-Ahraf, M. Qayoumi, R. Dowd
Alternative Irrigation: the Promise of Runoff Agriculture C.J. Barrow (Ed.)
Cornerstone of Development: Integrating Environmental, Social and Economic Policies J. Schnurr, S. Holtz (Eds.)
Economics and Environment: Essays on Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development D. Pearce (Ed.)     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Legal reference and source book ENERGY AND RESOURCES LAW '92: Proceedings of the International Bar Association's Section on Energy and Natural Resources Law's 10th Advanced Seminar on Petroleum, Minerals, Energy and Resources Law held in Washington DC: Graham and Trotman Diverse and international RENEWABLE ENERGY: Technology and the Environment, Proceedings of the 2nd World Renewable Energy Congress, Reading, UK, 13-18 September 1992: A.A.M. Sayigh A stimulating read WATER RESOURCES IN THE ARID REALM: Clive Agnew and Ewan Anderson Whatever happened to PV? SOLAR PUMPING: An Introduction and Update on the Technology, Performance, Costs and Economics: Roy Barlow, Bernard McNelis and Anthony Derrick Renewable energy for rural development MICRO-HYDRO DESIGN MANUAL: A Guide to Small-Scale Water Power Schemes: Adam Harvey et al Incentives for good behaviour ECONOMIC POLICY TOWARDS THE ENVIRONMENT: Dieter Helm     

HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL-STATE COOPERATIVE WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE PROGRAM1

ABSTRACT: This paper presents a condensed history of the State Water Resources Research Institute Program, which evolved from the Water Resources Research Act of 1964, as amended, the Water Research and Development Act of 1978, Public Law (P.L.) 96–457, and the Water Research and Development Act of 1984. These laws authorized the following components of the Institute Program: (1) the annual allotment and matching grants program for the Institutes, and (2) the additional and saline water research programs for organizations in addition to the State Water Resources Research Institutes. The paper covers the legislative history of the Institute Program and reviews authorized and appropriated funds for the program from fiscal year 1965 to fiscal year 1986. It also discusses the Institutes’role in conducting and sponsoring water-resources research and development, training of scientists and engineers, and coordinating, disseminating, and transferring water-research results. The State Water Resources Research Program has been administered by the Office of Water Resources Research (OWRR) (1964–1974), the Office of Water Research and Technology (OWRT) (1974–1982), the Office of Water Policy (OWP) (1982–1983), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (1983-present).     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Grassroots Environmental Action: People's Participation in Sustainable Development Edited by Dharam Ghai and Jessica M Vivian Routledge Press, New York Paradise Lost? The Ecological Economics of Biodiversity Edward B Barbier, Joanne C Burgess and Carl Folke Earthscan Publications Limited, London Whose Backyard, Whose Risk? Fear and Fairness in Toxic and Nuclear Waste Siting Michael B Gerrard MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA Environment, Growth and Development: The Concepts and Strategies of Sustainability Peter Bartelmus Routledge, London     

Book Reviews

Book reviews
Ken Conca and Geoffrey D. Dabelko (eds.), Environmental Peacemaking
Bob Doppelt, Leading Change Toward Sustain-ability: A Change-Management Guide for Business, Government and Society
Craig R. Groves, Drafting a Conservation Blueprint. A Practitioner's Guide to Planning for Biodiversity
Brian K. Edwards, The Economics of Hydroelectric Power. New Horizons in Environmental Economics
Mary Brentwood and Stephen F. Robar (eds.), Managing Common Pool Groundwater Resources: An International Perspective
J. Timmons Roberts and Nikki Demetria Thanos, Trouble in Paradise: Globalization and Environmental Crises in Latin America     

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     

Natural resources planning, management, and sustainable use in China

Almost all the issues of sustainable development in China relate to natural resources. Sustainable development as one of the most important strategies has been incorporated into all the actions related to the planning and management of natural resources in China. This paper gives an overview of the contributions of natural resources and the challenges facing the natural resource sectors. It contributes a series of proposals on the planning and management of natural resources. It also outlines the general framework of the planning system for natural resources and summarizes the Great Survey of Natural Resources Program that the Ministry of Land and Resources is implementing.     

Collaborative Modeling for Decision Support in Water Resources: Principles and Best Practices

Collaborative Modeling for Decision Support integrates collaborative modeling with participatory processes to inform natural resources decisions. Practitioners and advocates claim that the approach will lead to better water management, balancing interests more effectively and reducing the likelihood of costly legal delays. These claims are easy to make, but the benefits will only be realized if the process is conducted effectively. To provide guidance for how to conduct an effective collaborative modeling process, a task committee cosponsored by the Environmental Water Resources Institute (EWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers and by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Institute for Water Resources developed a set of Principles and Best Practices for anyone who might convene or conduct collaborative modeling processes. The guidance is intended for both conflict resolution professionals and modelers, and our goal is to integrate these two fields in a way that will improve water resources planning and decision making. Here, the set of eight principles is presented along with a selection of associated best practices, illustrated by two different case examples. The complete document is available at: http://www.computeraideddisputeresolution.us/bestpractices/ .     

Forestry administration and policies in the Philippines

This article begins by summarizing the importance of the forestry sector in the Philippine economy It provides an overview of the multiplicity of Philippine governmental institutions involved in forestry in 1982 Then it discusses forestry laws in the country and concludes by examining fifteen critical forest policy issues: sustained yield management; area-specific logging bans; increased use of wood wastes; revision of forest charges; unprocessed log export ban; rationalization of the forest industry, acceleration of reforestation; protection of watersheds; recognition of the social dimensions of slash- and-burn agriculture; fuelwood supply; public land classification for forestry and agriculture, development of plantations for dendrothermal electricity; multiple-use management; preservation of mangrove areas, and improvements in administration and implementation.Research for this paper was supported by the East-West Center Environment and Policy Institute. The author would like to acknowledge the assistance of the Natural Resources Management Center of the Philippine Ministry of Natural Resources.     

