Proposal for a model of self-sufficiency as an alternative to development in Venezuela

Abstract:

The agricultural system in Venezuela is leading to environmental degradation, and segmented "ecological' responses are likely to only mask signs of disaster while continuing the same extractive system. Designed to produce commodities before the satisfaction of basic needs, its effects are easily seen in agriculture, energy resources, pollution of cities and countryside, urbanisation etc. The author compares the basic premises of the "development' and "ecodevelopment' models, and proposes an alternative based on the idea of self-sufficiency, or autarchy. -M.Amos

Año de publicación:

1988

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scopus