E. S. Simpson
Addresses the issues faced by developing nations in attempting to secure sustainable economic development.
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.
As an introduction to the developing world, this sets the framework for a consideration of its problems and the hopes of its peoples. This edition updates data and diagrams from the first edition and discusses these changes. As attitudes to development have changed, the book also reflects these.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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.
Klappentext
First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
