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Keller, E. R., H. Hanus und Kl-U. Heyland, 1997. Handbuch des Pflanzenbaus 1: Grundlagen der landwirtschaftlichen Pflanzenproduktion. Verlag Eugen Ulmer     

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Earthly Politics : Local and Global in Environmental Governance
Edited by Sheila Jasanoff and Marybeth Long Martello, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2004. x + 356 pp. $27.00 (paperback). ISBN 0‐262‐60059‐5
Reviewed by Dean M. Hanink
Department of Geography
University of Connecticut Roy , John R. Spatial Interaction Modelling : A Regional Science Context
Series: Advances in Spatial Science, Springer. 2004, X, 239 p. 7 illus., ISBN: 3‐540‐20528‐4
Reviewed by Morton E. O’Kelly
Department of Geography
The Ohio State University Anthony Downs , ed . 2004. Growth Management and Affordable Housing : Do They Conflict ? Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press. 290 pp. ISBN 0‐1857‐19337.
Reviewed by Michael L. Lahr
Associate Research Professor
Center for Urban Policy Research
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Structure of a Modern Economy : The United States , 1929–89. by Kenneth E. Boulding. Inequality Reexamined . Amartya Sen. Work in the Fast Lane : Flexibility , Divisions of Labor , and Inequality in High -Tech Industries . Glenna Colclough and Charles M. Tolbert II. Persistent Poverty in Rural America . Rural Sociological Society Task Force on Persistent Rural Poverty. Deep Disagreement in U.S. Agriculture : Making Sense of Policy Conflict . by Christopher Hamlin and Philip T. Shepard. Dividing the Waters : Governing Groundwater in Southern California . William Blomquist. Trading Industries : Trading Regions . Helzi Noponen, Julie Graham and Ann Markusen, editors. Trading in a New World Order : The Impact of Telecommunications and Data Services on International Trade in Services by Bruno Lanvin, editor. Exports and Local Development : Mexico's New Maquiladoras . Patricia A. Wilson. Latin America's Turnaround : Privatization , Foreign Investment , and Growth . Paul H. Boeker, editor. The Dynamics of Liberalization : Tanzania and the IMF by Horace Campbell and Howard Stein, editors. Keynes General Theory of Interest : A Reconsideration . Fiona C. Maclachlan. Microcomputer -Based Input -Output Modeling : Applications to Economic Development . Daniel M. Otto and Thomas G. Johnson, editors.     

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Book reviews in this article: Family Portrait E. J. Kahn, Jr., The American People: The Findings of the 1970 Census. Suburban Sprawl Peter Hall et al., The Containment of Urban England: Volume 1, Urban and Metropolitan Growth Processes or Megalopolis Denied. International Perspective Peter Cowan, ed., The Future of Planning. Theory and Practice Gordon C. Cameron and Lowdon Wingo, eds., Cities, Regions and Public Policy. Quantitative Analysis Simon Kuznets, Population, Capital, and Growth: Selected Essays. Changing Relationships John Wong, Land Reform in the People's Republic of China: Institutional Transformation in Agriculture. Form and Reform Michael J. Brenner, The Political Economy of America's Environmnetal Dilemma. Environmental Policy Elmo Richardson, Dams, Parks & Politics: Resource Development & Preservation in the Truman-Eisenhower Era. Habitat Study Michael G. Barbour et al., Coastal Ecology: Bodega Head. Impoundment Authorization R. J. Burby et al., The Effects of Authorization for Water Impoundment on Shoreline Transition.     

