ISBN:
978-1-85383-329-8
Language:
English
Pages:
xxiii, 230 S. :
,
ill. ;
,
24 cm.
Edition:
1. publ. in the UK, repr.
Keywords:
Environmentalism
;
Economic development
;
Umweltethik
;
Umweltplanung
;
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
;
Nord-Süd-Konflikt.
;
Umweltschutz.
;
Sozialökologie.
;
Industriestaaten
;
Entwicklungsländer
;
Nord-Süd-Konflikt
;
Umweltschutz
;
Sozialökologie
Abstract:
An attempt to highlight the values and orientation of the environmentalism of the poor and explore conflicting priorites of the rich and poor nations
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-224) and index. - The environment of the poor -- From political economy to political ecology -- Poverty and the environment : a critique of the conventional wisdom -- Towards a cross-cultural environmental ethic -- Radical American environmentalism and wilderness preservation : a Third World critique -- The merchandising of biodiversity -- The failure of ecological planning in Barcelona -- Mahatma Gandhi and the environmental movement -- In memory of Georgescu-Roegen -- The forgotten American environmentalist
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