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Examining the intergovernmental politics of the first oil and natural gas boom of the 21st century, The Fracking Debate offers a holistic understanding of the politics that characterize oil and natural gas operations, including why local governments are challenging their state's preemptive authority, in order to initiate a larger conversation about improving intergovernmental relationships. Author Jonathan Fisk presents a novel argument about the ways in which local, state, regional, and national approaches to governance of shale gas development can work together to reduce conflict and forward the interests of the communities exposed to development.

This work is the proceedings of a conference held at the University of Georgia and should appeal to anyone interested in the evolution of research university libraries.

This text examines different aspects of the relationship between the assessment of academic library collections and the management of library acquisition budgets. The essays are contributed by librarians, researchers and representatives from major library vendors.

This volume is concerned with Greek academic librarianship. It points out past experiences, current activities and future prospects for such varied subjects as automation, collection development, departmental libraries, education for librarianship, interlibrary loan and library management.

Illustrates how Third World markets are likely to evolve as mass markets along the lines of advanced nations and examines conditions that affect this evolution. Taking India as a case study, Jain develops a model of market evolution based on a general overview of all evolving markets.

An overview of Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) in South Africa, this text provides EAP professionals, human resource managers, social workers, psychologists and other mental health professionals with insight into clinical, cultural, and ethical problems arising in the workplace.

This accessible text contains strategies to help librarians expand their popular culture collections in an organised manner. Many publications explain why libraries should collect popular culture materials; this one explains how.

A diverse and engaging collection on the sociology of globalization that offers a systematic analysis of globalization and its impacts on people worldwide

Noble Lives: Biographical Portraits of Glenway Wescott, Aaron Copland, and Dag Hammarskjöld examines how sexual orientation affected the careers of two historical figures generally accepted as gay, and a third whose sexual identity was in constant question during his lifetime. This unique book features comprehensive biographical accounts of Jazz Age author Glenway Wescott, Academy Award-winning composer Aaron Copland, and Nobel Peace Laureate Dag Hammarskjöld, addressing the relationship between their sexuality and their achievements in literature, the social sciences, musical composition, diplomacy, and global politics. Noble Lives is the first English-language text to thoroughlyand objectivelyexplore the troubled sexuality of Sweden's Hammarskjöld, the former Secretary-General of the United Nations.To view an excerpt online, find the book on our QuickSearch catalog at www.HaworthPress.com.

Eighteen men and women of various religious and economic backgrounds share their experiences of discovering that a sibling is gay and how that knowledge has affected them over time.

Takes a good-natured approach to good eating, presenting home-style recipes with a lighthearted touch. Aimed at husky, hairy men - and their admirers - the text presents convenient and satisfying recipes for anyone who loves to cook - and eat! Guaranteed to please burly bears with big appetities.

Examines principles and practices that minimize the risks of water pollution while enhancing agricultural intensification and productivity. This work focuses on how agricultural practices - such as tillage methods, use of fertilizers and manures, cropping systems, and the use of agrochemicals and pest control measures - impact soil processes.

Covers long-term contamination of ground water by DNAPL (dense non-aqueous phase liquids) chemicals. This book develops a framework for planning and implementing DNAPL site characterization activities. It provides methods to identify, characterize, and monitor sites and analyzes their utility, limitations, risks, availability and cost.

Presents a comprehensive summary of information available regarding the general formulation of commercial dispersants and their function to lower oil-water interfacial tension. This book considers how chemical dispersants work for oil spills, the properties and chemistry of oils and the variables that affect dispersant performance.

A compilation of experimentally determined solubility ranges of over 1,700 compounds in the National Toxicology Program's Chemical Repository. It determines various compounds' solubility in a consistent manner in one to six solvents those commonly used for toxicology studies, spill cleanups, and chemical synthesis or chemical reaction experiments.

Offers physicians with more advanced tools for performing not only the routine tasks involved in occupational medicine, but also the most unusual and challenging assignments.

Discusses various aspects of metal ecotoxicology. This book discusses topics that include metals in abiotic components of ecosystems, autecology (effects of metals relative to the individual or a single species), and metals in marine and freshwater systems in the context of synecology (species associated and interacting as a unit).

Describes various solid waste education programs and materials available from 50 states. This directory gives you names, addresses, phone numbers, materials used, how you can get them, how much they cost or if they are free. It is suitable for city managers and planners.