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Elites and Change in the Kentucky Mountains by H. Dudley Plunkett and Mary Jean Bowman. Lexington, The University Press of Kentucky, 1973. xii + 204 pp. $11.00. The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting by Daniel Bell. New York, Basic Books, Inc., 1973. xiv+507 pp. $12.50. The Second American Revolution: Some Personal Observations by John D. Rockefeller, 3rd. New York, Harper & Row, 1973. xvi + 189 pp. $6.50. Setting National Priorities: The 1974 Budget by Edward R. Fried, Alice M. Rivlin, Charles L. Schultze, and Nancy H. Teeters. Washington, D.C., The Brookings Institution, 1973. xx + 446 pp. $3.95 (paperback). Metropolitan Financing: The Milwaukee Experience, 1920-1970 by Donald J. Curran. Madison, The University of Wisconsin Press, 1973. xiv + 166 pp. $11.50. Freedom to Build: Dweller Control of the Housing Process, edited by John F. C. Turner and Robert Fichter. New York, The Macmillan Co., 1972. xvi + 301 pp. $8.95. Pollution: Economy and Environment by Peter A. Victor. Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1972. 247 pp. $17.50. Population, Resources, and the Future: Non-Malthusian Perspectives, edited by Howard M. Bahr, Bruce A. Chadwick, and Darwin L. Thomas. Provo, Utah, Brig-ham Young University Press, 1972. viii + 352 pp. $3.95 (paperback). For Better or for Worse: The Ecology of an Urban Area by Harold Gilliam. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1972. viii+184 pp. $5.95. Black Political Parties: An Historical and Political Analysis by Hanes Walton, Jr. New York, The Free Press, 1972. xii + 276 pp. $7.95. Biracial Politics: Conflict and Coalition in the Metropolitan South by Chandler Davidson. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1972. xviii +301 pp. $11.95. The Professor and the Public: The Role of the Scholar in the Modern World, compiled by Goldwin Smith. Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1972. 124 pp. $4.95. Power over People by Louise B. Young. New York, Oxford University Press, 1973. xiv + 216 pp. $7.50. Highways to Nowhere: The Politics of City Transportation by Richard Hébert. Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1973. xviii +214 pp. $7.95.     

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Book Reviewed in this Article: Possible Dreams. Robert L. Sansom, The New American Dream Machine: Public Outcry and Bureaucratic Response John Quarles, Cleaning Up America: Delivering Urban Services Thomas G. Cowing and A. G. Holtmann, The Economics of Local blic Service Consolidation. Lexington, Mass.: Six Crises Larry Cuban, Urban School Chiefs under Fire. Chicago: Poor Corporate Performance Robert A. Sigafoos, Corporate Real Estate Development. Lexington, Mass.: Earnest Efforts, Some Success Robert H. McNulty and Stephen A. Kliment, eds., Neighborhood Conservation: Aging Glamour Program Robert Cohen, “New Careers” Grows Older: Housing Hassles Janet K. Marantz, Karl E. Case 11, and Herman B. Leonard, Discrimination in Rural Housing: Dearth and Taxes George Sternlieb, Elizabeth Roistacher, and James W. Hughes, Tax Subsidies and Housing Investment: Coast Analysis Robert B. Ditton, John L. Seymour, and Gerald C. Swanson, Coastal Resources Management: Roots Herbert G. Gutman, The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom, 1750–1925. New York: Briefer Mention Weather or Not Reid A. Bryson and Thomas J. Murray, Climates of Hunger:     

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Bacon, P. E. (ed.), Nitrogen fertilization in the environment.
Ross, S. M. (ed.), Toxic Metals in Soil-Plant Systems.
Kuntz, K., Rechtsprechung in Umweltsachen.
Eichhorn, M. (Hrsg.), Fachwörterbuch Biologie (Englisch-Deutsch).
Franke, G., Nutzpflanzen der Tropen und Subtropen; Bd. 1, Allgemeiner Pflanzenbau.     

