Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Global Biodiversity Assessment V. H. Heywood (Executive Editor), R. T. Watson (Chair)
Lost Landscapes and Failed Economies — The Search for a Value of Place Thomas Michael Power
The Last Frontier: People and Forests in Mizoram Daman Singh
Environmental Policy in Europe—Industry, Competition and the Policy Process François Leveque     

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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     

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Transitions to Alternative Energy Systems: Entrepreneurs, New Technologies, and Social Change . Editors : Thomas Baumgartner and Tom R. Burns.
Economy of the Pacific deals with issues which are rapidly evolving, the book raises more questions than it answers, and that is its value for the future. The Emerging Marine Economy of the Pacific Editor : Dr. Chennet Gopalakrishnan.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
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

Books reviewed:
Donald A. Wilhite (ed.) Drought and Water Crises: Science, Technology and Management Issues.
Carol J. Pierce Colfer (ed.) The Equitable Forest: Diversity, Com-munity and Resource Management.
Tom Mast (ed.) Over a Barrel: A Simple Guide tothe Oil Shortage.
Ross Gelbspan (ed.) Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists, and Activists Have Fueled the Climate Crisis — and What We Can Do toAvert Disaster.
Thayer Scudder (ed.) The Future of Large Dams: Dealing with Social, Environmental, Institu-tional and Political Costs.
     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The World Copper Industry: Its Changing Structure and Future Prospects : Kenji Takeuchi, John E. Strongman, Shunichi Maeda and C. Suan Tan
Non-fuel Minerals: Foreign Dependence and National Security : Raymond F. Mikesell
The World Gas Trade Editor : Melvin Conant
Rainwater Harvesting: The Collection of Rainfall and Run-off in Rural Areas : Arnold Pacey with Adrian Cullis     

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.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
National Energy Data Systems Editors : Dilip R. Ahuja, R. K. Pacauri and N. K. Gopalakrishnan
Energy Update: Oil in the Late Twentieth Century Authors : Michael Tanzer and Stephen Zorn
Fuelwood in Urban Markets: A Case Study of Hyderabad Authors : Manzoor Alam, Joy Dunkerley, K. N. Gopi, William Ramsay and Elizabeth Davis.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Fuelwood problems and solutions : THE FUELWOOD TRAP: A STUDY OF THE SADCC REGION by Barry Munslow, Yemi Katarere, Adriaan Ferf and Phil O'Keefe
Money markets : INTERNATIONAL BANKING: Innovations and New Policies edited by Zuhayr Mikdashi
Metal pricing policies : PRICING OF METALS by Margaret E. Slade
CERI's oil view : STABILITY WITHIN UNCERTAINTY: Evolution of the World Oil Market by Anthony E. Reinsert et al     

BOOK REVIEWS

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.     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Irrigation water management : SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES IN THIRD WORLD IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT edited by R. K. Sampath and Robert A. Young
Oil shale resources OIL SHALES OF THE WORLD-THEIR ORIGIN, OCCURRENCE AND EXPLOITATION by Paul L. Russel
Water pollution in Asia : WATER POLLUTION CONTROL IN ASIA. PROCEEDINGS OF SECOND IAWPRC ASIAN CONFERENCE HELD IN BANGKOK, THAILAND, 9–11 NOVEMBER 1988 edited by T. Panswad, C. Polprasert, K. Yamamoto
Women and development : WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT: A PROGRESS REPORT ON THE WORLD BANK INITIATIVE
A future for the Earth : SUSTAINING THE EARTH by John Young
The environment: yesterday, today and tomorrow : THE HUMAN IMPACT ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT by Andrew Goudie     

