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Book reviewed in this article:
C. Kirchner, E. Schanze, F.G. v. Schlabrendorff, A. Stockmayer, T.W. Wälde, M. Fritzsche, R. Patzina. English version by William J. Mahoney, Mining Ventures in Developing Countries – Volume 1: Interests, Bargaining Process, Legal Concepts.
Judith T. Kildow (ed.), Deepsea Mining
Bryan Cooper (ed.), OPEC Oil Report
Lester R. Brown, Christopher Flavin and Colin Norman, Running on Empty: The Future of the Automobile in an Oil-Short World     

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Random Functions in Hydrology, R. L. Bras and I. Rodriguez-Iturbe.
State of the Environment: An Assessment at Mid-Decade.
Siting Hazardous Waste Management Facilities, The Conservation Foundation. The Conservation Foundation, Chemical Manufacturers Assoc, and the National Audubon Society.
Principles of Water Quality, Thomas D. Waite.
Geomorphology, R. J. Chorley, S. A. Schumm, and D. E. Sug-den.
Surface Water Treatment for Communities in Developing Countries, C. R. Schulz and D. A. Okun.
Analysis of Water Distribution Systems, Thomas M. Walski.
California Riparian Systems, R. E. Warner and K. M. Hendrix (Editors).
TVA: Fifty Years of Grass-Roots Bureaucracy, E. C. Hargrove and P. K. Conkin (Editors).
Fluvial Hydrology, S. Lawrence Dingman. W. H. Freeman
Going Sour: Science and Politics of Acid Rain, Roy Gould.
Introduction to Environmental Engineering, M. L. DAvis and D. A. Cornwell.
An Introduction to the World's Oceans, A. C. Duxbury and A. Duxbury.
The Climatic Scene, M. J. Tooley and G. M. Sheail (Editors).
Impounded Rivers: Perspectives for Ecological Management, Geoffrey E. Petts.
Groundwater-Leachate: Modeling/Monitoring/Sampling, P. N. Cheremisinoff, K. A. Gigliello, and T. K. O'Neill.     

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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     

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Book Reviewed in this article:
Water Chlorination: Environmental Impact and Health Effects, R. L. Jolley, et al. (Editors).
Sewerage and Sewage Treatment, L. Escritt (Edited and Revised by W. D. Haworth)
Stabilisation, Disinfection and Odour Control in Sewage Sludge Treatment (An Annotated Bibliography Covering the Period 1950–1983), A. M. Bruce and E. S. Connor (Editors).
The New Nationalism and the Use of Common Spaces, Jonathan I. Charney (Editor).
Principles of Water Quality, Thomas D. Waite.
A Modular Three-Dimensional Finite-Difference Groundwater Flow Model, Michael G. McDonald and Arlen W. Harbaugh.
Renewable Resources Management: Applications of Remote Sensing, P. A. Murtha and R. A. Harding (Editors).
Groundwater Transport: Handbook of Mathematical Models, J. Javendal, C. Doughty and C. F. Tsang.
Natural Resources and the Environment, Paul R. Portney (Editor).
Coping With Droughts, V. Yevjevich, L. da Cunha (Editor).
A Citizen's Guide to River Conservation, R. Diamant, J. G. Eugster and C. J. Duerksen.     

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Appropriate Methods of Treating Water and Wastewater in Developing Countries, George W. Reid.
Setprge and Gnnmdaater, Miguela A. Marino and James N. Luthin.
Hydrologic Modeling of SmaU Watersheds, C. T. Haan, H. P. Johnson, and D. L. Brakensiek
Remote Sensing for Resource Management, Chris J. Johannsen and James L. Sanders (Editors).
Proceedings of the Specialty Conference on Environmentally Sound Water and soil Management, E. Gordon Kxuse, Chuck R Burdick, and Yousef A. Yousef (Editors).
Handbook of Irrigation Technology, Volume I, Edited by Herman J. Finkel.
Water for Western Agculture. K. D. Frederick and J. C. Hanson.
Water Supply and Sanitation in Developing Countries, Edited by E J. Schiller and R L. hoste.
Handbook of Chemical Property Estimation Methods (Environmental Behavior of Organic Compounds), Warren J. Lyman, William F. Reehl, and David H. Rosenblatt.
The Clean Water Act: The Second Decade, Morris A. Ward, E. Bruce Harrison Co.
Economic Benefits of hnproved Water Quality: Public Perceptions of Option and Preservation Values, D. A. Greenley, R. G. Walsh, and R A. Young.
Surface Water, Robert Bowen.
Nitrogen, Public Health. and the Environment: Some Tools for Critical Thought, John H. Timothy Winneberger.     

