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The new consumers : the influence of affluence on the environment / Norman Myers and Jennifer Kent.
Lippincott Library HD75.6 .M94 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Myers, Norman.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic development--Environmental aspects.
- Economic development.
- Consumption (Economics)--Environmental aspects.
- Consumption (Economics).
- Sustainable development.
- Environmental responsibility.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Island Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- Myers and Kent argue that while overconsumption is an abiding problem in the developed world, another one billion increasingly affluent "new consumers" in developing countries will place additional strains on the earth's resources.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-190) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1559639970
- OCLC:
- 54503638
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