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Primary resources and energy in the third world

Title
Primary resources and energy in the third world / John Soussan.
Author
Soussan, John.
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge, 1988.

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Description
vi, 114 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.
Summary
In this clear yet stimulating introductory text John Soussan explores the issues and arguments involved using a variety of case studies from across the Third World, including the tin mining industry, Rio Tinto-Zinc and fuelwood in Kenya.
Series Statement
Routledge introductions to development
Uniform Title
Routledge introductions to development
Subject
  • Mines and mineral resources > Developing countries
  • Power resources > Developing countries
  • Mines and mineral resources
  • Power resources
  • Energieversorgung
  • Natürliche Ressourcen
  • Primärenergie
  • Rohstoff
  • Developing countries
  • Entwicklungsländer
Note
  • "Published in the USA by Routledge in association with Routledge, Chapman & Hall"--P.
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 110-111.
Contents
Development and resources: The nature of resources -- MINERALS AND DEVELOPMENT: Minerals: basic issues -- Resources, reserves and recovery rates -- Resources, reserves and recovery rates -- Trends in mineral prices -- Tin -- THE INTERNATIONAL MINERALS INDUSTRY AND THE THIRD WORLD: Mining: a risky business -- The mining multinationals -- The rio tinto-zinc corporation -- The impact of minerals mining on the third world -- The response of third world governments -- Minerals mining in the 1980s -- ENERGY, SURVIVAL AND DEVELOPMENT: Energy crises in the third world -- Energy sources and balances -- Energy in Indonesia -- Energy for development -- Energy for survival -- Conclusions -- Energy and the environment: how poor people cope: Energy in rural areas -- Understanding rural energy: wood fuel and trees in Kenya -- Responses to fuel wood problems -- Energy and the urban poor -- THIRD WORLD ENERGY: options for the future: Energy and development -- The Mahaweli hep project in Sri Lanka -- Energy planning for small island nations -- Energy for the poor -- Agroforestry.
ISBN
  • 0415006724
  • 9780415006729
LCCN
88000328
OCLC
  • ocm17441581
  • 17441581
  • SCSB-1199049
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library