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The Challenge of Global warming, Dean Edward Abrahamson, (ed). (Washington DC: Island Press, 1989), 339pp.: The Challenge of Global warming is a careful examination of the causes, effects and political responses to global warming. It is a collection of free-standing works by multiple authors.
Acid Deposition: Environmental, Economic, and Policy Issues, Donald D. Adams and Walter P. Page (eds.), (New York: Plenum Press, 1985), 521 pp.: Acid Deposition: Environmental, Economic, and Policy Issues is a comprehensive, if not exhaustive, examination of acid deposition and its effects on endangered species and habitat preservation, and water resources. This work constitutes an expanded version of the proceedings of the Conference on Acid Deposition: Environmental and Economic Impact, held in Plattsburgh, New York in 1983.
The Clean Water Act: 20 Years Later, Robert W. Adler, Jessica C. Landman, Diane M Cameron, (Washington DC: Island Press, 1993), 309pp.: The Clean Water Act: 20 Years Later is an evaluation of "...how well the Clean Water Act has achieved its primary goal of restoring and protecting the integrity of the nation's surface waters." The work was published in conjunction with the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Toward Pollution-free Manufacturing, (Washington, D.C.: The Institute for Local Self- Reliance, 1986), 120 pp.: Toward Pollution-free Manufacturing is a practical examination of the Standard Industrial Codes which apply to manufacturing wastes.
The Politics of Environmental Mediation, Douglas J. Amy, (New York: Columbia University Press, 1987) 250 pp.: The Politics of Environmental Mediation, is an examination of the benefits of mediation versus the solutions provided through traditional political institutions.
Water Crisis: Ending the Policy Drought, Terry L. Anderson, (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983), 121pp.: Water Crisis: Ending the Policy Drought is an examination of what is asserted to be an imminent water crisis in light of a new resource economics framework. Appropriation doctrine and privatization is examined.
Sustaining Earth: Response to the Environmental Threat, D. J. R. Angell, J. D. Comer, and M. L. N. Wilkinson, (eds), (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990), 220 pp.: Sustaining Earth: Response to the Environmental Threat is an examination of some of the threats to the environment, and the necessity of contributions from individuals, societies, governments and the international community for the success of sustainable development.
Natural Resources: Bureaucratic Myths and Environmental Management, Richard L. Stroup and John A. Baden, (Cambridge: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1983), 137 pp.: Natural Resources: Bureaucratic Myths and Environmental Management is an examination of environmental management from the perspective that property rights are the underlying value and the main issue to be addressed in the exploitation of natural resources.
Halting the Degradation of Natural Resources: Is there a Role for Rural Communities?, Jean- Marie Baland and Jean-Philippe Platteau, (Oxford: Clarencon Press, 1996), 407 pp.: Halting the Degradation of Natural Resources: Is there a Role for Rural Communities? is an examination of the guidelines and principles which would make the local-level management of natural resources efficient, equitable and preferable to global management.
The Colorado River: Instability and Basin Management, William L. Graf, (Washington, DC: The Association of American Geographers, 1985), 86pp.: The Colorado River: Instability and Basin Management is an examination of the management of the Colorado River Basin in the presence of multiples instabilities. The work contains an evaluation of significant trends and suggestions for future management.
Ozone Diplomacy: New Directions in Safeguarding the Planet, Richard Elliot Benedick, (Cambridge: Harvard University Press: 1991), 293pp. This work was published in cooperation with World Wildlife Fund; The Conservation Foundation; and the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University.: Ozone Diplomacy: New Directions in Safeguarding the Planet is an examination of the history, scientific description and moves toward solution of ozone depletion.
Dividing the Waters: Governing Groundwater in Southern California, William Blomquist, (California: ICS Press, 1992), 402 pp.: Dividing the Waters: Governing Groundwater in Southern California is an examination of the governance of groundwater in California. The issues addressed are common to all watersheds in the Western United States.
Pesticides in World Agriculture: The Politics of International Regulation, Robert Boardman, (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986), 213pp.: Pesticides in World Agriculture: The Politics of International Regulation is an examination of the problem of pesticide use in agriculture and the difficulties of achieving international regulation of same.
Crossroads: Environmental Priorities for the Future, ed. Peter Borrelli, (Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1988), 324 pp.: Crossroads: Environmental Priorities for the Future is an examination of the trends in environmentalism, environmental activism, environmental litigation and eco-philosophy with the perspective of each of these areas.
Conflict and Defense, Kenneth Boulding, (New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1962) 349 pp.: Conflict and Defense presents a general theory of conflict, drawing on theoretical analyzes from sociology and economics. This text examines the common processes of conflict, the roles of different participants in conflicts, and describes features which are unique to specific types of conflict.
Economic-Ecological Modeling, Leon C. Braat & Wal F. J. Van Lierop, (eds)(New York: Elsevier Science Publishers B V, 1987), 329.: Economic-Ecological Modeling is an examination of the theory, methods and practice of environmental modeling. The work is concluded with a discussion of the use of modeling in policy-making. This work is volume sixteen of Studies in Regional Science and Urban Economics.
Negotiation Theory and Practice, J. William Breslin and Jeffrey Rubin, (eds.), (Cambridge, MA: Program on Negotiation Books, 1991) 457 pp.: Negotiation Theory and Practice offers a resource text for students of negotiation, either professional or lay. This text is published in association with the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, and is designed to complement that program's Curriculum for Negotiation and Conflict management.
Land Degradation and Society, Piers Blaikie & Harold Brookfield, (London: Methuen & Co Inc., 1987), 284pp.: Land Degradation and Society is an examination of the land degradation problem and approaches to mitigation, and the cost involved in such mitigation. Blaikie and Brookfield acknowledge the significant contributions made by multiple authors to whom they attribute several chapters.
Corporate Environmentalism in a Global Economy: Societal Values in International Technology Transfer, Halina Szejnwald Brown, Patrick Derr, Ortwin Renn, Allen L. White, (Connecticut: Quorum Books, 1993), 245 pp.: Corporate Environmentalism in a Global Economy: Societal Values in International Technology Transfer is an examination of the roles of two sets of values in the decision-making process. Those values are: those related to environment, health and safety (EH&S), and those related to development, equity, and independence (DE&I).
New Courses for the Colorado River: Major Issues for the Next Century, Gary D. Weatherford & F. Lee Brown, (eds), (New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 1986), 244pp.: New Courses for the Colorado River: Major Issues for the Next Century is forwarded by Governor Bruce Babbitt of Arizona. This work is an examination of the history and persistent issues surrounding the Colorado River which have erupted periodically in litigation and worse. The authors offer an assessment of the issues that those managing the Colorado River will likely be presented with in the coming century.
Conflict, Cooperation, and Justice, Barbara Benedict Bunker, Jeffery Rubin, and Associates, (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1995), 441 pp.: Conflict, Cooperation, and Justice is a collection of essays inspired by the work of Morton Deutsch, professor of psychology at Columbia University, director of the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution, and preeminent authority on the dynamics of conflict, cooperation, and justice. This book is sponsored by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.
American Indian Water Rights and the Limits of Law, Lloyd Burton, (Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1991), 165pp.: American Indian Water Rights and the Limits of Law is a water policy study focused upon Native American water rights. The author examines the development of these rights and the resultant legal issues and dispute-managing methods for contemporary water rights conflicts.
