The European Motherland of American Urban Romanticism

CENTRAL PLACES IN SOUTHERN GERMANY by Walter Christaller translated by Carlisle W. Baskin Prentice–Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1966. 230 pp. $9.95.

COMMUNITY AND SCHIZOPHRENIA: AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS by H. Warren Dunham Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 1965. 308 pp. $12.50.

URBAN ATLAS: 20 AMERICAN CITIES: A COMMUNICATION STUDY NOTATING SELECTED URBAN DATA AT A SCALE OF 1: 48,000 by Joseph R. Passoneau and Richard Saul Wurman M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, 1967. 127 plates of maps; 63 double–spread fold–out pages. $100.00.

SLUMS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: EXPERIMENTS IN SELF–HELP by Marshall B. Clinard The Free Press, New York, 1966. 395 pp. $7.95.

URBANIZATION IN NEWLY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES by Gerald Breese Prentice–Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N. J., 1966. viii+151 pp., tables, illustrations. $4.95 (cloth) or $2.50 (paper).

THE AIRTIGHT CAGE: A STUDY OF NEW YORK'S WEST SIDE by Joseph P. Lyford Harper &; Row, New York, 1966. 356 pp. $6.50.     

The Federal Planning–Programming–Budgeting System

Abstract

MAN'S ROLE IN CHANGING THE FACE OF THE EARTH. Edited by William L. Thomas, Jr., with the collaboration of Carl O. Sauer, Marston Bates, and Lewis Mumford. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. 1956. 1193 pp. incl. maps, charts, tables, and photographs. $12.50.

THE COST OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, By the Department of Regional Planning of Harvard University for the U. S. Housing and Home Finance Agency, Office of Technical Services, U. S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C., 1955, 105 pp. $2.00.

TRAFFIC ENGINEERING. By Theodore M. Matson, Wilbur S. Smith and Frederick W. Hurd. McGraw- Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, 1955. 650 pages with plans, diagrams, charts and tables. $12.50.

TWO SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN HOUSING: HOUSING THE AGED. Wilma Donahue, ed. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1954. 280 pp. $3.75.

NATIVE HOUSING IN SOUTH AFRICA. By D. hi. Calderwood. The University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1953.

AMERICAN SOCIETY: URBAN AND RURAL PATTERNS. By Edmund deS. Brunner and Wilbur C. Hallenback. Harper k Brothers, New York, 1955. 601 pp. $6.00.

STUDYING YOUR COMMUNITY. By Roland L. Warren. Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 1955. 384 pp. $3.00.

EXPLORING THE SMALL COMMUNITY. By Otto G. Holberg. University of Nebraska Press, 1955. 199 pp. $3.50.

PARKING — LEGAL, FINANCIAL, ADMINISTRATIVE. By Joint Committee on Urban Traffic Congestion and Parking. Jefferson B. Fordham, Chairman. Eno Foundation for Highway Traffic Control, Saugatuck, Conn., 1956. 196 pp     

A Tool for Managerial Analysis in Land Development

HOUSING SUBSIDIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND: by Daniel R. Mandelker: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, 1973. 246 pp. $9.50

HOUSING THE URBAN POOR: A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF FEDERAL HOUSING POLICY: by Arthur Solomon MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974. 227 pp. $12.00 (Cloth)

ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF TELEVISION REGULATION: by Roger G. Noll, Merton J. Peck and John J. McGowan: The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., 1973. 342 pp. $8.95 (Cloth)

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND CITY PLANNING: by Jean-Pierre Muret (editor), et. al: International Federation for Housing and Planning (IFHP); Centre de Reicherche d'Urbanisme (CRU), 1972, 226 pp.

TWO BRAZILIAN CAPITALS: ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM IN RIO DE JANEIRO AND BRASILIA: by Norma Evenson: Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, 1973. 225 pp. (Cloth)

KOMMUNALE ENTWICKLUNGANALYSE UND STADTEBAULICHE KALKULATION (Analysis of Municipal Development and Financial Evaluation of Urban Growth: A Study Related to Small Town Planning: By Herbert Grabe: Karl Kramer, Verlag, Stuttgart, 1970. 152 pp. 67 illustrations, 69 tables. DM 38.-(PB)

OPENING UP THE SUBURBS: ON URBAN STRATEGY FOR AMERICA: by Anthony Downs Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, 1973. 229 pp. $7.95 (Cloth)     

Book reviews

HEALTH GUIDE FOR THE NUCLEAR AGE, by P. Bunyard, Macmillan, London, 1988, 159 pp. index and glossary (£7.95 pb., £12.95 hb.)

PROCEEDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM, “Severe Accidents in Nuclear Power Plants,” Sorrento, March, 1988, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1988; two volumes, 503 and 771 pages, including author index

CHERNOBYL: The Long Shadow, a volume in The Natural Environment: Problems and Management Series, by Chris C. Park, Routledge, Chapman &; Hall, Andover, UK, 1989, viii + 207, extensive bibliography, index (£25)

RADIONUCLIDES IN THE FOOD CHAIN, edited by M. W. Carter et al. Springer‐Verlag, Berlin, 1989, xv + 518 pp., glossary, index (£50)

HANDBOOK OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH, 1st Edition, The Trade &; Technical Press, Surrey, UK, 1980 (£60.00)

PRACTICAL HANDBOOK OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, edited by Conrad P. Straub, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 1989, vi + 537 pp., index (£30.50)

PRACTITIONER'S HANDBOOK ON THE MODELLING OF DYNAMIC CHANGE IN ECOSYSTEMS, by J. N. R. Jeffers, John Wiley, Chichester, 1988, xiii + 181 pp., index (£28.50)

UNDERGROUND TANK LEAK AND DETECTION METHODS, A State‐of‐the‐art Review, by S. Naiki and J. A. Broscious, Taylor and Francis, B asingstoke, UK, 1989, 114 pp., index (£25)

PERSPECTIVES ON ECOLOGY, by Koula Mellos, Macmillan Press, Basingstoke, UK, 1989, 178 pp., index (£29.50)

AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY AND WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT, edited by Jerome O. Nriagu and J. S. S. Laksshminarayana, vol. 22 in the Wiley series on “Advances in Environmental Science and Technology (Series Editor . . . Jerome O. Nriagu)”, J. Wiley and Sons, Chichester, UK, 1989, 292 pp., index (£47.95)

ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF THE OIL INDUSTRY, edited by Brian Dicks, J. Wiley and Sons, Chichester, UK, 1989, 316 pp. (£80)

WRI/IIED WITH UNEP, World Resources 1988–89. Basic Books, New York, 1988, 372 pp., index ($32.95 hardcovers, $16.95 paper)

RANGELANDS, edited by B. A. Buchanan, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1988, 89 pp. ($22.50)

THE FUELWOOD TRAP. A Study of the SADCC Region, by B. Muslow et al. Earthscan Publications, London, 1988, Index and Bibliography, 181 pp. (£8.95 pb.)

BEYOND THE WOODFUEL CRISIS. People and Trees in Africa, by G. Leach and R. Means, Earthscan Publications, London, 1988, Index, 309 pp. (£8.95 pb.)

EXERCISES IN SPATIAL THINKING, CASE STUDIES OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES, by L. H. Klaassen, Avebury (Gower Publishing Company, Aldershot, UK), 1989, 307 pp., index (£35)

TRAFFIC ANALYSIS: New Technology and New Solutions, by M. A. P. Taylor and W. Young, Edward Arnold, London, 1989, xxl + 353 pp., bibliography, 2 appendices, index (£40)

URBAN DECLINE: British Experience, by D. Clark, Routledge, Chapman Hall, Andover, UK, 1989, ix + 161 pp., index (£25)

INSTANT CITIES: Urbanization and the rise of San Francisco and Denver, by G. Barth, University of New Mexico Press, (Albuquerque, 1988, xxiv + 310 pp. ($12.95)

SHELTER UPGRADING FOR THE URBAN POOR: Evaluation of third world experience, edited by R. J. Skinner, J. L. Taylor and E. A. Wegelin, Island Publishing House, Manila, in co‐operation with the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (HABITAT) and the Institute for Housing Studies (BIE) v+261 pp.

SURVEY OF LONDON: vol xlii, SOUTHERN KENSINGTON: KENSINGTON SQUARE TO EARL'S COURT. General Editor, Hermione Hobhouse, The Athlone Press, published for the Greater London Council, 1986. Cloth, 502 pp., 152 plates, maps, 159 figs, and graphs (£50.00)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21st SYMPOSIUM ON REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 26–30 October 1987, Ann Arbor, Michigan; ERIM: Volume 1, 673 pp., Volume 2, 674–1152 pp., both with author index, 1987.

MONSTER IN OUR MIDST, by Peggy Woodford, MacMillan Childrens Books, London and Basingstoke, 1988, 220 pp. (£7.95)

THE ENVIRONMENTAL BUSINESS HANDBOOK, Euromonitor Publications, London, 1989, xiv + 335 pp., index (£65)     

Letter to the editor

PLAGUES AND PEOPLES, by William H. McNeill, Anchor Press/Doubleday, New York, 1976. xviii + 340 pp. (U.S. $3.50)

CLIMATE AND MAN'S ENVIRONMENT. AN INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY, by John E. Oliver. John Wiley and Sons, New York, London, Sydney and Toronto, 1978. vii + 517pp. illustr. (£10.00, $18.50)

