An overcrowded world? :
An overcrowded world? : population, resources and the environment /
edited by Philip Sarre and John Blunden.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1995.
- viii, 279 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Open University. D215, The shape of the world Shape of the world ; v. 3 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
PREFACE ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. Paradise lost, or the conquest of the wilderness ; 2. Population and environmental change: the case of Africa ; 3. Stabilizing population growth: the European experience ; 4. Sustainable resources? ; 5. Trade globally, pollute locally ; 6. Uneven development and sustainability ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; INDEX TOC
This text explores issues of resource use and depletion as well as the topic of population growth and contraction. The key interest is the impact that developments in one part of the world have upon people's lifestyles.
9780198741893 0198741898(pbk)
Sustainable development.
Conservation of natural resources.
Environmental policy.
Population geography.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
304.6 / OVE 2000
Includes bibliographical references and index.
PREFACE ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. Paradise lost, or the conquest of the wilderness ; 2. Population and environmental change: the case of Africa ; 3. Stabilizing population growth: the European experience ; 4. Sustainable resources? ; 5. Trade globally, pollute locally ; 6. Uneven development and sustainability ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; INDEX TOC
This text explores issues of resource use and depletion as well as the topic of population growth and contraction. The key interest is the impact that developments in one part of the world have upon people's lifestyles.
9780198741893 0198741898(pbk)
Sustainable development.
Conservation of natural resources.
Environmental policy.
Population geography.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
304.6 / OVE 2000