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Progress for a small planet

Barbara Ward

1979305 pagesabout 5–7 hours
1979
first published
  • 1979Norton · 305 pages · ENGISBN 9780393012774
  • 1982W.W. Norton & Co · 305 pages · ENGISBN 9780393300185
  • 2009Earthscan · ENGISBN 9781844079490

This book deals with the apparent conflict between the use of science and technology in economic development to raise standards of living worldwide; and the limited nature and unequal distribution of resources, environmental destruction, and threats to health from industrial waste. The author presents the thesis that there is no real conflict, only a need for a balanced, careful use of world resources.

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