TY - BOOK AU - Ward,Barbara TI - Progress for a small planet SN - 0393012778 AV - HD82 .J19 1979 U1 - 330.9 PY - 1979/// CY - New York PB - Norton KW - Economic development KW - International economic relations KW - Conservation of natural resources KW - Environmental policy KW - Human ecology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Progress for a Small Planet consists argues that industrialisation patterns could be made considerably less energy-intensive, less resource-consuming and less environment disruptive. The four chapters on energy are packed with data based on earlier research done by the IIED and emphasise the potential for energy conservation at an economic cost much less than the construction of nuclear plants, not speaking of the risks involved in the Faustian bargain. ER -