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Throughout the developing world, diverse environmental limitations hinder man’s attempts to exploit land resources. In many instances these limitations may be overcome by the application of modern technology, but even with effective organisation and finance success finally depends on the quality of the human resources involved. In developing countries such resources may be severely restricted.
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Eden, M.J. (1978). Environmental Hazards in the Third World. In: Mountjoy, A.B. (eds) The Third World. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16030-3_2
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