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Author:

Vegter, Ivo.

Title:

Extreme environment : how environmental exaggeration harms emerging economies / Ivo Vegter.

Publisher:

Zebra Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xiii, 321 p. [8] p. of plates : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Environmental degradation--Social aspects--Developing countries.
Environmental degradation--Social aspects--South Africa.
Environmental economics--Developing countries.
Environmental economics--South Africa.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-312) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : exaggeration, sensationalism and age-old neuroses -- David versus Goliath : the rise of the fracking controversy -- Fracking : a light on scary nightmares -- Fracking : crying wolf -- Umami : the good taste -- Many people died, but not at Fukushima -- The Caribbean : reports of my death were greatly exaggerated -- Fun with facts and fallacies -- The last resort : climate change -- The church of Gaia -- Exaggeration makes us poorer.

ISBN:

1770223665 (PDF)
9781770223660 (PDF)
1770223657 (ePub)
9781770223653 (ePub)
1770223649 (pbk.)
9781770223646 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)785082815

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)