Beyond the Fray: Reshaping America's Environmental Response, Daniel D. Chiras, (Colorado: Johnson Books, 1990), 206 pp.: Beyond the Fray: Reshaping America's Environmental Response is an examination of the philosophical change which must take place in order for environmentalism to become the mainstream ethic.
Can the Government Govern?, John E. Chubb & Paul Peterson, (eds). (Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1989), 329pp.: Can the Government Govern? is an examination of the possibility of and effectiveness of the present system of governance in the United States. The work is a collection of contributions by multiple authors.
Conflicts over Resource Ownership: The Use of Public Policy by Private Interests, Albert M. Church, (Massachusetts: Lexington Books, 1982), 221pp.: Conflicts over Resource Ownership: The Use of Public Policy by Private Interests concerns the competition between private parties for the ownership and control of natural resources and the profits derived therefrom.
The Earth as Transformed by Human Action, W. C. Clark, R. W. Kates, J. F. Richards, J. T. Matthews, W. B. Meyer, B. L. Turner II (ed. ), (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990), 713pp.: The Earth as Transformed by Human Action examines the changes inhuman population and society and the resultant anthropomorphic changes to the earth and its atmosphere. This work features the work of many authors who are experts in their own fields of endeavor.
Acceptable Risk?: Making Decisions in a Toxic Environment, Lee Clarke, (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989), 220 pp.: Acceptable Risk?: Making Decisions in a Toxic Environment is an examination of: whether it is possible to determine what constitutes acceptable risk, how to determine the participants in medical surveillance programs, and how to make decisions through the toxic clean-up process.
Public Interest in the Use of Private Lands, ed. Benjamin C. Dysart III and Marion Clawson, (New York: Praeger, 1989), 187pp.: Public Interest in the Use of Private Lands is an examination of the justification for public control over the use of private lands when that use exceeds the purely self-regarding category.
Federal Public Land and Resources Law, Third edition, G. C. Coggins, C. F. Wilkinson, J. D. Leshy, (Westbury New York: The Foundation Press Inc., 1993), 1092pp.: Federal Public Land and Resources Law offers a succinct, yet comprehensive history of public lands prefatory to an in depth examination of authority on public lands and legal precedent concerning natural resources.
Washington at Work: Back Rooms and Clean Air, Richard E. Cohen, (New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1992), 180pp.: Washington at Work: Back Rooms and Clean Air is an examination of the political dimension of environmental problems; specifically air quality. The work specifically addresses the years of the Reagan and Bush presidencies.
The Politics of Nuclear Waste, E. William Colglazier, Jr. (ed. ), (New York: Pergamon Press, 1982) 264 pp.: The Politics of Nuclear Waste examines the development of nuclear waste management policy. These articles are the result of the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies' November 1979 conference on "the social, political and institutional conflicts over permanent siting of radioactive wastes."
Irrigation-induced Water Quality Problems: What can be Learned from the San Joaquin Valley Experience, Committee on Irrigation-induced Water Quality Problems, Water Science and Technology Board and Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources National Research Council, (Washington DC: National Academy Press, 1989), 147pp.: Irrigation-induced Water Quality Problems: What can be Learned from the San Joaquin Valley Experience is an examination of the problem of irrigation-induced water quality problems using the Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge and its build-up of toxic levels of selenium as an example. This work examines the scientific and institutional dimensions of the problem and offers methods for resolution.
Regulating Toxic Substances: A Philosophy of Science and the Law, Carl F. Cranor, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993), 241 pp.: Regulating Toxic Substances: A Philosophy of Science and the Law is an examination of the need for, and methods of, assessment of toxic substances. The author addresses the legal, legislative, administrative, and tort issues surrounding toxic substances.
For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future, Herman E. Daly & John B. Cobb Jr., with contributions by Clifford W. Cobb, (Boston: Beacon Press, 1989), 476pp.: For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future is an examination of the possibility of using contemporary economic theory to structure an economy which is supportive of community, the environment and a sustainable future.
Global Development and the Environment: Perspectives on Sustainability, Joel Darmstadter, (ed), (Washington DC: Resources for the Future, 1992), 91pp.: Global Development and the Environment: Perspectives on Sustainability is a collection of essays on topics which concern themes considered at, or relevant to, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development(UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, 1992. Thus, the focus of the book is the relationship between economic development and the condition of the environment.
Greening Business: Managing for Sustainable Development, John Davis, (Massachusetts: Basil Blackwell, 1991), 208 pp.: Greening Business: Managing for Sustainable Development is an examination of the response of business to the environmental movement. Specifically, this work examines the ways in which business has become more sensitive to the environmental concerns of consumers.
Why Posterity Matters: Environmental Policies and Future Generations, Avner de-Shalit, (London: Routledge, 1995) 155pp.: Why Posterity Matters: Environmental Policies and Future Generations is a philosophical examination of how future generations must be considered in the formulation of contemporary environmental policy. de-Shalit offers one approach for structuring an obligation to future generations.
Enchantment and Exploitation: The Life and Hard Times of a New Mexico Mountain Range, William deBuys, (New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 1985), 378 pp.: Enchantment and Exploitation: The Life and Hard Times of a New Mexico Mountain Range is an examination of the historical competition for: water, game, wood, and grazing in northern New Mexico, and the continuing contemporary competition which adds employment to the historical list. The work is also an examination of how the differences in the Anglo and Hispanic cultures affect the choices made by peoples in this region.
Challenges in the Conservation of Biological Resources: A Practitioner's Guide, Daniel J. Decker, Marianne E. Krasney, Gary R. Goff, Charles R. Smith, David W. Gross, (eds), (Colorado: Westview Press, 1991), 380 pp.: Challenges in the Conservation of Biological Resources: A Practitioner's Guide is an examination of: the basic considerations, the conceptual foundations, and the tools and techniques for conservation of biological resources. This work also presents case studies in support of the theories advanced and suggests implications for management, education and policy which will promote the conservation of biological resources.
Pollution and Public Policy: A Book of Readings, ed. David F. Paulsen and Robert B. Denhardt, (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1973), 251pp.: Pollution and Public Policy: A Book of Readings is an examination of the relationship between environmental policy-making and the public policy process with specific consideration of both air and water pollution.
The Resolution of Conflict, Morton Deutsch, (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1973) 420 pp.: The Resolution of Conflict is a collection of theoretic and experimental investigation into the nature of conflict, and a search for strategies of conflict regulation and resolution.
Environmental Law and American Business: Dilemmas of Compliance, Joseph F DiMento, (New York: Plenum Press, 1986), 219 pp.: Environmental Law and American Business: Dilemmas of Compliance is an examination of: what constitutes compliance to environmental laws, how businesses accomplish this, and how agencies can assist in achieving compliance.
Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings, R. Dorfman & N. S. Dorfman (eds.), (New York: WW Norton & Company, 1972), 426pp.: Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings is a selection of readings which focus on the general topics of: formal analysis of the applicability of economic theory to environmental problems, policies for environmental protection grounded in an economic approach, support for the assertion that the roots of environmental degradation lie in the conflict between environmental protection and economic growth, and finally measuring costs and benefits of environmental goods.
