Ecology and Development in the Third World (Routledge Introductions to Development)

✍ Scribed by Avijit Gupta

Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Leaves: 128
Edition: 2
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This comprehensive second edition provides an up-to-date introduction to the nature of ecological degradation in a world of dramatic environmental change.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Illustrations......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
1: Introduction......Page 12
2: Development and natural vegetation......Page 15
3: The environmental impact of land development......Page 31
4: Development of water resources......Page 44
5: Development and changing air quality......Page 60
6: Urban development and environmental change......Page 71
7: The global concern......Page 84
8: Concepts and mechanisms for environmental management......Page 98
9: Environmental problems and the Third World development......Page 109
Review questions, references and further......Page 115
Index......Page 122

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