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Chapter 1: Introduction -- Background of the studies -- A comparative profile of selected countries -- Country studies in a Nutshell -- Chapter 2: Poverty, environment and development in India -- A profile of the country -- Poverty-environment-development nexus: diversity of patterns and issues -- Case studies -- Chapter 3: Environment and poverty in China: the current situation and trends -- Preface -- The poverty situation and poverty alleviation efforts in China -- China's environmental conditions and trends -- The relation between environment and poverty in China -- Case studies -- Chapter 4: Poverty and environment in a newly industrialised country: the case of Korea -- Introduction -- Country profile on poverty and environment -- Poverty and environment in the context of development -- Case studies -- Chapter 5: Poverty and environment in a rich nation: the case of Australia -- Poverty in Australia - Australian natural and constructed environments -- The environments of poverty -- Poverty-environment links -- Chapter 6: Poverty reduction and environmental management