Forging New Rights in Western Waters, Robert G. Dunbar, (Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1983), 270pp.: Forging New Rights in Western Waters is an examination of the history and evolution of Western water rights as a modification of a property right. It begins with the history of the first irrigations in the West and concludes with an examination of the not uncontested right to appropriation.
Environmentalism and Political Theory: Toward an Ecocentric Approach, Robyn Eckersley, (New York: State University of New York Press, 1992), 261 pp.: Environmentalism and Political Theory: Toward an Ecocentric Approach is an examination of the development and nature of ecopolitical thought and an evaluation of where it might be classified with regard to other political thought.
Chain Reaction, Thomas Byrne Edsall and Mary D. Edsall, (New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1991), 339 pp.: Chain Reaction analyzes the American political scene of the past twenty-five years, focusing on the role that race, rights and tax issues have played in the disintegration of the liberal coalition and the rise of conservativism.
Siting Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities: The Public Policy Dilemma, Mary R. English, (New York: Quorum Books, 1992), 267pp.: Siting Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities: The Public Policy Dilemma is an examination of the components of authority, trust, risk, justice and legitimacy in the siting of low- level radioactive waste facilities. It offers a brief history of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act (LLWPA) and an in-depth examination of the act itself.
Choosing a Sustainable Future, The Report of the National Commission on the Environment, (Washington DC: Island Press, 1993), 169 pp.: Choosing a Sustainable Future is an examination of the goals and tools of sustainable development. Additionally, the Commission catalogues the priority problems facing those advocating sustainable development.
The Spirit of Community: Rights, Responsibilities, and the Communitarian Agenda, Amitai Etzioni, (New York: Crown Publishers, 1993), 323 pp.: The Spirit of Community: Rights, Responsibilities, and the Communitarian Agenda, Amitai Etzioni, (New York: Crown Publishers, 1993), 323 pp.
Toxic Debts and the Superfund Dilemma, Harold C. Barnett, (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1994), 334 pp.: Toxic Debts is a political economy of the Superfund, created by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980. It argues that Superfund has failed due to conflict over who will pay the"toxic debt, " that is, the cost of cleaning up hazardous waste sites, and conflict between environmental and economic interests.
Confronting Values in Policy Analysis: The Politics of Criteria, Frank Fischer & John Forester, (eds), (California: Sage Publications, 1987), 284pp.: Confronting Values in Policy Analysis: The Politics of Criteria is an examination of the ways in which values can be implicit in policy. The work examines principles, practices, biases and the normative theoretical foundations of public policy.
Acceptable Risk, Baruch Fischhoff, Sarah Lichtenstein, Paul Slovis, Stephen L. Derby, Ralph L. Keeney, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981) 185pp.: Acceptable Risk, offers an analysis of the acceptable risk problem. The problem is viewed as a complex one, but essentially of a meta-decision nature.
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, Roger Fisher &William Ury, Bruce Patton (ed), (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1981).: Getting to Yes, offers a systematic approach to negotiating and consensus building by asserting that the first step in negotiation or consensus building is to focus on the problem and not on the positions held by the parties involved. Fisher and Ury offer a method for identifying and framing the problem in a mutually agreed upon way which will be the foundation for further discussion.
New Directions in Mediation: Communication Research and Perspectives, Joseph Folger and Tricia Jones, (eds.), (Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, 1994), 263 pp.: New Directions in Mediation is a collection of essays which analyze the mediation process from a communicative perspective. The collection includes both theoretical approaches, and discussions of practical application.
Phantom Risk: Scientific Inference and the Law, K. Foster, D. Bernstein, P. Huber, (eds), (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1993), 457 pp.: Phantom Risk examines two intersecting problems regarding risk assessment and tort law. The first problem is the disparity between the ease with which a controversy about a suspected occupational or environmental hazard can begin and the difficulty in resolving the nature of the connection, if any, between the suspected hazard and a health effect. The second problem is the confusion which results when such proposed hazards are brought in as grounds for litigation.
Application of Biotechnology: Environmental and Policy Issues, John R. Fowle III, (ed), (Colorado: Westview Press, 1987), 224 pp.: Application of Biotechnology: Environmental and Policy Issues examines: the historical context of the development of biotechnology , ecological/environmental release issues and the future of biotechnology. Many of the papers contained in the book were presented at the 1985 symposium of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The Benefits of Environmental Improvement: Theory and Practice, A. Myrick Freeman III, (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979), 272pp.: The Benefits of Environmental Improvement: Theory and Practice is primarily a market approach to the resolution of the problem of environmental degradation. That is, the author offers economic reasons and justifications for improving the natural environment.
The Economics of Hope: Essays on Technical Change, Economic Growth and the Environment, Christopher Freeman, (New York: Pinter Publishers, 1992), 243 pp.: The Economics of Hope: Essays on Technical Change, Economic Growth and the Environment is an examination of the theory that technical change drives economic growth. Further, the author acknowledges that it is economic growth and technological change that have, historically, negatively impacted the environment, and he proposes that non-economic values be included in considerations of economic growth.
Islands Under Siege: National Parks and the Politics of External Threats, John C. Freemuth, (Kansas: University of Kansas Press, 1991), 178 pp.: Islands Under Siege: National Parks and the Politics of External Threats is an examination of external threats to the health and integrity of the ecosystems represented in, and to the whole of individual National Parks. The author examines: the historical view, and the continuing process of legislative and regulatory efforts to protect National parks from these threats.
Western Public Lands: The Management of Natural Resources in a Time of Declining Federalism, John G. Francis and Richard Ganzel, (eds), (New Jersey: Rowman & Allanheld, 1984), 306 pp.: Western Public Lands: The Management of Natural Resources in a Time of Declining Federalism is an examination of the current policies for the management of public lands in the Western United States. This is followed by consideration of selected natural resource issues.
Controlling Water Use: The Unfinished Business of Water Quality protection, David H. Getches, Lawrence J. MacDonnell, Teresa A. Rice, (Colorado: Natural Resources Law Center, 1991, 134 pp.: Controlling Water Use: The Unfinished Business of Water Quality protection is an examination of the protection of water quality within the western water allocation systems. The authors examine present regulations and laws and recommend approaches for the future.
Modeling for Population and Sustainable Development, A. J. Gilbert and L. C. Braat (eds), (New York: Routledge, 1991), 253 pp.: Modeling for Population and Sustainable Development is an examination of the Enhancement of population Carrying Capacity Options (ECCO) approach to planning sustainable development. This work examines ECCO pilot studies and considers other modeling approaches. The collected works serve as the proceedings of the seminar/workshop on Modeling for the Population and Sustainable Development, held in the Netherlands in 1987.
Environmental Risk, Environmental Values, and Political Choices: Beyond Efficiency Trade- offs in Public Policy Analysis, ed. John Martin Gillroy, (Colorado: Westview Press, 1993), 180 pp.: Environmental Risk, Environmental Values, and Political Choices: Beyond Efficiency Trade- offs in Public Policy Analysis is an examination of the effects of values on public policy.
