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The Integration and Colonisation of the Brazilian Portion of the Amazon Basin
Monograph on the economic development of the amazon river basin in Brazil - examines the origin and aims of the integration and development policy pursued in the land settlement programmes, and presents an evaluation of the effects of various development projects and their role in reducing overall underdevelopment, etc. Bibliography pp. 167 to 177, diagram, maps, references and statistical tables.
National Union Catalog
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Governing the Rainforest
Sustainable development is often thought of as a product that can be obtained by following a prescribed course of interventions. Rather than conceptualizing it as a sweet spot of economic, ecological, and social balance, sustainable development is an ongoing process of embroilments requiring constant negotiation of often-competing aims. Sustainable development politics yield highly uneven results among different members of society and different geographic areas. As this book argues, such imbalances mean that sustainable development processes often prioritize economic over environmental goals, perpetuating and reinforcing economic and political inequalities. Governing the Rainforest looks at ...
The Future of Amazonia
The future of Brazilian Amazonia, the world's largest remaining tropical rainforest, hangs in the balance. Two decades of destructive development have provoked violent struggles for control over the region's resources, with disastrous social and environmental consequences. This multi-disciplinary collection reviews past experience but focusses on the latest phase of Amazonian settlement. Chapters by leading authorities examine such issues as colonisation in the most recent frontier areas, multinational mining projects, hydro-electric schemes, and the military occupation of Brazil's borders. After demonstrating how new government and business activities have exacerbated social tensions and ecological destruction, the volume considers alternative, more sustainable strategies.
