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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.)     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Inside Mining: The Economics of the Supply and Demand of Minerals and Metals : Phillip Crowson
Profit Centers in Industrial Ecology: The Business Executive's Approach to the Environment : R.S. Smith, Jr.
Climate Change and the Global Harvest: Potential Impacts of the Greenhouse Effect on Agriculture : C. Rosenzweig, D. Hillel (Eds.)     

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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     

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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

Books reviewed in this articles:
The Energy Directory , (1974), Environmental Information Center, Inc.
Water for a City , by C. H. Weidner
Two Nations, One Lake — Science in Support of Great Lakes Management , Objectives and Activities of the International Field Year for the Great Lakes 1965–1973, prepared by John O. Ludwigson     

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Book review in this Article
Resources Management in the Great Lakes Basin , edited by F. A. Butrico, C.J. Touhill, and I. L. Whitman.
Water Management - Basic Issues. Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development     

BOOK REVIEWS

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:
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     

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.     

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Books reviewed:
Johan T. du Toit, Kevin H. Rogers and Harry C. Biggs (eds), The Kruger Experience: Ecology and management of savanna heterogeneity
John Clark, Worlds Apart: Civil Society and the Battle for Ethical Globalization
John Clark, Globalizing Civic Engagement: Civil Society and Transnational Action
Marjorie M. Holland, Elizabeth R. Blood, and Lawrence R. Shaffer (Eds.), Achieving Sustainable Freshwater Systems: A Web of Connections
Rory Sullivan, Business and Human Rights: Dilemmas and Solutions
Phillip Crowson, Astride Mining: Issues and Policies for the Minerals Industry
Ulrich Steger, Fang Zhaoben and Lu Wei, Greening Chinese Business: Barriers, Trends and Opportunities for Environmental Management     

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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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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     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Bittersweet Harvests for Global Supermarkets: Challenges in Latin America's Agricultural Export Boom Lori Ann Thrupp, with Gilles Bergeron and William F Waters
View from the Helm: Mineral Industries in Transition Edited by John E Tilton
The Fragile Tropics of Latin America: Sustainable Management of Changing Environments Edited by Toshie Nishizawa and Juha I Uitto     

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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:
The Roots of Change: Human Behaviour and Agricultural Evolution in Mali Brent M. Simpson Intermediate Technology Publications, London
The Political Economy of Water Pricing Reforms Edited by Ariel Dinar The World Bank, Oxford University Press
Environmental Policy Analysis with Limited Information: Principles and Applications of the Transfer Method William H. Desvousges, F. Reed Johnson, H. Spencer Banzhaf Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK.
Partnerships for Protection: New Strategies for Planning and Management for Protected Areas Edited by Sue Stolton and Nigel Dudley Earthscan Publications, Ltd., London, UK
The Economics of International Environmental Agreements Edited by Amitrajeet A. Batabyal Ashgate, Aldershot, England     

Book reviews

Making Cities Work: the role of local government in the urban environment. Richard Gilbert, Don Stevenson, Herbert Girardet & Richard Stren, 1996, London, Earthscan, 203pp. ISBN 1 85383 354 1, £13.95 pbk

Environmental Policy in an International Context, Vols 1-3: Perspectives, Conflicts and Prospects. P. Glasbergen & A. Blowers (Series Eds) London, Arnold

Rhetoric and Reality in Environmental Policy. M. Wintle & R. Reeve (Eds), 1994, Aldershot, Avebury Studies in Green Research, 154 pp. ISBN 1 85628 927 3

FutureNatural: Nature, Science, Culture. G. Roberston et al. (Eds) 1996, London, Routledge, ISBN 0415 070139, £40.00 hbk

Environmental Policy with Political Integration: the European Union and the United States. New horizons in environmental economics. John B. Braden, Henk Folmer & Thomas S. Ulen (Eds), 1996, Cheltenham, Elgar Publishing, 477 pp. ISBN 1 85898 217 0     

Book reviews

Making Cities Work: the role of local government in the urban environment. Richard Gilbert, Don Stevenson, Herbert Girardet &; Richard Stren, 1996, London, Earthscan, 203pp. ISBN 1 85383 354 1, £13.95 pbk

Environmental Policy in an International Context, Vols 1–3: Perspectives, Conflicts and Prospects. P. Glasbergen &; A. Blowers (Series Eds) London, Arnold

Rhetoric and Reality in Environmental Policy. M. Wintle &; R. Reeve (Eds), 1994, Aldershot, Avebury Studies in Green Research, 154 pp. ISBN 1 85628 927 3

