The Developing World: An Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780582218888 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 390 str.

E.S. Simpson

Opis

Addresses the issues faced by developing nations in attempting to secure sustainable economic development.

Spis treści

PART ONE: Dimensions and Issues
1.Worlds within worlds
2.The dimension of people: disease and mortality
3.The dimension of people: birth rates and population dynamics
4.The dimension of people: the demographic transition in the late twentieth century
5.Agriculture: the environment and indigenous farming systems
6.Agriculture: the European imprint
7.Industrialisation
8.The development process and development planning
9.The external dimension
10Spatial aspects of development and development planning
PART TWO: The Practice
11.Fiji and Pacific Island communities
12.Nigeria
13.Zambia
14.Sir Lanka
15.China
16.India
17.Brazil
18.Perus
19East Asian NICs
20.Retrospective and prospective views.

O autorze

E. S. Simpson