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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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