FutureNatural: Nature, Science, Culture. G. Roberston et al. (Eds) 1996, London, Routledge, ISBN 0415 070139, £40.00 hbk

Environmental Policy with Political Integration: the European Union and the United States. New horizons in environmental economics. John B. Braden, Henk Folmer &; Thomas S. Ulen (Eds), 1996, Cheltenham, Elgar Publishing, 477 pp. ISBN 1 85898 217 0     

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Our Stolen Future. How man-made chemicals are threatening our fertility, intelligence and survival. T. Colborn, J. P. Myers & D. Dumanoski, 1996, Boston, Little, Brown, 306 pp. ISBN 0 316 87546, £18.99

Environmental Sociology: a social constructionist perspective. John Hannigan, 1995, London, Routledge, ISBN 0 415 112 559, £12.99

Citizen Science: a study of people, expertise and sustainable development. Alan Irwin, 1995, London, Routledge, ISBN 0 415 130 107, £13.99

The True Costs of Road Transport. David Maddison, David Pearce, Olof Johansson, Edward Calthrop, Todd Litman & Eric Verhoef, 1996, London, Earthscan, 242 pp. ISBN 185 383 2685, £10.95

Car Dependence: a report for the RAC Foundation for Motoring and the Environment. RAC Foundation for Motoring and the Environment, 1995, London, 154 pp. ISBN 086211355 5

Local Sustainability: turning sustainable development into practical action in our communities. Roger Few (Ed.), Leicester Environment City Trust, 1996, Leicester, Environ Trust, 100 pp., £28.00, [Available from: Environ Parkfield, Western Park, Leicester, LE3 6HX, UK]

Successful Environment Management in a Week. Mark Yoxon, 1996, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 96 pp. ISBN 0 340 66374 X, £6.99

Principles of Environmental and Resource Economics. H. Folmer, H. Landis Gabel & H. Opschoor (Eds), 1995, Aldershot, Edward Elgar, 512 pp. ISBN 1 85898 224 3, £85.00

The Contingent Valuation of Environmental Resources: methodological issues and research needs. David Bjornstad & James R. Khan (Eds), 1996, Cheltenham, UK and Brookfield USA, Edward Elgar, ISBN 1 858983215

Towards Sustainability. Peter Martin & Colin Hutchinson, 1996, London, Office for Public Management, £5.45

Conservation and the Consumer: understanding environmental concern. Paul Hackett, 1995, London, Routledge, 229 pp. ISBN 0 415 08096 7, £45.00     

Community gardens and sustainable land use planning: A case-study of the Alex Wilson community garden

An analytical account of the history and aspirations of the Alex Wilson Community Garden in Toronto provides an ideal opportunity to examine the connections between two typically distinct enterprises: ecological restoration and community gardening. These are both important contemporary ecological movements, but are rarely combined in a single project that demonstrates the principles of sustainable land use and community planning. The garden is named in memory of Alex Wilson, a landscape designer, community activist and writer who worked and lived in Toronto, Canada. During his life, Wilson established a community garden which was eventually replaced by conventional urban development. After his death in 1993, friends and colleagues decided to honour his memory by establishing a permanent community garden in his name. The Alex Wilson Community Garden opened to the public in June 1998. The case-study explores how the garden reflects Wilson's work by linking community gardening and ecological restoration. These features are unified in Wilson's work as a means of nurturing relationships between people, communities and the landscape—relationships that are social, economic and ecological. In his book,The Culture of Nature: North American landscape from Disney to the Exxon Valdez (1991), Wilson argues that “we must build landscapes that heal and empower, that make intelligible our relations with each other and the natural world”. The Alex Wilson Community Garden illustrates in a practical manner the principles espoused by Wilson through its design, planning and functioning. The case-study reports on the innovative approach to landscape design taken in the garden, which reconstructs the natural and cultural history of southern Ontario, featuring lake-shore, agricultural and woodland sections. The garden has been planted exclusively with native plant species, and is expected to have a positive impact on local biodiversity. The planning process which led up to the design of the garden was participatory in nature, encompassing friends and colleagues of Alex Wilson, local residents and city planning officials, and made use of a number of planning tools not usually applied in an urban setting, including the granting of a conservation easement. The garden also addresses emerging issues associated with globalisation and large cities by providing food production opportunities for local residents, including a low-income housing complex and a nearby drop-in centre. Ecological monitoring and assessment of the naturalised area will be carried out by local residents.     

Book Reviews

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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.