Politics by Other Means: The Declining Importance of Elections in America, Benjamin Ginsberg and Martin Shefter, (Basic Books, 1990), 226 pp.: Politics by Other Means argues that American politics is currently undergoing a fundamental transformation: the importance of elections in contemporary American politics is decreasing, while the importance of institutional conflict is increasing. "Rather than seek to defeat their opponents chiefly by out mobilizing them in the electoral arena, contending forces are increasingly relying on such institutional weapons of political struggle as legislative investigations, media revelations, and judicial proceedings to weaken their political rivals and gain power for themselves."
Grassroots Environmental Action: People's Participation in Sustainable Development, Dharam Gjai and Jessica M. Vivian, (eds), (New York: Routledge, 1992), 347 pp.: Grassroots Environmental Action: People's Participation in Sustainable Development is an examination of grassroots action toward Sustainable Development from an historical perspective which offers suggestions for future action.
Desertification: Environmental Degradation in and Around Arid Lands, Michael H. Glantz (ed), (Colorado: Westview Press, 1977), 337 pp.: Desertification: Environmental Degradation in and Around Arid Lands is a careful examination of the global problem of desertification. This work addresses the nature and causes of desertification and examines attempts at mitigation.
Water in Crisis, PH Gleick (ed), (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993), 473pp.: Water in Crisis is an exhaustive examination of global fresh water issues. It is a collection of readings making the work offered on each topic free-standing.
Dispute Resolution, Stephen Goldberg, Frank Sander and Nancy Rogers, (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1992) 503 pp.: Dispute Resolution is a textbook for the teaching of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes. It presents both a general discussion of dispute resolution processes, and a more detailed introduction to dispute resolution in the justice system.
Political Theory and Public Policy, Robert E. Goodin, (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983), 249 pp.: Political Theory and Public Policy is an examination of the role of political theory and its foundation in moral theory in the formation and justification of public policy.
Environmentally Sustainable Economic Development: Building on Brundtland, Robert Goodland, Herman Daly, Salah El Serafy, Bernd von Droste, (eds), (New York: UNESCO, 1991), 98 pp.: Environmentally Sustainable Economic Development: Building on Brundtland is an examination of the concept of, and the planning for, sustainable economic growth since the Brundtland Commission Report of 1987, Our Common Future.
Computer Models in Environmental Planning, Steven I. Gordon, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1985), 217 pp.: Computer Models in Environmental Planning is an examination of: Water Quality models, storm runoff models, and air pollution models. The author also addresses the evaluation of land uses and hazardous waste management.
World of Waste: Dilemmas of Industrial Development, K. A. Gourlay, (London: Zed Books, 1992), 242 pp.: World of Waste: Dilemmas of Industrial Development is an examination of: human produced waste, its storage, and suggestions for its elimination.
Wilderness Preservation and the Sagebrush Rebellions, William L. Graf, (Savage, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1990) 329 pp.: Wilderness Preservation and the Sagebrush Rebellions explores the history of conflicts between wilderness preservation and commodity users over the use of federal lands in the West. This history touches on a number of environmental issues, including wildlife and habitat preservation, development and growth pressures, and water rights.
Collaborating: Finding Common Ground for Multiparty Problems, Barbara Gray, (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1989) 329 pp.: Collaborating describes a process for developing cooperative solutions to complex social problems. The author argues that the sources of current impasses are "as much conceptual and organizational as they are technical and economic, " and so offers a model of collaboration designed to alleviate these conceptual and organizational roadblocks to problem solving and conflict resolution.
Environmental Politics: Public Costs, Private Rewards, Michael S. Greve &Fred L. Smith, Jr. (eds). (New York: Praeger, 1992), 201pp.: Environmental Politics: Public Costs, Private Rewards is an examination of the "... use and abuse of environmental regulation for political and economic objectives that have little or nothing to do with the environment". It is a collection of the works of multiple authors.
Decisions by the Numbers, Dipak K. Gupta, (Englewood Cliffs New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1994), 525pp.: Decisions by the Numbers is a thorough examination of the methods, justification and application of quantitative analysis as a basis for public policy decision-making. The assumptions underlying Dipak Gupta's work are: quantitative analysis is objective analysis, and objective analysis is what is needed to make the best decisions in public policy administration. This work is useful for decision-makers who rely on quantitative analysis to make decisions or must understand administrative procedures which rely upon such analysis.
Atlas of Satellite Observations Related to Global Change, RJ Gurney, J. L. Foster, CL Parkinson, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993), 470pp.: The Atlas of Satellite Observations Related to Global Change is an atlas of satellite images from and of different distances from the earth's surface. The images are accompanied by explanatory text.
The Concept of Law, H. L. A.. Hart, (Clarendon Press, 1961), with a postscript edited by Penelope A. Bulloch and Joseph Raz, 307pp.: The Concept of Law has had far reaching effects, not only on the thought and study of jurisprudence founded upon English common law, but on political and moral theory as well. It is a philosophical examination of the basis for law.
Natural Resource Policy-Making in Developing Countries: Environment, Economic Growth, and Income Distribution, William Ascher and Robert Healy, (North Carolina: 1990), 210pp.: Natural Resource Policy-Making in Developing Countries: Environment, Economic Growth, and Income Distribution while specifically addressing developing countries, offers an approach which (with some modification) is applicable to policy-making in the developed countries. To paraphrase the authors; the book attempts to use systematic analysis to confront and dissect the complexities of natural resource policy-making. The work draws heavily on the work of Harold Lasswell.
Backs to the Future: U S Government Policy Toward Environmentally Critical Technology, George R. Heaton, Jr., Robert Repetto, Rodney Sobin, (Washington DC: World Resources Institute, 1992), 34 pp.: Backs to the Future: U S Government Policy Toward Environmentally Critical Technology is a government report which is an examination of: the national technology policy, the criteria for and a list of, environmentally critical technologies. Also addressed are private and public support for such technologies.
The Politics of the Solar Age: Alternatives to Economics, Hazel Henderson, (New York: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1981), 411pp.: The Politics of the Solar Age: Alternatives to Economics, is a criticism of economic theory as a basis for policy-making and calls for a re-conceptualization of environmental problems.
Rocky Times in Rocky Mountain National Park: An Unnatural History, Karl Hess, Jr. (Colorado: University Press of Colorado, 1993), 156 pp.: Rocky Times in Rocky Mountain National Park: An Unnatural History is an examination of the effects of managing this National Park for the promotion of the elk herd which attracts visitors to the Park. The author asserts that an unnatural state, for both the park and the elk herd, exists under the present management direction.
The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America, Philip K. Howard, (New York: Random House, 1994), 202 pp.: The Death of Common Sense is an analysis of the excesses and deficiencies of regulatory law and bureaucratic process.
Culture of Complaint: A Passionate Look into the Ailing Heart of America, Robert Hughes, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994), 209 pp.: Culture of Complaint: A Passionate Look into the Ailing Heart of America is an analysis of contemporary American culture, and of current trends in politics, academics, and art. This work arose from a series of lectures offered at the New York Library in 1992.
Down by the River: The Impact of Federal Water Projects and Policies on Biological Diversity, Constance Elizabeth Hunt, with Verne Huser, (Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1988), 250 pp.: Down by the River: The Impact of Federal Water Projects and Policies on Biological Diversity is a careful study of the effects of federal projects on biodiversity in multiple riparian systems which have been the subject of federal projects and policies.
