Trade and the Environment: A Sri Lankan Perspective

V. Kanesalingam

Chapter 15 in Trade, Environment & Sustainable Development, 1997, pp 161-167 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The significant expansion of trade and growth of tourism in Sri Lanka over the past decade has led to increasing concern about the impact this is having on the environment. The rapid expansion of industrial production has been emphasised without corresponding attention being paid to environmental protection. Moreover the primary concern of foreign investors and their local collaborators has been the promotion of exports, rather than ensuring environmentally sound industrial development. Tourism has also contributed to, and has been affected by, environmental degradation. This chapter will focus on these issues, with particular emphasis on their impact in Sri Lanka.

Keywords: Free Trade; Comparative Advantage; World Trade Organisation; Environmental Impact Assessment; North American Free Trade Agreement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-25417-0_16

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.palgrave.com/9781349254170

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-25417-0_16

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().