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		Reforming Regulatory Impact Analysis Winston Harrington, Lisa Heinzerling, and Richard D. Morgenstern, editors Forthcoming July 2009 Reforming Regulatory Impact Analysis brings together experts representing both sides of the debate to analyze the use of Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) in three key case studies: the Clean Air Interstate Rule, the Clean Air Mercury Rule, and the Cooling Water Intake Structure Rule (Phase II). Each case study is accompanied by critiques from both an opponent and a proponent of CBA and includes consideration of complementary analyses which could have been employed.

		Water Policy in the Netherlands: Integrated Management in a Densely Populated Delta Stijn Reinhard and Henk Folmer, editors June 2009 Water Policy in the Netherlands offers a compelling study of pitfalls and successes within one of the world’s most challenging regions for water governance. Bringing together contributions from across the technical and social sciences, the book advances the tool of integrated water management for approaching serious environmental challenges including climate change, sea level rise, and increasing soil subsidence.

		Taming the Anarchy Groundwater Governance in South Asia Tushaar Shah December 2008 Investigates the forces behind the transformation of South Asian irrigation and considers its social, economic, and ecological impacts. Shah argues that, without effective governance, the resulting groundwater stress threatens the sustenance of the agrarian system and therefore the well being of the nearly one and a half billion people who live in South Asia.

		The Emergence of Land Markets in Africa: Impacts on Poverty, Equity, and Efficiency Stein T. Holden, Keijiro Ostuka, and Frank M. Place, editors December 2008 This book is the first systematic attempt to address emerging land markets and their implications for poverty, equity, and efficiency across a number of African countries.

		Choosing Safety A Guide to Using Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Decision Analysis in Complex, High Consequence Systems Michael V. Frank This is the first book to bring together probabilistic risk assessment and decision analysis using real case studies from engineering in the technological age. Choosing Safety is for managers, project leaders, engineers, and scientists who create, design, develop, operate, or maintain high consequence, complex systems and products.