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CONTENTS OF VOLUME 20 Volume 20 No.1 January 1992 V. A. LEACH and W. P. CHANDLER / Atmospheric Dispersion of Radon Gas and Its Decay Products under Stable Conditions in Arid Regions of Australia ZHANG YUNPING / A Comparative Study on Hospital Sewage and Industrial Waste Water K. H. RIITTERS, B. E. LAW, R. C. KUCERA, A. L. GALLANT, R. L. DeVELICE, and C. J. PALMER / A Selection of Forest Condition Indicators for Monitoring HU GENGXIN and YANG XU / Methods Used for Estimating Fugitive Emission Rates of Air Pollutants and Their Application in China DONALD R. CLARK, JR. / Organochlorines and Heavy Metals in 17-Year Cicadas Pose No Apparent Dietary Threat to Birds L. DEWAYNE CECIL and THOMAS F. GESELL / Sampling and Analysis for Radon-222 Dissolved in Ground Water and Surface Water LEROY L. KNOBEL, L. DEWAYNE CECIL, STEVEN J. WEGNER, and LINDA L. MOORE / Comparison of the Effects of Filtration and Preservation Methods on Analyses for Strontium-90 in Ground Water Announcements Volume 20 Nos.2-3 March 1992 SPECIALISSUE BREAKING THE BARRIERS TO ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION An Institute for Research on Environment and Economy Workshop March 5-6, 1990, University of Ottawa Edited by ROGER D. NEEDHAM Institute for Research on Environment and Economy, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ROGER D. NEEDHAM and DAVID J. RAPPORT / Breaking the Barriers to Environmental Information: Workshop Rationale and Organization E. F. ROOTS / Environmental Information — A Step to Knowledge and Understanding: Opening Comments PANEL ONE: SCIENTIFIC BARRIERS CHAIRPERSON AND RAPPORTEUR: Paul A. Keddy, Department of Biology and the Institute for Research on Environment and Economy, University of Ottawa RICHARD B. NORGAARD / Environmental Science as a Social Process HENRY A. REGIER and ELIZABETH A. BRONSON / New Perspectives on Sustainable Development and Barriers to Relevant Information Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 20: 269-271, 1992. CONTENTS OF VOLUME 20 Critiques and Commentaries SCOTT FINDLAY / Scientific Barriers: A Commentary E. W. MANNING /S cientific Barriers: A Commentary ROBERT HENRY PETERS /S cientific Barriers: A Commentary Chairperson’s Summary PAUL A. KEDDY / The Seven Deadly Sins and the Three Poisons: A Commentary on Barriers to Environmental Information PANEL TWO: TECHNOLOGICAL BARRIERS CHAIRPERSON AND RAPPORTEUR: David J. Rapport, Statistics Canada and the Institute for Research on Environment and Economy CHARLES K. MINNS / Using Technology to Access Regional Environmental Information L. SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN / Barriers to the Use of Remote Sensing in Providing Environ- mental Information Critiques and Commentaries NEIL M. ANDERSON / The Role of Geomatics in Developing the Environmental Informa- tion Infrastructure G. W. ARGUS / Technological Barriers: A Commentary LINDA DUPUIS / Technological Barriers: A Commentary SUSAN CRISPIN and LINDA DUPUIS / Technological Barriers: A Commentary ROBERT HOFFMAN / Technological Barriers: A Commentary Chairperson’s Summary DAVID J. RAPPORT / Technological Barriers to Environmental Information: Chairperson’s Summary PANEL THREE: POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS CHAIRPERSON AND RAPPORTEUR: Roger D. Needham, Department of Geography and the Institute for Research on Environment and Economy FRANCOIS BREGHA /I nstitutional Barriers to Environmental Information J. G. NELSON / Institutional Barriers: A Synoptic or Pluralistic Approach Critiques and Commentaries J. R. VALLENTYNE / Political, Social and Institutional Barriers to Environmental Information: A Commentary PETER DESBARATS / Political, Social and Institutional Barriers to Environmental Information: A Commentary CONTENTS OF VOLUME 20 Chairperson’s Summary ROGER D. NEEDHAM / Institutional, Political and Social Barriers to Environmental Information: A Summary and a Comment PANEL FOUR: OPPORTUNITIES IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES CHAIRPERSON AND RAPPORTEUR: Philippe Crabbé, Department of Economics and the Institute for Research on Environment and Economy ANTHONY M. FRIEND / Environmental Information Systems (EIS) in Third World Countries: Barriers and Opportunities ROSINA WILTSHIRE / Women as Critical Users of Environmental Information Critiques and Commentaries REENA SHAH / Panel 4 — Opportunities in Third World Countries: A Commentary D. TUNSTALL / Panel 4 — Opportunities in Third World Countries: A Commentary K. WACHIIRA / Panel 4 — Opportunities in Third World Countries: A Commentary Chairperson’s Summary PHILIPPE CRABBE / Opportunities in the Third World: A Summary and Comment ROGER D. NEEDHAM and DAVID J. RAPPORT / Breaking the Barriers to Environmental Information: Concluding Remarks Workshop Participants Workshop Sponsors Announcements Author Index of Volume 20 Contents of Volume 20