2nd Edition

Developing World, The An Introduction

By E.S. Simpson Copyright 1995

    Addresses the issues faced by developing nations in attempting to secure sustainable economic development.

    PART ONE: Dimensions and Issues
    1.Worlds within worlds
    2.The dimension of people: disease and mortality
    3.The dimension of people: birth rates and population dynamics
    4.The dimension of people: the demographic transition in the late twentieth century
    5.Agriculture: the environment and indigenous farming systems
    6.Agriculture: the European imprint
    7.Industrialisation
    8.The development process and development planning
    9.The external dimension
    10Spatial aspects of development and development planning
    PART TWO: The Practice
    11.Fiji and Pacific Island communities
    12.Nigeria
    13.Zambia
    14.Sir Lanka
    15.China
    16.India
    17.Brazil
    18.Perus
    19East Asian NICs
    20.Retrospective and prospective views.

    Biography

    E. S. Simpson