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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: PII: S0165-0203(98)00017-8 Climate Impact and Adaptation Assessment by Martin Parry and Timothy Carter. PII: S0165-0203(98)00025-7 Environmental Accounting in Theory and Practice Edited by Kimio Uno and Peter Bartelmus PII: S0165-0203(98)00024-5 Biomass Energy Policy in Africa, Selected Case Studies Edited by D. L. Kgathi, D. O. Hall, A. Hategeka and M. B. M. Sekwela PII: S0165-0203(98)00023-3 Green Households? Domestic Consumers, Environment and Sustainability Edited by Klaas Jan Noorman and Ton Schoot Uiterkamp PII: S0165-0203(98)00029-4 Industrial Ecology: Towards Closing the Materials Cycle By Robert U. Ayres and Leslie W. Ayres.     

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Waste Management, Control, Recovery and Reuse. Proceedings of 1974 Australian Waste Conference. Edited by N. Y. Kirov.
Water Management and Agricultural Development: A Case Study of the Cuyo Region of Argentina, by Kenneth D. Frederick.
Wastewater Systems Engineering, by Homer W. Parker.
Discharge Measurement Structures, Edited by M. C. Bos.
Biogeochemistry of a Forested Ecosystem, by Gene E. Likens, F. Herbert Bormann, Robert S. Pierce, John S. Eaton, and Noye M. Johnson.     

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State of the world : STATE OF THE WORLD 1992 by Lester Brown, Project Director W. W. Norton & Company, New York
A cookbook for developing countries: IMPROVING CHARCOALING EFFICIENCY IN THE TRADITIONAL RURAL SECTOR: Charles Feinstein and Robert van der Plas World Bank, Industry and Energy Department
KEROSENE STOVES: THEIR PERFORMANCE, USE, AND CONSTRAINTS by Villem Floor and Robert van der Plas World Bank, Industry and Energy Department
ASSESSMENT OF BIOMASS ENERGY RESOURCES: A DISCUSSION ON ITS NEED AND METHODOLOGY by Paul Ryan and Keith Openshaw World Bank, Industry and Energy Department
Development economics : HANDBOOK OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, VOL II Edited by Hollis Chenery and T.N. Srinavasan North Holland, New York
Environmental remote sensing : REMOTE SENSING FOR HAZARD MONITORING AND DISASTER ASSESSMENT: MARINE AND COASTAL APPLICATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION edited by E.C. Barrett, R. Brown and A. Micallef Gordon and Breach, Science Publisher, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA     

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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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Book reviewed in this article: A ray of hope : RETHINKING TECHNICAL COOPERATION: Reforms for Capacity Building in Africa by Elliot J. Berg A lack of optimism : GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT: Perspectives on Sustainability Edited by Joel Darmstadter Conserving water : WATER SUPPLY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Developing World Applications by Mohan Munasinghe Learning to hedge : COMMODITY RISK MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE Edited by Theophilos Priovolos and Ronald C. Duncan Alive and well? : THE MEXICAN PETROLEUM INDUSTRY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Edited by Jonathan C. Brown and Alan Knight     

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Appropriate Methods of Treating Water and Wastewater in Developing Countries, George W. Reid.
Setprge and Gnnmdaater, Miguela A. Marino and James N. Luthin.
Hydrologic Modeling of SmaU Watersheds, C. T. Haan, H. P. Johnson, and D. L. Brakensiek
Remote Sensing for Resource Management, Chris J. Johannsen and James L. Sanders (Editors).
Proceedings of the Specialty Conference on Environmentally Sound Water and soil Management, E. Gordon Kxuse, Chuck R Burdick, and Yousef A. Yousef (Editors).
Handbook of Irrigation Technology, Volume I, Edited by Herman J. Finkel.
Water for Western Agculture. K. D. Frederick and J. C. Hanson.
Water Supply and Sanitation in Developing Countries, Edited by E J. Schiller and R L. hoste.
Handbook of Chemical Property Estimation Methods (Environmental Behavior of Organic Compounds), Warren J. Lyman, William F. Reehl, and David H. Rosenblatt.
The Clean Water Act: The Second Decade, Morris A. Ward, E. Bruce Harrison Co.
Economic Benefits of hnproved Water Quality: Public Perceptions of Option and Preservation Values, D. A. Greenley, R. G. Walsh, and R A. Young.
Surface Water, Robert Bowen.
Nitrogen, Public Health. and the Environment: Some Tools for Critical Thought, John H. Timothy Winneberger.     

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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     

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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.     

