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List of Illustrations.. Glossary.. The contributors.. Acknowledgements.. Foreword.. 1 Introduction.. 2 Environmental sustainability and the growth of GDP: conditions for compatibility.. 3 Northern growth and environmental constraints.. 4 Can the North stop consumption growth? Escaping the cycle of work and spend.. 5 Population growth and the environmental crisis: beyond the 'obvious'.. 6 Distributive justice and the control of global warming.. 7 Enclosing the global commons: global environmental negotiations in a North-South conflictual approach.. 8 Environmental policies and North-South trade: a selected survey of the issues.. 9 The Korean model of development and its environmental implications.. 10 National development and local environmental action - the case of the River Narmada.. 11 Economics and ecosystems: the case of Zimbabwean peasant households.. 12 Development after ecology.. Index

The essays in this study contribute to an analysis of the prospects for the world's economy in the face of environmental constraints. The contributors examine the implications of development in both northern and southern hemispheres, and the extreme differences between rich and poor nations in the distribution of income, resource use and consumption. Using extensive case studies from WIDER-sponsored research, the text explores the limits and consequences of further development. Inglés