Environmental sustainability : practical global implications /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton, FL:
St.Lucie Press,
c1997
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- The authors
- 1. A synthetic framework and a heuristic for integrating multiple perspectives on sustainability
- Part I. Philosophical perspec-tives: third world and first world compared: 2. Patterns of sustainability in the Amer-icans: The U.S. and Amerindian Lifestyles 3. Ecologically sustainable institutions 4. Sustainable development: a Southeast Asian Perspective
- Part II. Practical steps towards sustainability: 5. Economic vs. Financial pricing of Timber and its probable impact on national accounts: the Costa Rica case, 1980-92 6. The valuation and pricing of non - Timber forest products: conceptual issues and a case study from In-dia 7. Poverty Alleviation, empowerment and sustainable resource use: experi-ments in Inland fisheries management in Bangladesh 8. Wildlife use for economic gain: the potential for wildlife to contribute to development in Namibia 9. Re-sources used in Attaining Land tenure security: the case of Peruvian Amazonia 10. Property Rights, nature conservation and land reform in South Africa 11. Sustaina-ble development at the village community level: a third world perspective 12. En-ergy, environment and development: Egypt, South Africa and China
- Index