Development and environment: The Brazilian case

The general relationship existing between development and the environment may be approached at various analytical levels and from different angles. In this article it is explored in the specific case of modern-day Brazil and in the framework of its style of development, which the author describes as one of ‘associated dependence’. Having thus defined his object of study, he focuses his attention upon the consequences of the development style on the energy issue, the spatial distribution of the population and the development of the Amazon basin.