SAHARAN DUST. MOBILIZATION, TRANSPORT, DEPOSITION (SCOPE 14), edited by C. Morales. Published on behalf of SCOPE and ICSU by John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, New York, Brisbane and Toronto, xvi + 297 pp. (£13.25, U.S. $33.00)

CHLOROFORM, CARBON TETRACH‐LORIDE, AND OTHER HALOMETHANES: AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT. National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., 1978. ($8.75)

DRINKING WATER DETOXIFICATION, edited by M. T. Gillies. (Pollution Technology Review No. 49). Noyes Data Corporation, New Jersey, U.S.A., 1978. 347 pp. ($48.00)

ANIMAL FEEDS FROM WASTE MATERIALS (Food Technology Review No. 46), by M. T. Gillies. Noyes Data Corporation, New Jersey, U.S.A., 1978. 347 pp. ($39.00)

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN PLANNING, edited by W. R. D. Sewell and J. T. Coppock. Wiley, New York and London, 1977. 217 pp. (£9.00)

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS: EMERGING ISSUES IN PLANNING, edited by R. K. Jain and B. L. Hutchings. Urbana, Chicago, London: University of Illinois Press, 1978. xii‐+ 241 pp. (£7.50)

ECONOMIC GROWTH: THE ALLOTMENTS CAMPAIGN GUIDE, by P. Riley. Friends of the Earth, 1979, London, v + 62 pp. (£1.40)

THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, edited by J. Lenihan and W. W. Fletcher. Vol. 8 in the series “Environment and Man.” Blackie, London, 1978. 171 pp. (Hardcover £9.95; paperback £4.95)

THE DECLINING NORTH‐EAST, edited by B. Chinitz. Praeger Publishers, 1978. 182 pp.

SYMPOSIUM ON THE SAFETY OF NUCLEAR SHIPS. A Symposium organised by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency in collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency, OECD, Paris, 1978. OECD/HMSO, 1978. (£17.00)

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION, edited by Jay Dun‐kerley. John Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1978. ($ 7.50)

ENERGY USE IN THE UNITED STATES BY STATE AND REGION, by I. Hoch. Resources for the Future Research papers R‐9 and R‐10. John Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1978. 218 and 737 pp. ($15.00)

TOPICS AND TERMS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, by John R. Holum. John Wiley, New York, 1977. (£17.00)

DICTIONARIES: A DICTIONARY OF EARTH SCIENCES, edited by Stella E. Stregeler; A DICTIONARY OF LIFE SCIENCES, edited by E. A. Martin; A DICTIONARY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES, edited by John Daintith. Macmillan Press, London, 1976 (£5.95) and Pan Books, London, 1978 (£1.50)     

Baghdad: Portrait of a City IIM Physical and Cultural Change

Abstract

MEASURING BENEFITS OF GOVERNMENT INVESTMENTS edited by Robert Dorman The Brookings Institution, Washington, 1965. 414 pp. $2.50.

DEVELOPMENT PLANNING: LESSONS OF EXPERIENCE by Albert Waterston

SOCIAL PLANNING: A PRIMER FOR URBANISTS by Elizabeth Wood Community Education Program, Pratt Institute, New York, 1965. 91 pp. $3.00.

THE METROPOLIS: ITS PEOPLE, POLITICS, AND ECONOMIC LIFE by John C. Bollens and Henry J. Schmandt Harper and Row, New York, 1965. 643 pp. $8.95.

CITY AND SUBURB: THE ECONOMICS OF METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT Benjamin Chinitz, editor Modern Economic Issues. Prentice-Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1965. viii + 181 pp. $1.95.

CULTURE AND COMMUNITY by Conrad M. Arensberg and Solon T. Kimball Harcourt, Brace, and World, New York, 1965. xvi + 349 pp. $4.50.

MAN IN METROPOLIS: A BOOK ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND PROSPECTS OF A METROPOLITAN REGION by Louis B. Schlivek Doubleday and Co., Garden City, New York, 1965. 432 pp., illus. $7.50.

REBUILDING CITIES by Percy Johnson-Marshall Aldine Publishing Co., Chicago, 1966. 374 pp., illus. $12.50.     

The End of Byzantium

PATTERNS IN EVOLUTION: The New Molecular View, by Roger Lewin, Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, ISBN 0–7167–5069–4, xiii + 245 pp., many colour plates, index (£19.95).

PRESERVING NATURE IN THE NATIONAL PARKS: A History, by R. W. Sellars, Yale University Press, New Heaven and London, 1997, ISBN 0–300–06931–6, xiii + 380 pp., copious notes in each of the 7 chapters, index (£ 25).

REGIONAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS, an Approach Based on L‐moments, by J. R. M. Hosking and J. R. Wallis, Cambridge University Press, New York, 1977, ISBN‐0–521–43045–3, xiii‐224 pp., index ($ 69.95).

