ABSTRACT

This reissue, first published in 1978, confronts a whole range of international development issues: hunger, energy, supply, population growth, pollution, the state of the cities, nuclear proliferation. Geoffrey Lean explains the interdependent contemporary crises within developing nations and presents the facts behind them, alongside the practical solutions, new strategies and fresh thinking present in contemporary development thinking.

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

chapter |15 pages

The Growing Imbalance

chapter |16 pages

The Patchwork Revolution

chapter |17 pages

Rich World, Poor World

chapter |23 pages

Trickle-Down Dries Up

chapter |15 pages

The Impotent Pill

chapter |37 pages

The Armageddon Factor

chapter |13 pages

The Ending of the Oil Age

chapter |27 pages

Faustian Bargain?

chapter |18 pages

Sun, Moon, Earth …

chapter |23 pages

… And People Power

chapter |13 pages

Strange Diseases

chapter |17 pages

Chemical Reactions

chapter |14 pages

Change of Habitat

chapter |19 pages

Hope from the Slums

chapter |22 pages

Changing Philosophies