First published in 1985. This book examines wide variety of ways in
which environmental deterioration, in particular soil erosion, can be
viewed and the implicit political judgements that often inform them.
Using the context of developing countries, where the effects tend to be
more acute due to underdevelopment and climatic factors, this work aims
to examine this source of uncertainty and make explicit the underlying
assumptions in the debate about soil erosion. It also rejects the notion
that soil erosion is a politically neutral issue and argues that
conservation requires fundamental social change. This title will be of
interest to students of environmental and developmental studies.