Population puzzle [[electronic resource] ] : boom or bust? / / edited by Laura E. Huggins and Hanna Skandera

• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (454 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.6/2
• Soggetto topico: Overpopulation; Population; Quality of life
• Altri autori: HugginsLaura E. <1976-> SkanderaHanna <1973->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Book Title; Contents; List of Figures and Tables by Part; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Overview; Man's March to "The Summit" - Kenneth Boulding; Part I: Beginnings; Quick Facts; Introduction; Chapter One: Framing The Debate; Population, Resources, and Environment: A Survey of the Debate - Ann F. Wolfgram and Maria Sophia Aguirre; An Essay on the Principle of Population - Thomas Malthus; Marx and Engels on Malthus - Ronald L. Meek; Too Many People - Paul R. Ehrlich; Conclusion - Julian Simon; The Population Challenge - Lester R. Brown, Gary Gardner, and Brian Halweil ; Population, Resources and the Quest to "Stabilize Human Population": Myths and Realities - Nicholas EberstadtChapter Two: Ethical Divide; The Contribution of Ethics - J. Philip Wogaman; Human Choices - Joel E. Cohen; Living on a Lifeboat - Garrett Hardin; Ultimately, What Are Your Values? -Julian Simon; Part II: Population and Natural Resources; Quick Facts; Introduction; Chapter Three: Water; Governments Failing to Protect Societies fromSpreading Water Scarcity -Worldwatch Institute; Priming the Invisible Pump -Terry L. Anderson and Pamela S. Snyder ; SNAPSHOT: Desalination / Cities Look to Sea for Fresh Water - John RitterChapter Four: Pollution; Population and Atmosphere -Paul Harrison and Fred Pearce; Take a Deep Breath . . . Air Quality Is Getting Better -Bjørn Lomborg; SNAPSHOT: Global Warming / Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change - United Nations Population Fund; The Scientific Case against the Global Climate Treaty -S. Fred Singer; Chapter Five: Food; Feeding Nine Billion -Lester R. Brown; Food Security and World Trade Prospects -D. Gale Johnson; Chapter Six: Land; Concern for Land -Anthony Young ; Are We Losing Ground? -Julian SimonSNAPSHOT: Forests / Changing Demands on the World's Forests: Meeting Environmental and Institutional Challenges - Roger A. Sedjo; Chapter Seven: Energy; The Case for Renewables -Worldwatch Institute; Energy in the Twenty-First Century -Dave Gorak; Part III: Population and Quality of Life; Quick Facts; Introduction; Chapter Eight: Fertility; The Contemporary Population Challenge -John C. Caldwell; The Population Explosion Is Over -Ben Wattenberg; SNAPSHOT: Aging / Grey Dawn: The Global Aging Crisis - Peter G. Peterson; Chapter Nine: Mortality and Disease ; Disease -Richard H. RobbinsDeath Makes a Comeback - Nicholas Eberstadt; SNAPSHOT: AIDS / HIV/AIDS Pandemic Spreads Further - Radhika Sarin; Chapter Ten: Immigration; Migration Washes Over Ambivalent America -Alvin Powell; Muddled Masses -Stuart Anderson; SNAPSHOT: Migration / Global Shifts in Population - RAND; Chapter Eleven: War and Violence; The Transformation of Security -Michael Renner; The Security Dynamics of Demographic Factors -Brian Nichiporuk; SNAPSHOT: Conflict / Violent Conflicts Continue to Decline - Michael Renner; Part IV: Population and Prosperity; Quick Facts ; Introduction
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing from government reports, think tank studies, scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, and books, this insightful overview offers a range of contrasting viewpoints and policy perspectives on the major issues concerning world population growth, with particular emphasis on the impact of population trends on the United States.
• Titolo autorizzato: Population puzzle
• ISBN: 0-8179-4533-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786348903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; 529.