The return of scarcity : strategies for an economic future / H.C. Coombs
- Bib ID:
- 1727003
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Coombs, H. C. (Herbert Cole), 1906-1997
- Online Version:
- Table of contents only
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- Description:
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- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990
- x, 171 p. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0521368960
- 052136373X
- Summary:
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Reference to Aboriginal firestick farming, hunter/gatherer lifestyle and relationship to land.
- Full contents:
- Machine derived contents note: 1. Towards a Sustainable Society; 2. Scarcity, Wealth and Income; 3. Matching Ecological and Economic Realities; 4. Science and Technology - For What Purpose? 5. Economic and Ecological Issues in Resource Management; 6. Resource Management and Environmental Law; 7. The Quality of Life and it's Assessment; 8. Is Democracy Alive and Well? 9. Technology, Economic Change and Political Strategy.
- Notes:
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- "Published in association with Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-171)
- Source of Acquisition:
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- Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
- Copy 3: Donated by ATSIC Library
- Subject:
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- Economic development -- Environmental aspects
- Economic policy
- Resource allocation
- Natural resources -- Management
- Scarcity
- Environment - Land management - Fire
- Technology - Wood - Fire sticks
- Hunting, gathering and fishing
- Culture - Relationship to land
- Australia
- Economic development
- Sustainable development
- Economic conditions
- Natural resources
- Aborigines
- Democracy
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2067 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1997
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1990
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