00606nam a2200085Ia 4500100002200000245006700022260000900089520040300098583001900501  aSimmons, David A.  aEnvironment and economic development in the Eastern Caribbean.  c1992  aPoints out that economic growth and sustained development are the dominant concerns of economic planners, and environmental deterioration is one of the factors that can lead to an interruption of economic growth.  Notes that the transition from current development practices to productive patterns based on the concept of sustainable development is one of the greatest challenges facing the region.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR