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  • Quantifying Sustainable Development : The Future of Tropical Economies
  • Written by author Charles A. S. Hall, Gregoire Leclerc, Carlos Leon Perez, Patrick Van Laake
  • Published by Academic Press, 2000/07/12
  • Until recently, the phenomenal economic development of the Asian tigers, Chile, and Malaysia, as well as the sustained economic growth of the United States, painted a very desirable and optimistic picture of free markets, fiscal responsibility, and, more
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Foreword
Preface
Sect. I Introduction: The Tropics - Paradise Imperiled?
1 The Changing Tropics
2 A Brief Historical and Visual Introduction to Costa Rica
Sect. II Development and Sustainability
3 The Theories and Myths That Have Guided Development
4 Data on Sustainability in Costa Rica: Time Series Analysis of Population, Land Use, Economics, Energy, and Efficiency
5 Land, Energy, and Agricultural Production in Costa Rica
Sect. IV Building a Geographical Database for Costa Rica
8 Developing a Nationwide Topographical Database
9 Synthesis of Costa Rican Meteorological Information in a Geographical Context
10 Properties, Geographic Distribution, and Management of Major Soil Orders of Costa Rica
11 Remote Sensing and Land Use Analysis for Agriculture in Costa Rica
Sect. V Application to Sustainability Issues for Costa Rica's Natural Resources
12 Temporal and Spatial Overview of Costa Rican Agricultural Production
13 Biophysical Agricultural Assessment and Management Models for Developing Countries
14 Geographical Synthesis of Data on Costa Rican Pastures and Their Potential for Improvement
15 The Extent and Economic Impacts of Soil Erosion in Costa Rica
16 Land Use and Cover Change in Costa Rica: A Geographic Perspective
17 Gradient Analysis of Biomass in Costa Rica and a First Estimate of Countrywide Emissions of Greenhouse Gases from Biomass Burning
18 Forestry in Costa Rica and an Estimate of Energy Potentially Available from Forests
19 Assessing the Role of Parks for Protecting Forest Resources Using GIS and Spatial Modeling
Sect. VI Biophysical Analysis of Major Components of the Economy
20 The Costa Rican Banana Industry: Can It Be Sustainable?
21 The Costa Rican Coffee Industry
22 Costa Rican Industry: Characteristics, History, and Potential for Sustainability
23 The Internationalization of the Costa Rican Economy: A Two-Edged Sword
24 An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Structural Adjustment Policies in Costa Rica
25 Comparative Estimates of Sustainability: Economic, Resource Base, Ecological Footprint, and Emergy
26 The Myth of Sustainable Development
App. I Low-Cost Mapmaking
App. II A Free Micro GIS Program
Appendix III
Index


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