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Books reviewed: Char Miller, Fluid Arguments: Five Centuries of Western Water Conflict Michael Dear, (ed.) From Chicago to L.A.: Making Sense of Urban Theory Martin Dangerfield, Subregional Economic Cooperation in Central and Eastern Europe: The Political Economy of CEFTA Kenneth Button and Roger Stough, Air Transport Networks: Theory and Policy Implications     

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Book Review in this Article. Alan L. Sorkin, The Urban American Indian. Gustav Donald Jud, Inflation and the Use of Indexing in Developing Countries. Robert W. Burchell and George Sternlieb, eds., Planning Theory in the 1980's Arlo Woolery, ed., The Art of Valuation. Hans Blumenfeld, Metropolis… and Beyond: Selected Essays Elihu Bergman, Hans A. Bethe, and Robert E. Marshak, eds., American Energy Choices before the Year 2000. Tundra Train Theodore Shabad and Victor L. Mote, Gateway to Siberian Resources New Crop Thomas R. Ford, ed., Rural U.S.A.: Persistence and Change. Michael R. Greenberg et al., A Primer on Industrial Environmental Impact. Jack H. Irving et al., Fundamentals of Personal Rapid Transit. Lexington, Mass. Lester B. Lave and Eugene P. Seskin, Air Pollution and Human Health. Henry S. Rowen et al., Options for U.S. Energy Policy.     

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Larcher, W., Physiological Plant Ecology. 3rd, completely and enlarged ed., translated from the German by J. Wieser.
Köhler, W., G. Schachtel und P. Voleske. Biostatistik Einführung in die Biometrie für Biologen und Agrarwissenschaftler.
Stan, H.-J. (ed.), Analysis of Pesticides in Ground and Surface Water I. Vol. 11. Ebing, W., H. Börner, D. Martin et al. (eds.): Chemistry of Plant Protection.
Stan, H.-J. (ed.), Analysis of Pesticides in Ground and Surface Water II. Vol. 12. Ebing, W., H. Börner, D. Martin et al. (eds.): Chemistry of Plant Protection.
Rehm, S. und G. Espig, Die Kulturpflanzen der Tropen und Subtropen. Eugen Eulmer, Stuttgart, 1996: 3., neubtrarbeitete Auflage.
Koepf, H.H., W. Schaumann, M. Haccius, Biologisch-dynamische Landwirtschaft –Eine Einführung, 1996: 4., völlig neu bearbeitete und neu gestaltete Auflage.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Agriculture , Environment , and Health : Sustainable Development in the 21st Century . Vernon W. Ruttan, Editor. Managing Water as an Economic Resource . James Winpenny. Trials of Transition : Economic Reform in the Former Communist Bloc . Michael Keren and Gur Ofer, Editors. Tower Block : Modern Public Houslng in England , Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland . Miles Glendinning and Stefan Muthesius. Capital and Communities in Black and White : The Intersections of Race , Class , and Uneven Development . Gregory S. Restructuring for Innovation : The Remaking of the U.S. Semiconductor Industry . David P. Angel. Technopolis : High -Technology Industry and Regional Development in Southern California . Allen J. Scott.     

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Books Reviewed in this Article:
Bajaj, Y. P. S. (ed.) Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry. Vol. 27. Somatic Hybridisation in Crop Improvement I.
Leigh, R. A. and A. E. Johnston (eds.): Long-term Experiments in Agriculture and Ecological Sciences.
Diercks, R. und R. Heitefuß (Hrsg.), Integrierter Landbau.
Klimek, S., Stand der Triticale-Forschung in Polen (Winter- und Sommertriticale). Heraus-gegeben von M. Zoschke. Osteuropastudien der Hochschulen des Landes Hessen. Reihe I: Gießener Abhandlungen zur Agra- und Wirtschaftsforschung des europäischen Ostens.
Allen, P. (ed.), Food for the Future. Conditions and Contradictions of Sustainability.
Virmani, S. S.: Heterosis and Hybrid Rice Breeding. Monographs on Theoretical and Applied Genetics 22.     

