Our Country, the Planet: Forging a Partnership for SurvivalLime Tree, 1992 - 291 pages |
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Page 59
... example of this came in 1988 with a remarkable disclosure from the Soviet Union . Since 1956 , to assist the raising of cotton on mar- ginal land , irrigation water had been diverted from one of the main rivers feeding the Aral Sea ...
... example of this came in 1988 with a remarkable disclosure from the Soviet Union . Since 1956 , to assist the raising of cotton on mar- ginal land , irrigation water had been diverted from one of the main rivers feeding the Aral Sea ...
Page 163
... example when the middle class fled city centers to suburban fringes , leaving behind insulated pockets of the rich amid urban squalor and the masses . The cities of the future can be a vast resource of creative energy and economic ...
... example when the middle class fled city centers to suburban fringes , leaving behind insulated pockets of the rich amid urban squalor and the masses . The cities of the future can be a vast resource of creative energy and economic ...
Page 227
... example , Mexico and Egypt . Others are told to help themselves , which some , mainly in Asia , manage to do . Africa slides off the map of Western attention . Its oil and minerals attract patchy interest and are developed on an enclave ...
... example , Mexico and Egypt . Others are told to help themselves , which some , mainly in Asia , manage to do . Africa slides off the map of Western attention . Its oil and minerals attract patchy interest and are developed on an enclave ...
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Our Country, The Planet: Forging A Partnership For Survival Shridath S. Ramphal No preview available - 1992 |
Our Country, The Planet: Forging A Partnership For Survival Shridath S. Ramphal No preview available - 1992 |
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