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Book review in this Article Settling Things: Six Case Studies in Environmental Mediation, Allan R. Talbot. Earl Finbar Murphy Climate and Development Asit K. Biswas Hydrology in Practice Elizabeth M. Shaw Scale-up of Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes, Nor-bert W. Schmidtke Daniel W. Smith Environmental Effects of Organic and Inorganic Contaminants in Sewage Sludge R. D. Davis Soil Erosion: Crisis in America's Croplands? Sandra S. Batie, Roger McHenry An Introduction to Water Quality Modeling A. James JyS. Wu Trihalomethane Reduction in Drinking Water Gordon Culp Analysis of Pesticides in Water A. S. Y. Chau Chemistry for Protection of the Environment Horst F. Siewert Water Resources, Geography, and Law, Olen Paul Matthews. Unit Operations and Processes in Environmental Engineering Tom D. Reynolds. Greenhouse Effect and Sea Level Rise M. C. Barth J. G. Titus Methods of Characterization of Sewage Sludge T. J. Casey, P. L'Hermite, P. J. Newman Drainage of Asphalt Pavement Structures Joseph T. Barrow Groundwater Contamination Commi/afttee Douglas S. Cherkauer Water Crisis: Ending the Policy Drought Terry L. Anderson. Chemistry of Irrigated Soils Rachel Levy Arthur W. Hounslow Engineering Fluid Mechanics (3rd Edition) J. A. Roberson Environment Canada and the North: The Perceptions, Roles, and Policies of the Department of the Environment Regarding Development North of 60° Epichlorohydrin Environmental Health Criteria 33 Natural Levels of Lead in Humans C. C. Patterson. Saving Endangered Species: A Report and Plan for Action Allen E. Smith. Scotland's Environment During the Last 30,000 Years Robert J. Price. Seasonal Restrictions on Dredging Projects by NMFS in the Northeast Statistical Methods for Engineers Richard H. McCuen. Summary Report: Study to Determine the Impact of Landward Bulkheads or Alternative Structures on Marshes Janie H. Harris. Survival and Growth of Warmwater Fishes Exposed to Ammonia Under Low Flow Conditions J. P. Swigert Sustaining Tomorrow: A Strategy for World Conservation and Development F. R. Thibodeau H. H. Field The Visual Display of Quantitative Information Edward R. Tufte. Water Supply R. Urbistondo Wetland Ecology John R. Etherington.     

A Comparison of DEM‐Based Indexes for Targeting the Placement of Vegetative Buffers in Agricultural Watersheds

Targeted placement of vegetative buffers may increase their effectiveness for improving water quality in agricultural watersheds. The use of digital elevation models (DEMs) enables precise mapping of runoff pathways for identifying where greater runoff loads can be intercepted and treated with buffers. Five different DEM‐based targeting indexes were compared and contrasted for the degree to which they identify similar locations in watersheds: Flow Accumulation [S.K. Jenson and J.O. Domingue (1988). Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 54:1593], Wetness Index [I.D. Moore, R.B. Grayson, and A.R. Ladson (1991). Hydrological Processes 5:3], Topographic Index [M.T. Walter, T.S. Steenhuis, V.K. Mehta, D. Thongs, M. Zion, and E. Schneiderman (2002). Hydrological Processes 16:2041], and the Water Inflow and Sediment Retention Indexes [M.G. Dosskey, Z. Qiu, M.J. Helmers, and D.E. Eisenhauer (2011b). Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 66:362]. The indexes were applied in two different watersheds, one in New Jersey and one in Missouri. Results showed that they all tend to target similar locations in both watersheds which traces to the importance of larger contributing area to the rankings by each index. Disagreement among indexes traces to other variables which enable more accurate targeting under particular hydrologic circumstances. Effective use of these indexes poses special challenges, including selecting an index that better describes the hydrologic circumstances in a watershed and is simple enough to use, ensuring the accuracy of the DEM, and determining a maximum index value for the appropriateness of vegetative buffers. When properly applied, each index can provide a standardized basis and effective spatial resolution for targeting buffer placement in watersheds.     

