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947400
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b701770
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| Main Entry
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Simms, Andrew.
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| Title & Author
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Ecological debt : : the health of the planet and the wealth of nations /\ Andrew Simms.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;Ann Arbor, Mich. :: Pluto,, 2005.
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x, 214 pages :: illustrations ;; 20 cm
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| ISBN
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0745324045
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: 0745324053
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: 9780745324043
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: 9780745324050
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-204) and index.
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| Contents
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A short walk to Venus -- The chemist's warning : a short history of global warming -- The heaven bursters : Tuvalu and the fate of nations -- The great reversal of human progress -- Ecological debt -- The carbon debt -- Rationalising self-destruction (or why people are more stupid than frogs) -- The car park at the end of the world -- Pay back time : the law, climate change and ecological debt -- Data for the doubtful : the lessons of war economies -- The new adjustment -- Minerva's owl.
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| Abstract
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Simms shows how millions of us in the West are running up huge ecological debts: from the amount of oil and coal that we burn to heat our houses and run our cars, to what we consume and the waste that we create, the impact of our lifestyles is felt worldwide. Whilst these debts go unpaid, millions more living in poverty in the majority world suffer the burden of paying dubious foreign financial debts. The book explores a great paradox of our age: how the global wealth gap was built on ecological debts, which the world's poorest are now having to pay for. [Publisher web site].
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Consumption (Economics)-- Environmental aspects.
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Environmental economics.
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Environmental protection-- Citizen participation.
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Global warming.
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Comportement du consommateur.
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Consumption (Economics)-- Environmental aspects.
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Economie de l'environnement.
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Effets sur l'environnement.
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Environmental economics.
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Environmental protection-- Citizen participation.
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Global warming.
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Protection de l'environnement.
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Société de consommation.
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Milieuaantasting.
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Milieuvraagstuk.
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Noord-Zuidverhouding.
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Ongelijkheid.
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| Dewey Classification
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333.72
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| LC Classification
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HC79.E5S4395 2005
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43.30bcl
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43.30.bcl
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89.93bcl
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89.93.bcl
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