Resource intensity knowledge and development : insights from Africa and South America
by
 
Lorentzen, Jochen.

Title
Resource intensity knowledge and development : insights from Africa and South America

Author
Lorentzen, Jochen.

ISBN
9780796922137

Publication Information
Cape Town : HSRC Press, 2008.

Physical Description
xi, 260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm

Contents
Knowledge intensification in resource-based economies / Jo Lorentzen -- The development of sugar-based plastic in Brazil / Léa Velho and Paulo Velho -- The manufacture of biodegradable plastics from maize starch : a case of technological migration, adaptation and learning in South Africa / Marian Walker -- Cleaning pollution : from mining to environmental remediation / Juana Kuramoto and Francisco Sagasti -- Missed opportunities? : a case study from South Africa's mining sector / Thomas E. Pogue -- From coffee production to machines for optical selection : a case of lateral migration in Costa Rica / Elisa Giuliani.

Subject Term
Industries -- South Africa.
 
Industries -- Latin America.
 
Natural resources -- South Africa.
 
Natural resources -- Latin America.

Added Author
Lorentzen, Jochen.

Electronic Access
http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2221&cat=0&page=1&featured
 
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0901/2008435133-b.html
 
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0901/2008435133-d.html


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