BOOK REVIEWS

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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Hydraulics of Groundwater, Jacob Bear
Dams and Public Safety, Robert B. Jansen.
Wilderness Economics and Policy, Lloyd C. Irland
Can Organizations Change: Environmental Protection. Citizen Participation, and the Corps of Engineers
Oceanographic Institutions, Science Studies the Sea, Peter R. Limburg
The Great Dismal Swamp, Paul W. Kirk, editor.
Weirs and Flumes for Flow Measurement, P. Ackers. W. P. White, J. A. Perkins: and A. J. M. Harrison.     

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Frances Sharples is a terrestrial ecologist in the Environmental Sciences Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, operated by Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., under Contract No. DE-AC05-840R21400 with the US Department of Energy. Publication No. 3413, Environmental Sciences Division, ORNL.     

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Frances Sharples is a terrestrial ecologist in the Environmental Science Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, operated by Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., under Contract No. DE-AC05-840R21400 with the US Department of Energy. Publication No. 3413, Environmental Sciences Division, ORNL.     

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Book reviews
Ken Conca and Geoffrey D. Dabelko (eds.), Environmental Peacemaking
Bob Doppelt, Leading Change Toward Sustain-ability: A Change-Management Guide for Business, Government and Society
Craig R. Groves, Drafting a Conservation Blueprint. A Practitioner's Guide to Planning for Biodiversity
Brian K. Edwards, The Economics of Hydroelectric Power. New Horizons in Environmental Economics
Mary Brentwood and Stephen F. Robar (eds.), Managing Common Pool Groundwater Resources: An International Perspective
J. Timmons Roberts and Nikki Demetria Thanos, Trouble in Paradise: Globalization and Environmental Crises in Latin America     

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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.     

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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:
Mediating Environmental Conflicts: Theory and Practice J Walton Blackburn and Willa Marie Bruce
Agroforestry in the Pacific Islands: Systems for Sustainability Edited by W C Clarke and R R Thaman
The Chao Phya: A River in Transition Steve van Beek
Human Development Report 1995 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Human Development Report 1994 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Taking Nature into Account: A Report to the Club of Rome Edited by Wouter van Dieren     

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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:
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:
Structuring the energy market THE MARKET FOR ENERGY, edited by Dieter Helm, John Kay and David Thompson
Good water quality AGRICULTURE AND WATER QUALITY: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES edited by John B. Braden and Stephen B. Lovejoy
Environmental and resource economics ECONOMICS OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT, edited by David W. Pearce, and R. Kerry Turner     

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Books review in this article:
Applied Hydraulics in Engineering (2nd edition), by Henry M. Morris and James M. Wiggert.
1972 Directory of Environmental Information Sources (Second Edition), edited by Charles E. Thibeau and Peter W. Taliaferro
Pesticides and Freshwater Fauna , by R.C. Muirhead-Thomson.
Benefit-Cost Analysis for Water System Planning , by Charles W. Howe.     

A new look at the old problem of eutrophication management in southern Africa

Summary This paper contrasts the traditional engineering approach to eutrophication management with a proposed systems approach. Legislative, social, economic and technical aspects of eutrophication are identified. Through the use of some recent case studies, the importance of the socioeconomic factors relative to the legal-technical aspects of eutrophication management is highlighted. Whilst the latter retain their vital role in eutrophication control programmes, this paper suggests that the former cannot be ignored, and recommends adoption of a systems approach to the management of eutrophication.Dr Jeffrey A. Thornton and Guy Boddington are Senior Planning Professionals in the Environmental Planning Section of the Town Planning Branch, City Planner's Department, Cape Town, with practical interests in water quality management and integrated environmental management in the African urban environment. Dr Thornton is a registered professional ecologist and editor of the research journal,Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa.     

Referee analyses: A better approach than data validation

Data validation, as prescribed in guidance documents provided by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), yields legal evidence that an analytical laboratory has performed analyses according to predetermined specifications. This validation process, because it involves only the checking of procedural documentation, provides minimal information concerning the technical validity of the data. Unfortunately, in the minds of many, the performance of such a data validation has become synonymous with technical validity. A better approach is to implement a routine program of referee analyses. That is, submit a predetermined number of samples from the project to a second laboratory. A routine program of this type provides a self-checking and self-correcting mechanism for determining whether data are technically valid. Publication No. 3874, Environmental Sciences Division, ORNL. Managed by Martin-Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. for the US Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC05-840R21400.     

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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     

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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:
PII: S0165-0203(98)00014-2 Environmental Health Dade W. Moeller
PII: S0165-0203(98)00015-4 Sustaining the Soil. Indigenous Soil and Water Conservation in Africa Edited by C. Reij, I. Scoones and C. Toulmin
PII: S0165-0203(98)00016-6 Life and Death Mutters: Human Rights and the Environment at the End of the Millennium Edited by Barbara Rose Johnston
PII: S0165-0203(98)00013-0 Tough Choices: Facing the Challenge of Food Scarcity Lester R. Brown     

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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:
Craig W. Thomas, Bureaucratic Landscapes: Interagency Cooperation and the Preservation of Biodiversity
Mark Meister and Phyllis M. Japp, Enviropop: Studies in Environmental Rhetoric and Popular Culture
Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke, The Blue Gold. The Battle against Corporate Theft of the World's Water
R.R. Stickney and J.P. McVey (Editors), Responsible Marine Aquaculture
Michael L. Weber, From Abundance to Scarcity: A History of US Marine Fisheries Policy     

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.