TRADE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: A Comparative Study of EC and US Law; a volume in the Cambridge Series in International and Comparative Law; by D. Geradin; Gambridge University Press, 1997; xxiv + 232 pp., index ($64.95).

CHARACTERISATION OF POROUS SOLIDS, edited by B. McEnaney et al; Royal Society of Chemistry, London; 1998; xiv + 704 pp., index (£ 79.50).

SAVING HISTORIC ROADS: Design and Policy Guidelines, by P. D. Marriott; J. Wiley and Sons, Chichester et al., 1998; xiv + 240 pp., index (£ 34.95).

MICRODOSIMETRY, an Interdisciplinary Approach, edited by D.T. Goodhead et al; Royal Society of Chemistry, London; 1997; xvi + 430 pp., index (£ 79.50).

AMERICAN FOREIGN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND THE POWER OF THE STATE: by S. Hopgood, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998, x + 262 pp., index, ISBN 0–19–8292597 (Hdb. £ 35).

SUPPORTED REAGENTS AND CATALYSTS IN CHEMISTRY: edited by B. K. Hodnett, A. P. Kybett, J. H. Clark and K. Smith: Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 1998, xxiv + 243 pp., index, ISBN 0–85404–797–2 (Hdb. £ 59.50).

AEROSOL PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS: Good Calibration Practices, by W. D. Griffiths, D. Mark, I. A. Marshall and A. L. Nichols; the Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 1998, x+116pp., 2 appendices, references, index, ISBN 0–85404–452–3 (Hdb. £45).     

Periodical Literature in Urban Studies September-October 1967

NEW TOWNS: WHY—AND FOR WHOM by Harvey S. Perloff and Neil C. Sandberg, eds. Praeger Press, New York, New York, 1973. $16.50

UNORTHODOX APPROACHES TO URBAN TRANSPORTATION: THE EMERGING CHALLENGE TO CONVENTIONAL PLANNING edited by Andrew Harrier Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1973. 86 pp. $2.50 (PB)

THE HISTORY OF CITY PLANNING: A SURVEY by Michael Hugo-Brunt Harvest House Ltd., Montreal, Canada, 1972. 340 pp. $12.50 (Cloth)

PEOPLE IN THE WAY by J. W. Wilson University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1973. 200 pp. $12.50

THE BOWERY PLANNING PROBLEM by Walter Thabit The Cooper Square Committee under contract to the Housing and Development Administration, New York, New York, 1972. 83 pp. $5.00     

Book reviews

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).     

A Review of “Transport and Ethics: Ethics and the Evaluation of Transport Policies and Projects”

URBAN GROWTH DYNAMICS IN A REGIONAL CLUSTER OF CITIES by F. Stuart Chapin, Ir. and Shirley F. Weirs John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1962. 484 pp. $8.95.

THE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC BASE STUDY by Charles M. Tiebout Committee for Economic Development, New York, N. Y., 1962. 86 pp., 6 figs., 12 tables. $1.50.

INDUSTRIAL RENEWAL by Chester Rapkin and others Bureau of Urban Affairs, New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, New York, N. Y., 1963. 77 pp., 12 figs., 29 tables.

INTENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT AND LIVABILITY OP MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS: DESIGN QUALITIES OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN HOUSING PROJECTS by Robert D. Katz (F.H.A. Technical Study TS 7.14.) Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1963. v + 115 pp. 79 illustrations, 3 appendices. $2.00.

LAKE EUROPA: A NEW CAPITAL FOR A UNIFIED EUROPE by 1, Marshall Miller New York: Books International, 1963. 114 pp. $3.75.

CONTROLLING LONDON'S GROWTH by Donald L. Foley University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California, 1963. 224 pp. $5.00.

LONDON 2000 by Peter Hall Faber and Faber Ltd., London, 1963. 220 pp. Illustrated. 55s.     

A Letter to the Editor

NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING. By V. Joseph Kostka. Obtainable from author, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. 1957. 142 pp. $4.00.

THE CITY IN MID-CENTURY. H. Warren Dunham, Editor. Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 1957. 192 pp. $4.00.

THE MAKING OF DUTCH TOWNS: a Study of Urban Dhvelopment from the Xth to the XVIIth Centuries. By Gerald L. Burke with an introduction by Sir William Holford. Clever-Hnuw Press, Ltd., London, 1956. 174 pp. $5.50.

REGIONAL STUDIES AT U. S. UNIVERSITIES. A Survey of Regionally Oriented Research and Graduate Education Activities organized by Harvey S. Perloff. Resources for the Future, Iric. 1145 19th Street N.W., Washington 6, D. C. May 1957. 118 pp. Single copies free on request. Additional copies 50 cents each.

