In the most heavily populated regions of the United States, almost all land is privately owned. New ways for farmers, foresters, and other landowners to allow recreational use of lands must be created. Factors involved in creating recreation markets are discussed. (MT)

From Maine to Texas, oceanside houses and quick-fix engineering are destroying America's most beautiful and fragile seashores. The processes responsible for this destruction (such as wave erosion and hurricanes) and efforts to solve the problem are discussed. (JN)

Although local planning and budget departments are commonly separated, their decisions often interact. Using the concepts of club theory, the author addresses this interaction. He concludes that the optimum local budget and level of local development are interrelated. Marginal decision making and careful use of fiscal impact analyses are…

This review of China's liberation struggle, 1920-40, examines political education in the Chinese Communist army, the educational process during land reform, and the participatory process of learning in social action exemplified by the history of this period. (SK)

This technical bulletin documents a model, the Natural Resource Linear Programming (NRLP) model, capable of measuring the effects of land use restrictions imposed as conservation measures. The primary use for the model is to examine the government expenditures required to compensate farmers for retiring potentially erodible private cropland. The…

Environmentalist Gilbert F. White has made a variety of important contributions to environmental protection and land use planning throughout his long career, all stemming from a fundamental concern for human life and a common-sense approach to natural resources. (MSE)

Although soil erosion is a natural process, it has increased to the point where it far exceeds the natural formation of new soil. However, with only occasional exceptions, national agricultural and population policies have failed to take soil depletion into account. Projections of world food production always incorporate estimates of future…

The main goal of land trusts is land preservation by purchase or other means. Land trusts generally lack the personnel, funds, and expertise to take advantage of the land's potential for education, interpretation, and research. A nature center can provide the expertise to put the property to good use. Discusses trusts, nature centers, and their…

Describes a project in which students, teachers, and the community work to reclaim neglected wetlands and forested areas for use as an environmental study site for interdisciplinary learning. (Author/MM)

Describes an experimental environmental education course in rural schools in India's central Himalayas. The course was designed to introduce environmental and livelihood issues into the mainstream curriculum. The course focuses on land degradation, which is the region's major environmental problem. (Author/MM)

Reviews representative research studies focusing on the quality of life (commonly expressed in terms of relationships with the residential environment) and public (non-professional) involvement in environmental decision-making. Papers reviewed were selected from CIJE, RIE, and Dissertation Abstracts International. (Author/JN)

This document consists of data which highlight trends in all sectors relevant to environmental policy. These data are presented in the form of charts and maps contained in 13 sections under the following headings: people and the land; critical areas (wetlands, wild areas, parks, historic places, and risk zones); human settlements; transportation;…

Eugene (OR) School District 4J is experiencing declining enrollments on a district-wide basis, but these declines have not been evenly distributed throughout the district. Schools in the Central city and older neighborhoods are experiencing declines, while schools in newer neighborhoods at the periphery are generally more crowded. At some future…

Highlights and explains the major components of the Federal Indian Policy and the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Policy for the Administration of Environmental Programs on Indian Reservations. Reviews EPA projects which aim to implement aspects of the Federal Indian Policy. Cites examples of efforts encouraging positive federal, state,…

Presents a historical perspective of garbage management, including an exploration of what is cited as myths about garbage that guide our thinking in dealing with solid waste disposal problems. A partial list of topics includes quantity of garbage, landfills, toxic wastes, technological fixes, economics, source reduction, resource recovery,…