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Q Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics Environmental and... 291

D.C.: World Bank, 2006. Pp. xxx, 105. $20.00, paper. ISBN 978-0-8213-6678-3. JEL 2007-0325

Addresses the main impediments facing the de

velopment of the nonbank financial institution

(NBFI) sector in Ukraine and discusses a strategy to

improve it. Assesses the recent evolution of NBFIs

in Ukraine. Examines impediments to NBFI devel

opment and presents a policy reform agenda. Noel,

Kantur, Prigozhina, Rutledge, and Fursova are with

the World Bank. Bibliography; no index.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and De

velopment. OECD Investment Policy Reviews: Russ

ian Federation: Enhancing Policy Transparency. Paris and Washington, D.C: Organisation for Eco

nomic Co-operation and Development, 2006. Pp. 110. Paper. ISBN 92-64-02592-8. JEL 2007-0326

Examines recent developments in Russia's regula

tory environment. Highlights challenges and progress in investment policy and capital control liberalization

with a focus on policy transparency. Discusses Rus

sia's international investment trends and policies?a

comparative perspective; Russia's investment policy

transparency?views of foreign investors; investment

policy implementation?a regional dimension; forth

coming legislation on strategic sectors; Russia's in

ternational investment agreements?an overview;

and Russia's capital control reform. No index.

Song, Shunfeng and Chen, Aimin, eds. China's

Rural Economy after WTO: Problems and Strategies. Chinese Economy Series. Aldershot, U.K. and

Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2006. Pp. xiv, 367. $124.95.

ISBN 0-7546-4695-5. JEL 2007-4)327

Nineteen papers explore China's twenty-first

century push toward modernization and the con

cerns about the rural population, rural areas, and

agricultural sector that must be addressed to

achieve success. Papers concentrate on gender in

equality in rural areas; poverty and income in

equalities; rural-urban migration; and the role of

government in rural development. Contributors in

clude economists. Song is Professor of Economics

at the University of Nevada, Reno. Chen is Profes

sor of Economics at Indiana State University and

Vice President of Sichuan University. Index.

Q Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics Environmental and

Ecological Economics

QO General

Keiner, Marco, ed. The Future of Sustainability. Dor

drecht: Springer, 2006. Pp. ix, 257. $80.00. ISBN

978-1-4020-4734-3. JEL 2007-0328

Twelve papers, some previously published, pro

vide a critical perspective on sustainable develop ment, its history, and misuse, as well as

potential for

future application in society. Papers discuss reflec

tions on sustainability, population growth, and the

environment?2006 (Albert A. Bartlett); sustainable

development?definitions, principles, and policies (Herman E. Daly); whether sustainability is not

enough (Peter Marcuse); sustainable development and urbanization (Marios Camhis); sustainable

economies?local or global (Helena Norberg

Hodge); business and human rights (Klaus M.

Leisinger); a new glasnost for global sustainability

(Mikhail Gorbachev); tools for the transition to sus

tainability (Dennis L. Meadows); "factor four" and

sustainable development in the age of globalization (Ernst Ulrich von Weizs?cker); ecological footprint

accounting?comparing Earth's biological capacity with an economy's resource demand (Mathis Wack

ernagel); advancing sustainable development and its

implementation through spatial planning (Marco

Keiner); and sustainability is dead?long live sus

tainability (Alan AtKisson). Keiner is Senior Re

searcher, Postgraduate Lecturer, and Head of the

Sustainability Research Group of the Institute for

Spatial and Landscape Planning at ETH Zurich.

Index.

Ql Agriculture

Elliott, Kimberly Ann. Delivering on Doha: Farm

Trade and the Poor. Washington, D.C: Institute for

International Economics; Washington, D.C: Center

for Global Development, 2006. Pp. xiii, 148. $22.95,

paper. ISBN 978-0-88132-392-4. JEL 2007-0329

Explores why progress on agriculture is politically

the key to breaking the Doha Round impasse, and

why a

breakthrough on

agriculture by itself would

yield only a modest "development" result. Ad

dresses the problems posed by how rich countries

support their agricultural sectors. Investigates the

potential distributional effects of an agricultural

agreement by examining current trade patterns in

volving developing countries and agriculture. Stud

ies the elements of a potential deal. Elliott is Senior

Fellow at the Institute for International Economics.

Glossary; index.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and

Development. Agricultural Policies in OECD

Countries: At a Glance 2006. Paris and Washington, D.C: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and

Development, 2006. Pp. 78. Paper. ISBN 92

64-02275-9. JEL 2007-0330

Presents a comprehensive and comparative system for measuring and classifying support to agricul ture. Provides a short introduction and an overall



292 Q Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics Environmental and. . .

assessment of agricultural support policy develop ments and agricultural support overall in OECD

member countries and in selected nonmember

economies. Breaks down the information by indi

vidual member country. Includes detailed tables on

support estimates. No index.


Development. Agricultural Policy and Trade Re

form: Potential Effects at Global, National and

Household Levels. Paris and Washington, D.C.: Or

ganisation for Economic Co-operation and Devel

opment, 2006. Pp. 159. Paper. ISBN 92-64

02573-1. JEL 2007-0331

Attempts to quantify the likely distributional con

sequences of a widespread and simultaneous reduc

tion in trade protection and agricultural domestic

support. Discusses the extent and composition of

agricultural support and trade protection; global market, national, and sectoral impacts; household

level impacts; and policy inferences. Includes case

study summaries of household level impacts focus

ing on Brazil, Italy, Malawi, Mexico, and the United

States. No index.


Development. Safety Assessment of Transgenic Or

ganisms: OECD Consensus Documents. 2 vols. Paris

and Washington, D.C: Organisation for Economic

Co-operation and Development, 2006. Pp. 377, 444.

Paper. ISBN 92-64-02258-9. JEL 2007-0332

Presents a compilation of the OECD's Biosafety

Consensus Documents published before February 2006. Volume one contains an introduction to the

Biosafety Consensus Documents in a bilingual

English/French format; consensus documents on

the biology of crops; and consensus documents on

general information of traits. Volume two contains

consensus documents on the biology of trees and

consensus documents on microorganisms. No

index.


velopment and United Nations Food and Agri

culture Organization. OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2006-2015. Paris and Washington, D.C:


velopment; New York and Geneva: United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization, 2006. Pp. 206.

