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The North the South and the Environment
Ecological Constraints
and the Global Economy
Table of contents (276 p.)
EDITED BY
V BHASKAR AND ANDREW GLYN
First published in 1995 by
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Chapter two: Environmental sustainability and the growth of GDP: conditions for compatibility
Chapter three: Northern growth and environmental constraints
Chapter four: Can the North stop consumption growth? Escaping the cycle of work and spend
Chapter five : Population growth and the environmental crisis: beyond the 'obvious'
Chapter six: Distributive justice and the control of global warming
Chapter eight : Environmental policies and North-South trade: a selected survey of the issues
Chapter nine: The Korean model of development and its environmental implications
Chapter ten: National development and local environmental action - the case of the River Narmada
Chapter eleven: Economics and ecosystems: the case of Zimbabwean peasant households
Chapter twelve: Development after ecology