Ecology and Development in the Third World

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List of plates

viii

(1)

List of figures

ix

(1)

List of tables

x

(1)

Preface to the first edition

xi

(2)

Preface to the second edition

xiii

1 Introduction

1

(3)

2 Development and natural vegetation

4

(17)

The natural vegetation of the tropics and subtropics

4

(2)

The concept of biodiversity

6

(2)

The demand for the resources of the forest

8

(3)

The effects of the deforestation

11

(2)

Managing the ecodisaster

13

(3)

Case study A: Social forestry in India

16

(1)

Case study B: Changes in the Amazon rainforest

17

(2)

Key ideas

19

(2)

3 The environmental impact of land development

21

(14)

The background

21

(2)

Case study C: Land degradation in El Salvador

23

(1)

Agricultural development: the general case

23

(3)

Agricultural development: the marginal lands

26

(4)

Other types of land degradation

30

(1)

Case study D: The Yallahs Valley, eastern Jamaica: an example of the utilization of marginal lands

31

(3)

Key ideas

34

(1)

4 Development of water resources

35

(19)

An introduction to hydrology

35

(2)

The demand for water

37

(1)

The supply of water to settlements

38

(2)

Case study E: Supplying Jakarta with water

40

(2)

Implementation of large-scale projects

42

(2)

Case study F: The Aswan Dam on the Nile

44

(2)

Pollution of the waterways

46

(3)

Case study G: The Ganga River in India: a case study of a river in use

49

(3)

Key ideas

52

(2)

5 Development and changing air quality

54

(12)

The constituents of air

54

(1)

Development in rural areas and air pollution

55

(2)

Mining, industry and air pollution

57

(1)

Case study H: Effect of local air pollution on the Taj Mahal

58

(2)

Air pollution in cities

60

(1)

Case study I: The disaster at Bhopal

61

(3)

Air pollution standards and management

64

(1)

Key ideas

65

(1)

6 Urban development and environmental change

66

(14)

Types of environmental modification

66

(1)

Climatological changes

67

(3)

Hydrological changes

70

(2)

Case study J: Urban development, subsidence and flooding in Bangkok

72

(3)

Geomorphological changes

75

(2)

Pollution in cities

77

(2)

Key ideas

79

(1)

7 The global concern

80

(15)

The spaceship Earth

80

(1)

Ozone depletion and its management

81

(3)

Case study K: Ozone depletion over Antarctica

84

(1)

Global warming and its effects

85

(6)

Case study L: Global warming and the Maldives

91

(2)

The global concern

93

(1)

Key ideas

94

(1)

8 Concepts and mechanisms for environmental management

95

(13)

Introduction

95

(1)

The Stockholm Conference, 5-16 June 1972

95

(1)

United Nations Environmental Programme

96

(1)

The Brundtland Report, 1987

97

(1)

Sustainable development

98

(2)

The Earth Summit, Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992

100

(1)

The post-UNCED environmental scene

101

(5)

Key ideas

106

(2)

9 Environmental problems and the Third World development

108

(7)

A brief recapitulation

108

(1)

The machinery for environmental protection

109

(2)

Case study M: Silent Valley

111

(1)

The future trends

112

(2)

Key ideas

114

(1)

Review questions, references and further reading

115

(6)

Index

121

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