Paper. ISBN 92-64-02460-3. JEL 2007-0333

Provides an assessment of agricultural markets,

covering cereals, oilseeds, sugar, meats, milk, and

dairy products over the period 2006 to 2015. Focuses

on world market trends and prospects, main market

developments, and key issues and uncertainties for

each category. Glossary; no index.

Pardey, Philip G.; Alston, Julian M. and Piggott, Roley R., eds. Agricultural R&D in the Developing

World: Too Little, Too Late? Washington, D.C: In

ternational Food Policy Research Institute, 2006.

Pp. xx, 398. Paper. ISBN 0-89629-756-X.

JEL 2007-0334 Twelve papers address investments, institutions,

and policy processes regarding agricultural research

and development (R&D) for developing countries

and the relationship of those countries to the richer

parts of the world where the preponderance of agri cultural innovation still takes place. Discusses de

veloping-country perspectives on agricultural

R&D?new pressures for self-reliance; China?an

unfinished reform agenda; Indonesia?coping with

economic and political instability; Korea?growth, consolidation, and prospects for realignment;

Bangladesh?uncertain prospects; India?the fund

ing and organization of agricultural R&D?evolution

and emerging policy issues; South Africa?coping with structural changes; Zambia?a quiet crisis in

African R&D; Brazil?maintaining the momentum; Colombia?a public-private partnership; interna

tional initiatives in agricultural R&D?the changing fortunes of the Consultative Group on International

Agricultural Research; and a synthesis of themes and

policy issues. Contributors include economists.

Pardey is Professor in the Department of Applied Economics and Director of the International Sci

ence and Technology Practice and Policy Center at

the University of Minnesota. Alston is Professor in

the Department of Agricultural and Resource Eco

nomics at the University of California, Davis. Piggott is Executive Dean in the Faculty of Economics,

Business and Law at the University of New England. Index.

Q2 Renewarle Resources and Conservation

Easter, K. William and Zeitouni, Naomi, eds. The

Economics of Water Quality. International Library of Environmental Economics and Policy. Aldershot, U.K. and Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2006. Pp. xxvii, 592. $275.00. ISBN 978-0-7546-2371-7.

JEL 2007-0335

Thirty-four previously published papers explore the economic aspects of key water quality issues. Pa

pers concentrate on managing alternative sources of

water pollution; alternative instruments for con

trolling water pollution; returns from clean water;

transboundary water pollution control; and policy trends and emerging issues in controlling water pol lution. Easter and Zeitouni are at the University of

Minnesota. Name index.

Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and De

velopment. Fishing for Coherence: Proceedings of




the Workshop on

Policy Coherence for Development in Fisheries. Development Dimension series. Paris


Co-operation and Development, 2006. Pp. 253.

Paper. ISBN 92-64-02529-4. JEL 2007-0336

Twelve papers, originally presented at the Work

shop for Policy Coherence held in Paris in April 2006, explore policy coherence for development in

the OECD fisheries sector. Papers discuss policy co

herence in fisheries and aquaculture?possibilities and constraints (Bj0rn Hersoug); policy coherence?trade and developing countries (Ger ardo E. Nieto); perspectives on fisheries access

agreements?developing country views (Les Clark); trade and fisheries globalization?issues for devel

oping and developed countries (Kenneth Heydon); trade issues and policy coherence in fisheries?a de

veloping country perspective on sanitary and phy

tosanitary standards and other non-tariff barriers

(Stephen Mbithi Mwikya); tariffs, preferential tariff

arrangements and tariff escalation?policy coher

ence issues (Pilar Paredes); seafood safety?an at

tempt for coordination between exporting and im

porting countries (Nobuyuki Yagi); perspectives on

technical barriers to trade, subsidies, and barriers to in

vestment (Ulrich Kleih); new partnerships for respon

sible fisheries and aquaculture development?some

thoughts for the road ahead (Jean-Fran?ois Pulvenis de

Seligny); impacts of development assistance?lessons

learned for better fisheries and aquaculture gover nance (Jean-Yves Weigel); fingerponds?seasonal

ponds in African floodplains for fish and agriculture (Jan

Pokorny); and coherence through cooperation?the

challenge for achievement of policy coherence for

fisheries development in the Pacific (Matthew

Hooper). No index.


Development. Financial Support to Fisheries: Im

plications for Sustainable Development. Paris and

Washington, D.C: Organisation for Economic Co

operation and Development, 2006. Pp. 377. Paper. ISBN 92-64-03663-6. JEL 2007-0337

Explores the range of economic, environmental, and social effects of financial support to the fisheries

sector in OECD countries. Discusses government financial transfers to fisheries in OECD countries; a sustainable development framework for assessing the effects of government financial transfers; analy sis of specific government financial transfer cate

gories; key policy insights; the economic effects of

transfers to the fisheries sector; social impacts of

government financial support of fisheries; social cap ital and fisheries subsidy reform; Canada's response to the 2003 cod fishery closure; analysis of the fish

ery agreement between the Seychelles and the Eu

ropean Union; fisheries subsidies in Norway; and

analysis of subsidies to decommissioning vessels and

license retirement in Australia. Bibliography; no

index.

World Bank. Sustainable Land Management: Chal

lenges, Opportunities, and Trade-offs. Washington, D.C: World Bank, 2006. Pp. xx, 87. $20.00, paper. ISBN 978-0-8213-6597-7. JEL 2007-0338

Provides strategic focus to the implementation of

the sustainable land management (SLM) components of the World Bank's corporate strategies. Reviews the

factors underlying land degradation, including its ap

parent root causes and other contributing factors.

Identifies the requisites for shifting to a posture of

SLM as quickly as possible in various parts of the

world. Examines in greater detail the kinds of SLM

interventions likely to result in improved management and cessation and degradation. Reviews the Bank's

evolving SLM portfolio. Proposes an action program for the Bank. Bibliography; index.

Q3 NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION

Al-Kasim, Farouk. Managing Petroleum Resources:

The "Norwegian Model" in a Rroad Perspective. Ox

ford: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, 2006. Pp. xv, 264. $75.00. ISBN 978-1-901795-45-5.

