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Discusses environmental problems, policies, ethical, and scientific concerns arising from the impact of overpopulation on our planet.
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Population--Environmental aspects--Congresses, Sustainable development--Congresses, Biological diversity--Congresses, Population policy--Congresses.
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1996
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HB849.415.H86 1996eb
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304.2/8
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Population--Environmental aspects--Congresses, Sustainable development--Congresses, Biological diversity--Congresses, Population policy--Congresses.
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Human Population and the Environmental Crisis
Edited by Ben Zuckerman David Jefferson
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Human population and the environmental crisis/edited by Ben Zuckerman, David Jefferson. p. cm. Papers presented at a symposium held at the University of California, Los Angeles, on Oct. 29, 1993. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-86720-966-6 1. PopulationEnvironmental aspectsCongresses. 2. Sustainable developmentCongresses. 3. Biological diversityCongresses. 4. Population policyCongresses. I. Zuckerman, Ben II. Jefferson, David. HB849.415.H86 1995 304.2'8dc20 95-21148 CIP
Acquisitions Editor: Arthur C. Bartlett Production Coordinator: Joan M. Flaherty Manufacturing Buyer: Dana L. Cerrito Editorial Production Service: Book 1 Typesetting: Seahorse Prepress/Book 1 Cover Design: Marshall Henrichs Printing and Binding: Malloy Lithographing, Inc.
A contribution of the IGPP Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life (CSEOL), University of California, Los Angeles
Printed in the United States of America 99 98 97 96 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
The maps on the inside front and back covers depict a historical sequence of human population growth over the past two millennia. Each dot represents one million people.
Reprinted with permission of World Population (video), Zero Population Growth, Inc. Copyright 1990.
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Contents
Preface
vii
How Many Angels can Dance on the Head of a Pin?
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Biographies
xi
Chapter 1 Population: Challenge to Biosphere and Behavior
Jean-Michel Cousteau
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Introduction
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The Path of Least Precaution
2
Consuming the Future
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The Evolutionary Challenge
6
References
7
Chapter 2 The Global Warming Debate: Are there Public Policy Implications?
Stephen H. Schneider
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The Media Debate
9
What Does Comprise a Consensus on Global Warming?
10
What is Known with Some Reliability
13
What is Highly Speculative?
16
Ecological Impacts: The Potentially most Serious Consequence
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