Industry and Environment in Latin America

Informationen zum Autor Rhys Jenkins Klappentext The impact of globalisation on the environment is a much debated issue, reflected in the growing literature on the effects of trade liberalization, the activities of transnational corporations and international finance. Using case-studies from Latin America, this book sets out these debates and presents new empirical evidence on key questions. Zusammenfassung The impact of globalization on the environment is a much debated issue. Using case-studies from Latin America, this book sets out these debates and presents new empirical evidence on the key questions. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Rhys Jenkins2. Globalization, trade liberalisation and industrial pollution in Latin America Rhys Jenkins3. Mining and the environment in Latin America: the Pollution Haven hypothesis revisited Alyson Warhurst and Nia Hughes-Witcomb4. The diffusion of pollution prevention measures in LDCS: environmental management in Argentine industry Daniel Chudnovsky, Andres Lopez and Valeria Freylejer5. 'Aco Verde': the Brazilian steel industry and environmental performance Jonathon Barton6. Economic liberalisation and the environment - a case-study of the leather industry in Brazil Jan Thomas H. Odegard7. Industrial innovation and environment in the pulp export industry in Brazil Sonia Maria Dalcomuni8. Environmental performance and trade liberalisation in the Mexican textile industry Flor Brown9. Environmental performance in the Mexican chemical fibres industry in the context of an open market Lilia Dominguez-Villalobos10. Environmental assessment of the Mexican steel industry Alfonso Mercado11. Conclusion Rhys Jenkins

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• Authors: Rhys Jenkins, Rhys (University of East Anglia) Jenkins, JENKINS RHYS UNIVERSITY OF EAST
• Assisted by: Rhys Jenkins (Editor), Rhys (University of East Anglia) Jenkins (Editor), Jenkins Rhys (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.01.2001
• EAN: 9780415234474
• ISBN: 978-0-415-23447-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Routledge Research Global Envi; Routledge Research in Global Environmental Change; Routledge Research in Global Environmental Change
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; South America, Globalization, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, Environmental Economics, Pollution & threats to the environment, Pollution and threats to the environment