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     

新疆油田老区注水系统调整改造研究

新疆油田采油三厂原有的注水系统已不能适应地质配注的需求,因此提出以下措施:①打破厂际或区块界限,合理确定注水压力;②对于压力差异较大的区块进行分区、分压注水;③选择高效柱塞泵加变频技术,杜绝高压水回流,提高注水系统效率。对注水系统进行调整改造后,注水管网运行效率、注水泵机组效率、注水系统效率都有大幅度的提高。     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Mexico's oil industry : THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MEXICAN OIL by Laura Randall
Environmental impact of water resources development : DAM THE RIVERS, DAMN THE PEOPLE: DEVELOPMENT AND RESISTANCE IN AMAZONIAN BRAZIL by Barbara J. Cummings
Managing the global environment : LESSONS LEARNED IN GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE by Peter H. Sand
Oil makes the world go round : THE PRIZE: THE EPIC QUEST FOR OIL, MONEY AND POWER by Daniel Yergin
Using natural gas : NATURAL GAS: ITS ROLE AND POTENTIAL IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT edited by Walter Vergara, Nelson E. Hay, Carl W. Hall
Environmental management MANAGING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS Daniel H. Henning ad William R. Mangun
Natural resource scarcity : ECONOMICS, NATURAL RESOURCE SCARCITY AND DEVELOPMENT by Edward B. Barbier
Solar investment : ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY SYSTEMS edited by Ronald E. West and Frank Kreith
World mineral exploration : WORLD MINERAL EXPLORATION: TRENDS AND ECONOMIC ISSUES edited by John E. Tilton, Roderick G. Eggert and Hans H. Landsberg     

The importance of training for environmental management

Conclusion I wish to conclude as I began, with a quotation from a newspaper on the potential damage and the attendant costs of not applying sound environmental management: The Guardian, Wednesday, 5 October 1983: “The Shell Oil Company which admitted yesterday that it had allowed dangerous pesticides to escape near Denver, Colorado has received a demand from the US Army for $1 8 billion to help to stop pollution from reaching the city ... Shell and the US Army research, which includes experiments with nerve gas, may have caused far more serious pollution in the area.” The need for sustainable development and for training in environmental management in Third World countries, should ensure that reports on environmental damage, such as the one above, do not become a common occurrence in developing countries in the next decade or hopefully forever after. This paper was presented at the conference “The Environmental Dimension in World Development, the contribution that British Companies can make”, organized by the Centre for World Development Education, London, UK, during October 1983. Dr Jose I. Furtado is Professor of Zoology in Malaysia, and is seconded as Science Adviser with the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books review in this article:
The Progress of Hydrology , Proceedings of the First International Seminar for Hydrology Professors.
Industrial Demand for Water: A Study of Southeast England , by Judith A. Rees
Mobile Bed Fluviology by Tom blench.
Telliamed , by Benoit de Maillet, translated and edited by Albert V. Carozzi.
Fluctuations of Glaciers 1959–1965 , by Peter Kasser.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviews in this article:
Estuarine Ecology, J. H. Day (Editor).
Application of Results from Representative and Experimental Basins.
Aquatic and Temstrid Humic Materials, Russell F. Christman and Egil T. Gjessing.
Water Crisis: Ending the Policy Drought, T. L. Anderson.
Water Rights: Scarce Resource Allocation, Bureaucracy, and the Environment, T. L. Anderson (Editor).     

BOOK REVIEWS

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.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Water Planning in Britain, Dennis J. Parker and Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell
Rural Water Planning, Frederic O. Sargent and Blaine P. Sargent.
Developments in Water Treatment-2, W. M. Lewis (Editor).
Stochastic Water Resources Technology, N. T. Kottegoda.
Fundamentals of Hydraulic Engineering Systems, Ned H. C. Hwang.
The Benefits of Flood Alleviation: A Manual of Assessment Techniques, Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell and John B. Chatterton.
Potable Water From Wastewater, edited by M. T. Gillies.
Drought in the Great Plains: Research on Impacts and Strategies, Proceedings of the Workshop on Research in Great Plains Drought Management Strategies held at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, March 26–28, 1979, Norman J. Rosenberg (Editor).
Safety Evaluation of Existing Dams, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation.