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Main Title The new consumers : the influence of affluence on the environment /
Author Myers, Norman.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Kent, Jennifer.
Publisher Island Press,
Year Published 2004
OCLC Number 54503638
ISBN 1559639970; 9781559639972
Subjects Economic development--Environmental aspects ; Consumption (Economics)--Environmental aspects ; Sustainable development ; Environmental responsibility ; Développement conomique ; Economies de transition ; Consommation ; Effets sur l'environnement ; Education du consommateur ; Développement durable ; Pays en développement ; Analyse comparative ; Consumptie ; Groei ; Milieueffecten ; Duurzame ontwikkeling ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Umweltèokonomie ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Umweltschutz ; Verbraucherverhalten
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Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0666/2004004202-d.html
ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/id/10196526
Table of contents http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=014755456&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
Table of contents http://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz118392395inh.htm
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EHAM  HD75.6.M48 2004 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 10/28/2005
ERAM  HD75.6.M48 2004 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 11/19/2004
ESAM  HD75.6.M48 2004 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 07/29/2005
Collation xv, 199 pages ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Notes
Who are the new consumers? -- Cars : driving us backwards -- Meat : juicy steaks and hidden costs -- Further resource linkages : household electricity, eco-footprints, and human numbers -- China : a giant awake and roaring -- India : the second "biggie" -- The big picture of 20 countries -- Sustainable consumption : where do we find it? -- Sustainable consumption : how to get from here to there -- Appendix A: GNI and its shortcomings -- Appendix B: Four outlier countries. Annotation Annotation