Ecology and development in the Third World /
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1988.
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| Series: | Routledge introductions to development.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. The purpose of the book
- Development and natural vegetation. The natural vegetation ; The demand for the resources of the forest ; The effects of the deforestation ; managing the ecodisaster ; Case study A : social forestry in India ; Case study B : changes in the Amazon rainforest ; Key ideas
- The environmental impact of land development. The background ; Case study C : land degradation in El Salvador ; Agricultural development : the general case ; Agricultural development : the marginal lands ; Other types of land degradation ; Key ideas ; Case study D : the Yallahs Valley, Easter Jamaica : an example of utilization of marginal lands
- Development of water resource. The hydrological background ; The supply of water to settlements ; Case study E : the Aswan Dam on the Nile ; Pollution of the waterways ; Case study F : the Ganga River in India : a case study of a river in use ; Implementation of large-scale projects ; Key ideas
- Development and changing air quality. The constituents of air ; Development in rural areas and air pollution ; Mining, industrial activities, and air pollution ; Case study G : effect of local air pollution on the Taj Mahal ; Population concentration and air pollution ; Case study H : the disaster at Bhopal ; Key ideas
- Urban development and environmental modification. Types of environmental modification ; Climatological changes ; Hydrological changes ; Case study I : urban development, subsidence, and flooding in Bangkok ; Geomorphological changes ; Pollution in citiies ; Key ideas
- Environmental problems and the Third World development . A brief recapitulation ; Development and environmental protection ; The machinery for environmental protection ; Case study J : silent valley ; The future trends ; Key ideas.