The third revolution : environment, population, and a sustainable world

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The third revolution : environment, population, and a sustainable world

Paul Harrison

I.B. Tauris, 1992

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"In association with the World Wide Fund for Nature."

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Harrison argues that population growth, rising consumption and damaging technologies have combined to bring on the biggest environmental crisis in human history. Just as crisis spurred the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions, so it may be a third revolution that is needed to achieve sustainable development. Harrison provides a bulletin on the state of the planet and the process of destruction, and a blueprint for the third revolution. Harrison is author of "Inside the Third World" and was the 1988 recipient of the UNEP Global 500 award for outstanding services to the environment. The book is being made into a TV documentary to coincide with publication.

Table of Contents

Prologue in the forest: Musoh, Malaysia. 1. One part wisdom: the great debate 2. The o'ergrowth of some complexion: three billion years of environmental crisis. 3. Bounded in a nutshell: the new limits to growth. 4. The fall of a sparrow: the passing of biological diversity. 5. The paragon of animals: Ranomafana, Madagascar. 6. The grinding of the ax: deforestation. 7. Abatements and delays: forest adjustments. 8. A sterile promontory: land degradation. 9. A little patch of ground: living on the margin 10. Quintessence of dust: Kalsaka, Burkina Faso. 11. The interim is mine: Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. 12. The quick of the ulcer: the environmental impact of cities. 13. The drossy age: monuments in solid waste. 14. A sea of troubles: polluted waters. 15. A congregation of vapors: air pollution and climate change. 16. Sorrows come not single spies: Hatia Island, Bangladesh. 17. Towards a general theory. 18. Particular faults: sharing the blame. 19. We defy augury: options for action. 20. If it be not now, yet it will come: towards the third revolution. Appendix: measuring population impact. Notes and sources. Hamlet sources.

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