Book reviews Richardson, Mervyn; Duffus, John H; Thomas, Ian ...
International Journal of Environmental Studies,
19/3/1/, Volume:
47, Issue:
3-4
Book Review
Peer reviewed
EXPERIMENTAL TOXICOLOGY: THE BASIC ISSUES, edited by D. Anderson & D. M. Conning. 2nd edition, pp. 566+xiv, 1993, (£85, Hbk; £25, Pbk)
OIES PAPERS ON ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. EV14. EXHAUSTING OUR ...OPTIONS: FUEL EFFICIENT CARS AND THE ENVIRONMENT, Leonie J Archer. Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Oxford, 1992, 132 pp. (£14, UK; £16, Overseas)
THE URBAN HEALTH CRISIS, Strategies for health for all in the face of rapid urbanization, WHO, Geneva, 1993, xvi+80 pp. (Sw. fr. 20; in developing countries Sw. fr. 14)
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CRITERIA REPORT NO 146. ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS (300 HZ TO 300 GHZ), World Health Organization, Geneva, 1993, 290 pp. (Sw. fr 34; in Developing Countries Sw. fr. 23.80)
OIES PAPERS ON ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. EV17. AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS AND THE ENVIRONMENT: COx, SOx, HOx AND NOx, by Leonie J Archer, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Oxford, 1993, 163 pp. (£14, UK; or £16, Overseas)
WORLD WATER RESOURCES AND REGIONAL VULNERABILITY: IMPACT OF FUTURE CHANGES, by S. N. Kushreshtha. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria. RR-93-10, 1993, 124 pp. ($15, pbk)
ARE THERE ECOLOGICAL LIMITS TO POPULATIONS? by Nathan Keyfitz. IIASA RR-93-16. Laxenburg, Austria, 1993, 16 pp. ($7 pbk)
HUMAN STRESS AND THE ENVIRONMENT, edited by J. Rose, Gordon and Breach, Reading, UK, etc., 1994, xii+228 pp., index (£96)
AQUATIC POLLUTION: AN INTRODUCTORY TEXT, by Edward A. Laws, 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1993, 611 pp. (£45.50)
AN INTRODUCTION TO WATER QUALITY MODELLING, edited by A. James, John Wiley, Chichester, 2nd edition, 1993, xi+311 pp., index (£29.95)
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS: PRINCIPLES, TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTATION, by Fabrizio Bruner, VCH Publishers, Weinheim, Germany, 1993, xii+234 pp., index (DM78, Hbk)
ATMOSPHERIC METHANE: SOURCES, SINKS, AND ROLE: IN GLOBAL CHANGE, edited by M. A. K. Khalil. NATIO ASI SERIES. Series I: Global Environmental Change, Vol. 13, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division, 1993, ix+561 pp. ($25)
CHEMISTRY OF WATER AND WATER POLLUTION, by J. Dojlido and G. A. Best, Ellis Horwood, New York, London etc, 1993, xiv+364 pp., index (£65 Hdb)
GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC CHEMICAL CHANGE, edited by C. N. Hewitt and W. T. Sturges, Elsevier, London and New York, 1993, (£65)
INDUSTRIAL METABOLISM AND RIVER BASIN STUDIES: A NEW APPROACH FOR THE ANALYSIS OF CHEMICAL POLLUTION, by W. M. Stigliani and P. R. Jafee, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria 1993, 45 pp. ($10)
IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (THEMES IN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERIES), edited by Professor Bruce Mitchell, L. Graham Smith, Longman Scientific & Technical, UK (and Associated Companies throughout the world), 1993, 210 pp. (£13.99).
