An overcrowded world? : population, resources and the environment / edited by Philip Sarre and John Blunden.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1995. Description: viii, 279 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: 9780198741893; 0198741898(pbk)Subject(s): Sustainable development | Conservation of natural resources | Environmental policy | Population geography | Nature -- Effect of human beings onDDC classification: 304.6 Online resources: WorldCat detailsItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Text | Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU MPRHGD Corner | Non-fiction | 304.6 OVE 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | C-1 | Not For Loan | 22470 |
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.
MPRHGD
Shaharima Parvin
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