Comparing environmental issues in Cuba before and after the Special Period: Balancing sustainable development and survival

Environment International

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 349-358

  Maal Bared, Rasha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparative environmental risk assessment (CERA); Cuba; Environmental priority setting; Special Period

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMPARATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT (CERA); CUBA; ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITY SETTING; SPECIAL PERIODS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

FRESH WATER; PESTICIDE;

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CUBA; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA POLLUTION; SLUDGE; SOLID WASTE; SURVIVAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 33644641211     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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