Images from the Book


These are the images from this chapter of Environment: An Interdisciplinary Anthology


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Figure 5.1: The semantics of sustainable development. Figure 5.2: The mainstream perception of the link between poverty and environmental degradation. Photos courtesy of Greenpeace. Figure 5.3: A more realistic representation of the link between poverty and environmental degradation. Photos courtesy of Greenpeace.


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Figure 5.4: The marginal product of increasing complexity. Photos courtesy of USDA. Figure 5.5: The marginal product of increasing complexity, with technological innovation or acquisition of an energy subsidy. Photo courtesy of the City of Chicago.