The Future of Amazonia: Destruction or Sustainable Development? - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333464907 ISBN 13: 9780333464908

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1990

Synopsis

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 colonization 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 substantial strategies.

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The future of Brazilian Amazonia, the world's largest remaining tropical rain forest, 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333464907
• ISBN 13: 9780333464908
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 440
• Editor: Hall A., Goodman D.