Natural Resource and Environmental Information for Decisionmaking, Hassan M. Hassan and Charles Hutchinson (eds), (Washington DC: The World Bank, 1992), 164 pp.: Natural Resource and Environmental Information for Decisionmaking is a publication of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (The World Bank). It addresses the its use of information in the decision-making process.
Water and Poverty in the Southwest, F. Lee Brown and Helen M. Ingram, (Arizona: The University of Arizona Press, 1987), 217 pp.: Water and Poverty in the Southwest is an examination of the effects that water allocation and distribution has upon the rural poor in the Southwestern United States. It addresses issues affecting Native American and Hispanic peoples.
Wilderness Economics and Policy, Lloyd C. Irland, (Massachusetts: Lexington Books, 1979), 218 pp.: Wilderness Economics and Policy is a brief examination of the public mandate for preservation and governmental attempts at implementation. It is a more comprehensive examination of the economics of preservation.
The Green Economy: Environment, Sustainable Development and the Politics of the Future, Michael Jacobs, Massachusetts: Pluto Press, 1991), 304pp.: The Green Economy: Environment, Sustainable Development and the Politics of the Future is an examination of the objectives of Sustainable Development, a program to achieve these objectives and a method for measuring its effectiveness.
Reflecting on Nature: Readings in Environmental Philosophy, Lori Gruen &Dale Jamieson, (eds), (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994), 362 pp.: Reflecting on Nature: Readings in Environmental Philosophy is an examination of environmental philosophy. The editors combine the writings of prominent moral philosophers from Aristotle and John Locke to Bernard Williams and Jonathan Glover with contemporary environmental philosophers in an attempt to "... illuminate some of the connections between environmental philosophy and the philosophical tradition."
Water and Power: The Conflict over Los Angeles' Water Supply in the Owens Valley, William L. Kahrl, (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982), 574pp.: Water and Power: The Conflict over Los Angeles' Water Supply in the Owens Valley while ostensibly concerning California water issues inapplicable to water issues in the Western United States in general. This work is an examination of both the politics and causes of the problems surrounding water resource allocation.
Public Representation in Environmental Policy-making: The Case of Water Quality Management, Sheldon Kamieniecki, (Colorado: Westview Press, 1980), 126 pp.: Public Representation in Environmental Policy-making: The Case of Water Quality Management is the text of a research project undertaken to assess public participation in environmental policy-making and political leaders' predictions of citizens' views.
American Ethics and Public Policy, Abraham Kaplan, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1958), 110pp.: American Ethics and Public Policy is a philosophical examination of the relationship between ethics and public policy which refers one to standard philosophical works.
Saving the Hidden Treasure: The Evolution of Ground Water Policy, Henry C. Kenski, (California: Regina Books, 1990), 156 pp.: Saving the Hidden Treasure: The Evolution of Ground Water Policy is an examination of the development of groundwater into a political issue and the subsequent Federal, State and local attempts to protect this resource.
Environomics: The Economics of Environmentally Safe Prosperity, Farid A. Khavari, (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993), 189 pp.: Environomics: The Economics of Environmentally Safe Prosperity explores ways of attaining general economic prosperity while improving or at least sustaining environmental conditions. The author argues that present forms of economic growth degrade the environment, and are not sustainable in the long term.
Shared Values for a Troubled World: Conversations with Men and Women of Conscience, Rushworth M. Kidder, (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1994), 332 pp.: Shared Values for a Troubled World: Conversations with Men and Women of Conscience attempts to identify a core of globally shared ethical values. The author interviews twenty-four notable thinkers of diverse interests and cultural backgrounds, asking each to describe their fundamental moral principles. Drawing on these interviews, Kidder describes a core of common ethical values.
The New American Political System, Anthony King, (ed), (Washington DC: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1978), 395 pp.: The New American Political System is an examination of change in the political system of the United States since the New Deal era of the 1930s. The editor asserts that the impetus for much of this change can be located in the events of the 1960s and 1970s.
People Centered Development: Contributions toward Theory and Planning Frameworks, ed. David C. Korten and Rudi Klauss, (Connecticut: Kumarian Press, 1984), 333pp.: People Centered Development: Contributions toward Theory and Planning Frameworks is an examination of the gradual shift from production centered development to human-centered development, with particular attention paid to the conceptual and theoretical frameworks of human-centered development.
When Talk Works: Profiles of Mediators, Deborah M. Kolb and Associates, (San Francisco: Jossey-Bas Publishers, 1994) 513 pp.: When Talk Works: Profiles of Mediators provides profiles of twelve successful practicing mediators, and their techniques. The author concludes by contrasting their practices to prevailing theories of mediation.
Intractable Conflicts and Their Transformations, Louis Kriesberg, Terrell Northrup, and Stuart Thorson, (eds.), (New York: Syracuse University Press, 1989), 249 pp.: Intractable Conflicts and Their Transformations brings together essays from a number of authors who explore intractability through diverse theoretical frameworks and case histories. These essays were first presented at a conference sponsored by Syracuse University's Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts.
Negotiating at an Uneven Table: Developing Moral Courage in Resolving Our Conflicts, Phyllis Beck Kritek, (San Francisco: Jossey-Bas Publishers, 1994), 339 pp.: Negotiating at an Uneven Table: Developing Moral Courage in Resolving Our Conflicts is about negotiating conflict in situations where some participants are at a disadvantage which others do not acknowledge. It offers strategies for the disadvantaged participants, and methods of recognizing uneven negotiation situations for all participants.
Economic-Environmental-Energy Interactions: Modeling and Policy Analysis, T. R. Lakshmanan & P. Nijkamp, (Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishing, 1980), 198 pp.: Economic-Environmental-Energy Interactions: Modeling and Policy Analysis is, as the title suggests, an examination to interactions. More specifically, the authors examine the role of modeling in the formulation of environmental policy.
The Angry West: A Vulnerable Land and Its Future, Richard D. Lamm and Michael McCarthy, (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982), 33 pp.: The Angry West: A Vulnerable Land and Its Future is an examination of the change to the American West which has resulted from the economic imperative which has been administrated by the federal government which has, the authors assert, used the West as a colonial possession to be exploited. Richard D. Lamm, one of the authors, is a former governor of Colorado.
The Environmental Protection Agency: Asking the Wrong Questions, Marc K. Landy, Marc J. Roberts, Stephen R. Thomas, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1990), 304 pp.: The Environmental Protection Agency: Asking the Wrong Questions is an examination of the creation and evolution of the agency and the affect on it of the Reagan administration. It is forwarded by Congressman Morris K. Udall.
Colorado's Water Resources, League of Women Voters of Colorado, Inc., (Colorado: 1958), 48pp.: Colorado's Water Resources is an examination on Colorado's water supply, the legal bases for its use, the prospect of increasing the supply through engineering and conservative use, and the administration of water and water policy.
Reinventing Nature? Response to Postmodern Deconstructionism, Michel E. Soule & Gary Lease (eds), (Washington DC: Island Press, 1995), 173pp.: Reinventing Nature? Response to Postmodern Deconstructionism is a philosophical response to postmodern deconstructionism which questions the concepts of nature and wilderness in a way that potentially threatens their existence. The collection of nine freestanding essays each addresses as separate criticism of postmodern deconstructionism.
