Screen LibraryA land on fire：the environmental consequences of the Southeast Asian boom
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Westview Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Boulder, Colo. |
| Publication Dates: | c2003. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xv, 365 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0813340535 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | X |
| CLC: | X-013.3 |
| Call Number: | X-013.3/F157 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : the fire of knowledge -- The city : mango madness -- Tourism : money-changers in the monastery -- Dams : the price of power -- Logging : guns, trees and refugees -- Forests and farmers : only the haunted jungles survive -- The coast : on the edge -- The pipeline : a snake in the woods -- Toxics : mercury rising -- Global issues : commerce and the global commons -- Civil-izing society : three bloody days in May. |