Richard Melson

Welcome to the 
April 
Earthscan E-newsletter

This month's new books fall into the following areas:
*  Economics
*  Risk
*  Politics and Governance
*  Environment and Conservation
*  Energy
*  Architecture

We also publish a wide range of journals in the areas of climate policy,
architecture, conservation and archaeology. To find out more and to access
journal abstracts visit:

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- Economics

** LIMITS TO PRIVATIZATION: HOW TO AVOID TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING **
A Report to the Club of Rome
Edited by Ernst U. von Weizsacker, Oran R. Young and Matthias Finger with
Marianne Beisheim
'This book with a sound ethical foundation is an invaluable resource for
policy-makers, trade unions, the business community and all who are interested
in what should be publicly or privately owned'
JUAN SOMAVIA, Director-General, ILO
For more information and to buy with a 10% discount:
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- Risk

- Part of the Risk, Society and Policy SSeries -

** SOCIAL CONTOURS OF RISK **
By Jeanne X Kasperson and Roger E Kasperson

VOLUME 1: PUBLICS, RISK COMMUNICATION AND THE SOCIAL AMPLIFICATION OF RISK
Volume 1 collects the author's fundamental work on how risks are communicated
among different publics and stakeholders, including local communities,
corporations and the larger society.
For more information and to buy with a 10% discount:
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VOLUME 2: RISK ANALYSIS, CORPORATIONS AND THE GLOBALISATION OF RISK
This volume clarifies the structures and processes for managing risks in the
private sector, and the factors that produce or impede effective decisions. The
authors analyse the transfer of corporate risk management systems from
industrial to developing countries, and how globalization is spreading and
creating new kinds of risk.
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- Politics and Governance

** RESOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTES: FROM CONFLICT TO CONSENSUS **
By Roger Sidaway
This book examines how and why conflicts occur and whether approaches to
conflict resolution based on consensus building could be more widely applied. It
differs from existing books by covering both environmental mediation and public
participation and by analysing detailed case studies in Britain, the USA and the
Netherlands.
For more information and to buy with a 10% discount:
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- Environment and Conservation

- Part of the Earthscan Reader Series -

** THE EARTHSCAN READER IN ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES **
Edited by Linda Kalof and Terre Satterfield
This comprehensive reader offers in-depth analyses of critical developments in
environmental values, bringing together in one volume the most influential
scholarship in the field. Each carefully selected contribution assesses some of
the most pressing questions of our time, such as: what is the relationship
between human values, worldviews and preferences, and the natural world?
For more information and to buy with a 10% discount:
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** SOCIAL LEARNING IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
**
Edited by Meg Keen, Valerie A. Brown and Rob Dyball
This book explores and expands the approaches to collective learning most needed
to help individuals, communities, experts and governments work together to
achieve greater social and ecological sustainability. It provides practical
frameworks and case studies to assist environmental managers in building
partnerships that can support learning and action on issues arising from human
impacts on the life-support systems of our planet.
For more information and to buy with a 10% discount:
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- Energy

** GEOTHERMAL ENERGY: UTILIZATION AND TECHNOLOGY **
Edited by Mary H. Dickson and Mario Fanelli
Beginning with an overview of geothermal energy and the state of the art,
leading international experts in the field cover the main applications of
geothermal energy, including electricity generation, space and district heating,
space cooling, greenhouse heating, aquaculture, industrial applications.
For more information and to buy with a 10% discount:
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** A SOLAR MANIFESTO **
2nd Edition and New in Paperback
By Hermann Scheer
'A monumental and breathtaking achievement! It is a visionary masterpiece, a
thoughtful and well-reasoned polemic, and a handbook for a new age'
NEVILLE WILLIAMS, President of the Solar Electric Light Fund, USA
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- Architecture

- Part of the BEST (Buildings, Energy &aamp; Solar Technology) Series -

** NATURAL VENTILATION IN THE URBAN ENVIRONEMNT: ASSESSMENT AND DESIGN **
Edited by Francis Allard and Cristian Ghiaus
In this book, a team of experts provide first-hand information and tools on the
efficient use of natural ventilation in urban buildings. Key design principles
are explained, enabling readers to decide on the best solution for natural
ventilation of buildings, taking into account climate and urban context.
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** EMOTIONALLY DURABLE DESIGN: OBJECTS, EXPERIENCES AND EMPATHY **
By Jonathan Chapman
This book is a call to arms for professionals, students and academics proposing
the emergence of a new genre of sustainable design that reduces consumption and
waste by increasing the durability of relationships established between users
and products.
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** DESIGNING WITH SOLAR POWER: A SOURCE BOOK FOR BUILDING INTEGRATED
PHOTOVOLTAICS (BIPV) **
New Edition
Edited by Deo Prasad and Mark Snow
This book introduces the holistic design process, PV technologies and
integration concepts. With case studies from across the globe, experts in the
field explore the potential of this technology, covering various applications,
relevant design tools, reliability, non-technical barriers and markets.
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** EARTHSCAN NEWS **

** OXFORD LITERARY FESTIVAL **
Nabeel Hamdi, author of SMALL CHANGE: THE ART OF PRACTICE AND THE LIMITS OF
PLANNING IN CITIES, will be speaking about his book at the Oxford Literary
Festival.

Small Change has been described as:
'A must have toolkit for every aspiring and practising planner, community
leader, development worker and all others working for real, affordable
progressive change in this new urban millennium'
PROFESSOR LARS REUTERSWARD, Director of the Global Division, UN-HABITAT

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Nabeel Hamdi will be speaking on Wednesday 13th April at the Oxford Union,
12.30p.m.
Tickets cost £5.50  (concessions £4.00).
To book call:  01865 305305 or visit:  www.ticketsoxford.com/stolf
For full details visit:  www.sundaytimes-oxfordliteraryfestival.co.uk

** PASSIVE AND LOW ENERGY COOLING

Santorini, Greece

The scope of this Conference includes all aspects

buildings and in particular ventilation, solar control,
thermal mass, thermal comfort, urban microclimate landscaping, low energy
architecture, innovative components and materials legislation and regulations,
advanced and alternative air conditioners, demand side management, etc. The main
aim is to present and discuss the state of the art of research and applications
dealing with the summer performance of buildings.

For more information about this conference and to register visit:

http://palenc2

005.conferences.gr/

If you attend don't forget to visit Earthscan's stand where we will be selling
books!

** THE 3RD ANNUAL BRUSSELS CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE **
EU climate change policy beyond Kyoto:

Radisson SAS Hotel
Brussels

CEPS' and EU Conferences' Third Annual Brussels

Climate Change Conference brings
together representatives from European and national government,

non-governmental organisations, senior business executives,

research institutes and climate
change professionals to discuss the current climate change situation,

There will be a particular focus
and discussion on longer-term emission reduction strategies beyond
implementation of the Kyoto protocol.

For further information and to register visit:

mark.kinloch@euconferences.com

** THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN EUROPE CONFERENCE **
11 - 12 May 2005, Hotel President WTC
Brussels

- A comprehensive two-day conference

discussing the current and future status of nuclear energy in Europe. - This high-level and high-profile event will feature a balanced debate between those who are for- and against- the continued use of nuclear power to generate electricity as well as an assessment of the political and economic perspectives, and will feature speeches and presentations from European government, non-governmental associations, environmental organizations, corporations, research professionals and the end-user. The conference will also examine a wide variety of technical issues, including safety, security, strategies to deal with waste, and public perception and opinion. For further information and to register visit:

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