SHOPPING CENTERS: Locating Controlled Regional Centers. By Eugene J. Kelley. The Eno Foundation for Highway Traffic Control, Saugatuck, Conn., 1956. 171 pp.

AMERICAN COMMODITY FLOW. A Geographical Interpretation of Rail and Water Traffic Based on Principles of Spatial Interchange. By Edward L. Ull-man. University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1957. 213 pp. $4.00.

THE INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE OF AMERICAN CITIES. By Gunnar Alexandersson. The University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Neb., 1956. 133 pp. incl. maps, charts, and tables. $6.50.

THE BOURNVILLE VILLAGE TRUST, 1900-1955. Boumville Village Trust, Birmingham 29, England. 135 pp. 12/6.

REAL ESTATE and CITY PLANNING. By Richard L. Nelson and Frederick T. Aschman. Prentice-Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, N. J., 1957. 507 pp. $10.00.     

Book reviews

BASICS OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE, PRESERVING THE LEGACY, edited by Debra K. Nims, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, USA, pp. 365 + xii, 1999 (Soft.Cover, £32.50)

UNDERSTANDING OUR ENVIRONMENT, AN INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY, — THIRD EDITION, edited by R. M. Harrison, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, United Kingdom, pp. 445 + xvi (Soft Cover, £19.95)

THE CHEMISTRY OF FRAGRANCES, RSC PAPERBACKS, compiled by David H. Pybus and Charles S. Sell, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, United Kingdom, pp. 276 + xvi, 1999 (Soft Cover, £16.95).

POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT, RSC PAPERBACKS, by Gerald Scott, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, United Kingdom, pp. 132 + xii, 1999 (no price given)

AEROSOL TECHNOLOGY, PROPERTIES, BEHAVIOR, AND THE MEASUREMENT OF AIRBORNE PARTICLES, by William C. Hinds, Wiley‐Interscience, New York, USA, pp. 483+ xx, 1998, second edition (£58.50)

REGULATING CHEMICAL ACCUMULATION IN THE ENVIRONMENT THE INTEGRATION OF TOXICOLOGY AND ECONOMIC POLICY‐MAKING, edited by Timothy Swanson and Marco Vighi, Cambridge University Press, pp. 278 + xxi, 1998 (Hard Cover, US$74.95)

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME ON CHEMICAL SAFETY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CRITERIA 200, COPPER, Inter‐organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, pp. 360 + xxii, 1998 (US$64.00)

EARTH AT A CROSSROADS. PATHS TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE by H. Bossel, CUP, Cambridge, 1998, 338 pp. ($59.95 Hbk; $19.95 Pbk).

UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION by M. K. Hill. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997, 316 pp. ($69.96 Hbk; $27,95 Pbk).

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT. APPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES, edited by M. S. Boyce and A. Haney; New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1997, 361 pp. (Hbk £30; Pbk £12.95).

PRESERVING NATURE IN THE NATIONAL PARKS. A HISTORY, by R. W. Sellars. London and New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999, 380 pp. (£30.00 Hbk; £9.95 Pbk).

VECTOR CONTROL, Methods for use by individuals and communities, prepared by Jan A Rozendaal, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1997, xiii + 410 pp., index ($118.80).

AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH (No. 10 in “Issues in Environmental Science and Technology"), edited by R. E. Heston and R. M. Harrison, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 1998, xi + 129 pp., index (£22.50).

GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES, edited by B. Eliasson, P. Riemer and A. Wokaun, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 1999, 1095 pp. ($255, Hbk).     

Essay review

UNESCO SOURCEBOOK IN CLIMATOLOGY — FOR HYDROLOGISTS AND WATER RESOURCE ENGINEERS, edited by M. Sanderson, UNESCO 1990, xvi + 109 pp. (No price indicated).

“GLOBAL WARMING — ARE WE ENTERING THE GREENHOUSE CENTURY?” by Stephen H. Schneider, The Lutterworth Press, Cambridge, 1990, 343 pp., index (Hbk: £13.95)

LIMITING GREENHOUSE EFFECTS: CONTROLLING CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS, edited by G. I. Pearman, J. Wiley and Sons, Chichester, UK, 1992, viii + 632 pp., authors’ and subject indices (Hbk: £99.50; Pbk: £13.50)

INVENTING THE FUTURE. REFLECTIONS ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND NATURE, by David Suzuki, Adamantine Press, London, 1992, 247 pp. (£14.85)

CLEAN AIR AT WORK: NEW TRENDS IN ASSESSMENT AND MEASUREMENT FOR THE 1990s, edited by R. H. Brown, M. Curtis, K. J. Saunders and S. Vandendriessche, Royal Society of Chemistry, London, 1992, xx + 508 pp., index of authors (Hbk: £65.00)

STRATEGIES OF EXPERTISE IN TECHNICAL CONTROVERSIES: A STUDY OF WOOD ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, by F. Frankena, Lehigh University Press (Bethlehem, USA) and Associated University Presses (London and Toronto), 1992, 273 pp., index, extensive notes and bibliography (Hbk: £32.50)

MARINE ECOLOGY OF THE ARABIAN REGION: PATTERNS AND PROCESSES IN EXTREME TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS, by C. Sheppard, A. Price and C. Roberts, Academic Press, Eastbourne (UK), 1992, 359 pp., index (£29.95)     

Development Plans for the Southwest Survey Area of Washington; D. C.

