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Strategies for sustainable development. Local Agendas for the Southern Hemisphere

Author
Redclift M., Sage, C. (eds)
Date
1994
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-052407)
Publisher | Place of publication
John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | Chichester, UK
ISBN
0471 94278 2
Pages
195 p.
Language
English
Field of application
International
Country/Territory
Philippines, Ghana, Mexico, Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Subject
Environment gen., Land & soil
Keyword
Policy/planning Population growth Economy and environment Land-use planning Developing countries Sustainable development Soil conservation/soil improvement
Abstract

Contents: (1) Introduction (2) Sustainable development: Economics and the environment (3) Population, consumption and sustainable development (4) Recent Philippine political economy and sustainable development paradigm (5) Land degradation and society in Northern Ghana (6) Local environmental knowledge. Agricultural development and livelihood sustainability in Mexico (7) Coca, development and environment in Bolivia (8) Conclusion: Ecological imperatives and global nemesis