JEL 2007-0339 Describes the Norwegian Model and discusses it

in the wider context of global practices in resource

management. Discusses the pioneering period (1958-69); the growth period (1970-78); the consol

idation period (1979-86); the near-maturation period (1987-2000); fundamentals of resource manage

ment; the unique circumstances of Norway as a pe troleum nation; value creation?a common objec tive; policy features of the Norwegian model;

regulatory practices; cooperation between the state

administration and oil companies; and the Norwe

gian model?summary and conclusions. Al-Kasim is

head of the consultant company PETROTEAM. No

index.

International Energy Agency. Coal Information: 2006 with 2005 Data. IEA Statistics. Paris and Wash

ington, D.C: Organisation for Economic Co-opera tion and Development, 2006. Pp. Irregular. 150.00,

paper. ISBN 92-64-11004-6. JEL 2007-0340

Provides both member countries of the OECD

and those employed in all sectors of the coal indus

try with information on world coal market trends.

Reviews world coal market developments in 2005,

including information on production, demand, trade, and prices, as well as information on carbon dioxide

emissions from fossil fuels. Provides, in tabular and

graphic form, a more detailed and comprehensive statistical picture of coal developments in the



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OECD, by region and for individual member coun

tries. Presents world coal supply and end-use statis

tics for and national coal balances and trade statistics

for selected non-OECD countries. No index.

International Energy Agency. Oil

Information/Donn?es sur le p?trole: 2006 with 2005

Data. IE A Statistics. Paris and Washington, D.C:

Organisation for Economie Co-operation and De

velopment, 2006. Pp. Irregular. 150.00, paper. ISBN 92-64-10998-6. JEL 2007-0341

Presents, in a bilingual English-French format,

information on world oil developments and detailed

oil data and historical series for the thirty OECD

member countries. Summary tables of world oil de

velopments, with time series back to 1971, cover

OECD energy consumption, oil demand, and eco

nomic indicators; OECD carbon dioxide emissions; world oil demand by country; world demand by main

product group and by product; OECD consumption of biogasoline/biodiesel; OECD consumption of fuel

oil according to sulfur content; world crude oil and

natural gas liquids production; world refinery out

put; world oil ports; existing oil tanker fleet; tanker

single voyage freight rates; world trade of crude oil

and products; and International Energy Agency oil

prices, crude imports, and oil products. Graphs il

lustrate yearly percent change in oil consumption; demand by main product groups; unleaded motor

gasoline prices and taxes, 2005; world crude oil and

natural gas liquids production by region; and the in

crease in oil production by region, 2001-05. Coun

try and regional tables provide a more detailed and

comprehensive picture of oil supply, demand, and

end-use consumption for individual countries and

regions of the OECD. OECD historical series pro vide information on major oil flows for the years from 1976 to 2005, covering production; net im

ports; refinery input; gross refinery output; gross

consumption by product; the transformation sector; the energy sector; final consumption; and con

sumption in the transport sector, the industry sector, and other sectors. No index.

Q4 Energy

Bradford, Travis. Solar Revolution: The Economic

Transformation of the Global Energy Industry.

Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2006. Pp. xvi, 238. $24.95. ISBN 978-0-262-02604-8.

JEL 2007-0342 Outlines the path by which the transition to solar

technology and sustainable energy practices will occur. Discusses the inevitability of solar energy; a

new path

on the horizon; a brief history of energy; an unsustainable status quo; the field of alternatives; solar energy; modern electric utility economics; the

emergence of distributed economics; solar electric

ity in the real world; tools for acceleration; and fac

ing the inevitable. Bradford is President and

Founder of the Prometheus Institute for Sustainable

Development. Index.

Dooley, Brendan, ed. Energy and Culture: Perspec tives on the Power to Work. Studies in Environ

mental Policy and Practice. Aldershot, U.K. and

Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2006. Pp. xxiv, 238.

$114.95. ISBN 0-7546-4514-2. JEL 2007-0343

Fourteen papers explore the cultural ramifications

of energy policy. Papers discuss energy transitions in

historical perspective; hydraulic energy, society, and

economic growth; work and environment in

Mediterranean Europe; energy and sustainable de

velopment; the creation and distribution of energy rents; liberalization of electricity markets in selected

European countries; science and education; where

we will find tomorrow's scientists; obstacles to the use of renewable energy sources in Bulgaria; pres ent situation and future challenges of the Estonian

energy sector; energy efficiency and lifestyle; social

uncertainty and global risks; energy technologies and

integrated risks; and measuring and explaining en

vironmental behavior?the case of Spain. Contrib

utors include economists and historians. Dooley is

Professor of History at International University Bremen. Index.

Eerkens, Jeff W The Nuclear Imperative: A Critical

Look at the Approaching Energy Crisis. Topics in

Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, vol. 11. Dor

drecht: Springer, 2006. Pp. xvii, 160. $89.95. ISBN

978-1-4020-4930-9. JEL 2007-0344

Explores the importance of uranium-generated nuclear power and its possible place in the upcom

ing energy crisis. Discusses nuclear facts and fables;

energy consumption and energy sources on planet

Earth; technologies for propelling cars, trucks, trains,

ships, and aircraft; electric power generation tech

nology; safety considerations in nuclear operations; measures and means to control the global use of nu

clear weapons; and conclusions, action items, and

predictions. Eerkens is Adjunct Research Professor

at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Annotated

bibliography; index.

International Energy Agency. Energy Ralances of Non-OECD Countries IRilans ?nerg?tiques des pays non membres: 2003-2004. Paris and Washington, D.C: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and

Development, 2006. Pp. Irregular. 110.00, paper. ISBN 92-64-11034-8. JEL 2007-0345

Provides, in a bilingual English-French format, statistics on production, trade, and consumption of

energy for each source of energy, expressed in a




common energy unit, for more than one hundred

non-OECD countries, major regions, and the world

as a whole. World, regional, and country tables refer

to the years 2003 and 2004 and include information

on the production, imports, exports, transformation, and final use of energy by sector for coal, crude oil,

petroleum products, gas, nuclear energy, hydro

power, geothermal and solar power, combustible re

newables and waste, electricity, and heat. World, re

gional, and country graphs trace developments in the

supply and consumption of energy from 1971 to

2004. Summary tables and energy indicators facilitate

cross-country comparisons and focus on production,

net imports, primary energy supply, electricity gen eration, electricity consumption, final consumption,

industry consumption, consumption in transport, other sectors' consumption, gross domestic product (GDP), population, energy production/total primary

energy supply (TPES), net oil imports/GDP, TPES/GDP, TPES/population, oil supply/GDP, oil

supply/population, electricity consumption/GDP, and

electricity consumption/population. Includes a short

overview of the world energy situation. No index.