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Book Reviewed in this article:
Engineering Approaches for Lake Management, Volume 1: Data Analysis and Empirical Modeling, Kenneth H. Reckhow and Steven C. Chapra; Volume 2: Mechanistic Modeling, Steven C. Chapra and Kenneth H. Reckhow.
Engineering and the Environment, M. Wanielista, Y. Yousef, J. Taylor, and D. Cooper.
Natural Resources: Bureaucratic Myths and Environmental Management, R. L. Stroup and J. A. Baden.
Flow Measuring Flumes for Open Channel Systems, M. G. Bos, J. A. Replogle, and A. J. Clemmens.
Integrated Water Development, James L. Westcoat, Jr.
Artificial Substrates, John Cairns, Jr. (Editor).
Numerical Modeling of Groundwater Basins, J. Boonstra and N. A. de Ridder.
Fundamentals of Aquatic Toxicology, G. M. Rand and S. R. Petrocelli (Editors).
life Before the Drought, Earl Scott (Editor).
Living With the Louisiana Shore, J. Kelley, A. Kelley, O. Pil-key, Sr., and A; Clark.
Physical Geography, Cuchlaine A. M. King.
An Introduction to Water Quality Modelling, A. James (Editor).
Engineering Economy (6th Edition), G. J. Thuesen and W. J. Fabrycky.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Mathematical Models in Water Pollution Control, A. James (editor)
Recreational Freshwater Fisheries: Their Conservation, Management and Development, John S. Alabaster (editor).
Water in Synthetic Fuel Production, the Technology and Alternatives, R. F. Probstein and H. Gold
Chlorine Dioxide: Chemistry and Environmental Impact of Oxychlorine Compounds, W. J.
Biological Reclamation of Solid Wastes, Clarence G. Golueke.
Food, Climate and Man, Margaret R. Biswas and Asit K. Biswas, editors.
Food, Fuel, and Shelter, A Watershed Analysis of Land-Use Trade-Offs in a Semiarid Region, Timothy D. Tregarthen.
Environmental Impact Analysis: Emerging Issues in Planning, Ravinder K. Jain and Bruce L. Hutchings, editors.
Hydrologic and Hydraulic Computations on Small Programmable Calculators, Thomas E. Croley II.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Desertification: Exploring the Myth By D S G Thomas and N J Middleton John Wiley and Sons, New York
Green and Gold: Sustaining Mineral Wealth: Australians and their Environment Peter Hancock Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra
Geomorphology and Sedimentology of Lakes and Reservoirs J McManus and R W Duck(ed) John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, England
Environmental Appraisal in Government Departments Department of the Environment, UK Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO), London
Management of Water Use in Agriculture K K Tanji and B Yaron (eds) Sp ger-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Water Supply and Health, H. van Lelyveld and B. C. J. Zoet-man (Editors).
Water Research Topics, Volume I, Isabel M. Lamont (Editor).
Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, Third Edition, Glenn O. Schwab, Richard K. Frevert, Talcott W. Edminster, and Kenneth K. Barnes.
Design Calculations in Wastewater Treatment, F. Wilson. E. & F. N. Spon
Stormwater Hydrology and Drainage, D.
Surface Water Impoundments, Volumes 1 and 11, H. C. Stefan (Editor).
The United States Energy Atlas, David J. Cuff and William J. Young.
Acid Rain Information Book, Frank A. Record, David V. Bu-benick, and Robert J. Kindya.
Transmission Line Design Manual, Holland H. Parr
Energy From Biological Processes: Technical and Environmental Analyses, Office of Technology Assessment.
The Performance of Austrian Pine Seed Sources on Various Sites in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, Roy N. Keys, Franklin C. Cech, and Walter H. Davidson.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Hydrology and Hydraulic Systems (Second Edition), R.S. Gupta Snow and Glacier Hydrology, P. Singh and V.P. Singh OTHER BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED: The Hydrology‐Geomorphology Interface: Rainfall, Floods, Sedimentation, Land Use, M.A. Hassan, O. Slaymaker, and S. Berkowicz (Editors) OTHER BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED: Science and Policy: Interbasin Water Transfer of Aquatic Biota, J.A. Leitch and M. Tenamoc (Editors) OTHER BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED: Global Water Supply and Sanitation Assessment 2000 Report, R. Jolly OTHER BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED: Marine Biology: Function, Biodiversity, Ecology (Second Edition), J.S. Levinton. Oxford Univ OTHER BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED: Management of Shared Groundwater Resources: The Israeli‐Palestinian Case With An International Perspective, E. Feitelson and M. Haddad (Editors) OTHER BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED: Applied Hydrogeology (Fourth Edition), C.W. Fetter     