Abstract

THE SOCIOLOGY OF URBAN LIFE. By T. Lynn Smith and C. A. McMahan. Dryden Press, New York. 1951. 831pp. $6.00.

KINGSPORT: THE PLANNED INDUSTRIAL CITY.: The Rotary Club of Kingsport, Tenn. 3rd. Ed. 1951. 491 pp. Illustrated.

ECONOMICS FOR THE POWER AGE.: By Scott Nearing. Cloth — John Day Co., New York. $3.00; Paper—World Events Committee, East Palatka, Florida. $1.00. 1952. 190 pp.

ROBERT MOSES, Builder for Democracy.: By Cleveland Rodgers. Henry Holt &; Co., New York. 1952. 356 pages. Illustrated. $6.00.

COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES.: United Nations Housing dnd Town and Country Planning — Bulletin #5. Columbia University Press, New York. 1951. $1.25.     

The Case of The Case Study in City Planning and Municipal Management

Abstract

PLAN FOR REZONING THE CITY OF NEW YORK. A Report by Harrison, Ballard &; Allen. City Planning Commission. New York. 1950. 290 pp. maps, illustrations. $2.00.

CONTROLLED ACCESS EXPRESSWAYS IN URBAN AREAS—A symposium. Highway Research Board Bulletin No. 25. Washington, D. C., 1950. 45 pages, illustrated. 60 cents.

SOCIAL PRESSURES IN INFORMAL GROUPS. By Leon Festinger, Stanley Schachter and Kurt Back. Harper Bros., New York, 1950. x-930 pp. $3.00.

PRODUCTION OF NEW HOUSING. A Research Monograph on Efficiency in Production. By Leo Grebler. Social Science Research Council. New York 1950. ix+ 186 pp. $1.75.     

Book reviews

ECOLOGY AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE, edited by S. J. Kaplan and E. Kivy‐Rosenberg, Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Ill., 1973, 296 pp. $17.00

MANUAL ON LARVAL CONTROL OPERATIONS IN MALARIA PROGRAMMES: Prepared by The WHO Division of Malaria and other Parasitic Diseases, World Health Organization Geneva, 1973, 199 pp. (Sw. fr. 32).

SCANDINAVIAN AEROBIOLOGY, Bulletin No. 18 from the Ecological Research Committee of the Swedish Natural Science Research Council. Edited by S. Nilsson, Stockholm, 1973. 224 pp. (25 Skr.)

AN ECOLOGICAL ATLAS OF GRASSLAND PLANTS. By J. Philip Grime and Philip S. Lloyd. Edward Arnold, London, 1973. 192 pp. (£6.00.)

FIELD WORK IN BIOLOGY. By Elizabeth Clark, Macmillan and Co., London, 222 pp., 1973, £1.20

ECOLOGY AND RECLAMATION OF DEVASTATED LAND, Vols. 1 and 2 (1973). Editors: R. J. Hutnik and G. Davis, New York and London, Gordon and Breach, Vol. 1, 538 pp.; Vol. 2, 504 pp. ($72.00 for 2 vols.)

POLLUTION CONTROL IN METAL FINISHING by Michael R. Watson. Noyes Data Corporation, New Jersey and London, 1973, 295 pp. $36.

ENERGY CRISIS — DANGER AND OPPORTUNITY, edited by Victor John Yannacone, Jr. West Publishing Co., New York, 1974. 432 pp. $5.95

THE GEOGRAPHY OF FLOWERING PLANTS by R. Good, 4th Edition, Longman, London, 1974, 557 pp. (£9.00.)

INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION CONTROL YEAR BOOK 1974, Industrial Newspapers Ltd. (£3.75.)

AT THE FOOT OF THE TREE, by R. Edberg (1971) Trans. by D. M. and M. Paul, Univ. of Alabama Press, (1974) 163 pp. ($6.75.)

THIS FINITE EARTH by P. Marshall, Harrap, London. 172 pp. 1973 ISBM 0.245. 51855X soft cover.

ENERGY FROM SOLID WASTE 1974 by Frederick R. Jackson. Noyes Data Corporation, Park Ridge, N.J., USA, and London, UK., 163 pp., $24.     