Environment and the Poor: Development Strategies for a Common Agenda, H. Jeffrey Leonard, (New Jersey: Transaction Books, 1989), 215 pp.: Environment and the Poor: Development Strategies for a Common Agenda asserts that poverty and environmental preservation are often at loggerheads. Where this is the case one must develop a strategy whereby the associated problems of poverty and environmental destruction are tackled jointly.
Environmental Politics and Policy: Theories and Evidence, James P. Lester(ed), (North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1989), 398.: Environmental Politics and Policy: Theories and Evidence is an examination of the relationship between politics and environmental policy. The work is a collection of works by multiple authors.
Ozone Discourses: Science and Politics in Global Environmental Cooperation, Karen T. Litfin, (New York: Columbia University Press, 1994), 245pp.: Ozone Discourses: Science and Politics in Global Environmental Cooperation is an examination of the role of scientific knowledge in both world politics and the role of power in scientific knowledge. This work also explores the role of such knowledge in the Montreal Protocol and in efforts to mitigate the ozone problem.
The Policy Making Process, Charles E. Lindblom, (New Jersey: Prentice Hall Inc., 1968), 120 pp.: The Policy Making Process is an examination of the process of policy- making from a political science perspective. It focuses upon analytic policy-making and the role of power therein.
Reopening the Western Frontier, ed. Ed Marston, (Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1989), 311 pp.: Reopening the Western Frontier is a collection of the work of multiple authors who are regular contributors to High Country News a newspaper published in western Colorado with its focus on the land use and environmental issues facing the Western United States.
For the Conservation of the Earth, Vance Martin, (ed), (Colorado: Fulcrum, Inc., 1988), 418 pp.: For the Conservation of the Earth is the edited form of the proceedings of the 4th World Wilderness Congress of 1987. This work contains the work of multiple authors who address the degradation of the world's natural resource base, as evidenced by diminishing wilderness areas and increasing air and water pollution.
Handbook for Environmental Planning: The Social Consequences for Environmental Change, James McEvoy III and Thomas Dietz (eds), (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1977), 316 pp.: Handbook for Environmental Planning: The Social Consequences for Environmental Change is an examination of the social consequences caused by environmental changes. Specifically, the authors address the social impacts in the fields of: law, demography, land use, economics, and transportation.
Terrestrial Ecosystems, John D. Aber & Jerry M. Melillo, (Philadelphia: Saunders College Publishing, 1991).: Terrestrial Ecosystems is the text chosen by Dr. Tim Seastedt for the EPO Biology course Ecosystem Ecology (EPOB 4170/5170). Aber and Melillo present the overview of ecosystems necessary to understand environmental problems affecting those ecosystems.
Environmental Law and Policy, Peter S. Menell and Richard B. Stewart, (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1994), 1213 pp.: Environmental Law and Policy is a comprehensive examination of themultiplicity of legal and policy issues surrounding environmental degradation. It explores the economic and common law foundations for statutory and policyapproaches to environmental degradation mitigation efforts.
Mediation of Environmental Disputes: A Source Book, Scott Mernitz, (NewYork: Praeger Publishers, 1980), 202 pp.: Mediation of Environmental Disputes: A Source Book is an examination ofthe use of mediation of environmental disputes and offers advice to themediator as well as environmental conflict analysis methods.
The Politics of Regulatory change: A Tale of Two Agencies, Richard A. Harris & Sidney M. Milkis, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1989), 324pp.: The Politics of Regulatory change: A Tale of Two Agencies is the result ofin-depth interviews with a long list of federal agencies and interest group employees concerning the change in regulatory politics from the New Deal era of the 1930s to the reform movement of the 1970s and 1980s.
The Salty Colorado, Taylor O. Miller, Gary D. Weatherford, John E. Thorson, (Washington DC: The Conservation Foundation Press, 1986), 93pp.: The Salty Colorado, is an in depth examination of the salinity problem inthe Colorado River Basin. It addresses: the problem itself, a catalog ofmitigation efforts already attempted, and future possibilities.
Sustainable Development of the Biosphere, William C. Clark and R. E. Munn, (eds), (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986), 475 pp.: Sustainable Development of the Biosphere is an examination of human development and the world environment, and the social response to that interaction. The work was published under the auspices of the International Institutes for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.
Wilderness and the American Mind, Roderick Nash, (Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1967), 288pp.: Wilderness and the American Mind is an examination, both cultural and philosophical, of the evolution of the American concept of wilderness. Nash employs the work of historical and contemporary figures who wrote from a Western perspective about the American concept of wilderness.
The Rights of Nature: A History of Environmental Ethics, Roderick FrazierNash, (Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin Press, 1989), 278pp.: The Rights of Nature: A History of Environmental Ethics, according to theauthor, is "... concerned with the history and implications of the idea that morality ought to include the relationship of humans to nature." This work focuses upon the intellectual history of this idea and thus presents the philosophical foundations of environmental ethics.
Public lands and Private Rights: The Failure of Scientific Management, Robert H. Nelson, (Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc., 1995), 364pp.: Public Lands and Private Rights: The Failure of Scientific Management is an examination of scientific management as it has, or more accurately has not, been applied to public lands. It offers a history of the changing conceptions of public lands and offers a re- conceptualization for future use.
Regulatory Policy and the Social Sciences, ed. Roger G. Noll, (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985), 398 pp.: Regulatory Policy and the Social Sciences is an examination of the effect which the social sciences (excluding the effects of economics) has had, historically on regulatory policy.
Ecology, Policy and Politics: Human Well-Being and the Natural World, John O'Neill, (New York: Routledge, 1993), 219pp.: Ecology, Policy and Politics: Human Well-Being and the Natural World is a philosophical examination of what the author proposes to be an adequate foundation for policy- making and political decisions about environmental issues. The author argues for a relationship between the intrinsic value of the natural world and human well-being.
Reforming the Forest Service, Randal O'Toole, (Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1988), 237 pp.: Reforming the Forest Service is an examination of the need for reform in the Forest Service through consideration of the failures of the Forest Service and remedies for those failures.
Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action, Elinor Ostrom, (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990), 270 pp.: Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action is an examination of the nature of the commons, and the evolution and development of self- organization and self-governance of those commons.
Conflicts and Cooperation in Managing Environmental Resources, ed. Rdiger Pethig, (New York: Springer-Verlag, 1992), 332 pp.: Conflicts and Cooperation in Managing Environmental Resources is an examination of the international dimensions of environmental resources and the monitoring and enforcement of agreements regarding same.
Agriculture and the Environment, Tim T. Phipps, Peirre R. Crosson, and Kent A. Price, (eds), (Washington DC: Resources for the Future, 1986), 295 pp.: Agriculture and the Environment is a collection of papers which were presented at the Conference on Agriculture and the Environment in 1986, sponsored by the National Center for Food and Agriculture Policy at Resources for the Future. This work addresses environmental problems confronting agriculture and environmental policy analysis as it relates to agriculture.
Public Knowledge and Environmental Politics in Japan and the United States, John C. Pierce, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Taketsugu Tsurutani, andTakematsu Abe, (Colorado: Westview Press, 1989), 220 pp.: Public Knowledge and Environmental Politics in Japan and the United States is an examination of the relationship between public knowledge and the multiple variables affecting it, and the relationship of knowledge to environmental politics.
