World development report 1992 : Development and the environment

Contents:
Acronyms and initials x;
Definitions and data notes xi;
Overview 1;
Focusing on the right problems 4;
Development, the environment, and the long-term prospect 7;
Policies for development and the environment 10;
Removing impediments to action 14;
Putting policies to work 15;
The costs of a better environment 23;
1 Development and the environment: a false dichotomy 25;
The context: population, poverty, and economic growth 25;
Sustaining development 33;
The nature of the challenge 41;
2 Environmental priorities for development 44;
Water 45;
Air pollution 50;
Solid and hazardous wastes 53;
Land and habitat 55;
Atmospheric changes 61;
Conclusion 63;
3 Markets, governments, and the environment 64;
Environmental damage: diverse problems, common causes 64;
Adopting good development policies 65;
Using targeted environmental policies 70;
4 Making better decisions: information, institutions, and participation 83;
The political economy of environmental degradation 83;
Improving knowledge and understanding 85;
Changing institutions: making the public sector more responsive 87;
Involving local people 93;
5 Sanitation and clean water 98;
Water supply and sanitation as environmental priorities 98;
Managing water resources better 100;
Providing services that people want and are willing to pay for 103;
Increasing investments in sanitation 106;
Rethinking institutional arrangements 108;
What might be accomplished 113;
6 Energy and industry 114;
Energy 115;
Industry 126;
Conclusions 132;
7 Rural environmental policy 134;
Resource management by individuals and enterprises 137;
Resource management by communities 142;
Resource management by governments 144;
Conclusions 151;
8 International environmental concerns 153;
Some lessons from experience 154;
Responding to the threat of greenhouse warming 158;
Biological diversity: an approach to common concerns 166;
9 The costs of a better environment 170;
Finance and the local environment 170;
Financing environmental expenditures 175;
Development in the twenty-first century 178;
Bibliographical note 179;
Environmental data appendix 192;
World Development Indicators 207.