Trouble in Paradise; Globalization and Environmental Crises in Latin America

Trouble in Paradise; Globalization and Environmental Crises in Latin America

Editorial Reviews
Review
Fast-paced, complex, challenging and important. Their analysis of the broad scale of loss and biological decline occurring in the Amazon basin, and the factors driving it, are as stunning as any I've read..
-David Helvarg, from the Foreword

Presents vignettes detailing the real stories people dealing with an acute environmental problem; describes the current extent and depth of the problem (and) explores the historical roots of the problem, viewed broadly..
-Journal of Economic Literature, December 2003

Book Description
Text considers the Latin American environmental crisis, presenting an account of its diverse environmental issues. Frames them in terms of globalization and neo-liberalization processes. Illustrated. Includes index, references, and notes. Softcover, hardcover available. DLC: Sustainable development--Latin America.

Trouble in Paradise; Globalization and Environmental Crises in Latin America

Trouble in Paradise,J. Roberts,Routledge,0415929806,Development - Economic Development,Environmental Science,Environmental degradation,Environmental policy,General,Globalization,Latin America,Political Science,Politics / Current Events,Politics/International Relations,Pollution,Sustainable development,Current Events / Political,Pollution & threats to the environment

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