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RECORD NUMBER: 60 OF 284Main Title | Divided planet : the ecology of rich and poor / | ||||||||||||||||
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Author | Athanasiou, Tom. | ||||||||||||||||
Publisher | Little, Brown and Co., | ||||||||||||||||
Year Published | 1996 | ||||||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 33101876 | ||||||||||||||||
ISBN | 0316056359; 9780316056359 | ||||||||||||||||
Subjects | Environmentalism ; Environmental degradation--Political aspects ; Environmental degradation--Economic aspects ; dâeveloppement âeconomique--environnement--pays en voie de dâeveloppement ; Environmental policy--International cooperation ; Environmental degradation--Economic aspects--Developing countries ; Man--Influence on nature ; Man--Influence on nature--Developing countries ; Environmentalism--International cooperation | ||||||||||||||||
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Edition | 1st ed. | ||||||||||||||||
Collation | x, 385 pages ; 24 cm | ||||||||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-370) and index. |
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Contents Notes | Where are we now? -- Apocalyptics -- After the Cold War -- New world orders? -- The age of greenwashing -- Realism. Locates the roots of the environmental crisis in the planetary divide between rich and poor, developed and developing nations--and warns of the apocalyptic consequences if society continues to pursue First World strategies of economic development. |