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO FACILITATION SKILLS: A REAL WORLD APPROACH, by Tony Spinks and Phil Clements, Kogan Page, London 1993, 183 pp. (£18.95)
PLANNING AND MANAGING CHANGE, 93 pp., HANDLING CONFLICT AND NEGOTIATION, 125 pp., CREATING CUSTOMER LOYALTY, 109 pp. by Manchester Open Learning, Management Action Guides, Kogan Page, London, 1993 (£8.99 each)
LEADERSHIP TRAINING: A SOURCEBOOK OF ACTIVITIES, by Elizabeth M. Christopher and Larry E Smith, 320 pp., Kogan Page, London 1993, (£49.00)
CASE STUDIES ON TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION, by Peter Schwarz and Graham Webb, 162pp, Kogan Page, London 1993, (£16.95)
THE CHANGING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT, edited by N. Robert, Oxford: Blackwell, 1994, xii+531 pp. (£17.99)
THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, by Sam Moyo, Phil O'Keefe and Michael Sill, Earthscan: London, 1993, 354 pp. (£35)
COACTIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT, by J. Hof, Academic Press, New York, 1993, x+148pp
INTERNATIONAL TRADE: THE CONSUMER AGENDA, National Consumer Council, National Consumer Council, London, 1993, (£14.00, UK; £17.00, Elsewhere)
MODELLING CHANCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, edited by A. J. Jakeman, M. B. Beck and M. J. McAleer, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, New York, etc., 1993, xxiv+584 pp., index (£59.95, Hbk)
ECO-MANAGEMENT AND ECO-AUDITING: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN BUSINEES, edited by Linda S. Spedding, David M. Jones and Christopher J. Dering, Chancery Law Publishing, A division of J. Wiley and Sons, London, etc., 1993, xii+218 pp., index (£54, Hdb)
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, by Per-Olov Johansson, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1993, xiv+232 pp. (£13.95, ppb; £30, hdb)
ECONOMICS AND ECOLOGY. NEWFRONTIERS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, edited by E. B. Barbier. Chapman and Hall, London, 205 pp. (£35, hbk)
GREENING INTERNATIONAL LAW, edited by P. Sands, Earthscan, London, 1993, (£15.95)
SEAWEED RESOURCES IN EUROPE. USES AND POTENTIAL, edited by M. D. Guiry and G. Blunden. Chichester and New York, J. Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 1993, xii+432 pp. (£53)
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN BRITAIN: RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS AND NEW POLICY CHALLENGES, by Pretty, J. N. & R. Howes, London: International Institute for Environment and Development, 1993, ii+74 pp. (£5.00)
GRASSLAND INVERTEBRATES: ECOLOGY, INFLUENCES ON SOIL FERTILITY AND EFFECTS ON PLANT GROWTH, by J. P. Curry, Chapman and Hall, London etc., 1993 (£50)
WETLANDS IN DANGER edited by P. Dugan. London: Mitchell Beazley in association with IUCN, 1993, 192 pp.( £19.99, hbk)
ECO-AGRICULTURE: FOOD FIRST FARMING, THEORY AND PRACTICE by M. Kiley-Worthington, London, Souvenir Press, xii+276, (£16.99)
MANAGING GLOBAL GENETIC RESOURCES. AGRICULTURAL CROP ISSUES AND POLICIES), by the Committee on Managing Global Genetic Resources of the Board of Agriculture of the National Research Council of the USA. Washington DC: National Academy Press, 1993, 449 pp, ($US 49.95 hbk)
CORAL REEFS & ISLANDS: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF A THREATENED PARADISE, by William Gray, David and Charles, Publishers, 1993, iii+192 pp. (£17.99)
RECLAIMING WASTED LANDS FOR OUR FUTURE. MAN'S PROVEN ABILITY TO GREEN OUT THE WASTELAND AREAS OF OUR PLANET, by J. T. Mensah and L. Soule, Pittsburgh Penn: Dorrance Publishing, 1993 (£8.95)
OCEANIC ISLANDS, by P. D. Nunn. Oxford: Blackwell, 1994, 413 pp. (£29.95, pbk; £90, hbk)
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT, by H. J. de Blij & Peter O. Muller, J. Wiley, Chichester & New York, 1992, xi+576 pp. (£19.95)
THE CHANGING WORLDS OF GEOGRAPHY: A CRITICAL GUIDE TO CONCEPTS AND METHODS, by James Bird, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2nd edition, 1993, xx+307 pp., index (£12.95 paperback)