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Books reviewed: Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers and Dennis Meadows (eds), Limits to Growth: The 30‐Year Update Koontz, T.M., Steelman, T.A., Carmin, J., Korfmacher, K.S., Moseley, C. and Thomas, C.W. (eds), Collaborative Environmental Management: What roles for Government? Götz Schroth, Gustavo A.B. da Fonseca, Celia A. Harvey, Claude Gascon, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, and Anne‐Marie N. Izac (eds), Agroforestry and Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Landscapes Dev Nathan, Govind Kelkar, Pierre Walter (eds), Globalization and Indigenous Peoples in Asia: Changing the Local‐Global Interface Malin Falkenmark and Johan Rockström (eds), Balancing Water for Humans and Nature: The New Approach in Ecohydrology Duncan Mara (ed.), Domestic Wastewater Treatment in Developing Countries     

The effects of agrochemicals on an aquatic ecosystem : A case study from the Krian River basin,Malaysia

Summary The existing environment of the Krian River basin in Malaysia is not in its natural form for it has been much developed into agricultural lands (105,000 ha). The growing demand for agricultural lands requires further reclamation of swampy forests, which will result in an increased use of fertilisers (estimated 10 percent increase, from 29,500 t to 32,500 t), weedicide, dalapon (estimated 6 percent increase, from 187,620 kg to 199,530 kg) and pesticides, BHC and thiodan/endosulfan (estimated 2 percent increase, from 312 kg to 318 kg).Contrary to belief, the concern over increased levels of nitrogenous fertilisers and pesticides concentrations used in the existing agricultural projects is unfounded. The agrochemicals contribute insignificant amounts of contaminants into the aqueous system. Deleterious deterioration of water quality in the waterways is not apparent. The rich assemblage of icthyofauna comprises 14 freshwater fish species, 21 saltwater-freshwater interface species, like the freshwater prawn and marine fishes that have acclimatised to freshwater conditions, and 28 coastal- marine water fish species, two brackish water penaeids and three molluscs of commercial value. However, if the water quality data are used in isolation to interpret the consequences of large- scale usage of agrochemicals, the conclusion is inadequate and may be misleading. The impact of the flow condition in fields, the localised long-term effects like the fate and spatial distribution on the surrounding media (water, sediments and exposed aquatic life), bio-accumulation and bio-magnification should be considered. Though of no acute toxicity to hardy icthyofauna in the Krian Rice Irrigation basin, lipophilic organochlorines pose health risks to consumers of contaminated fishery products from these Krian rice fields.Dr Siaw-Yang Yap and Dr Hean-Tatt Ong graduated at the University of Malaya (Malaysia) with degrees in Aquatic Ecology and Plant Physiology respectively. Both currently have been involved in water quality criteria and standards development for aquatic life and irrigation uses in Malaysia. They have also contributed to environmental impact assessment projects, commissioned by the Department of Environment, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Malaysia, the Ministry of Agriculture, Malaysia, and others. Dr Yap is an appointed member of the Freshwater Fish Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission/IUCN; she is involved in the "To Maintain Biological Diversity" project, aiming at conservation of genetic diversity of the threatened freshwater fish habitats and species in Asia. Dr Yap is also the specialist for water quality criteria and standards derivation for Malaysia and ASEAN tropical marine environments.     