International Energy Agency. Energy Balances of OECD CountriesIBilans ?nerg?tiques des pays de

l'OCDE: 2003-2004. Paris and Washington, D.C:

Organisation for Economie Co-operation and De

velopment, 2006. Pp. Irregular. 110.00, paper. ISBN 92-64-11029-1. JEL 2007-0346

Provides, in a bilingual English-French format,

standardized energy balance sheets showing basic

supply and consumption data for 2003 and 2004, dis

aggregated by the different fuels and expressed in a

common energy unit, for each OECD country as well

as for the following regions: OECD total, OECD

North America, OECD Pacific, OECD Europe, In

ternational Energy Agency member countries, and

the European Union. Contains information on coal; combustible renewables and waste electricity; oil;

gas; and electricity and heat. For each country or

country grouping, presents the energy balance sheets

for 2003 and 2004; graphical data; and a table of key

energy indicators for selected years between 1960

and 2004, covering energy production, net imports, total primary energy supply (TPES), net oil imports, oil supply, electricity consumption, GDP, population, an industrial production index, energy produc tion/TPES, net oil imports/GDP, TPES/GDP, TPES

per capita, oil supply/GDP, oil supply per capita, elec

tricity consumption/GDP, electricity consumption

per capita, industry consumption/industrial produc tion, and industry oil consumption/industrial pro duction. Includes summary tables that facilitate

cross-country comparison of data; an initial table that

lists country-specific net calorific values for various

types of energy for various countries in 2003 and

2004; and a final set of country and regional tables

that records contributions from renewable energies and energy from wastes. No index.

International Energy Agency. Energy Policies of IE A Countries: Denmark: 2006 Review. Paris and


operation and Development, 2006. Pp. 176. 75.00,

paper. ISBN 92-64-10971-4. JEL 2007-0347

Presents an in-depth review of the energy policies

of Denmark. Discusses Denmark's general energy

policy; energy and climate change; energy efficiency; renewable energy; electricity; fossil fuels; and energy research, development, and demonstration. No

index.

International Energy Agency. Energy Statistics of OECD Countries/Statistiques de l'?nergie des pays de l'OCDE: 2003-2004. Paris and Washington, D.C.: Organisation for Economie Co-operation and

Development, 2006. Pp. Irregular. 110.00, paper. ISBN 92-64-11018-6. JEL 2007-0348

Provides, in a bilingual English-French format, detailed statistics on the production, trade, and con

sumption of energy in the OECD, disaggregated by

energy source. Covers all commercial sources of en

ergy, both primary and secondary, including hard

coal; brown coal/lignite; peat; natural gas; crude oil; natural gas liquids; hydro; geothermal/solar, wind, and tide/wave/ocean; nuclear power; coal products;

manufactured gases; petroleum products; electricity; and heat. Also explores various sources of com

bustible renewables and waste. Country and regional tables display the components of energy supply and

consumption, domestic supply, transformation, the

energy sectors, and final consumption broken down

by the various end-use sectors for 2003 and 2004.

Summary tables provide cross-country comparable data on energy production, refinery output of pe troleum products, net imports, final consumption,

industry consumption, and consumption in transport for each source in selected years between 1960 and

2004. A separate set of country and regional tables

covers electricity and heat production in the trans

formation sector for the selected years between 1990

and 2004. No index.

International Energy Agency. Energy Technology

Perspectives 2006: Scenarios and Strategies to 2050:

In Support of the G8 Plan of Action. Paris and Wash

ington, D.C: Organisation for Economic Co-opera tion and Development, 2006. Pp. 479. 100.00,

paper. ISBN 92-64- 10982-X. JEL 2007-0349

Provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of

the key energy technologies of the next fifty years based on the results of the G8 Summit held in July 2005. Discusses scenarios to 2050?energy demand,



296 Q Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics Environmental and...

supply, and CO2 emissions; technology strategies for

a more sustainable energy future; electricity genera tion; road transport technologies and fuels; buildings and appliances; and industry. No index.

International Energy Agency. Light's Labour's

Lost: Policies for Energy-Efficient Lighting: In Sup

port of the G8 Plan of Action. Energy Efficiency Pol

icy Profiles. Paris and Washington, D.C: Organisa tion for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2006. Pp. 558. 100.00, paper. ISBN 92-64

10951-X. JEL 2007-0350

Explores the major technological, behavioral, and

policy-oriented issues related to achieving greater

deployment of cost-effective energy-efficient light

ing and provides some

guidance, based on lessons

learned in International Energy Agency countries

and beyond, on how to achieve this. Discusses the

meaning of light; human factors in lighting; lighting

technologies and design; the energy used by light

ing; policies and programs for energy-efficient light

ing; the impact of current and future policies;

emerging solid-state lighting technologies and op

portunities; and future strategies for energy-efficient

lighting. Glossary; no index.

International Energy Agency. Renewables Infor mation: 2006 with 2005 Data. IEA Statistics. Paris


Co-operation and Development, 2006. Pp. vi, 238.

80.00, paper. ISBN 92-64-11016-X.

JEL 2007-0351 Contains detailed statistical information on re

newable energy sources and waste products used for

fuel for the thirty member countries of the OECD

and for regional aggregates for the years between

1990 and 2004, with estimates for 2005. Also con

tains selected statistical information on non-OECD

countries. Country and regional tables present in

formation on energy supply, GDP, and population; net generating capacity of renewables and waste

products; gross electricity generation from renew

able sources; gross heat production from renewable

sources; and energy balances of renewable products. No index.

Victor, David G; Jaffe, Amy M. and Hayes, Mark

H., eds. Natural Gas and Geopolitics: From 1970 to

2040. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge Uni

versity Press, 2006. Pp. xxv, 508. $110.00. ISBN

978-0-521-86503-6. JEL 2007-0352

Twelve papers investigate the implications of the

shift to natural gas, utilizing historical case studies

and advanced economic modeling to examine the in

terplay between economic and political factors in the

development of natural gas resources. Discusses an

introduction to the historical case studies?research

questions, methods, and case selection; the

Transmed and Maghreb projects?gas to Europe from North Africa; liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Indonesia?the Arun project; bypassing

Ukraine?exporting Russian gas to Poland and Ger

many; natural gas pipelines in the Southern Cone; in

ternational gas trade in Central Asia?Turkmenistan,

Iran, Russia, and Afghanistan; LNG from Qatar?the

Qatargas project; LNG from Trinidad and Tobago?the Atlantic LNG project; politics, markets, and the shift

to gas?insights from the seven historical case stud

ies; the Baker Institute World Gas Trade Model; po litical and economic influences on the future world

market for natural gas; and market structure in the

new gas economy?whether cartelization is possible. Victor is Director, and Hayes is Research Fellow,

with the Program on Energy and Sustainable Devel

opment at the Freeman Spogli Institute for Interna

tional Studies, Stanford University. Jaffe is Wallace S.

Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at the James A.

Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University. Index.

Q5 Environmental Economics

Adger, W Neil; Paavola, Jouni; Huq, Saleemul and

Mace, M. J., eds. Fairness in Adaptation to Climate

Change. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2006.

Pp. xvi, 319. $25.00, paper. ISBN 0-262-01227-8,

cloth; 0-262-51193-2, pbk. JEL 2007-0353

Twelve papers, some originally presented

at an in

ternational seminar held at the University of East

Anglia in September 2003, assess social justice issues

in adaptation to climate change. Papers discuss dan

gers and thresholds in climate change and the im

plications for justice; adaptation under the United

Nations Framework Convention on Climate

Change?the international legal framework; explor

ing the social justice implications of adaptation and

vulnerability; whether it is appropriate to identify winners and losers; climate change, insecurity, and

injustice; adaptation?who pays whom; a welfare

theoretic analysis of climate change inequities; eq

uity in national adaptation programs of action?the

case of Bangladesh; justice in adaptation to climate

change in Tanzania; adaptation and equity in re

source dependent societies; extreme weather and

burden sharing in Hungary; and multifaceted justice in adaptation to climate change. Adger and Paavola

are at the University of East Anglia. Huq is with the

International Institute for Environment and Devel

opment. Mace is with the Foundation for Interna

tional Environmental Law and Development. Index.

Andrews, Richard N. L. Managing the Environment,

Managing Ourselves: A History of American Envi

ronmental Policy. Second edition. New Haven and




London: Yale University Press, [1999] 2006. Pp. xvii, 515. $40.00, paper. ISBN 978-0-300-11124-8.

JEL 2007-0354

Updated second edition provides a systematic ac

count of how American environmental policy has de

veloped in the larger context of American history. Discusses environment and governance; historical

context?European colonization and trade; colonial

precedents?environment as property; the constitu

tional framework; land and transport?commercial

development as environmental policy; agencies and

experts?the beginnings of public manage ment; public health and urban sanitation;

progressivism?conservation in the public interest;

administering the environment?subgovernments and stakeholders; superpower and supermarket; the

rise of modern environmentalism; nationalizing pol lution control; reform or reaction?the politics of the

pendulum; the unfinished business of national envi

ronmental policy; environmental policy in a global

economy; the era of base politics; and managing the

environment, managing ourselves. Andrews is

Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Professor of

Public Policy at the University of North Carolina,

Chapel Hill. Index.

Boyer, Marcel; Hiriart, Yolande and Martimort,

David, eds. Frontiers in the Economics of Environ

mental Regulation and Liability. Studies in Envi

ronmental and National Resource Economics.

Aldershot, U.K. and Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2006.

Pp. xvi, 347. $124.95. ISBN 978-0-7546-4208-4.

JEL 2007-0355 Thirteen papers explore how beliefs on risks form

and how this process affects incentives in both the

public and private management of risk that our so

cieties must undertake. Papers discuss the case for

a procedural version of the precautionary principle

erring on the side of environmental preservation; in

formational regulation of industrial safety?an ex

amination of the U.S. local emergency planning committee; regulating an agent with different be

liefs; using information from insiders to target envi

ronmental enforcement; environmental protection, consumer awareness, product characteristics, and

market power; optimal punishment for repeat of

fenders when the government can and cannot com

mit to sanctions; Nash implementable liability rules

for judgment-proof injurers; a tort for risk and en

dogenous bankruptcy; environmental risk regulation and liability under adverse selection and moral haz

ard; judgment-proofness and extended liability in

the presence of adverse selection; environmental

regulation of livestock production contracts; envi

ronmental risks?whether banks should be liable; and sharing liability between banks and firms?the

case of industrial safety risk. Boyer is at the University

of Montreal. Hiriart and Martimort are at the

Universit? des Sciences Sociales Toulouse. Index.

Coglianese, Cary and Nash, Jennifer, eds. Lever

aging the Private Sector: Management-Rased Strate

gies for Improving Environmental Performance.

Washington, D.C: Resources for the Future, 2006.

Pp. xv, 269. $60.00, cloth; $24.95, paper. ISBN

1-891853-95-3, cloth; 1-891853-96-1, pbk.

JEL 2007-0356 Ten papers explore whether governmental and

private institutions should require or encourage firms to adopt environmental management systems that are associated with improved environmental

performance. Papers discuss management-based

strategies?an emerging approach to environmen

tal protection (Cary Coglianese and Jennifer Nash); environmental management style and corporate en

vironmental performance (Robert A. Kagan); eval

uating management-based regulation?a valuable

tool in the regulatory toolbox (Lori Snyder Ben

near); the risk management program rule and

management-based regulation (Paul R. Kleindorfer); environmental management under pressure?how

mandates affect performance (Richard N. L. An

drews, Andrew M. Hutson, and Daniel Edwards Jr.);

mandating insurance and using private inspections to improve environmental management (Howard

Kunreuther, Shelley H. Metzenbaum, and Peter

Schmeidler); the promise and limits of voluntary

management-based regulatory reform?an analysis of Environmental Protection Agency's strategic goals

program (Jason Scott Johnston); Clean Charles

2005 Initiative?why the "success" (Tapas K. Ray and Kathleen Segerson); the role of management

systems in stakeholder partnerships (Andrew A.

King); and the promise and performance of man

agement-based strategies (Coglianese and Nash). Contributors include economists. Coglianese is Ed

ward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Po

litical Science at the University of Pennsylvania, and

Senior Research Fellow at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Nash is Execu

tive Director of the Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative and Director of the Regulatory Policy Pro

gram at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Index.