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Book reviews in this article: Early Educational Experiences Sar A. Levitan and Karen Cleary Alderman, Child Care and ABC's Too. When Women Opt for a “Woman's Place” Lionel Tiger and Joseph Shepher, Women in the Kibbutz. Up from Amateurism Susan and Martin Tolchin, Clout: Womanpower and Politics. This Land Is Our Land T. H. Watkins and Charles S. Watson, Jr., The Lands No One Knows: America and the Public Domain. Ill-gotten Energy K. Ross Toole, The Rape of the Great Plains: Northwest America, Cattle and Coal. Rights and Responsibilities Randall W. Scott, ed., Management and Control of Growth: Issues, Techniques, Problems, Trends. Tangible Government Output Thomas H. E. Quimby, Recycling: The Alternative to Disposal – A Case Study of the Potential for Increased Recycling of Newspapers and Corrugated Containers in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The Tyranny of Oil Mason Willrich and others, Energy and World Politics. New-Community Survey Raymond J. Burby, III and Shirley F. Weiss, New Communities U.S.A.     

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Book Review in This Article: The Politics of Jerusalem Since 1967. By Michael Dumper. Decision Making and Spatial Behavior : A Geographic Perspective . By Reginald G. Golledge and Robert J. Stimson. Metropolitics : A Regional Agenda for Community and STability . By Myron Orfield.     

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Don Grission (ed.): Developmental Regulation of Plant Gene Expeession.
Chen, Y., Harder, Y. (eds.), Iron Nutrition and Interactions in Plants.     

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Books Reviewed in this Article:
Munzert, M.: Einführung in das pflanzenbauliche Versuchswesen.
Strasburger, E., F. Noll, H. Schenck, und A. F. W. Schimper: Lehrbuch der Botanik für Hochschulen.
Lozán, J. L.: Angewandte Statistik für Naturwissenschaftler.
Besl, H., M. A. Fischer, W. Höll, und D. Vogellehner: Studienhilfe Botanik zu "Strassburger, Lehrbuch der Botanik".
Höllermann, P. (Hrsg.): Studien zur Physischen Geographie und zum Landnutzungs-potential der ostlichen Kanarischen Inseln.
Ware, G. W. (ed.): Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.     

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Books Reviewed in this Article:
Rehm, S., and G. Espig, The Cultivated Plants of the Tropics and Subtropics.
Sudhaus, W. und K. Rehfeld, Einführung in die Phylogenetik und Systematik.
Goldamer, J. G. (ed.), Tropical Forests in Transition.
Steinmetz, H. (ed.), Dictionary: Pflanzenproduktion/Plant production/Production vegetale/ Produccion vegetal/Produzione vegetale/Plantenteelt.
Bajaj, Y. P. S. (ed.), High-Tech and Micropropagation II. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry.
Linskens, H.-F. and J. F. Jackson (eds.), Seed Analysis. Modern Methods of Plant Analysis.
Loomis, R. S. and D. J. Connor, Crop ecology: productivity and management in agricultural systems.
Hiatt, A. (Ed.): Transgenic Plants – Fundamentals and Applications.
Franke, W.: Nutzpflanzenkunde – Nutzbare Gewächse der gemäßigten Breiten, Subtropen und Tropen.
Bajaj, Y. P. S. (ed.): High-Tech and Micropropagation III. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry Vol. 19.
Sybenga, J.: Cytogenetics in Plant Breeding.
Schuster, W.: Ölpflanzen in Europa.
Bajaj, Y. P. S. (ed.): High-Tech and Micropropagation IV. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, Vol. 20.     

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Book reviews in this article: Environmental Watchdogs James A. Tober. Native Americans C. Matthew Who Owns the Subsurface? Ronald T. Libby. Middle East Michael Bar-Zohar. A Green World S. Frederick     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Pospelowa, G. und M. Zoschke unter Mitarheit von H. Fließ, Stand der Triticale-Forschung in der Sowjetunion (GUS). In: Osteuropastudien der Hochschulen des Landes Hessen. Reihe 1: Gießener Abhandlungen zur Agrar- und Wirtschaftsforschung des Europäischen Ostens. Band 194 .
Klapp, E., Zur Prohlematik des Acker- und Pflanzenhaues .