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The new consumers : the influence of affluence on the environment /

"The environmental analyst Norman Myers and his coauthor Jennifer Kent here concentrate not on nations like the United States but on the stunning increase in what they term "new consumers" - people in developing and transition nations who have achieved sufficient affluence to enjoy mi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Myers, Norman.
Other Authors: Kent, Jennifer.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press, c2004.
Subjects:
Economic development > Environmental aspects.
Consumption (Economics) > Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.
Environmental responsibility.
Online Access:Table of contents
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Table of Contents:
  • I.
  • Who are the new consumers?
  • II.
  • Cars : driving us backwards?
  • III.
  • Meat : juicy steaks and hidden costs
  • IV.
  • Further resource linkages : household electricity, eco-footprints, and human numbers
  • V.
  • China : a giant awake and roaring
  • VI.
  • India : the second "biggie"
  • VII.
  • The big picture of 20 countries
  • VIII.
  • Sustainable consumption : where do we find It?
  • IX.
  • Sustainable consumption : how to get from here to there
  • App. A.
  • GNI and its shortcomings
  • App. B.
  • Four outlier countries.

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