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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     

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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:
Macro and micro : FINANCIAL STRATEGIES AND PUBLIC POLICIES: BANKING, INSURANCE AND INDUSTRY. Edited by Zuhayr Mikdashi
Grassroots development : IN DEFENSE OF LIVELIHOOD: COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION. Edited by John Friedmann and Haripriya Rangan
Holistic approach : AMERICA'S WATER: FEDERAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. Peter Rogers     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Modelling the Economy and the Environment Edited by Bjarne Madsen, Chris Jensen-Butler, Jørgen Birk Mortensen and Anne M. Bruun Christensen
Assessing the Gender Impact of Development Projects: Case Studies from Bolivia, Burkina Faso and India Vera Gianotten, Verona Groverman, Edith van Walsum and Lida Zuidberg
Green Budget Reform: An International Casebook of Leading Practises Edited by Robert Gale and Stephan Barg with Alexander Gillies     

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ESTUARINE WATER-QUALITY MANAGEMENT with moving element models and optimization techniques, J. P. O'Kane.
Hydrology and Quality of Water Resources, M. J. Hammer and K. A. MacKinchan.
Georges Bank: Past, Present, and Future of a Marine Environment, Guy C. McLeod and John H. Prescott (Editors).
Ground-Water Models, Studies and Reports in Hydrology, No. 34, Volume I - Concepts, Problems, and Methods of Analysis with Examples of Their Application, Prepared for the International Hydrological Programme by Working Group 8.1 by J. D. Bredehoeft
Bulking of Activated sludge – Preventative and Remedial Methods, Edited by B. Chambers and E. J. Tomlinson.
Acid Precipitation, Effects on Ecological Systems, Frank M. D'Itri.
Introduction to Ground Water Modeling, Finite Difference and Finite Element Methods, Herbert F. Wang and Mary P. Anderson.
Water Reuse, E. Joe Middlebrooks (Editor). Ann Arbor Science.
Erosion Control Measures on Appalachian Strip-Mines, Walter H. Davidson.
Energy in Wastewater Treatment, William F. Owen.
The Earth's Dynamic Systems (3rd Edition), W. Kenneth Hamblin.
Stream Water Quality in the Coal Region of Eastern Kentucky, Kenneth L Dyer.     

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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     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
MANAGING THE WATER ENVIRONMENT, Edited by Neil A. Swainson.
Carbonate Chemistry of Aquatic Systems, Theory and Applications, by R. E. Loewenthal and G. v. R. Marais.
An Introduction to Hydrodynamics and Water Waves, by Bernard LeMehaute.
Systematic Hydrology, by J. C. Rodda, R. A. Downing, and Frank M. Law.
Cost Benefit Analysis and Water Pollution Policy, by Henry M. Peskin and Eugene P. Seskin.     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Water and Waste-Water Technology, SI Version, Mark J. Hammer.
Ground Water in the Western Hemisphere, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Natural Resource/Water Series No. 4
River Pollution Studies, G. A. Best and S. L. Ross.
Viruses and Trace Contaminants in Water and Wastewater, Edited by Jack A. Borchardt, James K. Cleland, William J. Redman, and Gordon Olivier
Environmental Impact Analysis: A New Dimension in Decision Making, R. K. Jain, L. V. Urban, and G. S. Stacey.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Managing Water for Peace in the Middle East: Alternative Strategies Masahiro Murakami
The World at the Crossroads: Towards a Sustainable, Equitable and Liveable World Edited by Philip B Smith, Samuel E Okoye, Jaap de Wilde and Priya Deshingkar
The Environment and NAFTA: Understanding and Implementing the New Continental Law Pierre Marc Johnson and Andre Beaulieu
Meeting Needs: NGO Coordination in Practice Jon Bennett     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Applied General Equilibrium and Economic Development: Present Achievements and Future Trends Jean Mercenier and T N Srinivasan (eds) University of Michigan Press
Mining and the Environment: International Perspectives on Public Policy Edited by Roderick G Eggert Resources for the Future, Washington, DC
Power from Plants: The Global Implications of New Technologies for Electricity from Biomass Walt Patterson Royal Institute of International Affairs, London Earthscan, London     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Measuring Sustainable Development: Macroeconomics and the Environment . Giles Atkinson, Richard Dubourg, Kirk Hamilton, Mohan Munasinghe, David Pearce & Carlos Young.
Turning Point: The End of the Growth Paradigm . Robert U. Ayres
World Metal Markets: The United States Strategic Stockpile and Global Market Influence . Patricia E. Perkins
Biodiversity and Tourism: Conflicts on the World's Seacoasts and Strategies for their Solution . Edited by German Federal Agency for Nature-Conservation.