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     

企业资源管理拓展问题评述

企业资源管理问题是关系到提升企业核心价值和保持企业持续竞争优势的重要问题，企业资源管理的拓展是企业管理理论和实践的共同需要。在文献综述的基础上，从企业广义资源环境划分、企业资源管理范畴拓展、企业资源形式和属性等几个不同角度，对企业资源管理拓展问题进行了讨论和分析。     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Why Governments Waste Natural Resources. Policy Failures in Developing Countries William Ascher The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
The Poverty of Development Economics. Second revised and expanded edition Deepak Lal The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA
Involuntary Resettlement Comparative Perspectives: World Bank Series on Evaluation and Development Volume 2 Robert Picciotto, Warren van Wicklin and Edward Rice Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick (USA) and London (UK)
Private Firms and Public Water: Realising Social and Environmental Objectives in Developing Countries Nick Johnstone and Libby Wood Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK
Tourism, Recreation and Sustainability—Linking Culture and the Environment Edited by Stephen F. McCool and R. Neil Moisey CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK     

Book Reviews

Book revieved in this article:
Institutional Arrangements for Water Management: Canadian Experiences, Bruce Mitchell, Editor.
Polluted Groundwater, A Review of the Significant Literature, by David Keith Todd and Daniel E. Orren McNulty
A System Approach to Water Distribution Modeling and Control, by Robert De Moyer, Jr. and Lawrence B. Horwitz.
Sensitive Chaos: The Creation of Flowing Forms in Water and Air, by Theodor Schwenk. Preface by Commandant Jacques Y. Cousteau.
Industrial Wastewater Management Handbook, edited by Hardam S. Azad.
Isotope Techniques in Groundwater Hydrology, Proceedings of a Symposium
Village Water Supply: Economics and Poky in the Developing World, by Robert J. Saunders and Jeremy J. Warford.
Sources of Information in Water Resources, an annotated guide to printed materials by Gerald J . Giefer.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviewed in this article:
Groundwater Engineering, A. I. Kashef.
Ground Water Quality, C. H. Ward, W. Giger, and P. L. McCarty (Editors).
Groundwater Pollution Control, L. W. Canter and R. C. Knox.
A Citizen's Handbook on Groundwater Protection, Wendy Gordon.
Environmental Pollution Control in Relation to Development: Tech. Rept. Series 718, World Health Organization.
Vadose Zone Monitoring for Hazardous Waste Sites, L. G. Everett, L. G. Wilson, and E. W. Hoylman.
Safe Drinking Water: The Impact of Chemicals on a Limited Resource, R. C. Rice.
Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality, Vol. 2, World Health Organization.
Hydrology: Principles, Analysis, and Design, H. M. Raghunath.
Problems of and Prospects for Predicting Great Salt Lake Levels, P. A. Kay and H. F. Diaz.
Water Resources Planning, Neil S. Grigg.
Natural Resources Economics: Selected Papers by S. V. Ciriacy-Wantrup, R. C. Bishop and S. D. Anderson (Editors).
Marine and Estuarine Geochemistry, A. G. Sigleo and A. Hattori (Editors).     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Applied General Equilibrium and Economic Development: Present Achievements and Future Trends Jean Mercenier and T N Srinivasan (eds) University of Michigan Press
Mining and the Environment: International Perspectives on Public Policy Edited by Roderick G Eggert Resources for the Future, Washington, DC
Power from Plants: The Global Implications of New Technologies for Electricity from Biomass Walt Patterson Royal Institute of International Affairs, London Earthscan, London     

Book reviews

Toward Sustainable Communities: resources for citizens and their governments. Mark Roseland with Maureen Cureton & Heather Wornell, 1998, Gabriola Island, New Society Publishers, ISBN 0 86571 374 X, $18.95

First Mover Advantage by Eco-efficiency: local incentives for environment and employment.. C. Erdmunger & S. Schreckenberger, 1998, Freiburg, ICLEI, DM30

Agendas for Sustainability: environment and development into the twenty-first century. Mary Macdonald, 1998, London, Routledge, ISBN 0 415 15491X, £55.00 (hbk)

Women, Population and Global Crisis: a political-economic analysis. Asoka Bandarage, 1997, London, Zed Books, ISBN 1 85649 428 4, £15.95 (pbk)

Spirit of the Environment: religion, value, and environmental concern. David Cooper & Joy Palmer (Eds), 1998, London, Routledge, ISBN 0 4151 4202 4, £12.99 (pbk)

Environmental Transition in Nordic and Baltic Countries. Hans Aage (Ed.), 1998, (New Horizons in Environmental Economics). Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA, Edward Elgar, ISBN 1 85898 629 X

Sustainability Indicators: measuring the immeasurable. Simon Bell & Stephen Morse, 1999, London, Earthscan Publications, 175 pp. ISBN 1 85383 498 X, LE14.95 (pbk)

The Economics of Road Transport Regulation. Erik Verhoef, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar 1996, 265 pp. ISBN 1 85898 364 9, £55.00

The Water Crisis. Julie Stauffer, London, Earthscan, 1998, ISBN 185383 436X, £12.95 (pbk)