The Future of Amazonia: Destruction or Sustainable Development? (1st ed. 1990)
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- Synopsis
- The future of Brazilian Amazonia, the world's largest remaining tropical rainforest, hangs in the balance. Two decades of destructive development have provoked violent struggles for control over the region's resources, with disastrous social and environmental consequences. This multi-disciplinary collection reviews past experience but focusses on the latest phase of Amazonian settlement. Chapters by leading authorities examine such issues as colonisation in the most recent frontier areas, multinational mining projects, hydro-electric schemes, and the military occupation of Brazil's borders. After demonstrating how new government and business activities have exacerbated social tensions and ecological destruction, the volume considers alternative, more sustainable strategies.
- Copyright:
- 1990
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781349210688
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780333464908
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan UK, London
- Date of Addition:
- 02/17/21
- Copyrighted By:
- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Business and Finance, Technology
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- A. Hall
- Edited by:
- D. Goodman
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