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Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment
By Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich, John P. Holdren
1072 pages
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- W. H. Freeman
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- San Francisco
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Preface xiii
- A Note on Documentation xv
- Chapter 1: Population, Resources, Environment 1
- Section I Natural Processes and Human Well-Being 7
- Chapter 2 the Physical World 11
- Recommended for Further Reading 63
- Additional References 64
- Chapter 3 Nutrient Cycles 67
- Recommended for Further Reading 94
- Additional References 94
- Recommended for Further Reading 172
- