BOOKS Proceedings, International Conference on Land for Waste Management. 450 pages. Executive Secretary, International Conference on Land for Waste Management, c / o National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada K 1 A OR6. 1974. $1 5, hard cover. Book covers six themes. These include climate, vegetation, and soils in waste disposal; soil properties and processes; hydrogeology and geomorphology; nature of waste in relation to land disposal; socioeconomic, health, and legal aspects; and present and future designs for disposal. Special problems in the North are discussed. Automotive Scrap Recycling. James W. Sawyer, Jr. 157 pages. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Md. 21218. 1974. $7.50, hard cover. The author presents an in-depth analysis of the processes employed by the part of the scrap industry that uses obsolete automobiles as raw materials. He concludes that steel scrap derived from "obsolete" steel represents a very small portion of raw material input to the ferrous materials industry-about 3-4%. Formal mathematical models shed new light on elasticity of this ferrous scrap supply. Water Pollution. Stanton S. Miller, 317 pages. American Ed. ix Chemical Society, 1155 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. 1974. $7.50, paper; $12, hard cover. Contains articles from Volumes 4-7, Environmental Science & Technology, 4-7, published as Outlook or Feature items, between 1970 and 1973. The book covers many aspects of government, business, industry, technology, monitoring, and specific pollutants; and also presents overviews and issues in the field of water pollution. Contributed and staff-written articles are included.
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Environmental Law for Non-Lawyers. J. Gordon Arbuckle, Stanley Schroeder, and Thomas Sullivan. xi 4- 296 pages. Government Institutes, 4733 Bethesda Ave., Bethesda, Md. 20014. 1974. $29.50, paper. Readers of this book will avoid one of the prime causes of environmental problems-ignorance of environmental laws. They will gain an understanding of environmental law fundamentals, the National Environmental Policy Act, and legal aspects of air, water, solid waste, and noise pollu76
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tion control. Land use is also covered. Language is such that the nonlawyer can readily understand the material. Proceedings of the 1974 National Conference on Control of Hazardous Material Spills. 388 pages. American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 345 E. 47th St., New York, N.Y. 10017. 1974. $25. This book presents the papers given at the conference. I t covers legal and legislative implications, contingency and response, prevention, social and economic impacts, cleanup, removal, containment, surveillance and detection, safe disposal practice, and many other very timely topics. Environmental damage is thoroughly assessed. United Nations Environment Program. Directory of National and International Pollution Monitoring Pro1179 pages, grams. 3 Volumes. xv with additional pages for forms and index. Smithsonian Institution Center for Short-Lived Phenomena, 60 Garden Court, Cambridge, Mass. 02138. 1974. Three-volume set, $30, paper. The set of books covers national monitoring programs, listed on an alphabetical basis, from Argentina to Zaire. It stems from a survey undertaken by the Smithsonian Institution to provide the United Nations Environment Program with information to plan the first phase of the Global Environmental Monitoring System (GEMS).
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The Chemistry of PCB's. Otto Hutzinger, s. Safe, and V. Zitko. 269 pages. CRC Press, 18901 Cranwood Parkway, Cleveland, Ohio 441 28. 1974. $35, hard cover. The book's main aim is to present a comprehensive summary of what is known about the chemistry of polychlorinated biphenyls and chlorophenyls. It fulfills this aim. Workers involved in research and analysis are provided with an up-to-date survey of PCB chemistry. The book includes nomenclature, composition of technical mixtures, synthesis of individual chlorobiphenyls, chemical reactions, photochemical and metabolic alterations, and spectroscopic properties. Air Pollution, Part B: Prevention and 286 Control. Joe Ledbetter. xiii pages. Marcel Dekker, Inc., 270 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016. 1974. $11.75, paper. This timely volume is the sequel to Part A which covered analysis. It deals with the abatement of air pollu-
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tion, and is directed to senior undergraduate and graduate students in enginering who have no prior instruction in the area of air pollution. For civil engineers, this book is of particular benefit as a reference. Included are topics such as management of air pollution, tall stacks, process change, specific pollutant or pollution source abatement, and related subjects. Waterfowl and Wetlands: Toward Bioeconomic Analysis. Judd Hammack and Gardner Brown, Jr. 95 pages. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Md. 21218. 1974. $7.00, hard cover. Migratory waterfowl and their value to mankind, and value as an outdoor recreational resource, are discussed. Hunter demand, biometric relationships, and rough cost-benefit analyses on existing prairie wetlands, are presented. There are also recommendations for future study of this significant wildlife resource. Handbook of Common Methods in 154 Limnology. Owen Lind. vii pages. The C. V. Mosby Co., 3301 Washington Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63103. 1974. $5.95, paper. A very practical, concise "how-todo-it" manual for workers carrying out field assignments in limnology. Physical and chemical limnology, as well as methods of collecting and studying plankton and benthos, are covered, with easy-to-understand instructions. A comprehensive unit conversion table is included.
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Water and Landscape. R. Burton Lit314 pages. ton, Jr., et al. xviii Water Information Center, 44 Sintsink Dr. East, Port Washington, N.Y. 11050. 1974. $1 1.50, paper. Presents the first concrete set of principles by which environmental enhancement by water can be evaluated, protected, and developed. This is done with a visual classification system for freshwater streams and bodies, creation of criteria for aesthetic quality of landscape, and suggestions as to how design and development of man-made additions to the water scene may be judged for aesthetic merit.
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Air Pollution Abatement and Regional Economic Development. William Mi194 ernyk and John Sears. xvi pages. D. C. Heath and Co., 125 Spring St., Lexington, Mass. 021 73. 1974. $1 3.50, hard cover. Presents not only an economic study, but an amalgam of economic and engineering analysis. Focus is on regional economic development, not on environmental management exclusively. There are detailed estimates of new and replacement .investments required to meet standards established by the Clean Air Act of 1970.
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