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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     

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Environmental management : SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: Principles and Practice edited by R. Kerry Turner
Development projects and the environment : ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS by John A. Dixon, Richard A. Carpenter, Louise A. Fallon, Paul B. Sherman and Supachit Manipomoke
Collecting the rent : PETROLEUM RENT COLLECTION AROUND THE WORLD by Alexander Kemp
Land-use planning : MINERAL RESOURCES EXTRACTION, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND LAND-USE PLANNING IN THE INDUSTRIAL AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES edited by Peter Arndt and Gerd W. Lüttig
Energy policy in Mexico : ENERGY POLICY IN MEXICO: Problems and Prospects for the Future edited by Miguel S. Wionczek, Oscar M. Guzman and Roberto Gutierrez
Mineral resource economics and theory : MINERAL RESOURCES: A System Analytical and Functional Approach by Laszlo Kapolyi
Natural resource problems NATURAL RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ANALYSIS: Cases in Applied Economics edited by George. M. Johnston, David Freshwater and Philip Favero     

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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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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     

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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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Iterative Methods for Nonlinear Optimization Problems, by S.L.S. Jacoby, J.S. Lowalik, and J.T. Pizzo
River Ecology and Man, edited by Ray T. Oglesby, Clarence A. Carlson, and James A. McCann.
The Restoration of the Earth, by Theodore B. Taylor and Charles C. Humpstone     

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Chemical Mutagens, Principles and Methods for Their Detection, Volume 3, edited by A. Hollaender.
Systems Analysis and Water Quality Management, by Robert V. Thomann.
Scientific Allocation of Water Resources, by Nathan Buras.
Physicochemical Processes for Water Quality Control, by Walter J. Weber, Jr.     

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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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Natural Resource Economics: Selected Papers : S. V. Ciriacy-Wantrup, edited by Richard 0. Bishop and Stephen 0. Anderson.
Mining and Development : Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh
Price-forecasting techniques and thier application to minerals and metals in the global economy     

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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.     

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Biological Aspects of Thermal Pollution , edited by Peter A. Krenkel Frank L. Parker.
Congress and the Environment , edited by Richard A. Cooley Geoffrey Wandesforde mith.
Dynamic Hydrology Peter S. Eagleson.
History of Hydrology , by Asit K. Biswas.     

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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.     

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Mining Ventures in Developing Countries, Part 2: Analysis of Project Agreements, Erich Schanze (et al.).
Bibliography on Transnational Law of Natural Resources, Martin Bartels (et al.).
The Ganges Water Dispute, B. M. Abbas A. T.
Mineral Deposits and Global Tectonic Settings, A. H. G. Mitchell and M. S. Garson     

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Municipal Watershed Management, Symposium Proceedings compiled by William E. Sopper and Edward S. Corbett.
Environmental Education: A Guide to Information Sources by William B. Stapp and Mary Dawn Liston.
Systems Approach to Water Management, edited by Asit K. Biswas;
Environmental Impact Assessment, edited by Patrick H. Heffernan and Ruthann Corwin;
Handbook of Hydraulics by E. F. Brater and H. W. King, Sixth Edition.     

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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     

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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: Moving Africa forward in the 1990s : SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: FROM CRISIS TO SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, A LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE STUDY by Ramgopal Agarwala, Pierre Landell-Mills, Stanley Please AFRICA'S COMMODITY PROBLEMS: TOWARDS A SOLUTION : by Malcom Fraser, Chairman The future for oil : WORLD OIL PRICES: DEMAND, SUPPLY AND SUBSTITUTES by Yousuf H. Mohammad, Walter J. Mead The world oil industry : ENERGY WATCHERS I: SHADOW OPEC: NEW ELEMENT FOR STABILITY? AND A ‘REINTEGRATED’ OIL INDUSTRY edited by Dorothea H. El Mallakh     

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Policy-making in Africa AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS: A policy modeling approach edited by Dominick Salvatore
Solar heat technologies SOLAR RESOURCES, edited by Roland L. Hulstrom, PASSIVE COOLING, edited by Jeffrey Cook
Energy technology and developing countries ENERGY ISSUES AND OPTIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Primary commodities A GUIDE TO PRIMARY COMMODITIES IN THE WORLD ECONOMY, by Marian Radetzki
Economics and the environment ECONOMICS, NATURAL RESOURCE SCARCITY AND DEVELOPMENT, edited by Edward Barbier     

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Air Pollution, Vol. 2, edited by A. C. Stern.
DesaZinution—Water for the Word's neture, by Roy Popkin
Municipal Sewage Effluent for Irrigation, edited by C. W. Wilson and F. E. Beckett
Oceanogmphy, edited by Mary Sears
Oceanography 2966—Achievements and Opportunities, Committee on Oceanography, National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council
Techniques o f System Engineering, by Stanley M. Sinners     

Effects of Marsh Pond Terracing on Coastal Wintering Waterbirds Before and After Hurricane Rita

From February to March 2005–2006, we surveyed wintering waterbirds to test effects of terracing on coastal pond use before and after Hurricane Rita. Marsh terracing is intended to slow coastal marsh loss in the Chenier Plain by slowing marsh erosion and encouraging vegetation expansion. Terraces also increase marsh edge in ponds, possibly benefiting waterbirds. We monitored paired terraced and unterraced ponds in three sites within southwestern Louisiana’s Chenier Plain. Waterbirds were 75% more numerous in terraced than unterraced ponds. Waterbird richness was similar among ponds when corrected for number of individuals, suggesting terracing increased bird density but did not provide habitat unique from unterraced ponds. Birds were 93% more numerous following Hurricane Rita, mostly due to an influx of migrating waterfowl. Year round residents were similar in number before and after Hurricane Rita. Resident richness did not differ among years after correcting for number of observed individuals. Wading and dabbling foragers were more abundant in terraced ponds and these two guilds represented 74% of birds observed. We detected no difference among ponds for other guilds, i.e., probing, aerial, and diving foragers. Increasing proportion of mash edge increased bird density disproportionately: On average ponds with 10% edge had 6 birds observed and ponds with 30% edge had 16 birds observed. Terraces increased habitat interspersion and were an effective tool for increasing numbers of wintering waterfowl and wading birds. The extent to which terraces were sustainable following hurricane forces is unknown.