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In the Viewpoint for this issue, Dr. Robin Bidwell, principal of Environmental Resources Limited, London, discusses the political and economic factors that slowed the implementation of a proposed environmental protection system for Hong Kong. A three-year review of conditions and report of recommendations for the Territory was followed by a long period of gradual implementation. Dr. Bidwell outlines some of the major factors restricting the placement of effective controls in Hong Kong. He notes that since the historic UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in 1972 almost every nation has announced strong environmental policies, but that the tough task of implementation still remains for many.

The feature for this issue is by Nancy Manring, Patrick C. West, and Patricia Bidol. They examine the potential for the synthesis of social impact assessment and environmental conflict management. Two basic issues are explored: the potential of SIA to predict conflict, and thus help avert or manage it; and the use of predictive SIA as a data-based mediation strategy in managing environ- mental conflict. Patrick C. West is Associate Professor of Environmental So- ciology at the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources; Nancy Manring recently received a PhD from the School, and Dr. Patricia Bidol, formerly with the School is now with the South Florida Water District.

AGENDA for Environmental Negotiation includes a discussion of a series of negotiations in Washington State over environmental policy for timber, fish, and wildlife. Authors Rene-Marc Mangin and Mary Ann E. Steger examine the ne- gotiation process, the effects on it of values in the form of political culture, and the mediator's intervention strategies from the viewpoint of participants. Based on in- terviews and surveys, the article shows that the negotiations--known locally as the T/F/W negotiations--were an example of win/win negotiations, and reveal considerable differences between the four groups involved (environmental com- munity, state agency administrators, members of the forest products industry, and Native Americans). The study also indicates that these differences may be used to facilitate mediated collaborative negotiations. The authors are with the Depart- ment of Political Science at Washington State University in Pullman.

Fred A. Curtis, Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at Regina in Saskatch- ewan and his colleague Karen F. Bolton of the Department of Geography offer a procedure for the complex task of siting solid waste disposal facilities. The authors hope that the proposed methodology will ease and speed the decision-making pro-

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cess at the local level, while ensuring that social, environmental, and economic objectives of small communities are met.

This issue includes two book reviews. Conner Bailey and Howard Clonts of Au- burn University review Social Science in Natural Resource Management Systems edited by Marc L. Miller, Richard P. Gale, and Perry J. Brown. The reviewers report that the collection reflects two broad themes: first, the significance of public participation throughout the policy process; and second, the "relative powerless- ness of social scientists within natural resource agencies". While the reviewers feel that social sciences other than sociology (e.g., resource economics and political science) are underrepresented here, they conclude that the book covers the key arguments and literature supporting the need for "intellectual pluralism" in ap- proaching the complex management of natural resources.

In addition, Connie P. Ozawa reviews Managing Public Disputes: A Practical Guide to Handling Disputes and Reaching Agreement, by Susan L. Carpenter and W.J.D. Kennedy. The book includes suggestions for professional public man- agers whose jobs include the managing of conflicts. Ms. Ozawa commends the book, while pointing out that "conflict management is not a politically neutral ac- tivity", a factor not strongly emphasized by the authors. Ms. Ozawa is an associate at the Program on Negotiation at the Harvard Law School. She is the author of Recasting Science (Westview, forthcoming).

Teresa Hill Editor