Bayliss-Smith, Tim & Owens, Susan
Britain's Changing Environment from the Air
undergraduate, higher general level
Cambridge UP: November 1990
240pp 276 X 219: 130 half tones, 15 line diagrams
Dewey class: 333.70941
Commercial pressures and mechanization have rendered almost unrecognizable the natural and man made landscapes of Britain as they existed before World War I. How this happened and how we can best conserve what is left is charted using the perspective of aerial photography in this book.
Hardback ISBN:0 521 32712 1 £29.95

Central Office of Information
Conservation
undergraduate, professional level
The Stationery Office Publications: 1993
90pp, 210 x 148mm
Series: aspects of Britain
Describes Britain's policies and legislation for the conservation of its natural heritage and the remains of its past. The work of the government's conservation agencies, such as English Heritage and the Countryside Commission, is covered, as is that of voluntary bodies such as the National Trust.
Paperback ISBN:0 11 701726 4 £5.00

Central Office of Information
Energy and Natural Resources
research, professional general level
HMSO: 09 1992
70pp 210 x 148: 8pp colour photographs, 5 maps, 7 tables
Series: aspects of Britain
Describes Britain's exploitation of its resources, and outlines the government's strategies for promoting energy efficiency and the use of renewable resources. It also examines the contribution that non fuel minerals make to the economy. It also includes a list of useful addresses.
Paperback ISBN:0 11 701700 0 £5.00

Department of the Environment
The UK Environment
research, professional level
HMSO: 1992
280pp 297 x 210: Charts, tables, maps
Dewey class: 333.7
A source of comprehensive information on the UK environment written for the non technical reader. Topics in this book range from road traffic to the decline in field ponds; from bottle bank schemes to radon levels in homes.
Paperback ISBN:0 11 752420 4 £16.00

McCormick, John
British Politics and the Environment
professional level
Earthscan: 05 1991
192pp 198 x 129
Dewey class: 333.70941
The Thatcher years saw a new politics come to power in Britain, a politics opposed to government regulation of markets, opposed to consensus politics and requiring the appeasement of special interest groups. This book assesses the impact of the environmental movement on government and politics.
Paperback ISBN:1 85383 090 9 £7.95

Pearce, David & Markandya, Anil et al
Blueprint for a Green Economy
undergraduate level
Earthscan: 1989
192pp
An account of the British economy which outlines the policies needed to achieve sustainability in a national economy. Commonly known as the "Pearce Report" and has been adopted as a textbook around the world.
Paperback ISBN:1 85383 066 6 £8.95

Pye-Smith, Charlie & Hall, Christopher (Eds)
Countryside We Want: a Manifesto for the Year 2000
undergraduate level
Green Books: 1991
160pp
Discusses a plan that would guarantee a productive and peaceful countryside and stop the many destructive processes now at work.
Paperback ISBN:1 870098 04 8 £6.50

Taylor, Ann
Choosing Our Future: a Practical Politics of the Environment
undergraduate, professional level
Routledge: 03 1992
240pp 216 x 138
Britain's first ever Cabinet level politician with specific responsibility for the environment lays out her practical manifesto for tackling some of today's most pressing crises. The focus is on cooperation and on empowering the community.
Hardback ISBN:0 415 07945 4 £37.50
Paperback ISBN:0 415 07946 0 £8.99

Veldman, Meredith (Ed)
Fantasy, The Bomb and the Greening of Britain: Romantic Protest, 1945-1980
undergraduate, professional level
Cambridge UP: 04 1994
341pp 227 x 152: Bibliography
Dewey class: 306.0941
Explores the essential ideas of three cultural developments in post World War II Britain: the fantasy literature of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien; the protests that emerged in the late 1950s against Britain's possession of nuclear weapons; and the early Green movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
Paperback ISBN:0 521 46665 2 £14.95