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Population and Global Security (Cambridge Studies in Environme)

Population and Global Security (Cambridge Studies in Environme)

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Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2, 4/15/1994
EAN 9780521635394, ISBN10: 052163539X

Paperback, 330 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm
Language: English

The human population of the world is increasing by about 1.5% per annum, adding about one hundred million people to the human ark each year. Not all agree that population growth on this scale constitutes a problem, but there is wide acceptance that the world's human population cannot go on growing indefinitely. Where do the limits lie, and how can they be determined? What are the problems caused by population growth and how can we safeguard the future of our planet? In this important book, leading authorities examine the implications of rapid human population growth for global stability and security. Avoiding the hysteria and over-statement that so often characterize discussions of human population issues, the book represents an important assessment of current prospects for the process of sustainable development, based on care for the environment.

Preface
1. Population growth and global stability Nafis Sadik
2. Global population and emergent pressures Norman Myers
3. Human population prospects Robert Engelman
4. Where is the time bomb ticking? Sir Shridath Ramphal
5. Population, economic change, and environmental security Clement A. Tisdell
6. Imperatives for environmental sustainability
decrease overconsumption and stabilize population Robert J. A. Goodland and Herman E. Daly
7. Health of people, health of planet Morris Schaefer and Winifred Kreisel
8. World population and nutritional well-being Valeria Menza and John R. Lupien
9. Global migration
a thousand years' perspective Johan Galtung
10. Women and the family planning imperative Pramilla Senanayake
11. The attitudes and involvement of religions in population planning Garry W. Trompf
12. Energy for a sustainable world population José Goldemberg
13. Facing Nature's limits Lester R. Brown
14. Hopes for the future Sir Martin W. Holdgate and Gayl D. Ness
Index.