The New Consumers: The Influence Of Affluence On The Environment
- ISBN-10
- 1559639970
- ISBN-13
- 9781559639972
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 199
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-07-09
- Publisher
- Island Press
- Authors
- Norman Myers, Jennifer Kent
Description
Myers and Kent argue that while overconsumption is an abiding problem in the developed world, another one billion increasingly affluent "new consumers" in developing countries will place additional strains on the earth's resources.
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