Poverty and the Environment: Reversing the Downward Spiral. Worldwatch Paper 92.

Autor/in	Durning, Alan B.
Institution	Worldwatch Inst., Washington, DC.
Titel	Poverty and the Environment: Reversing the Downward Spiral. Worldwatch Paper 92.
Quelle	(1989), (91 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	0-916468-93-3
Schlagwörter	Conservation (Environment); Developing Nations; Economic Factors; Environmental Education; Foreign Countries; International Trade; Poverty; Poverty Programs; World Problems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Ökonomischer Faktor; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Ausland; Trade; International relations; Handel; Internationale Beziehungen; Armut; Armenfürsorge; Weltproblem
Abstract	This publication discusses world problems related to poverty and possible ways to escape those problems. Sections include: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "And the Poor Get Poorer" (reporting data on income distribution in many countries); (3) "The Global Poverty Trap" (describing various hindrances to improving conditions at the local, national, and global levels); (4) "Poverty and the Environment" (including cases of ecological deterioration in many poor countries); (5) "Reversing the Downward Spiral" (providing a success story for each of the poverty traps). Lists 128 references. (YP)
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Update	2004/1/01