Published in 1991 by the Panos Institute, this 216pp paperback, edited by Mamphela Ramphele and Chris McDowell, brings together South Africans of all races, from environmental pressure groups, universities, the media, law firms, and unions as well as those directly affected by damaging industrial, agricultural and conservation policies. They examine key environmental issues across the region from poor farming practices to energy policies, from the legacy of asbestos dumps to laws about conservation, outlining both the extent of the crisis and the actions which must be taken if the environment is to be healed. Chapters: Foreword; PART ONE: Challenges and Constraints: Chapter 1: "New Day Rising"; Chapter 2: The Politics of Ecology; Chapter 3: Population Pressures. PART TWO: The Rural Environment: Chapter 4: A Land Out of Balance; Chapter 5: The Legacy of "Homeland" Policy. The Ciskei: Dumping Ground of the Eastern Cape; A Desert for the Deserted; Chapter 6: The Search for Alternatives Reaping A Different Harvest; Small Beginnings; Chapter 7: Regaining Control; Chapter Eight: The Fight for Health and Safety; Poison in the Workplace; Killer Dust. PART THREE: The Urban Environment: Chapter 9: Cities Under Stress; Chapter 10: No Space for Living, A City Overflows, Blighted Environment; Chapter Eleven: Access to Power, Smoke over Soweto, Urban Politics and Energy Options; Chapter Twelve: Environmental Sanitation. PART FOUR: Environmental Law: Chapter Thirteen: Tightening Up the Law; Chapter Fourteen: People, Parks and Politics; PART FIVE: Southern Africa: Chapter Fifteen: Exporting the Damage; Chapter Sixteen: From Destruction to Recovery; Chapter Seventeen: Rural Democracy Revisited; Chapter Eighteen: A Fragile Land. The Way Forward. Notes; Glossary; Appendix: Environmental Agencies & Pressure Groups
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