The environmentalism of the poor : a study of ecological conflicts and valuation
by
Martʹinez-Alier, Juan.
Title
:
The environmentalism of the poor : a study of ecological conflicts and valuation
Author
:
Martʹinez-Alier, Juan.
ISBN
:
9781843764861
9781840649093
Personal Author
:
Martʹinez-Alier, Juan.
Publication Information
:
Northhampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, c2002.
Physical Description
:
xi, 312 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
:
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.
Abstract
:
"Joan Martinez-Alier combines the study of ecological conflicts and the study of environmental valuation in a totally original approach that will appeal to a wide cross-section of academics, ecologists and environmentalists."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject Term
:
Environmental economics.
Environmental policy.
Economic development -- Environmental aspects.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168015773183 | 333.7 M385E 2002 | 1 |