Book Review

REGION IN TRANSITION by Edgar M. Hoover et al. The University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, 1963. xxv+462 pp. $8.00.

PORTRAIT OF A REGION by Ira S. Lowry The University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, 1963. xv + 203 pp. $10.00.

REGION WITH A FUTURE by Edgar M. Hoover et al. The University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, 1963. xx + 313 pp. $8.00.     

Book notes

THE WOLVES OF TIME: Journeys to the Heartland, by William Horwood, HarperCollins, London, 1995, 490 pp., ISBN 0–00–223677 (£14.99, Hbk).

SUBSTANCES OF ABUSE: An Assessment of carcinogenicity, edited by J. H. Duffus, Royal Society of Chemistry, London, 1997, x + 124 pp., index, ISBN 0–85404–447–7 (£ 49.50).

PILOT PLANTS AND SCALE‐UP OF CHEMICAL PROCESSES: Edited by W. Hoyle, Royal Society of Chemistry, London, 1997, viii + 98 pp., index, ISBN 0–85404–796–4 (£42.50, Hbk).

STEMMING THE TIDE: By the Committee of Ships’ Ballast Operations of the Marine Board of the Commission of Engineering and Technical Systems of the US National Research Council, National Research Council, Washington D.C., 1996, xiv+160 pp., index, ISBN 0–309–05527–7 (Hbk, $39.95).

GEOSTATISTICAL ERROR MANAGEMENT: Quantifying Uncertainty for Environmental Sampling and Mapping, by Jeffrey C. Myers, E & FN Spon, London, 1997, xix+571 pp., index, ISBN 442–014295 (Hbk, £ 56.50).

ECOLOGISTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS: A History of Contemporary Ecology, by Stephen Bocking, Yale University Press, London, 1997, xiv + 271 pp., index, ISBN 0–300–06763–1 (£22.50).

GREEN GLOBE YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT: 1997, edited by Helge Ole Bergesen and Georg Parmann, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997, 368 pp, index, ISBN 0–19–823348–5 (£45).     

Research Reports

RECONCILING MAN WITH THE ENVIRONMENT, by E. Ashby, Oxford University Press, London, 1978. pp. 104 (£4.25).

THE SOCIAL AUDIT POLLUTION HANDBOOK, by M. Frankel. How to assess environmental and workplace pollution, by Macmillan, London, 1978. 210 pp. (Boards £10 hard cover, Paper £3.95)

THE MELANESIAN ENVIRONMENT, by J. H. Winslow. National University Press, Canberra, Australia, 1977. xxxiv + 562 pp. (A$12.50)

EXPERIENCE, ENVIRONMENT, AND HUMAN POTENTIALS, by H. L. Leff. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1978. viii + 523 pp. (£6.25)

......AND THE DESERT SHALL REJOICE.

CONFLICT, GROWTH, AND JUSTICE IN ARID ENVIRONMENTS, by A. Maass and R. L. Anderson. M. I. T. Press, Cambridge, U.S.A., 1978. 447 pp. (£14.00)

THE WORLD FOOD CRISIS, Second edition, by S. A. Marei. Longman, London, 1978. 134 pp. (£3.75)

THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM: Coordinating its Economic and Social Work, by M. Hill. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 1978. 252 pp. (£11.00)

ENERGY RESOURCES, by J. T. McMullen, R. Morgan and R. B. Murray. E. Arnold, London, 1977. 177 pp. (£3.50)

PETROLEUM REFINING INDUSTRY ENERGY SAVING AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, by M. Sittig. Noyes Data Corporation, U.S.A., 1978. ($39.00)

NUCLEAR POWER AND THE ENERGY CRISIS; POLITICS AND THE ATOMIC INDUSTRY, by D. Burn. MacMillan for the Trade Policy Research Centre, London, 1978. xix + 348 pp. (£12.00)

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION, HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF NUCLEAR POWER PRODUCTION, by the WHO, World Health Organisation, Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, 1978. 75 pp. ($4.00)

SALMONELLA — THE FOOD POISONER, A Report by a Study Group of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1978 (£1.00)

IMAGES OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT, by D. Pocock and R. Hudson. Macmillan, London and Basingstoke, 1978. x + 181 pp. (£5.95 Boards, £2.50 Paper)

CAPITAL AND LAND: Landownership by Capital in Great Britain, by D. Massey and A. Catalano. Edward Arnold, London, 1978.202 pp. (£9.95 Boards, £3.50 Paper)

PUBLIC ECONOMICS AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE, by L. Wingo and A. Evans (eds.). J. Hopkins Univ. Press, Baltimore, U.S.A., 1978 327 pp. (£12.50)