The Fail-Safe Society: Community Defiance and the End of American Technological Optimism, Charles Piller, (U. S. : Basic Books, 1991), 277pp.: The Fail-Safe Society: Community Defiance and the End of American Technological Optimism is an examination of the growing concern about modern science and industry including: new biological capabilities, biomedical research and the prospect for democratic decision-making about science and technology.
Siting Hazardous Waste Treatment Facilities: The NIMBY Syndrome, (New York: Auburn House, 1991), 172 pp.: Siting Hazardous Waste Treatment Facilities: The NIMBY Syndrome is a careful examination of the political, social, cultural and psychological components of siting hazardous waste treatment facilities.
Regional Conflict and National Policy, ed. Kent A. Price, (Washington, D. C., Resources for the Future, Inc., 1982), 135 pp.: Regional Conflict and National Policy is a careful examination of the history of regional conflict in the areas of energy and natural resource development and its effect on national policy in these areas.
Reform and Democratic Development, Roy L. Prosterman and Jeffrey M. Riedinger, (Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987), 303 pp.: Land Reform and Democratic Development is an argument for the programs and policies proposed by the authors which, they assert, would reduce both world hunger and world population within a generation.
Fragmentation and Integration in State Environmental Management, Barry G. Rabe, (Washington DC: The Conservation Foundation, 1986), 164 pp.: Fragmentation and Integration in State Environmental Management is an examination of: the need for, and State attempts at, integrated environmental management. The author also offers his assessment of the future of integrated environmental management.
Physical Principles of Remote Sensing, W. G. Rees, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990), 237pp.: Physical Principles of Remote Sensing is a technical examination and explanation of remote sensing of the environment. Each chapter is followed by problems upon which to test one's understanding of the chapter's focus.
The Power of Public Ideas, Robert B. Reich, (Cambridge: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1988), 251 pp.: The Power of Public Ideas is an examination of the creation and maintenance, and governmental expression, of public ideas and their effect on policy-making in a democracy. It is a collection of essays written by various authors.
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Marc Reisner, (New York: Viking, 1986), 564 pp.: Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water is a history and an examination of the importance of water to the Western United States. The author addresses water use issues from the earliest settlement of the West by Europeans to the contemporary problem of increasing salinity in the Colorado River Basin.
To Choose a Future: Resource and Environmental Consequences of Alternative Growth Paths, Ronald G. Ridker and William D. Watson, (Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1908), 459 pp.: To Choose a Future: Resource and Environmental Consequences of Alternative Growth Paths is and examination "... of alternative population and economic growth rates, technological change, and trade, environmental, and nuclear policies ... using large-scale, computer-based models, as well as more conventional methods".
The Forest and the Trees, Gordon Robinson, (Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1988), 248 pp.: The Forest and the Trees is an examination of the history of forestry in the United States and the goal of multiple use, with suggestions for improving forest management.
Handbook of Regulation and Administrative Law, David H. Rosenbloom and Richard D. Schwartz, (eds), (New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1994), 560 pp.: Handbook of Regulation and Administrative Law is an examination: of the evolution of the administrative state, trends in regulatory administration, and regulatory enforcement. The work is a collection of the works of multiple authors.
The Politics of Global Atmospheric Change, Ian H. Rowlands, (New York: Manchester University Press, 1995), 267 pp.: The Politics of Global Atmospheric Change is an examination of the political nature of the theoretical and scientific bases for the concept of atmospheric change. It offers a chronology of the politics of ozone layer depletion and climate change. It also examines the equity of these two issues in a comparison of the contributions to both climate change and ozone layer depletion made by Northern and Southern nations.
U. S. Forest Service Grazing and Rangelands: A History, William D. Rowley, (Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1985), 260 pp.: U. S. Forest Service Grazing and Rangelands: A History is, as its title succinctly states, a history of the U. S. Forest Services' grazing and range-land management.
Holistic Resource Management, Allan Savory, (Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1988), 545 pp.: Holistic Resource Management is an examination of an alternative to traditional resource management which, the author asserts will be more beneficial for the ecosystems affected by such management.
Water Law, Planning and Policy: Cases and Materials, Joseph L. Sax, (Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1968), 508 pp.: Water Law, Planning and Policy: Cases and Materials is an examination of the planning for, and use of, water for any human purpose, and the quality issues surrounding such use in the light of two legal regimes in water law.
Defending the Environment: A Strategy for Citizen Action, Joseph L. Sax, (New York: Borzoi Books, 1970), 252 pp.: Defending the Environment: A Strategy for Citizen Action examines the implications for the democratic state of a representative government which delegates authority for the management of natural resources to agencies. Further, it is a proposal for political and environmental activism which will mitigate the problems caused by agency management of these resources.
Upstream/Downstream: Issues in Environmental Ethics, Donald Scherer, (ed), (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990), 234 pp.: Upstream/Downstream: Issues in Environmental Ethics is a collection of essays which address environmental problems from a philosophical perspective and divides environmental values into two, distinct "...constellation of values"; upstream and downstream values.
Biogeochemistry: An Analysis of Global Change, William H. Schlesinger, (California: Academic Press Inc., 1991), 351pp.: Biogeochemistry: An Analysis of Global Change, is an in depth examination of the processes, reactions and global cycles of energy, chemicals and nutrients on the planet. It offers a secure foundation from which to pursue particular global change topics with greater specificity.
Wetlands Protection: The Role of Economics, Paul F. Scodari, (Washington D.C.: Environmental Law Institute, 1990), 89 pp.: Wetlands Protection: The Role of Economics is an examination of the science of wetland valuation, its implementation and use in natural resource damage assessment.
The Social Response to Environmental Risk: Policy Formulation in an Age of Uncertainty, Daniel W. Bromley & Kathleen Segerson (eds), (Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992), 206pp.: The Social Response to Environmental Risk: Policy Formulation in an Age of Uncertainty is an overview of the perceptions and valuation of environmental risk. This work is heavily influenced by economic theory.
Public Control of Environmental Health Hazards, E. Cuyler Hammond &Irving J. Selikoff, (New York: The New York Academy of Sciences, 1979), 405pp.: Public Control of Environmental Health Hazards is an examination of the consequences of environmental hazards to human health and approaches to public control of these hazards. This work also addresses the constraints on this control and the media's responsibilities toward mitigation of these constraints.
Models of Man: Social and Rational, Herbert A. Simon, (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1957), 279 pp.: Models of Man: Social and Rational is, according to the author, a collection of mathematical essays on rational human behavior in a social setting. The work employs mathematical formulae in support of the author's assertions regarding human behavior.
Environmental Policy Under Reagan's Executive Order: The Role of Benefit-Cost Analysis, V Kerry Smith, (North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press, 1984), 259pp.: Environmental Policy Under Reagan's Executive Order: The Role of Benefit-Cost Analysis is an examination of the history, implementation and the regulatory impact of Executive Order 12291.
Energy Development in the Southwest: Problems of Water, Fish and Wildlife in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Walter O. Spofford, Jr., Alfred L. Parker, and Allen V. Kneese, (eds), (Washington DC: Resources for the Future, 1980), 541 pp.: Energy Development in the Southwest: Problems of Water, Fish and Wildlife in the Upper Colorado River Basin is a comprehensive examination of the effects on the species and habitat of the Colorado River Basin of the development of energy sources, both hydroelectric power development and surface coal mining. The text is supported by numerous tables, graphs, maps and charts.
