10.1 Environment and Development: The Basic Issues • Environmental issues affect, and are affected by, economic development Classic market failures lead to too much environmental degradation • Poverty and lack of education may also lead to non-sustainable use of environmental resources • Global warming and attendant climate change is a growing concern in developing countries

10.1 Environment and Development: The Basic Issues • Environmental issues affect, and are affected by, economic development Classic market failures lead to too much environmental degradation • Poverty and lack of education may also lead to non-sustainable use of environmental resources • Global warming and attendant climate change is a growing concern in developing countries

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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