The Environment Strikes Back (From Rio to Rai: Environment and Devlopment in.

Matilda Koma; Jaru Bisa; J. Orere; D. Wotton; R. Vatasan; G. Vatasan; Serge Domicelj; Jenny Bryant-Tokalau; Susan M. Rebano; Ajit Mangar

ISBN 10: 9980840803 / ISBN 13: 9789980840806

Published by University of Papua New Guinea Press, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Environment Strikes Back (From Rio to Rai: Environment and Devlopment in.
• Publisher: University of Papua New Guinea Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9980840803
• ISBN 13: 9789980840806
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Papua New Guinea

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Synopsis

Chapters: Water quality management in PNG; An integrated approach to water conservation and planning in PNG; Hydropower and the environment; Environmental aspects of water quality, sewage disposal and population increase in PNG; Human settlements in the 1990s: sustainability and basic services; Urban environmental degradation in the Pacific: cities under threat?; Infrastructure planning and sustainable human settlement development; From Rio to Rai and to reality; Obstacles to integrated infrastructure development planning in PNG; The success and failure of the home ownership scheme in PNG; The role of landowners in human settlemetn devlopment; The Village Services Development Programme in PNG: the strength and weaknesses; The role of the 'informal' sector of the economy in the development of human settlement; The role of women in shelter development in PNG; Not so good, not so bad housing solutions for everybody; Alternative urban shelter development strategies: the feasibility of indigenous building materials in PNG; Inputs for development: food systems, consumption patterns and nutrition; Fat cats and thin children: where are we heading?; Population growth, economic development and environmental stress in PNG; How does population fit into sustainable development?; Population growth and its impact on sustainable development in Sandaun Province; The environment strikes back: injury in PNG.