Trouble in paradise : globalization and environmental crises in Latin America / / J. Timmons Roberts and Nikki Demetria Thanos ; with a foreword by David Helvarg

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790565203321
• Autore: Roberts J. Timmons.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
• ISBN: 1-136-74550-5; 0-429-23581-X; 0-415-92980-6; 0-203-81976-4; 1-136-74551-3
• Descrizione fisica: xvii, 285 p. : ill., maps
• Altri autori (Persone): ThanosNikki Demetria
• Disciplina: 338.98/07
• Soggetti: Environmental degradation - Latin America; Environmental policy - Latin America; Pollution - Latin America; Sustainable development - Latin America; Latin America Environmental conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-265) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ch. 1. The scene, its problems and roots -- ch. 2. Pollution havens on the United States-Mexico border? : NAFTA, free trade, and the environment -- ch. 3. Green revolutions, deforestation, and new ideas -- ch. 4. Hazards of an urban continent -- ch. 5. Bio-splendor, devastation, and competing visions in the Amazon -- ch. 6. Indigenous peoples, development megaprojects, and internet resistance -- ch. 7. Building a global civil society : living what we know.