De Miguel, Carlos; Labandeira, Xavier and Man

zano, Baltasar, eds. Economic Modelling of Cli

mate Change and Energy Policies. New Horizons in

Environmental Economics. Cheltenham, U.K. and

Northampton, Mass.: Elgar, 2006. Pp. xiv, 218.

$95.00. ISBN 978-1-84542-630-9.

JEL 2007-0357 Twelve papers, some

originally presented at the First

Atlantic Workshop on Energy and Environmental



298 Q Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics Environmental and...

Economies held in Galicia, Spain, in 2004, explore issues in climate change and energy consumption.

Papers discuss growth and environment?on U

curves without U-turns; pollution markets?some

theory and evidence; European greenhouse gas emissions trading?a system in transition; harmo

nizing emission allocation?the equity consequences for the sectors in and outside the European Union

trading scheme; the effects of a sudden CO2 reduc

tionin Spain; an assessment of the consequences of

the Europeanemissions trading scheme for the pro motion of renewable electricity in Spain; efficient

verification of firm data under the EU emissions

trading system; induced technological change and

low energy capital stock turnover in an optimal CO2

abatement model; indeterminacy and optimal envi

ronmental public policies in an endogenous growth

model; energy-saving technological progress in a vin

tage capital model; oil shocks and the business cycle in Europe; and energy transitions and policy design in a

general purpose technology setting with cycli cal growth through basic and applied R&D. Contributors include economists. De Miguel is As

sociate Professor in the Department of Economic

Analysis, Labandeira is Associate Professor in the

Department of Applied Economics, and Manzano is

Associate Professor in the Department of Economic

Analysis at the University of Vigo. Index.

Esty, Daniel C and Winston, Andrew S. Green to

Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental

Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Com

petitive Advantage. New Haven and London: Yale

University Press, 2006. Pp. xv, 366. $25.00. ISBN

978-0-300-11997-8. JEL 2007-0358

Analyzes the experiences of dozens of companies to extract the key strategies, tactics, and tools

needed to establish an environmentally based com

petitive advantage. Discusses eco-advantage; natu

ral drivers of the green wave; who is behind the

green wave; managing the downside; building the

upside; the eco-advantage mindset; eco-tracking;

redesigning one's world; inspiring an eco-advantage culture; why environmental initiatives fail; taking action; and eco-advantage strategy. Esty is Hill

house Professor of Environmental Law and Policy and Director of the Center for Business and Envi

ronment, and Winston is Director of the Corporate Environmental Strategy Project, at Yale University. Index.

Herath, Gamini and Prato, Tony, eds. Using Multi

criteria Decision Analysis in Natural Resource Man

agement. Studies in Environmental and Natural Re

source Economics. Aldershot, U.K. and Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2006. Pp. xv, 239. $114.95. ISBN

978-0-7546-4596-2. JEL 2007-0359

Twelve papers provide insights on the use of mul

ticriteria decision analysis (MCDA) in natural resource

management by examining a number of empirical ap

plications for several countries and a variety of nat

ural resources. Papers discuss the role of multicri

teria decision making in natural resource

management; analysis of forest policy using multiat

tribute value theory; comparing riparian revegeta tion policy options using the analytic hierarchy

process; managing environmental and health risks

from a lead and zinc smelter?an application of de

liberative multicriteria evaluation; multiple attribute

evaluation of management alternatives for the Mis

souri River system; MCDA for integrated watershed

management; fuzzy multiple attribute evaluation of

agricultural systems; multicriteria decision support for energy supply assessment; seaport development in Vietnam?evaluation using the analytic hierarchy

process; valuing wetland aquatic resources using the

analytic hierarchy process; multiple attribute evalu

ation for national park management; and the future

of MCDA in natural resource management?some

generalizations. Herath is Associate Professor in the

School of Accounting, Economics, and Finance at

Deakin University. Prato is Professor of Ecological Economics and Codirector of the Center for Agri culture, Resource, and Environmental Systems at

the University of Missouri, Columbia. Index.

Jaeger, William K. Environmental Economics for Tree Huggers and Other Skeptics. Washington, D.C.

and London: Island Press, 2005. Pp. xv, 281. $45.00,

cloth; $22.50, paper. ISBN 1-55963-664-5, cloth;

1-55963-668-8, pbk. JEL 2007-0360

Explores the importance of economic analysis for

understanding the causes of environmental prob lems, and provides the reader with the tools neces

sary to see ways to solve these problems. Discusses

economic analysis in brief; trade-offs, efficiency, and

demand; production, profit, and supply; today ver

sus tomorrow; market failures; sustainability?stocks and flows; economic growth and development; inter

national trade; rules of the game; pollution policies; land and forest policies; the fishery predicament; pol

icy failures; valuing the environment; project and pol

icy evaluation; and economics and morality. Jaeger is

Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at Oregon State University. Index.

Jha, Raghbendra AND Murthy, K. V Bhanu. Envi

ronmental Sustainability: A Consumption Approach.

Routledge Explorations in Environmental Econom

ics, vol. 5. London and New York: Taylor and Fran

cis, Routledge, 2006. Pp. xvi, 235. $75.00. ISBN

978-0-415-36346-4. JEL 2007-0361




Addresses the dichotomy between rapid economic

growth in developing countries and environmental

sustainability, and articulates a notion of consump tion sustainability that is both universal and pertains to the indefinite future. Discusses global disparity and environmental sustainability; consumption and

sustainable development?an overview; method

ological issues?a review; global environmental

degradation?concept and methodology of meas

urement; sustainability?behavior, property rights, and economic growth;

an inverse Global Environ

mental Kuznets Curve; a critique of the environ

mental sustainability index; a consumption-based human development index and the Global Environ

mental Kuznets Curve; political economy of global environmental governance; and issues in global

en

vironmental management. Jha is Rajiv Gandhi Chair

Professor and Executive Director, Australia South

Research Centre, Division of Economics, at the Aus

tralian National University. Murthy is Professor in

the Department of Commerce at the Delhi School

of Economics, University of Delhi. Index.

Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and

Development. Intergovernmental Transfers for En

vironmental Infrastructure: Lessons from Armenia, the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Paris and


operation and Development, 2006. Pp. 104. Paper. ISBN 92-64-02503-0. JEL 2007-0362

Examines intergovernmental transfers for envi

ronmental expenditure in Armenia, the Russian

Federation, and Ukraine. No index.


