TY - BOOK T1 - The wealth of communities: Stories of success in local environmental management Y1 - 1994 A1 - Charlie Pye-Smith KW - Calcutta KW - case studies KW - community organization KW - community participation KW - Costa Rica KW - developing countries KW - economic development KW - Ecuador KW - environmental aspects KW - environmental conditions KW - environmental management KW - environmental protection KW - human ecology KW - India KW - Krakow KW - Los Angeles KW - management KW - Mauritania KW - natural resources KW - Nepal KW - Philippines KW - sustainable development KW - Uganda KW - United States KW - Zimbabwe AB - So much written about the environment conveys unremitting doom and the sense that time is running out. The problems, are, indeed, serious, yet there are grounds for optimism, and communities all over the world are making intelligent use of the resources on which they depend. This book tells the stories of 10 such communities, from the Philippines to Poland, from Los Angeles to Zimbabwe, whether reviving depleted fisheries, finding novel ways of waste disposal, or controlling industrial pollution for their own needs while at the same time protecting the environment -- often in the face of hardship and opposition. PB - Kumarian Press CY - West Hartford, CT SN - 978-1-56549-038-3 UR - http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30567089 JO - The wealth of communities ER -