Book reviews

Sustainable Urban Development: research and experiments

H. van der Vegt, H. ter Heide, S. P. Tjallingii & D. van Alphen (Eds)

Delft, Delft University Press, 1994, ISBN 90-407-1039-2, xi + 111 pp., Dutch Guilders 25, pb

Ecopolis: strategies for ecologically sound urban development

Sybrand P. Tjallingii

Leiden, Backhuys, 1995, ISBN 90-73348-34-X, 159 pp., No price given, pb

Biodiversity and Landscapes: a paradox of humanity

Ke Chung Kim & Robert D. Weaver (Eds)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1994, ISBN 0 521 41789 9, 431 pp., £50.00 (US$69.95), hb

Poetry, Space, Landscape: toward a new theory

Chris Fitter

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995, ISBN 0 521 463017, 322 pp., 37.50, hb

The Ecological City

Rutherford H. Platt, Rowan A. Rowntree & Pamela C. Muick (Eds)

Cambridge, MA, University of Massachusetts Press, 1994, ISBN 0-87023-883-3, £39.95, hb; 0-87023-884-1, £16.50, pb, 336 pp.     

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Urban Policy Evaluation: Challenge and Change. R. Hambleton & H. Thomas (Eds). Liverpool, Paul Chapman, 1995, 258 pp., £17.95 ISBN 1–85396–271–6

Environmental Strategy and Sustainable Development. R. Welford. Routledge, London, 1995, 217 pp, £12.99, ISBN 0–415–10552–8

Urban Agriculture in Zimbabwe. B. Mbiba. Ashgate, Aldershot, UK and Brookfield, VT, 1995, £35.00, ISBN 185628 857 9

Housing Women. Rose Gilroy & Roberta Woods (Eds.). London, Routledge, 1994, 304 pp., £14.99, ISBN 0–415–09463–1

Census User's Handbook. S. Openshaw (Ed.). Longmans, 1995, 454 pp., £19.95, ISBN 0–470234–814

Reconstituting Rurality. J. Murdoch & T. Marsden. London, UCL Press, 1994, 272 pp., £40.00, ISBN 1–85728–041–5

Development and Administration of Prague. M. Barlow, P. Dostal, & M. Hampl (Eds). Amsterdam, Instituut voor Sociale Geographie, Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1994, 170 pp., 35DG, ISBN 9–06993–086‐Z

Local Development, Restructuring, Locality and Local Initiative in Portugal. S. Syrett. Aldershot, Avebury, 1995, 371 pp., £40.00, ISBN 1 85628 484 0     

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ENVIRONMENTS AND HISTORICAL CHANGE — THE LINACRE LECTURES, edited by Paul Slack, Oxford University Press 1999, ISBN 0–19–823388–4, 196 pages (Hbk, £30).

ALTERED GENES — RECONSTRUCTING NATURE: THE DEBATE, edited by Richard Hindmarsh, Geoffrey Lawrence and Janet Norton, Allen and Unwin, 1998, ISBN 1 86448 795 X, 228 Pages (No price supplied).

ORGANIZATIONAL MASTERY WITH INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, CONTROLLING THE DRAGON, by Michael T. Noble, John Wiley & Sons, United States of America, 2000, IBSN 0–474–38928–5, pp. xvi + 310 index (Hbk, £55).

METHODOLOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES IN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, A special Report of IPCC Working. Group III, Cambridge University Press, 2000, ISBN 0–521–80494–9, pp. xii + 466 (Pbk $35.95; Hbk, $100).

MANAGING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, by Michael Carley and Ian Christie, Earthscan, London, 2nd Edition, 2000, ISBN 1–85383–440–8; pp. xiv + 322, index (Pbk, £15.95).

LAND OF WATERS, EXPLORATIONS IN THE NATURAL HISTORY OF GUYANA, SOUTH AMERICA, edited by Ro McConnell, The Book Guide Ltd., Lewes. Sussex (UK), 2000, ISBN 1 85776 458 7; pp. xii + 389, index (Hbk, £18.50).

SWIMMING WITH DOLPHINS — A HEALING EXPERIENCE, by Lisa Tenzin‐Dolma and Contributors, Quantum Publishers, London, 1997, ISBN 0–572–02364–2; p. 127 (Pbk, £6.99).

THE SULFUR PROBLEM CLEANING UP INDUSTRIAL FEED STOCKS, RSC Clean Technology Monographs, by Diane Stirling, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 2000. ISBN 0–85404–541–4; pp. x + 93, index (HbK, £55).

A CONSUMER'S GUIDE TO GM FOOD, Green genes and red herrings, by Alan McHughen, Oxford University Press, 2000 pp. viii+ 270 (Pbk, £9.99).

THE GREEN GUIDE TO BETTER LIVING, Take care of yourself, your family and the environment, by Ann and Terry Whitefield, Need2Know, Peterborough, England, 2000, ISBN 1–88144–041–3, p. 130 (Hbk, £12.99).

CLIMATE FOR CHANGE: NON‐STATE ACTORS AND THE GLOBAL POLITICS OF THE GREENHOUSE, by P. Newell, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK) 2000, p. 222, ISBN 0–521–63250–1 (Hbk, $69.95).

PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE HELD IN STUTTGART (GERMANY) APRIL 6 and 7, 2000: [THE SEVILLA PROCESS — MOTOR FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL INDUSTRY], no editor named, Umweltbundeasamt, Berlin, F.R. Germany, 142 pp., softbound (D.M. 20.00).

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION'S INTER‐ORGANIZATION PROGRAMME FOR THE SOUND MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICALS.

CONCISE INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL ASSESSMENT DOCUMENTS.

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION'S INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME ON CHEMICAL SAFETY. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CRITERIA.

READING ZOOS: REPRESENTATIONS OF ANIMALS AND CAPTIVITY, by R. Malamud, Macmillan Press, London, 1998, 377 pp. (pbk, £14.99).

PORT AND HARBOUR ENGINEERING, edited by Adeian Jarvis, Ashgate Publishing, London, 2000, 456 pp. (Hbk, $156.95).

OCEAN'S END; TRAVEL THROUGH ENDANGERED SEAS by C. Woodward, Perseus Books Group, New York, 2000, 300 pp. (Hbk, $26).

USING TODAY'S SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE FOR THE BLACK SEA AREA'S DEVELOPMENT TOMORROW, Proceedings of the IOI‐BSOC Leadership Seminar edited by A. S. Bologa and R. H. Charlier. International Ocean Institute. Black Sea Operational Centre, Published by Editura Dada, Constanta, Romania 2000, 210 pp., ill., color, contents 8 1/2 x 11 inches ISBN 973–993 12–9‐4 (Hbk, no price shown; suggestion: send $35 in banknotes, registered mail to A. Bologa, Scientific Director, Romaman Marine Research Institute, Blvd. Mamaia, RO‐3000 Constanta, Romania).     

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Cities for Citizens: Planning and the Rise of Civil Society in a Global Age

Mike Douglass and John Friedmann (eds) John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 1998 ISBN 047197708 (paperback) 302 pp.; bibliography and index RRP $54.95

International Planning: Theory versus Practice

David Turnbull. City of Whittlesea, Melbourne, 1999. No ISBN; paperback. 128 pp.. RRP $50.00

Redesigning the Welfare State in New Zealand: Policies, Problems, Prospects

Jonathan Boston, Paul Dalziel and Susan St John (eds) Oxford University Press, Auckland, 1999 ISBN 0195583736 (paperback) 356pp.; bibliography and index RRP $45.00

Smart Regulation: Designing Environmental Policy

Neil Gunningham and Peter Grabosky with Darren Sinclair Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998 ISBN 0198268572 (hardback) 494pp.; bibliography and index RRP $130.00

States, Markets, Families: Gender, Liberalism and Social Policy in Australia, Canada, Great Britain and the United States

Julia O'Connor, Ann Shola Orloff and Sheila Shaver Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999 ISBN 0521630924 (hardback) 281 pp.; bibliography and index RRP $90.00

Territoriality in the Globalizing Society: One Place or None?

Stefan Immerfall (ed.) Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1998 ISBN 3540643222 (hardback) 214pp.; bibliography and index RRP $116.25     

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The People's Home? Social Rented Housing in Europe and America. Michael Harloe. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1995, £16.99 paperback. ISBN 0 631 18642 5.

Homeless Single Men: Roads to Resettlement? Jill Vincent, Alan Deacon & Robert Walker. Avebury, Aldershot, 1995, 197 pp, £32.50. ISBN 1 85972 0870.

Spatial Practices: Critical Explorations in Social/Spatial Theory. Helen Liggett & David Perry (Eds). Sage, Thousand Oaks, 1995, 304 pp, £18.95 paperback. ISBN 8039 5114 0.

House Property and Inheritance in the UK. A. E. Holmans & M. Frosztega. Department of the Environment, HMSO, London, 1994, £25.00. ISBN 01175 29133.

Common Interest Communities — Private Governments and the Public Interest. S. Barton & C. Silverman (Eds). University of California, Institute of Local Governmental Studies Press, $23.95. ISBN 0 87772 3591.

Leaving Home. Gill Jones. London, Open University Press, 1995, 178 pp, £12.99 paperback. ISBN 0 33519 284X.     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Analytical Transport Economics: An International Perspective (Transport Economics and Management Policy Series). Jacob B. Polak and Arnold Heertje (eds).
Creating the New Economy: The Entrepreneur and the US Resurgence. R.D. Norton.
Globalization and Marginality in Geographical Space: Political, Economic and Social Issues of Development in the New Millenium. Heikki Jussila, Roser Majoral, Fernanda Delgado-Cravidao (eds.).
Travel by Design: The Influence of Urban Form on Travel (Spatial Information Systems Series). Marlon Boarnet and Randall Crane.     

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People and the Land Through Time: linking ecology and history

Emily W.B. Russell

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1997, xx + 360 pp., £25.00 hb., ISBN 0-0300-06830-1

A New View of Dorset: an exploration of Dorset's landscape today and for the future

Richard Burden & Gordon Le Pard

Dorset, Dorset Books and Dorset County Council, 1996, 152 pp., £14.95 ph., ISBN 1-871164-30-3

Landscapes for Learning: creating outdoor environments for children and youth

Sharon Stine

New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1997, £35.00, ISBN 0-471-16222-1     

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