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  • 27/02/1994

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNEES & URBAN PLANNIG
Publisher: Orient Longman, New Delhi
Price: Rs 25

ENVIRONMENTAL Consciousness & Urban Planning looks at the human and environmental implications of development strategies and questions the standards by which we measure societal development. It discusses urbanisation in India in a global context and through a critique of existing urban planning systems in the country, the author argues for an alternative planning approach that is more functionally viable, environmentally compatible and aesthetically pleasing.

STATE OF WORLD CONFLICT REPORT
Publisher: International Negotiation Network, USA
Price: Not stated

THE INTERNATIONAL Negotiation Network (INN), established in 1987 by the Conflict Resolution Programme of the Carter Centre of Emory University, USA, is a global network of people, governmental and non-governmental organisations committed to the peaceful resolution of conflicts. The State of World Conflict Report marks the first effort by INN to produce a publication that explains the impact of armed conflicts and what governments and individuals can and should do to stop them. The report includes information about ongoing wars, trade-offs between military and social expenditures and the consequences of war on refugees and children.

CRACKING THE CODEX: AN ANALYSIS OF WHO SETS WORLD FOOD STANDARDS
Natalie Avery, Martine Drake and Tim Lang
Publisher: National Food Alliance Publication, UK
Price: L35 (L7.50 for voluntary and public interest groups)

ALL OVER the world, consumers and their representative organisations fight to improve, maintain and defend better food standards. Plans to harmonise standards to facilitate trade are now an important part of the new world order heralded by the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

This report is about who sets food standards and what interests they bring to their decision-making table. It reviews the vested interests of participants on committees of the 19th session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, which met between 1989-91, and explores the challenges of trying to maintain democratic control over food standards.

OUR RESPONIBILITY TO THE SEVENTH GENERATION: INDIFENOUS PEOPLES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Linda Clarkson, Vern Morrissette and Gabriel Regallet
Publisher: International Institute for Sustainable Development
THIS VOLUME presents the vision of sustainable development through the eyes of indigenous people. It looks at the root causes of their past and present problems and what can be the healing process. They also define what should be a caring social organisation based on the principles of collective responsibility for the well-being of all members of society.

The report portrays the suffering and pain caused by the cumulative effect of colonial policies, shortsighted development patterns and denial of indigenous value and lifestyles. The lessons of such traumatic experiences should lead decision-makers to rethink their approaches toward a sustainable society.

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