In the US Interest: Resources, Growth, and Security in the Developing World Auteur Welsh Brown J. (ed) Date 1990 Source IUCN (ID: MON-043300) Éditeur | Lieu de publication Westview Press Inc. | Boulder, CO, USA ISBN 0-8133-1053-9 Pages 228 p. Langue Anglais Champ d'application International Pays/Territoire États-Unis d'Amérique, Égypte, Kenya, Mexique, Philippines Sujet Environnement gén. Mot clé Description complète Pays en voie de développement Résumé 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