Population and the environment
By: edited by Bryan Cartledge.
Contributors: Cartledge, Bryan, Sir.
Series: The Linacre lectures ;; 1993-4; Linacre lecture ;; 1993-4.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Population -- Environmental aspects
Description: Is the human carrying capacity of our planet a matter of debate? In this book, it is. Viewpoints arising out of social concern, scientific investigation, and religious belief are brought together here to explore population issues in the twenty-first century.

Topics include women as a factor in sustainable development, the roles of genetic engineering, the potential effects of climate change on food supply, the differing views of two bishops on birth control, and population and environmental crises in the former Soviet Union. This thought-provoking book opens up a subject that too often simply goes unmentioned: human population growth as a pressing environmental issue.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Population and the environment : complex interrelationships / John Clarke; title: Population and environment; title: our nature and our fate : an evolutionary perspective / Geoffrey Harrison; title: Genetic engineering : progress, promises, and precepts / Brian Heap; title: The potential effects of climate change on world food supply / Martin Parry; title: Women : the neglected factor in sustainable development / Pramilla Senanayake; title: Population and birth control : an Anglican perspective / Richard Harries; title: Mankind : master of this creation but servant of the Creator / John Jukes; title: Population, health, and environmental crises in the former Soviet Union / Murray Feshbach.