Traditional and modern approaches to the environment on the Pacific Rim
Subtitle: tensions and values
By: edited by Harold Coward ; with a foreword by Maurice Strong.
Contributors: Coward, Harold G.
Publisher: State University of New York Press; SUNY Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Albany, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Pacific Area.; Environmental policy -- Pacific Area.; Pacific Area -- Economic conditions.; Pacific Area -- Environmental conditions.
Description: The most vigorously developing economies and largest markets today are located on the Pacific Rim, suggesting that the economic "center of gravity" is shifting from the shores of the North Atlantic. Yet the Pacific Rim is also the location of much of the earth's natural beauty as well as the home of still-thriving traditional aboriginal societies. The Pacific Basin's environmental assets and its aboriginal peoples are confronted by the forces of development.

The resulting tension between traditional and modern approaches to the environment are addressed in this book by an interdisciplinary team of scientists, social scientists, and humanists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.