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SciTech Book News

As a resource for librarians and other buyers of high-level books, SciTech Book News, published quarterly, cites about 2000 new books from several hundred publishers in each issue, offering concise reviews and annotations and thorough bibliographic information. The bibliography itself is arranged by subject, but this page and the other publisher pages present the material arranged by publisher.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

Titles appearing in SciTech Book News — September 2007

Arrangement is by title.

The international handbook on environmental technology management.

Ed. by Dora Marinova et al. (Elgar original reference)

978-1-84064-687-0

Believing that the move towards a more sustainable society requires businesses to make conscious choices in regards to environmentally transformative technologies, the editors (all of Murdoch U., Australia) present 36 papers examining issues related to the management of environmental technology. Opening chapters address recent innovations in environmental technology policy thinking, including cradle-to-cradle product design, user-producer interaction as a source of learning, Australian examples of cleaner production and eco-efficiency, sustainable strategies towards human resources, and innovation impacts of environmental polices. Subsequent chapters explore recent changes environmental technology management business practices, including the integration of human and ecological factors, green marketing strategies, eco-management of sustainable tourism, and measuring productivity gains from environmental technology improvements. A final set of chapters present case studies in new technologies for the environment. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

The political economy of genetically modified foods.

Ed. by Robert E. Evenson and Terri Raney. (Elgar mini series)

978-1-84376-762-6

Evenson (economics, Yale U.) and Raney (senior economist, Food and Agricultural Organization, United Nations) present 29 papers that are collectively intended to provide an overview of the main issues concerning the global political economy of genetically modified (GM) agriculture (five of which are drawn from the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization's publication The State of Food and Agriculture, 2004). The papers address the overall shape of the debate over GM foods, the basics of the technology, the characteristics of the GM industry, farmer adoption, consumer acceptance or "anxiety," health and environmental effects, regulatory structures, the emergence of markets for GM free products, economic impacts, and GM products for developing countries. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Transportation planning.

Ed. by Yoram Shiftan et al. (Classics in planning; 7)

978-1-84542-104-5

Shiftan (civil and environmental engineering, The Technion, Israel Institute of Technology) et al. compile 36 previously published papers on transportation planning. Papers examine methodological issues and policy questions and debates involving traffic assignment, developments in modeling travel behavior, economic evaluation, urban form and travel, the effect of modern telecommunications, pricing policy, and congestion, the private car and public transport. They range in date from 1958 to 2002 and are by authors from around the world who work in the fields of planning, engineering, mathematics, economics, transport studies, architecture, and other disciplines. The original pagination of the articles has been retained. Only a name index is provided. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)