Book reviews

CADMIUM IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, by Malcolm Hutton, Technical Report No. 26 prepared by MARC (Monitoring and Assessment Research Centre), Chelsea College, London, with the support of UNEP; 1982. (£4.00) CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE REDUCTION: AN UPDATE, A report prepared by the Committee on Chemistry and Physics of Ozone Depletion and the Committee on Biological Effects of Increased Solar Ultraviolet Radiation, National Academy Press, Washington DC, 1982. (£12.50). ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION 1982, edited by M. M. Benarie, (Proceedings of the 15th International Colloquium), UNESCO Building, Paris, May 1982. Studies in Environmental Science, 20 Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., Amsterdam, 1982. (£45.00). (Also published as a special issue of THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT Volume 23). CARBON DIOXIDE - EMISSIONS AND EFFECTS, by Irene M. Smith, IEA Coal Research, London, U.K. Report No. ICT1S/TR 18, 1982. 132 pp. 487 refs. (£10.00). RAPID ASSESSMENT OF SOURCES OF AIR, WATER AND LAND POLLUTION, World Health Organisation, WHO Geneva, 1982, pp. 113 (Sw. Frs. 12.00). TRANSPORT KILLS: A STUDY OF FATAL ACCIDENTS IN INDUSTRY 1978-1980, Health and Safety Executive, London, 1982, 80 pp. HMSO (£6.00). ANALYSING AND INTERPRETING AIR MONITORING DATA GEMS: Global Environmental Monitoring Systems, WHO Offset Publication, No.51. Geneva, 1980, 59 pp. (Sw. Frs. 7.00) ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CRITERIA, WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION, Geneva, 1979 DIMENSIONS OF CHANGE IN A GROWTH AREA; SOUTHAMPTON SINCE 1960; by C. M. Mason and M. E. Witherick (eds.) Gower, Aldershot, 1981, 217 pp. (£11.50) COMPUTER CONTROLLED URBAN TRANSPORTATION: A SURVEY OF CONCEPTS, METHODS AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES, edited by H. Strobel. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester 1982. xv + 500 pp. (Hardcover £22.50) ROOT NODULES OF LEGUMES: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS, by F. J. Bergersen. Research Studies Press, Chichester, New York, Brisbane, Toronto, Singapore. 1982. 164 pp. (£13.25) BIOLOGY OF FRESHWATER POLLUTION, by C. F. Mason. Longman, London and New York. 1981. xi + 250 pp. (Paperback £5.50) ENERGY DESKBOOK, by S. Glasstone. U.S. Department of Energy, Technical Information Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, DOE/IR/05114-1, 1982. 453 pp. ($12.50) MOUNTAIN WEATHER AND CLIMATE, by Roger G. Barry. Methuen, New York, 1982. xii + 313 pp. ($35.00) HANDBOOK OF SNOW - PRINCIPLES, PROCESSES, MANAGEMENT AND USE, edited by D. M. Gray and D. H. Male, Pergamon Press, Canada, 1981. 776 pp. (Hardcover, $60.00; softcover,