The environmentalism of the poor [electronic resource] : a study of ecological conflicts and valuation / Joan Martinez-Alier.
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TextPublication details: Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., c2002Description: 1 online resource (xi, 312 p.)ISBN: 9781843765486 (e-book)Subject(s): Environmental economics | Environmental policy | Economic development -- Environmental aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 333.7 LOC classification: HC79.E5 | M35865 2002Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Currents of environmentalism -- 2. Ecological economics : "taking nature into account" -- 3. Indices of (un) sustainability, and neo-Malthusianism -- 4. Political ecology : the study of ecological distribution conflicts -- 5. Mangroves versus shrimps -- 6. The environmentalism of the poor : gold, oil, forests, rivers, biopiracy -- 7. Indicators of urban unsustainability as indicators of social conflict -- 8. Environmental justice in the United States and South Africa -- 9. The state and other actors -- 10. The ecological debt -- 11. On the relations between political ecology and ecological economics.
The Environmentalism of the Poor has the explicit intention of helping to establish two emerging fields of study--political ecology and ecological economics--whilst also investigating the relations between them.
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