Book reviews/Publications

movement of international capital, mental politics and movements. There are were designated for recreation. The author

which his own earlier examples show to contributions from the USA, the UK, the notes the importance of leisure in contem-

be desirable. Netherlands, France, Denmark, Italy, porary society and emphasizes the need to

There are a number of misp~nts, cul- Japan and Switzerland. The traditional understand the resulting patterns of activity

as well as the complex demands on land and minating in a reference to ‘the map ou

approach to environmental politics is dis- cussed along with newer issues including water.

page (?>; on p 217, but I suppose these, along with the sensationalist, and not entirely accurate streamer on the front cover, are the responsibility of Tum- stone Press, and not of the author, who has produced a thought~l and some- times disturbing book, which on the whole, generates more light than heat about this controversial subject.

CWn Browff Luion, UK

‘The label ‘wets’ has been accorded by the UK media to a certain type of Conservative Member of Parliament. The ‘wets’ can be said to have been predominant in the party up to the onset of the Thatcher leadership in 1975, but have been largely ousted by the ‘new Conservatism’ of the 1979 and 1983 Thatcher govemm~ts. 2Margaret Thatcher’s background is very much in tune with the new values she seeks to advance. As the daughter of a self- employed shop-keeper, her early liie con- trasts a great deal with the traditional ‘landed-gentry’ background of many of her colleagues. 3This irony assumes particular significance as the NUM under its leader Arthur Scargill, has a patticulary militant reputation.

British Farming - Under Threat of State Lund Monopoly by Donald Denman (Aims of Industry, London, 1983, 10 pp, f1.00) To be reviewed.

Buying a Better Environment: Cost- Effective Regulation Through Permit Trading edited by Erhard F. Joeres and Martin H. David (University of Winsconsin Press, Winsconsin, 1983, 275 pp, $27.50 cloth, $7.50 paper) To be reviewed.

Coping with Rapid Growth in Rural Communities edited by Bruce A. Weber and Robert E. Howell (Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, distributed in the UK by Bowker Publishing, Epping, UK, 1982, 284 pp, f 19.75) To be reviewed.

environmental Politics and Policies edited by P. Knoepfel and N. Watts (Haper and Row, London, 1983,330 pp) A comparative examination of environ-

moves towaids greater interaction. RaiLroads and Land Grant Policy. A Study

Factors Affecting Land Use and Food in Government Intervention by Lloyd J.

Production. A Contribution to Ecodevel- Mercer (Academic Press, London, 1983,

opment in Tanzania edited by Bernhard 26* ppy g22.60, $34.00) Glaeser (Breitenbach, Fort Lauderdale, West Germany, 1980,238 pp)

Senling the Desert edited by L. Berkofsky, D. Faiman and J. Gale (Published for the

Forest and Watershed Development and Conservation in Asia and the Pacific edited by Lawrence S. Hamilton (Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, distributed in the UK by Bowker Publishing, Epping, UK, 1983, 559 pp, Z21.75) To be reviewed.

Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Israel, by Gordon Breach, Science Publishers, New York, 1981, 274 pp, $48.00) The editors aim to organize the many aspects of scientific and sociological research that are necessary prerequisites for converting the desert into a productive area

Guidelines on Land Use. Government with a high quality of life foiits inhabitants.

Respome To The Fourth Report Of The The contributions are divided into three

Select Committee (Session 1981-1982) On sections dealing with desert agriculture,

The Scientific Aspects of Forestry (Her resource exploitation and the “human

Majesty’s Stationery Office, London, 1983, factor’, and are based on lectures given at

21 pp,f1.45) the ceremonial opening of the Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research in

Irritation and Azzriculturai Politics in South 1978. Korea by Robe: Wade (Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, distributed in the UK

Settling Things, Sir Case Studies in Environ-

by Bowker Publishing, Epping, UK, 1982, mental Mediution by Allan R. Talbot (The

172 pp, f20.25) Conservation Foundation, Washington,

To be reviewed. DC, distributed in the UK by Bowker Pub- lishing, Epping, UK, 1983, 101 pp, f7.50)

Land Resources and D~elopment by Environmental mediation was first

Robert Prosser (Published for the Schools attempted in the early 197Os, and was found

Council by Thomas Nelson and Sons, to be of great value in resolving environ-

Walton on Thames, UK, 1983,48 pp, $2.75) mental disputes. This work records six such disputes in the USA when environmental mediation proved crucial.

The Land Use Policy Debate in the United States edited by Judith Innes de Neufville (Plenum Press, New York, 1981,269 pp)

New Agricultural Crops edited by Gary A. Ritchie (Published for the American Association for the Advancement of Science by Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, 1979,259 pp, X22.25)

Progress in Rural Geography edited by Michael Pacione (Barnes and Noble Books. Totowa, New Je&ey, distributed in the UK by Croom Helm, Beckenham, UK, 1983, 253 pp, f 16.95) To be reviewed.

Progress in Urban Geography edited by Michael Pacione (Barnes and Noble Books, Totowa, New Jersey, dist~buted in the UK by Croom Helm, Beckenham, UK, 1983, 281 pp, f 16.95) To be reviewed.

Recreation and Resources. Leisure panems andleisureplaces by J. Allan Patmore (Basil Blackwell, Oxford, UK, 1983, 280 pp. f22.50)

Urban Land PoIicy. Issues and Oppor- tunities edited by Harold B. Dunkerley (Published for the World Bank by Oxford University Press, Corby, UK, 1983,214 pp, f 15.00)

This study follows on from the academic ~~hin~on, Quicker by Quango by interest in leisure activities generated in the Stephen Holley (Publications for 196Os, when large areas of the countryside Companies, Stevenage, UK, 1983, f9.95)

Soil Erosion, Cristi in America’s Croplands? by Sandra S. Batie (The Conservation Foundation, Washin~on, distributed in the UK by Bowker Publishing, Epping, UK, 1983, 136 pp) To be reviewed.

Theories of Planning a Spatial Development by Philip Cooke (Hutchinson Publishing, London, 1983,311 pp, f7.95) This study is made up of an exposition and critique of orthodox planning and develop- ment theory, and an exposition, critique and an attempt to synthesize more recent and radical work in the same field. It aims to act as a guide for students or urbgn and regional planning, to unify work in the area, to stimulate new debate in the field and to encourage interest in recent findings in urban and development theory.

LAND USE POLICY January 1984