The new consumers : the influence of affluence on the environment / Norman Myers and Jennifer Kent
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c2004
Descript
xv, 199 p. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Who are the new consumers? -- Cars: Driving us backwards -- Meat: Juicy steaks and hidden costs -- Further resource linkage: Household electricity, eco-footprints, and human numbers -- China: a giant awake and roaring -- India: the second "Biggie" -- The big picture of 20 countries -- Sustainable consumption: Where do we find it? -- Sustainable consumption: How to get from