Subject: Local Environment: a new journal. ANNOUNCING A NEW JOURNAl: LOCAL ENVIRONMENT As the quest for both local and global sustainability further permeates societies around the world, academics, policy makers and practitioners are moving from single 'issues' towards integrated sustainable solutions. This 'new environmental agenda', which links social, economic and environmental concerns will require new ways of looking at problems and new ways of working. Local Environment will provide the forum for examining, evaluating, assessing and developing this new policy agenda. Local Environment is a new international journal launched in February 1996. The journal focuses upon the growing area of local environmental and sustainbility policy, politics and action, defined in the broadest possible manner. It addresses these policy arenas in terms which encompass both 'academic' and 'practice' issues and debates. The composition of the editorial boards of the journal reflects the Editors' intention that Local Environment will serve environmental and sustainability policy makers and practitioners in central and local governments and the NGO and private sectors, as well as teachers, researchers and students in higher education. Inspection copies are available from: sales@carfax.co.uk VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1 1996 Editorial Julian Agyeman and Bob Evans Articles Local Agenda 21, compulsory competitive tendering and local environmental practices Alan Patterson and Kate S Theobald The Europeanisation of local environmental politics: Bathing water pollution in south-west England Neil Ward, Henry Butler, and Philip Lowe The political significance of Local Agenda 21: The early stages of some European experience Heather Voisey, Christiane Beuermann, Liv Astrid Sverdrup and Tim O'Riordan Enduring Decisions: Evaluating environmental impacts for sustainability planning Duncan McLaren The politics and power effects of garbage recycling in Halifax, Canada Eric Darier Local authorities and sustainable development: Turning policies into practical action through performance review - a case study of the London Borough of Hackney Tony Jones Comment An emerging framework for Local Agenda 21 Lesley Williams Viewpoint Professionalism, practice and possibilities Jane Brooke and Lesley Rowan Global policy, local action? International debate and the role of NGOs Richard Tapper Book Reviews Earth Politics Ernest Ulrich von Weizsacker Duncan H Bayliss Greening Your Local Authority Janice Morphet et al Andrew Christelow Ecology and Society: an introduction Luke Martell Kate Burningham The Politics of the Environment Robert E Goodin Alan Carter Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment John Glasson, Riki Therivel and Andrew Chadwick Denise Hill and Michael Warner Planning for the Planet; Sustainable Development Strategies for Local and Strategic Plans Friends of the Earth Ian Crawley Environmental strategy and sustainable development: The corporate challenge for the 21st century Richard Welford James Mackenzie Housing and the environment: A new agenda Mark Bhatti, Jane Brooke and Mike Gibson (eds) Charlie Cooper EDITORS Julian Agyeman and Bob Evans, Editors, South Bank University, London. REVIEWS EDITOR Sue Buckingham-Hatfield, Reviews Editor, Brunel University College UK EDITORIAL BOARD Jacquie Burgess, University College London; Geoff Cooper, London Waste Regulation Authority; Peter Dickens, University Of Sussex; David Gibbs, Manchester Metropolitan University; Tony Hams, Local Government Management Board; Mike Jacobs, University of Lancaster; Tony Jones,Mersey Basin Trust; Mike Malina, UNISON; Duncan McClaren, Friends of the Earth; Susan Owens, University of Cambridge; Yvonne Rydin, London School of Economics; Richard Tapper, Environmental consultant. NORTH AMERICAN EDITOR Mark Roseland, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD David Barker, University of the West Indies. Anwar Fazal, Regional Coordinator, Asia Pacific 2000. Bernie Cotter, Environs Australia. Peter Horsley, Massey University, New Zealand. Valerie A. Brown, University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury. Peter R Hills, University of Hong Kong, Andrey Kassenberg, Institute for Sustainable Development, Warsaw Yasmin Von Schirnding, Johannesburg Metropolitan Council. Zhou Nai Sheng, East China Normal University, Arjen E.J. Wals, Wageningen Agricultural University, Netherlands. Gary Lawrence, Center for Sustainable Communities, University of Washington, CALL FOR PAPERS The editors would welcome papers relating to local environmental and sustainability policy, practice and politics, with a focus upon 'the local' as the driving force behind policy in a regional, national and international context. We wish to invite three kinds of contribution: * Articles relating to some aspects of the journal's central concerns. These should be around 6,000 words and be written in a style which reflects the journal's readership in both academic institutions and practice. All submitted articles will be read by independent referees before being accepted for publication. * Viewpoints and Comment will provide an opportunity to express opinions on current or future policies, politics or practice. These will generally be around 2,000 - 3,000 words and will not be subject to refereeing. * Reviews of recent books and publications. Reviews will normally be around 1000 words. The editors are compiling a list of reviewers and would welcome any prospective reviewers. CONTRIBUTIONS Manuscripts In all cases, manuscripts (3 copies) should be submitted in hard copy to the UK editors, or North American editor (US and Canada). 'Notes for contributors' for article authors may be obtained from the UK editors or North American editor and will be published in each issue of the Journal. Julian Agyeman and Bob Evans, Editors (Local Environment), Centre for Local Environmental Policies and Strategies, School of Urban Development and Policy, South Bank University, London SW8 2JZ. UK. Tel: +44 (0) 171-815 7326; Fax: +44 (0) 171-815 7330; E-mail: evansb@vax.sbu.ac.uk or jagyeman@gn.apc.org Mark Roseland, North American Editor (Local Environment), Community Economic Development Centre, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6. Canada. Tel: (604)291-4161; Fax: (604)291-5473; E-Mail: mark_roseland@sfu.ca Books for review Books, publications, reviews or the names of prospective reviewers should be sent to: Sue Buckingham-Hatfield, Reviews Editor, Brunel University College, Borough Road, Isleworth TW7 1DU UK Tel: +44 (0) 181 891 0121. Julian Agyeman (jagyeman@gn.apc.org)