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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Washington, DC :
Island Press,
c2004.
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Taula de continguts:
- 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.