Development. OECD Economic Surveys: Czech

Republic 2006. Paris and Washington, D.C: Organ isation for Economic Co-operation and Develop

ment, 2006. Pp. 139. Paper. ISBN 92-64-02464-6.

JEL 2007-0363 Reviews the economic situation and policies of the

Czech Republic. Presents basic statistics on the

Czech Republic, covering land, people, government,

production, foreign trade, and currency. Discusses

policy challenges in sustaining catch-up; ensuring fis

cal sustainability and assessing recent proposals for

pension reform; motivating regional and municipal

governments; improving the labor market?getting education right for long-term growth; and enhanc

ing the business environment?policies to promote innovation. No index.


Development. OECD Environmental Perfor mance Reviews: Korea. Paris and Washington, D.C: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and

Development, 2006. Pp. 268. Paper. ISBN 92-64

02403-4. JEL 2007-0364

Reviews the environmental performance of South

Korea in order to help the country improve its indi

vidual and collective performance in environmental

management. Discusses pollution management; na

ture and biodiversity management; environmental

economic interface; environmental-social interface; and international cooperation. No index.

Page, Edward A. Climate Change, Justice and Future

Generations. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Mass.: Elgar, 2006. Pp. vi, 209. $95.00. ISBN

978-1-84376-184-6. JEL 2007-0365

Addresses what can be done by individuals, and

the countries to which they belong, to prevent the

adverse changes in climate that can still reasonably be avoided or to adapt to the dangerous climate

changes that cannot reasonably be avoided. Raises

ethical questions such as what should be done to mit

igate or adapt to climate change. Discusses inter

generational justice in a warming world; space, time, and the science of climate change; climate change, future generations, and the currency and profile of

justice; and the nonreciprocity and nonidentity

problems. Page is Research Fellow in the Depart ment of Political Science and International Studies

at the University of Birmingham. Index.

Prakash, Aseem and Potoski, Matthew. The Volun

tary Environmentalists: Green Clubs, ISO 14001, and Voluntary Regulations. Cambridge and New

York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. xiv, 211.

$80.00, cloth; $29.99, paper. ISBN 978-0-521

86041-3, cloth; 978-0-521-67772-1, pbk.

JEL 2007-0366 Offers a theoretical account of voluntary envi

ronmental programs by identifying the institu

tional features that influence conditions under

which programs can be effective. Presents a theo

retical analysis of voluntary environmental pro

grams. Provides a brief history of international

standardization. Examines ISO 14001's diffusion

across countries and within the United States.

Considers ISO 14001's efficacy in terms of the im

pact of membership on firms' regulatory perform

ance and environmental performance. Prakash is

Associate Professor in the Department of Political

Science at the University of Washington. Potoski

is Associate Professor in the Department of Polit

ical Science at Iowa State University. Name and

subject indexes.

Rolfe, John and Bennett, Jeff, eds. Choice Model

ling and the Transfer of Environmental Values. New

Horizons in Environmental Economics. Chel

tenham, U.K. and Northampton, Mass.: Elgar, 2006.



300 Q Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics Environmental and. . .

Pp. xi, 260. $100.00. ISBN 978-1-84376-684-1.

JEL 2007-0367 Twelve papers explore how environmental values

for water resources can be transferred between sites

and populations. Papers discuss choice modeling and

the transfer of environmental values (Jeff Bennett); a

simple guide to choice modeling and benefit trans

fer (John Rolfe); theoretical issues in using choice

modeling data for benefit transfer (Rolfe); stated

preference benefit transfer approaches for estimat

ing passive use value of wild salmon (John Loomis);

valuing New South Wales rivers for use in benefit

transfer (Mark Morrison and Bennett); testing for

benefit transfer over water quality benefits (Nick

Hanley, Robert E. Wright, and Begona Alvarez

Farizo); testing benefit transfer with water re

sources in Central Queensland, Australia (Rolfe, Adam Loch, and Bennett); transferring mitigation values for small streams (Geoffrey N. Kerr and Basil

M. H. Sharp); transferring the environmental values

of wetlands (Stuart M. Whitten and Bennett); gen

eralizing environmental values?the case of the na

tional land and water resources audit in Australia

(Martin van Bueren and Bennett); valuing aborigi nal cultural heritage

across different population

groups (Rolfe and Jill Windle); and the significance of policy instruments in benefit transfer (Paula Home and Bennett). Rolfe is Associate Professor in

Regional Economic Development in the Faculty of

Business and Law, Central Queensland University. Bennett is Professor of Environmental Manage ment in the Asia Pacific School of Economics and

Government, Australian National University. Index.

SCHALTEGGER, STEFAN; BENNETT, MARTIN AND BUR

RiTT, Roger, eds. Sustainability Accounting and

Reporting. Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science

series, vol. 21. Dordrecht: Springer, 2006. Pp. x,

713. $259.00. ISBN 978-1-4020-4973-6.

JEL 2007-0368

Twenty-nine papers, originally presented at the

2004 Environmental Management-EU conference

held in L?neburg, Germany and the 2005 conference

held in Bangkok, provide an

up-to-date overview of

the most current developments in environmental and

sustainability accounting and its links to reporting.

Papers focus on conceptual developments of sus

tainability accounting tools; linking environmental

and sustainability accounting with economic success;

reporting external accounting frameworks and

benchmarking; national experiences and develop ments in environmental and sustainability account

ing; new developments and national experiences in

sustainability reporting; environmental management

accounting computer technology developments and

the Internet; and the move toward integrated sustain

ability performance measurement and management.

Schaltegger is at the Centre for Sustainability Man

agement at the University of L?neburg. Bennett is

at the University of Gloucestershire Business School.

Burritt is at the School of Commerce, University of

South Australia. Index.

Schoenbrod, David. Saving Our Environment from

Washington: How Congress Grabs Power, Shirks Re

sponsibility, and Shortchanges the People. New

Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2005. Pp. x, 296. $20.00, paper. ISBN 0-300-10621-1.

JEL 2007-0369

Explores the actions of Congress and the Envi

ronmental Protection Agency (EPA) in solving en

vironmental problems, and investigates the flaws and

conflicts their policies promote. Traces the EPA's rise

to power and what became of that power. Examines

the EPA's claim to speak for science. Analyzes the

conflict between the EPA and two fundamental prin

ciples of our republic?that government should be

as close to home as possible and that laws should be

made by elected legislators. Discusses the ways in

which the EPA fails to deliver environmental pro tection. Schoenbrod is Professor at New York Law

School and Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute.

