SOSC 1430 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Loess Plateau, Kuznets Curve, Narmada River
3 Oct 2016
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Some see economic development and globalization as the solution to these environmental problems - others argue that development is the cause of environmental degradation. National governments, international organizations and ngos, private enterprises, and regionally and locally situated individuals all have contributed to the condition of the world"s natural environment today. Post-world war ii development policies and the environment. Early development policy focused primarily on stimulating economic growth and industrialization in developing countries at the national level. Some did not have the means to industrialize immediately and turned to production of cash crops and resource extraction. Transnational corporations (tncs) often brought in to set up factories and run resource- extraction operations - corporations often not held accountable for the adverse environmental impacts of their operations. Development projects funded by international organizations such as the world bank also have long history of producing adverse environmental and social impacts.
