In the US Interest: Resources, Growth, and Security in the Developing World Autor Welsh Brown J. (ed) Fecha 1990 Fuente IUCN (ID: MON-043300) Editor | Lugar de publicación Westview Press Inc. | Boulder, CO, USA ISBN 0-8133-1053-9 Páginas 228 p. Idioma Inglés Campo de aplicación Internacional País/Territorio Estados Unidos de América, Egipto, Kenya, México, Filipinas Materia Medio ambiente gen. Palabra clave Países en desarrollo Descripción completa Resumen The book explores the economic and political consequences of rising birth rates, diminishing water and energy supplies, declining agricultural productivity, pollution, and the rapid depletion of forests, fisheries, and other vital natural resources in the developing world and revealss how the trends threaten the viability of key developing countries on which US trade, debt and security interests depend Contents: 1. Why should we care? 2. Mexico's environment and the United States 3. Resources, population and the future of the Philippines 4. Dimensions of national security: the case of Egypt 5. Land, resources and people in Kenya 6. U.S. policy in the crucial decade ahead