UNITED NATIONS WATER CONFERENCE: SUMMARY AND MAIN DOCUMENTS: VOL 2 — Water Development, Supply and Management, edited by A. K. Biswas. Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1978. 217 pp. ($28.00)

ADVANCED URBAN TRANSPORT, by I. Black, R. Gillie, R. Henderson and T. Thomas. D. C. Heath Ltd., Farnborough, U.K., 1975. 212 pp. (£6.25)

ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY: A Handbook for Teachers, edited by K. Wheeler and B. Waites. Hart‐Davies Educational, St. Albans, England, 1976. 272 pp. (£7.50)

PULP AND PAPER MANUFACTURE: Energy Conservation and Pollution Prevention, by M. Sit‐tig. Noyes Data Corpn., U.S.A., 1977. ($39.00)

AN INTRODUCTION TO POPULATION ECOLOGY, by G. E. Hutchinson. Yale University Press, 1978. xi + 260 pp. (£12.60)

APPROACHES TO CONTROLLING AIR POLLUTION, by A. F. Friedlaender. M. I. T. Press, Cambridge (Mass.) U.S.A., 1978. x + 465 pp. plus index (£17.50)

INDIVIDUAL ONSITE WASTE WATER SYSTEMS, edited by N. I. McClelland. Proceedings of the First National Conference 1974 and Proceedings of the Second National Conference 1975. Ann Arbor Science Publishers Inc, Ann Arbor, U.S.A., 1977 (£12.60 each volume)     

Book notes

DEAD MARS, DYING EARTH, by J. E. Brandenburg and M. R. Paxson, Element Books, Shaftesbury, UK, 1999, ISBN 1–86204–534–4, xxiii+306pp., index (Hbk, £ 16.99).

WATER POLITICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST (A context for conflict and co‐operation), by M. Dolatyar and T. S. Gray, Macmillan, London, UK, 2000, xiv+255pp., index, ISBN 0–333–74503–5 (Hbk, £45).

APPLICATIONS OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND DERIVATIVES, by C. W. Jones, RSC, Cambridge, UK, 1999, ISBN 0–85404–536–8, viii+264pp., index (Hbk, £59.50).

DISINFECTION BY‐PRODUCTS IN DRINKING WATER, current issues, edited by M. Fielding and M. Farrimond, RSC, Cambridge, 1999, ISBN 0–85404–778–6, ix+227pp., index (Hbk, £59.50).

ENVIRONMENTAL DISCOURSE AND PRACTICE, a Reader, edited by L. M. Benton and J. R. Short Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, 2000, Hbk ISBN 0631216367, Pbk 0631216375, xvi+272pp., index (Hbk, £50; Pbk, £ 15.99).

DISCOURSES OF THE ENVIRONMENT, edited by E. Darier, Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, 1998, Hbk ISBN 0631211225, Pbk ISBN 0631211233, xii+276pp., index (Hbk, £50; Pbk, £ 15.99).

THE GIFT OF KINDS (The good in abundance), an Ethic of the Earth, by S. D. Ross, Suny, Albany, NY, 1999, ISBN Pbk 0–7914–4254–3, xvii+323pp., index (Pbk, $24.95).

ANARCHY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, The International Relations of Common Pool Resources, edited by J. S. Barkin and G. E. Shambaugh, Suny, Albany, NY, 1999, Pbk ISBN 0–7914–4184–9, xxii+205pp., index (Pbk, $17.95).

CONTESTED GROUNDS: Security and Conflict in the New Environmental Politics, edited by D. H. Deudney and R. Matthes, Suny, Albany, NY, 1999, Pbk ISBN 0–7914–4116–4, viii+312pp., index (Pbk, $20.95).

READING ZOOS, Representations of Animals and Captivity, by R. Malamud, Macmillan Press, London, 1998, Hab ISBN 0–333–71406–7, Pbk 0–333–71407–5, xii+377pp. (Hbk, £40; Pbk, £14.99).

CENTRAL AMERICA, a Natural and Cultural History, edited by A. G. Coates, Yale University Press, London and. New Haven, 1999, Pbk ISBN 0–300–08065–4, xvi+277pp., index (Hbk, £30; Pbk, £11.95).

ALTERED GENES, Reconstruction of Nature, the Debate, edited by R. Hindmarsh, G. Lawrence and J. Norton, Allen and Unwin, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia, 1998, Pbk ISBN I‐86448–795‐X, xx+228pp., index (Pbk, £ 19.99).

STRUCTURE‐ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, by M. Nendza, Chapman and Hall, London, 1998, Hbk ISBN 0–412–56430–0, xiv+269pp., index (Hbk, £65).

ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS IN JAPAN, Networks of Power and Protest, by J. Broadbent, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998, Hbk ISBN 0–521–56424–7, xviii+418pp., index (Hbk, £59.95).