Population puzzle : boom or bust? /
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 popul...
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Table of Contents:
- Man's march to 'the summit' / Kenneth Boulding
- pt. I. Beginnings
- Quick facts
- Introduction
- 1. Framing the debate
- Population, resources, and environment : a survey of the debate / Ann F. Wolfgram, 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, Brian Halweil
- Population, resources and the quest to 'stabilize human population' : myths and realities / Nicholas Eberstadt / Ronald Bailey
- 2. 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.
- pt. II. Population and natural resources
- Quick facts
- Introduction
- 3. Water
- Governments failing to protect societies from spreading water scarcity / Worldwatch Institute
- Priming the invisible pump / Terry L. Anderson, Pamela S. Snyder
- Snapshot : desalination
- Cities look to sea for fresh water / John Ritter
- 4. Pollution
- Population and atmosphere / Paul Harrison, 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
- 5. Food
- Feeding nine billion / Lester R. Brown
- Food security and world trade prospects / D. Gale Johnson
- 6. Land
- Concern for land / Anthony Young
- Are we losing ground? / Julian Simon
- Snapshot : forests
- Changing demands on the world's forests : meeting environmental and institutional challenges / Roger A. Sedjo
- 7. Energy
- The case for renewables / Worldwatch Institute
- Energy in the twenty-first century / Dave Gorak.
- pt. III. Population and quality of life
- Quick facts
- Introduction
- 8. 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
- 9. Mortality and disease
- Disease / Richard H. Robbins
- The population implosion (Death makes a comeback) / Nicholas Eberstadt
- Snapshot : AIDS
- HIV/AIDS pandemic spreads further / Radhika Sarin
- 10. Immigration
- Migration washes over ambivalent America / Alvin Powell
- Muddles masses / Stuart Anderson
- Snapshot : migration
- Global shifts in population / RAND
- 11. 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.
- pt. IV. Population and prosperity
- Quick facts
- Introduction
- Population and economic growth : theory / Richard Easterlin
- 12. Prosperity by design
- Women and fertility
- Population control and women's health : balancing the scales / Adrienne Germain, Jane Ordway
- Snapshot : China
- White paper on family planning in China 1995 and White paper on family planning in China 2000 / The Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
- Education
- Overall impact of education on population dynamics / United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
- Snapshot : education
- Is mass schooling essential for fertility decline to begin? / Population Council
- Poverty
- Demographic dimensions of poverty / United Nations Population Fund
- Snapshot : hunger
- Grim facts on global poverty / Jeff Madrick
- 13. Prosperity laissez faire style
- Institutions
- Population growth, economic freedom, and the rule of law / Seth Norton
- Technology
- Population size and technological development / Ester Boserup
- Snapshot : technology
- Technology and economic growth in the information age / W. Michael Cox, Richard Alm
- Globalization
- Trade openness, sound policies, and prosperity / James Gwartney, Robert Lawson
- Snapshot : trade
- When globalization suffers, the poor take the heat / Gary S. Becker.
- pt. V. Who decides
- Quick facts
- Introduction
- 14. The spectrum
- Whose choice? / Robert Whalen
- The failure of leadership / Lindsey Grant
- Population policy : will current programs succeed? / Kingsley Davis
- There is no global population problem : can humanists escape the 'Catch-22' of population control? / Garrett Hardin
- Population growth : disaster or blessing? / Lord Peter T. Bauer
- Trust the parents / Robert Whalen.
- pt. VI. Predictions
- Quick facts
- Introduction
- 15. Forecasts
- Projection methods : the hazy crystal ball / Joel E. Cohen
- Beyond six billion : forecasting the world's population (Executive summary and Introduction) / John Bongaarts, Rodolfo A. Bulatao
- Snapshot : prediction
- Forecast sees halt to population growth by end of century / John Roach
- 16. A shift in thinking
- A further word on the new, calmer thinking / Karl Zinsmeister
- Conclusion
- Appendixes
- Appendix A.A brief history of population
- Appendix B. Population timeline
- Appendix C. Population vocabulary.
