Martinez-Alier, Joan. <br/><br/>
The environmentalism of the poor  a study of ecological conflicts and valuation /  [electronic resource] : 
Joan Martinez-Alier. 
 - Northampton, Mass. :  Edward Elgar Pub.,  c2002. 
 - 1 online resource (xi, 312 p.) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781843765486 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002023626 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Environmental economics.<br/>Environmental policy.<br/>Economic development--Environmental aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC79.E5  / M35865 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>333.7