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.     

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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     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The Energy Problems and The North—South Dialogue Editor , Editor: Antoine Ayoub.
Ok Tedi: Evolution of a Third World Mining Project Author : William S. Pintz.
Ambient y Recursos Naturales (Environment and Natural Resources).
The Third Oil Shock — The Effects of Lower Oil Prices . Editor : Joan Pearce.
Coping with Droughts Editors : V. Yevjevich, L. da Cunha and E. Vlachos.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Sustainable Development for a Democratic South Africa Edited by Ken Cole
Economics of Natural Resources, the Environment and Policies E Kula Chapman & Hall, London
Breaking the Logjam: Obstacles to Forest Policy Reform in Indonesia and the United States Charles Victor Barber, Nels C Johnson and Emmy Hafild World Resources Institute, Washington, DC
Responding to Global Warming: The Technology, Economics and Politics of Sustainable Energy Peter Read Zed Books London and New Jersey
Fishing for Truth: A Sociological Analysis of Northern Cod Stock Assessments from 1977–1990 Alan Christopher Finlayson Institute of Social and Economic Research, Newfoundland, Canada     

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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     

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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

Book reviewed in this article:
Modeling Economic Management and Policy Issues of Water in Irrigated Agriculture Aricl Dinar and John Letey
Co-operative Management of Natural Resources K. Singh and V. Ballabh (Eds)
Biodiversity II. Understanding and Protecting our Biological Resorces Marjorie L. Reaka-Kudla, Don E. Wilson, and Edward O. Wilson (Eds)     

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).     

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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: 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     

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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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

Book reviewed in this article:
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.     

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:
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     

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

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.     

COOPERATION IN WATER RESOURCES PROGRAMS: ALASKA'S EXAMPLE1

ABSTRACT: Alaska possesses a diversity and magnitude of water resources unmatched in any other state. With over 15% of the area of the whole United States, and 40% of the nation's total fresh water supply, but an extreme lack of basic hydrologic and climatologic data, cooperation among agencies and individuals concerned with evaluating, planning, and carrying out water resources programs is essential. Toward this end, the Inter-Agency Technical Committee for Alaska (IATCA) was established under charter from the Water Resources Council. Representation in IATCA includes virtually all Federal, State, and academic entities in Alaska having an interest in the water resources of the State. Existence of IATCA has permitted or facilitated numerous Alaskan water resources programs. Several are described briefly in this paper: A flood warning network in the Chena River basin; establishment of the Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed in Central Alaska; preparation and periodic updating of the “Ten-Year Plan for Water Resources Data Acquisition”; current planning for an integrated “real-time reporting network” for hydrometeorological data within the State; and a framework for implementation of the Alaskan phase of the National Water Resources Assessment, currently in the initial phases. Accomplishments to date testify that it is indeed possible to “get it all together” in the broad field of “Water Resources” in the largest of our 50 states.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
The Coastline, R. S. K. Barnes, editor
Power Plant Siting, John V. Winter and David A. Conner.
Environmental Data Management, Carl H. Oppenheimer, Dorothy Oppenheimer, and William B. Brogden, editors.
Water Management in England and Wales, Elizabeth Porter
Measurement of Dissolved Oxygen, Michael L. Hitchman.
Processing and Synthesis of Hydrogeological Data, Alexandru Gheorghe.
California Water: A New Political Economy, Merrill R. Goodall, John D. Sullivan, and Timothy De Young.
Finite Elements in Water Resources, Proceedings of the 1st International Rmposium on Finite Elements in Water Resources, 1976, W. G. Gray, G. F. Pinder, and C. A. Brebbia, editors.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article:
Satellite Hydrology, Morris Deutsch, Donald R. Wiesnet, and Albert Rango (Editors). American Water Resources Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1981. 730 pages. $85.00.
Land Into Water - Water Into Land, Nelson M. Blake. University Presses of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 1980. 344 pages. $19.95.
California Water Planning and Policy: Selected Issues, Ernest Engelbert (Editor). Water Resources Center, University of California. 1979. 252 pages. $5.00.
The Infrared Handbook, William Wolfe and George Zissis (Editors). IRIA Center of the Environmental Research Institute of Michigan.
Scientific, Technological and Institutional Aspects of Water Resource Policy, Yacov Y. Haimes (Editor). AAAS Selected Symposium 49. Westview Press, Washington, D.C. 1980. 128 pages.
Environmental Impact Analysis: A New Dimension in Decision Making (2nd ed.), R. K. Jain, L. V. Urban, and G. S. Stacey. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, New York. 1981. 393 pages. $27.50.
A Policy Approach to Political Representation: Lessons From the Four Comer States, Helen M. Ingram, Nancy K. Laney, and John McCain. A Resources for the Future Book. Johns Hopkins Press. 1981.
Water Quality in Catchment Ecosystems, A. M. Gower (Editor). John Wiley and Sons, Somerset, New Jersey. 1980. 335 pages. $50.00.
Seepage and Groundwater Flow, K. R. Rushton and S. C. Red-shaw. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chesire, England. 1979. 339 pages. $45.00.
Environmental Biology for Engineers - A Guide to Environmental Assessment, George Camougis. McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, New York. 1981. 214 pages. $20.00.