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It is not cities themselves that destroy the environment but rather the combination of burgeoning populations and spiraling poverty . At the heart of the issue of pollution is the disaster threshold . We are finding it difficult to ...
It is not cities themselves that destroy the environment but rather the combination of burgeoning populations and spiraling poverty . At the heart of the issue of pollution is the disaster threshold . We are finding it difficult to ...
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The increase in the number of city dwellers has been staggering : from 730 million in 1950 to 2 billion today and ... There were ten cities of over 5 million people in 1950 : six in developed countries , three in China , and one in ...
The increase in the number of city dwellers has been staggering : from 730 million in 1950 to 2 billion today and ... There were ten cities of over 5 million people in 1950 : six in developed countries , three in China , and one in ...
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throng in hope to the cities may be adding to a set of unmanageable problems , but individually they may be making a rational decision . There is now broad recognition that urban bias needs to be reversed and priority given to the ...
throng in hope to the cities may be adding to a set of unmanageable problems , but individually they may be making a rational decision . There is now broad recognition that urban bias needs to be reversed and priority given to the ...
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictThis book addresses the question: "If the development of the quarter of the world's people who are now rich has brought us all so close to the limits of sustainable living on Earth, how is the ... Read full review
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| Title | Our Country, the Planet: Forging a Partnership for Survival |
| Author | S. S. Ramphal |
| Publisher | Lime Tree, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Aug 2009 |
| ISBN | 0413455815, 9780413455819 |
| Length | 291 pages |
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