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FROM VOLUME 8, NUMBER 10, OCTOBER 1995

BOOKS AND PROCEEDINGS...
ENERGY/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Item #d95oct78

Strategies for National Sustainable Development: A Handbook on Their Preparation and Implementation, Intl. Inst. for Environ. & Develop., World Conserv. Union, 160 pp., Apr. 1995, £12.95 (Earthscan).

A guide for governments, agencies and NGOs that draws on a wide range of national conservation strategies, green plans, environmental action plans, and sectoral plans such as forestry action plans. Shows how participatory planning and action are needed if economic, ecological and social objectives are to be achieved in a balanced and integrated fashion.

Item #d95oct79

Small is Stupid: Blowing the Whistle on the Greens, W. Beckerman, 1995 (Duckworth). See comment/review by J. Maddox in Nature, p. 305, Mar. 23, 1995, listed in Global Climate Change Digest, Prof. Pubs./Sustainable development, Sep. 1995.

Item #d95oct80

The Future of Energy Use, R. Hill, P. O'Keefe, C. Snape, 256 pp., 1995, £14.95 (Earthscan).

Reviewed by P. de Groot in New Scientist, p. 50, June 17, 1995. Analyzes the use of different kinds of energy and their environmental and social impacts, in both the developed and developing countries. The cost of energy is low, but the cost to our health, the environment and future generations is high. The cost to the environment is the most difficult to put into financial terms, but it will prove to be the biggest cost if we do not take action now. The authors urge realistic pricing policies, abolition of subsidies for fossil fuels, development of renewable energy and energy conservation.

Item #d95oct81

The Low-Cost Planet: Energy and Environmental Problems, Solutions and Costs, D. Toke, 192 pp., July 1995, $63 hbk/$16.95 pbk (Pluto Press, U.K.; through Inland Books, U.S.).

According to the publisher, the book covers political and economic issues of all types of energy sources. A major section deals with energy issues that are unique to the developing world.

Item #d95oct82

Transport in Transition: Lessons from the History of Energy Policy, S. Peake, 144 pp., Aug. 1995, $19.95 (Published by Royal Inst. Intl. Affairs, UK; distributed through Brookings Inst. in the U.S.).

Examines how our experience with energy planning can be used to illuminate the debate on transport projections and policy. Explores the relationship between transport and economic development; the role and potential impacts of demand-side measures; and the adoption of scenario analysis.

Item #d95oct83

Energy Policies of IEA Countries, Intl. Energy Agency, 610 pp., 1995, $144/DM 198/FF 695 (IEA).

This latest edition reviews the energy policies of each of IEA's 23 member countries, looking at demand, supply and market trends, energy efficiency, technology developments, interaction between energy and the environment, and climate change strategies. Shows how IEA countries are meeting the challenge of economic reform and are developing policy to ensure that environmental goals are met at minimum cost to society.

Item #d95oct84

Energy Technologies to Reduce CO₂ Emissions in Europe: Prospects, Competition, Synergy, 328 pp., Jan. 1995, $51 (OECD).

These proceedings from a conference in Petten explore the prospects for a wide range of new and improved technologies, and examine the relationships among the technologies over the long term, under a scenario of drastically reduced CO₂ emissions.

Item #d95oct85

Transportation and Energy: Strategies for a Sustainable Transportation System, D. Sperling, S.A. Shaheen, Eds., 322 pp., 1995, $28 (ACEEE).

Based on the 1993 Asilomar Conference on Transportation and Energy. Examines how transportation energy choices made by citizens, policy makers and planners will affect national goals of mobility, accessibility, environmental quality, quality of life, economic growth, and energy security.

Item #d95oct86

A Primer on Sustainable Building, D.L. Barnett, W.D. Browning, 135 pp., 1995, $16.95 (Rocky Mountain Inst.).

Provides architects, developers, general contractors, landscapers and homeowners an environmentally responsive way to approach home and light commercial construction. Follows the design process from selection of the site to building materials. Emphasizes the relationships among each element of sustainable design and how together these elements contribute to superior financial performance.

Item #d95oct87

Community Energy Workbook, A. Hubbard, C. Fong, 265 pp., 1995, $16.95 (Rocky Mountain Inst.).

Outlines a simple framework for implementing sustainable energy practices in the community, based on the experiences of communities that have addressed energy issues successfully.

Item #d95oct88

Wind Energy Comes of Age, P. Gipe, 536 pp., 1995, $64.95 (Wiley).

A guide to the politics, economics and technology of wind energy. Examines issues such as environmental benefits, aesthetics and public acceptance, centrally directed versus market-oriented research and development, and wind energy's role in electric utilities.

Item #d95oct89

Energy Efficiency and Human Activity: Past Trends and Future Prospects, L. Schipper, S. Meyers, 1995, £14.95 (Cambridge).

Item #d95oct90

Renewables Are Ready: People Creating Renewable Energy Solutions, N. Cole, P.J. Skerrett, 239 pp., 1995, $19.95 (UCS).

Item #d95oct91

Industrial Energy Efficiency: Policies and Programmes, 328 pp., Dec. 1994, $75 (OECD).

Proceedings of a workshop co-sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Energy and the Intl. Energy Agenc. Highlights some of the more successful public and private sector approaches to improving industrial energy efficiency.

Item #d95oct92

Agriculture, Environment, Climate and Health: Sustainable Development in the 21st Century, V.W. Ruttan, Ed., 1994 (Univ. of Minnesota).

Item #d95oct93

Biomass Energy and Coal in Africa, D.O. Hall, Y.S. Mao, Eds., 196 pp., 1994 (Zed).

Reports on a study sponsored by the African Energy Policy Research Network. Case studies show that the introduction of coal to replace wood as fuel in rural households in Zimbabwe and Botswana has proven difficult. The studies argue that the case for coal in the rural areas would be strengthened if the cost of ongoing deforestation were fully taken into account.

Reviews of Previous Entries

Item #d95oct94

Industrial Metabolism: Restructuring for Sustainable Development, R.U. Ayres, U.E. Simonis, Eds., 1994 (UNU Press). Reviewed by J. Hirschhorn in Environ. Sci. & Technol., p. 377A, Aug. 1995. (GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE DIGEST, p. 9, Mar.)

Item #d95oct95

Industrial Ecology and Global Change, R.H. Socolow, C. Andrews et al., Eds., 1994, (Cambridge). Reviewed by B. Hileman in Chem. Eng. News, pp. 42-43, Apr. 10, 1995. (Global Climate Change Digest, p. 18, Nov.-Dec. 1994)

Item #d95oct96

Green Gold: Japan, Germany, and the United States, and the Race for Environmental Technology, C. Moore, A. Miller, 1994 (Beacon). Reviewed by J. Park in Technology Review, pp. 78-79, Feb.-Mar. 1995. (GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE DIGEST, p. 18, Nov.-Dec. 1994)

Item #d95oct97

Power Surge, C. Flavin, N. Lenssen, Oct. 1994 (Worldwatch/Earthscan). Reviewed by J. Matthews in New Scientist, p. 43, June 10, 1995. (Global Climate Change Digest, p. 15, Nov.-Dec. 1994)