| Economic
Development and Environmental Sustainability |
| -Jose
I. dos R. Furtado and Tamara Belt with Ramachandra Jammi,
editors |
| Relatively
little attention often has been paid to the negative
effects of economic development on the environment among
countries pursuing a higher living standard. This scenario
has been especially true in developing countries. Proof
that economic development and the environment are closely
interrelated is everywhere, from major urban settings
to the farthest reaches of the tropical forests. The
challenge now is to ensure that development strategies
for economic growth are implemented in harmony with
environmental sustainability. This book, developed as
part of a five-year program of policy seminars, touches
on a broad range of practical issues related to environmental
management, including wealth creation, institutions,
equity, energy, trade, human health, and ecological
sustainability. |
2000.
125 pages. ISBN 0-8213-4573-7. SKU 14573. $22.00
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| Empowering
Civil Society to Monitor the Environment: Education
for Students, Awareness for the Public, and Functional
Literacy for Targeted Groups |
| -David
Lakshmanan Ariasingam |
| This
paper, along with case studies, provides evidence that
empowering civil society can improve the effectiveness
and sustainability of environment projects. Empowerment
includes encouraging people to monitor the environment
through environmental education for primary and secondary
students, environmental awareness programs for the public,
and efforts to improve the functional literacy of targeted
groups. |
| 1999.
40 pages. Stock No. 37141. Full
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|
Global
Climate Change and Biodiversity
Challenges for the Future and the Way Ahead |
| -José
I. dos Furtado and Nalin Kishor with G. V. Rao and Catherine
Wood |
| This
paper is based on the Workshop on Global Climate Change
and Biodiversity in Toronto, Canada, on June 24, 1997.
There, an international panel of experts addressed some
of the scientific and policy issues related to global
climate change and biodiversity. The paper summarizes
the panel's presentations and deliberations, supplemented
by research and publications made available since that
time. It highlights the challenges the world community
faces as a result of global climate change and identifies
the steps necessary to counter those threats. |
| 1999.
54 pages. Stock No. 37151. Full
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| Land-Use
Zoning on Tropical Frontiers: Emerging Lessons from
the Brazilian Amazon |
| -Dennis
J. Mahar and Cecile E.H. Ducrot |
| For
more than 30 years, successive Brazilian governments
have engaged in programs aimed at opening up the Amazon
region for settlement and development. Starting in the
late 1980s, the Brazilian government, along with certain
donors and nongovernmental organizations, proposed prescriptive
land-use zoning (LZ) to bring order and rationality
to land use in the Amazon region. A decade has now passed
since LZ was legally instituted. While the process of
implementing LZ continues, this case seeks to draw some
interim lessons from the experience to date. The authors
hope that these lessons will contribute to improving
the design and implementation of LZ not only in Brazil
but in other countries of the world with similar tropical
frontiers. |
| 1999.
29 pages. Stock No. 37139. Full
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| Protecting
the Global Environment: Initiatives by Japanese Business |
| -Wilfrido
Cruz, Koichiro Fukui, Jeremy Warford, editors |
| In
an effort to develop global environmental policies there
is a clear division between developed and developing
countries. Developing countries are faced with significant
issues such as poverty reduction and economic growth
stimulation. These countries may also harbor resentment
toward the developed countries as the source of environmental
damage. Additionally, environmental problems can impact
countries differently. This paper, a cooperative effort
by the World Bank Institute and the Development Bank
of Japan, seeks to further discussion of the connection
between environmental concerns and national development
policies. By outlining three specific examples from
the steel, power and forestry sectors, in Japan, it
demonstrates how remarkable environmental improvements
can occur while improving production efficiency. |
2002.
144 pages. ISBN 0-8213-5122-2. SKU 15122. $22.00
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| Tourism
and the Environment |
| -Kalidas
Sawkar, Ligia Noronha, Antonio Mascarenhas, O.S. Chauhan,
and Simad Saeed |
| This
document includes two case studies that review the impacts
of tourism on the environment in the State of Goa, India,
and the Republic of the Maldives. |
| 1998.
54 pages. Stock No. 37134. Full
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| Urban
and Industrial Management in Developing Countries: Lessons
from Japanese Experience |
| -Wilfrido
Cruz, Kazuhiko Takemoto, and Jeremy Warford, editors |
| This
book summarizes the key features of Japan's work to
resolve the urban and industrial pollution problems
stemming from its rapid post-war industrial expansion.
Drawing upon views expressed by Japanese participants
and participants from other East Asian countries in
an international workshop, the book identifies the main
areas in which developing countries may profit from
the Japanese example. |
1998.
62 pages. ISBN 0-8213-4201-0. SKU 14201. $22.00
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