Index.

Tietenberg, Tom and Folmer, Henk, eds. The In

ternational Yearbook of Environmental and Resource

Economics 2006/2007: A Survey of Current Issues.

New Horizons in Environmental Economics. Chel

tenham, U.K. and Northampton, Mass.: Elgar, 2006.

Pp. x, 302. $135.00. ISBN 978-1-84542-723-8.

JEL 2007-0370 Six papers explore important topics and develop

ments in the field of environmental and resource eco

nomics. Papers discuss the incidence of pollution control policies (Ian W H. Parry, Hilary Sigman,

Margaret Walls, and Roberton C. Williams III); ge

ographical information systems and spatial analysis in

resource and environmental economics (Ian Bate

man, Wanhong Yang, and Peter Boxall); disclosure

strategies for pollution control (Susmita Dasgupta, Hua Wang, and David Wheeler); environmental pol

icy under imperfect competition (Till Requate);

transport and the environment (Piet Rietveld); and

the Faustmann face of optimal forest harvesting (Richard J. Brazee). Contributors include econo

mists. Tietenberg is Mitchell Family Professor of

Economics at Colby College. Folmer is Professor of

Research Methodology at Groningen University and

Professor of General Economics at Wageningen

University. Index.

Zimmerer, Karl S., ed. Globalization and New Geo

graphies of Conservation. Chicago and London:

University of Chicago Press, 2006. Pp. x, 357.



R Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics 301

$87.00, cloth; $35.00, paper. ISBN 0-226-98343-9,

cloth; 0-226-98344-7, pbk. JEL 2007-0371

Fourteen papers, resulting from a conference on

"Spaces of Hope Conservation, Environment, and

Development amid Global Change" held in Madison,

Wisconsin, in April 2002, examine several of the main

tensions related to globalization in the arena of en

vironmental issues. Papers discuss geographical

perspectives on globalization and environmental

issues?the inner-connections of conservation, agri culture, and livelihoods (Karl S. Zimmerer); certify

ing biodiversity?conservation networks, landscape

connectivity, and certified agriculture in southern

Mexico (Tad Mutersbaugh); satellite remote sensing for management and monitoring of certified

forestry?an example from the Brazilian Amazon

(Jane M. Read); productive conservation and its

representation?the case of beekeeping in the

Brazilian Amazon (J. Christopher Brown); urban

house-lot gardens and agrodiversity in Santar?m,

Para, Brazil?spaces of conservation that link urban

with rural (Antoinette M. G. A. WinklerPrins); mul

tilevel geographies of seed networks and seed use in

relation to agrobiodiversity conservation in the An

dean countries (Zimmerer); shifting scales, lines, and

lives?the politics of conservation science and de

velopment in the Sahel (Matthew D. Turner); con

servation initiatives and "transnationalization" in the

Mekong River basin (Chris Sneddon); a transna

tional perspective on national protected areas and

ecoregions in the tropical Andean countries (Ro

drigo Sierra); development of Peru's protected-area

system?historical continuity of conservation goals (Kenneth R. Young and Lily O. Rodriguez); conser

vation, globalization, and democratization?exploring the contradictions in the Maya Biosphere Reserve,

Guatemala (Juanita Sundberg); decentralization, land policy, and the politics of scale in Burkina Faso

(Leslie C. Gray); fences, ecologies, and changes in

pastoral life?sandy land reclamation in Uxin Ju, Inner Mongolia, China (Hong Jiang); and rethink

ing the compatibility, consequences, and geo

graphic strategies of conservation and development (Zimmerer). Zimmerer is Professor and Chair in

the Department of Geography and a member of the

Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Index.

R Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics

Rl General Regional Economics

Bell, Kathleen P.; Boyle, Kevin J. and Rubin,

Jonathan, eds. Economics of Rural Land-Use

Change. Studies in Environmental and Natural Re

source Economics. Aldershot, U.K. and Burlington,

Vt.: Ashgate, 2006. Pp. xiv, 272. $99.95. ISBN

0-7546-0983-9. JEL 2007-0372

Fourteen papers present an overview of eco

nomic analyses of rural land-use change. Papers dis

cuss recent land-use trends (Mary Clare Ahearn and

Ralph J. Alig); effects of policy and technological

change on land use (Alig and Ahearn); transporta

tion and land-use change (Jonathan Rubin); pat terns and processes in the demographics of land-use

change in the United States (Deirdre M. Mageean and John G. Bartlett); the theoretical background behind determinants of land-use change (Kathleen

Segerson, Andrew J. Plantinga, and Elena G. Irwin); an overview of empirical methods (Plantinga and

Irwin); an application of the land-use shares model

(Plantinga); estimating a spatially explicit model of

residential land-use change to understand and pre dict patterns of urban growth at the rural-urban

fringe (Irwin and Kathleen P. Bell); land-use change and ecosystems?anticipating the consequences of

private and public decisions in the South Florida

landscape (J. Walter Milon); conserving biodiver

sity by conserving land (Stephen J. Polasky and

Christian A. Vossler); land-use changes and regu lations in five western states of the United States

(Junjie Wu); valuation and land-use change (Kevin

J. Boyle, Bell, and Rubin); valuing changes in rural

land uses?measuring the willingness to pay for

changes in forest management practices (Mario F.

Teisl and Boyle); and using hedonic techniques to

estimate the effects of rural land-use change on

property values?an example (Raymond B.

Palmquist). Contributors include economists. Bell is

Assistant Professor of Resource Economics and Pol

icy at the University of Maine. Boyle is Department Head and Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and

State University. Rubin is Associate Professor of Re

source Economics at the University of Maine.

Index.

Bogart, William T Don't Call It Sprawl: Metropoli tan Structure in the Twenty-First Century. Cam

bridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. xii, 218. $24.99, paper. ISBN 978-0

521-86091-8, cloth; 978-0-521-67803-2, pbk.

JEL 2007-0373

Explores the causes and implications of the

changing metropolitan structure, placing the current

policy debate over urban sprawl into a broader ana

lytical and historical context. Discusses the world of

today; making things better?the importance of flex

ibility; evolving metropolitan structure and urban

sprawl; trading places; downtown?a place to work, a

place to visit, and a place to live; how zoning mat

ters; love the density, hate the congestion; homo

geneity and heterogeneity in local government; and

