Population — Development — Environment Understanding their Interactions in Mauritius
Because the number of options is often limited, small island states tend to find it uncommonly difficult to strike a balance between population, envi ronment, and development. Relatively high population density and small land areas, without much in the way of natural resources, do not provide the b...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1994, 1994
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1994 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- I: What Do We Want To Understand?
- 2 Background: People and Development
- 3 Simulation Models of Demographic, Economic, and Environmental Interactions
- II: Understanding Through History
- 4 People on Mauritius: 1638–1991
- 5 From No-Man’s-Land to a Congested Paradise: An Environmental History of Mauritius
- 6 Water Resources and Water Management
- 7 Sugar Cane and Other Agriculture
- 8 Industrial Development and the Labor Force
- 9 Sustainable Tourism
- 10 Energy
- III: Understanding Through Modeling
- 11 Philosophy of the PDE Approach
- 12 The Population Module
- 13 The Economic Module
- 14 Land Use and Regional Distribution
- 15 Modeling the Water Systems
- 16 Scenarios for Mauritius, 1990–2050
- 17 Alternative Histories Since 1962
- IV: Our Present Understanding: What Have We Learned?
- 18 Lessons From Mauritius in the Global Context
- 19 Epilogue: How Useful is the Mauritius Study for Other Parts of the World?
- References