Divesting nature's capital
Subtitle: the political economy of environmental abuse in the Third World
By: edited by H. Jeffrey Leonard.
Contributors: Leonard, H. Jeffrey.
Publisher: Holmes & Meier
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Environmental policy -- Developing countries; Conservation of natural resources -- Developing countries; Developing countries -- Economic policy
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Resource limitations, environmental deterioration, and progress / H. Jeffrey Leonard; title: Environment, economic growth, and income distribution in the Third World / Henry Bienen and H. Jeffrey Leonard; title: Political and economic causes of Third World environmental degradation / H. Jeffrey Leonard; title: Rhetoric and reality / David Morell, with Joanna Poznanski; title: The political economy of tropical deforestation / George Ledec; title: The politics of desertification in marginal environments / James T. Thomson; title: Politics and pollution from urban and industrial development / H. Jeffrey Leonard.