September/October 2010: In This Issue

Ecosystem Services: How People Benefit from Nature

by Rebecca L. Goldman

Ecosystem services, or the benefits that nature provides to people, have, in the past decade or two, become a growing focus for the conservation movement, both its science and its policy.
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Smart Transportation: Synergizing Electrified Vehicles and Mobile Information Systems

by Laura Schewel and Daniel M. Kammen

For the typical American household, the single most environmentally impactful choice that can be made is to buy a more fuel efficient vehicle.
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Reinvigorating the Public Trust Doctrine: Expert Opinion on the Potential of a Public Trust Mandate in U.S. and International Environmental Law
By Mary Turnipseed, Raphael Sagarin, Peter Barnes, Michael C. Blumm, Patrick Parenteau, and Peter H. Sand
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Forensic Disaster Investigations in Depth: A New Case Study Model
By Ian Burton
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Credit for the cover of the September/October issue is missing in the printed issue. The photograph was provided by Erika Nortemann/© 2010 The Nature Conservancy. The publisher wishes to express its sincere regret for this oversight.

Editorial—Giving Ecosystem Services Their Rightful Place in the World
by Timothy O'Riordan
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Books of Note
by Jill Jäger and Robert Harriss
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Bytes of Note—The Citizen Planner
by Lesley Howard
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