Book reviews

• Published in: Environmental politics 1997, Vol.6 (1), p.211-239
• Main Authors: Newell, Peter, Wasike, Wilson S.K., Paterson, Matthew, Babu, P.V. Subhash Chandra, Subak, Susan, Srinivas, K. Ravi, Siu, Yim Ling, Craighill, Amelia, Crowards, Tom, van der Straaten, Jan, Collier, Ute, Smith, Adrian, Lundgren, Nils-Gustav, Enoch, Marcus, Stephens, Piers H. G., van der Heijden, Hein-Anton, Eves, Robert J., Smith, Graham, Connelly, James, Birkeland, Janis, Cowell, Richard, Wissenburg, Marcel, Barry, John
• Format: Review
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0964-4016; 1743-8934
• DOI: 10.1080/09644019708414322

Politics of Climate Change: A European Perspective edited by Tim O'Riordan and Jill Jager (Global Environmental Change Programme). London and New York: Routledge, 1996. Pp.xiv + 360; appendix + index. £50 (hardback); £16.99 (paperback). ISBN 0 415 12573 1 and 12574 X Tropical Deforestation: A Socio-Economic Approach by Catrinus J. Jepma. London: Earthscan Publications, 1995. Pp.xiii + 312; index. £18.95. ISBN 1 85383 3 Green Plant Blues: Environmental Politics from Stockholm to Rio edited by Ken Conca, Michael Alberty and Geoffrey D. Dabelko. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995. Pp.328; index. £48.50 (hardback); £15.50 (paperback). ISBN 0 8133 2596 X and 2597 8 Dilemmas of Growth: The Indian Experience by M.L. Dantwala (edited and with an introduction by P. Visaria, N.A. Majumdar and T.R. Sundaram). New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1996. Pp.403. £35 (hardback). ISBN 0 8039 9266 1 and 9267 X; 81 7036 499 X and 500 7 Population and Food: Global Trends and Future Prospects by Tim Dyson. London and New York: Routledge, 1996. Pp.xix + 231. £12.99 (paperback). ISBN 0 415 11975 8 Environmental Governance: The Global Challenge by Lamont C. Hempel. Washington: Island Press, 1996. Pp.xviii + 292; index. $25 (paperback). ISBN 1 55963 448 0 Models for Energy Policy edited by Jean-Baptiste Lesourd, Jacques Percebois and Francois Valette. London: Routledge, 1996. Pp.xxxiii + 249; index. £60 (hardback). ISBN 0 415 12975 3 The Earthscan Reader in Business and the Environment edited by Richard Welford and Richard Starkey. London: Earthscan Publications Limited, 1996. Pp.xx + 284; index. £40 (hardback); £19.95 (paperback). ISBN 1 85383 315 0 and 301 0 The Contingent Valuation of Environmental Resources: Methodological Issues and Research Needs edited by David J. Bjornstad and James R. Kahn (New Horizons in Environmental Economics Series). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1996. Pp.x + 305; index. £49.95 (hardback). ISBN 1 85898 321 5 Environmental Options: Accounting for Sustainability by Kimio Uno. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995. Pp.xxv + 419; indices. $138.50. ISBN 0 7923 3513 9 The True Costs of Road Transport by David Maddison, David Pearce, Olof Johansson, Edward Calthorp, Todd Litman and Eric Verhoef. London: Earthscan, 1996. Pp.240; index. £10.95. ISBN 1 85383 268 5 Material Concerns: Pollution, Profit and Quality of Life by Tim Jackson. London: Routledge with Stockholm Environment Institute, 1996. Pp.xvi + 218; index. £42.50 (hardback); £13.99 (paperback). ISBN 0 41