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Author McDaniel, Carl N., 1942-

Title Paradise for sale : a parable of nature / Carl N. McDaniel and John M. Gowdy
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 225 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Ch. 1. A Pleasant Island -- Ch. 2. Progress Comes to Nauru -- Ch. 3. Nauru's Shadow -- Ch. 4. Living the Myths -- Ch. 5. Science as Story -- Ch. 6. To Love a Cockroach -- Ch. 7. The Market: Master or Servant? -- Ch. 8. The Chimera of Reality
Summary The grim history of Nauru Island, a small speck in the Pacific Ocean halfway between Hawaii and Australia, represents a larger story of environmental degradation and economic dysfunction. For more than 2,000 years traditional Nauruans, isolated from the rest of the world, lived in social and ecological stability
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-217) and index
Notes English
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Subject Sustainable development -- Nauru
Environmental economics -- Nauru
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Environmental economics
Sustainable development
Economische ontwikkeling.
Milieuaantasting.
Nauru
Form Electronic book
Author Gowdy, John M
ISBN 9780520924451
0520924452
0585274347
9780585274348
1282355031
9781282355033
9786612355035
6612355034