Management for a Small Planet: Strategic Decision Making and the Environment, W. Edward Stead, Jean Garner Stead, (California: Sage Publications, 1992), 201 pp.: Management for a Small Planet: Strategic Decision Making and the Environment is an examination of the social, scientific, psychological and economic components of making environmentally sensitive business decisions. In addition, the work offers a "... new strategic decision-making frame-work that will aid in achieving long-term economic success within the limits of the ecosystem."
Global Environmental Change: Understanding the Human Dimensions, Paul C. Stern, Oran R. Young and Daniel Druckman, (eds), (Washington DC: National Academy Press, 1992, 292 pp.: Global Environmental Change: Understanding the Human Dimensions is an examination of the human sources, consequences and responses to the hydrological, climatological and biological global scale change.
A Primer for Policy Analysis, E. Stokey and R. Zeckhauser, (New York: W. W. Norton and Company Inc., 1978), 356 pp.: A Primer for Policy Analysis is built on the implicit assumption that policy-making decisions are economic decisions. Thus, it is an exposition of economic theory applied to policy-making.
The Gnat is Older than Man: Global Environment and Human Agenda, Christopher D. Stone, (New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1993), 330 pp.: The Gnat is Older than Man: Global Environment and Human Agenda will be of interest to those who seek an understanding of human effects on the global environment. The author asserts, in the first chapter, that "The earth has a cancer, and the cancer is man". Herein is contained an examination of the findings of the Rio conference (UNCED) and the prognosis for social change in the face of uncertainty. The second chapter examines the condition of the earth from a legal perspective with consideration of a nation's abuse of its own environment.
After the Rights Revolution: Reconceiving the Regulatory State, Cass R. Sunstein, (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990), 273 pp.: After the Rights Revolution: Reconceiving the Regulatory State is an examination of the regulatory state which has arisen as a result of the increase in statutory rights which were not explicitly addressed in the original Constitution or Bill of Rights of the United States. Specifically addressed are rights to: clean air and water, safe consumer products and workplaces, and civil rights, among others.
Economics for the Wilds, Timothy M. Swanson and Edward B. Barbier, (eds), (Washington DC: Island Press, 1992), 226 pp.: Economics for the Wilds attempts to reconcile economic development with conservation of natural resources. That is, the editors assert that if properly constructed, economics can account for the value, and assure the conservation of, natural resources.
Water Resource Management: A Casebook in Law and Public Policy, Fourth edition, A. D. Tarlock, J. N. Corbridge, Jr., D. H. Getches, (New York: The Foundation Press, Inc., 1993), 930pp.: Water Resource Management: A Casebook in Law and Public Policy, as the title states, is a casebook in water resource law. As such its focus is upon the adjudication of water resource laws and recent litigation regarding same.
Climatic Change and World Affairs, Crispin Tickell, (Maryland: University Press of America Inc., 1986), 76 pp.: Climatic Change and World Affairs is an examination of human response to climate change with a call for action by the author.
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, T. Tietenberg, (Illinois: Scott, Foresman & Company, 1984), 482pp.: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics is a comprehensive examination of the application of economics to environmental problems. It addresses basic theoretical economics and its application to: the population problem, depletable and renewable resources, water and air pollution.
Sustainable Environmental Management: Principles and Practice, ed. R. Kerry Turner, (Colorado: Westview Press, 1988), 289 pp.: Sustainable Environmental Management: Principles and Practice will be of interest to those who seek an understanding of the relationship between sustainable growth and development principles, and the practice of same.
Environmental Policy in the 1990s: Toward a New Agenda, N.J. Vig & M.E. Kraft (eds), (Washington: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1990), 418pp.: Environmental Policy in the 1990s: Toward a New Agenda is a collection of readings and offers an overview of the change in environmental policy from the 1970s to the 1990s. It looks at the current public policy dilemmas, dispute resolution, global environmental policy and the philosophical basis for environmental politics.
Climate Change and US Water Resources, Paul E. Waggoner (ed), (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1990), 477pp.: Climate Change and US Water Resources is a careful examination of the effect of the greenhouse effect (global warming as a result of increases in CO2 and ozone depletion) on the supply of and demand for water resources. The work is comprised of multiple free-standing essays.
Wildlife Policies in the U S National Parks, Frederic H. Wagner, Ronald Foresta, R. Bruce Gill, Dale R. McCullough, Michael R. Pelton, William F. Porter, Hal Salwasser, (Washington DC: Island Press, 1995), 228 pp.: Wildlife Policies in the U S National Parks is "... the result of a five-year review of management policies for biological resources in the System, with special attention to the wildlife." This work addresses the natural resources values, goals and policies of the system.
Hazardous Waste Site Management: Water Quality Issues, Water Science and Technology Board, (Washington DC: National Academy Press, 1988), 201pp.: Hazardous Waste Site Management: Water Quality Issues is a collection of papers which were presented at a 1985 Water Sciences and Technology Board colloquium series which focused on emerging issues in water science and technology.
Conflict and Crisis in Rural America, Larry W. Waterfield, (New York: Praeger, 1986), 232 pp.: Conflict and Crisis in Rural America is an examination of the nature of rural America and its relationship to urban America. This work discusses the conflicts which increasingly arise between the two regions over land use and growth issues.
The Reporter's Environmental Handbook, Bernadette West, Peter M. Sandman, Michael R. Greenberg, (New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1995), 328 pp.: The Reporter's Environmental Handbook is, as the title implies, a handbook style-text for use by journalists who are responsible for reporting on environmental issues. It offers a very basic background in multiple environmental issues.
International Banks and the Environment - From Growth to Sustainability: An Unfinished Agenda, Raymond F. Mikesell and Larry Williams, (San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1992), 292 pp.: International Banks and the Environment - From Growth to Sustainability: An Unfinished Agenda is an examination and evaluation of the projects undertaken in the world's poorest countries with funds from Multilateral Development Banks (primarily The World Bank) for the degree to which the projects promote sustainable development.
Regulation and the Reagan Era: Politics, Bureaucracy and the Public Interest, Roger E. Meiners and Bruce Yandle, (ed), (New York: Holmes & Meier, 1989), 293pp.: Regulation and the Reagan Era: Politics, Bureaucracy and the Public Interest is an analysis of governmental regulation and deregulation, with particular focus on the Reagan administration. The work is a collection ofessays by economists and policy analysts and is forwarded by Robert W. Crandall of the Brookings Institute.
The Limits of Law: The Public Regulation of Private Pollution, Peter Cleary Yeager, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991), 351 pp.: The Limits of the Law is an examination of the regulation of water quality. The author asserts that the present method would be improved upon if social and legal regulation were to be integrated.
Sustainable Investment and Resource Use: Equity, Environmental Integrity, and Economic Efficiency, Volume 9 in Man and the Biosphere Series, M. D. Young, (Paris: UNESCO, 1992) 171pp.: Sustainable Investment and Resource Use: Equity, Environmental Integrity, and Economic Efficiency is an examination of three overall topics. The author considers investing for a future, concepts, conditions and principles affecting that investment, and opportunities for change.

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