Progress for a Small Planet

Download or read book Progress for a Small Planet written by Barbara Ward and published by New York : Norton. This book was released on 1979 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the apparent conflict between the use of science and technology in economic development to raise standards of living worldwide; and the limited nature and unequal distribution of resources, environmental destruction, and threats to health from industrial waste. The author presents the thesis that there is no real conflict, only a need for a balanced, careful use of world resources.