Biomass as the Renewable Energy Sources in Malaysia: An Overview

Past and current economic growths of Malaysia have been primarily energized by fossil fuels. Malaysia has very substantial potential for biomass energy utilization given its equatorial climate that is ideal for dense tropical forest growth and agricultural vegetation. There are five major sectors contributing wastes to biomass energy in Malaysia: forestry (wood products), rubber cultivation, cocoa cultivation, sugar cane cultivation and oil palm cultivation. Biomass in Malaysia contributes about 14% of the approximately 340 million barrel of oil equivalent (boe) of energy used every year. This paper provides an overview on the types of biomass being used, the research works on biomass conversion into energy and the present biomass energy projects in Malaysia.     

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Books reviewed in this articles:
Environmental Quality and Water Development , edited by Charles R. Goldman, James McEvoy, Ill, and Peter J. Rickerson.
Nutrients in Natural Waters , edited by Herbert E. Allen and James R. Kranier.
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, Vol. 4 , edited by Richard F. Johnson, et al.
Water Quality: Management and Pollution Control Problems, Progress in Water Technology , Vol. 3, edited by S. H. Jenkins.
Sedimentary Structures of Ephemeral Streams , by M. Dane Picard and Lee R. High, Jr.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
G. J. S. Govett and M. H. Govett (eds.). World Mineral Supplies: Assessment and Perspectives
Grossling, B., Window on Oil - A Survey of World Petroleum Resources , Financial Times Limited, London
V. I. Visoskiy, N. A. Kalinin, Yr. Ya. Kuznetsov, M. Sh. Modilevskiy (eds.), Oil and Gas Resources in Capitalistic and Developing countries     

Relationships Between Major Ownerships, Forest Aboveground Biomass Distributions, and Landscape Dynamics in the New England Region of USA

This study utilizes remote sensing derived forest aboveground biomass (AGB) estimates and ownership information obtained from the Protected Areas Database (PAD), combining landscape analyses and GIS techniques to demonstrate how different ownerships (public, regulated private, and other private) relate to the spatial distribution of AGB in New England states of the USA. “Regulated private” lands were dominated by lands in Maine covered by a Land Use Regulatory Commission. The AGB means between all pairs of the identified ownership categories were significantly different (P < 0.05). Mean AGB observed in public lands (156 Mg/ha) was 43% higher than that in regulated private lands (109 Mg/ha), or 30% higher than that of private lands as a whole. Seventy-seven percent of the regional forests (or about 9,300 km²) with AGB >200 Mg/ha were located outside the area designated in the PAD and concentrated in western MA, southern VT, southwestern NH, and northwestern CT. While relatively unfragmented and high-AGB forests (>200 Mg/ha) accounted for about 8% of total forested land, they were unevenly proportioned among the three major ownership groups across the region: 19.6% of the public land, 0.8% of the regulated private land, and 11.0% of the other private land. Mean disturbance rates (in absolute value) between 1992 and 2001 were 16, 66, and 19 percent, respectively, on public, regulated private, and other private land. This indicates that management practices from different ownerships have a strong impact on dynamic changes of landscape structures and AGB distributions. Our results may provide insight information for policy makers on issues regarding forest carbon management, conservation biology, and biodiversity studies at regional level.     

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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).     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Water and Waste-Water Technology, SI Version, Mark J. Hammer.
Ground Water in the Western Hemisphere, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Natural Resource/Water Series No. 4
River Pollution Studies, G. A. Best and S. L. Ross.
Viruses and Trace Contaminants in Water and Wastewater, Edited by Jack A. Borchardt, James K. Cleland, William J. Redman, and Gordon Olivier
Environmental Impact Analysis: A New Dimension in Decision Making, R. K. Jain, L. V. Urban, and G. S. Stacey.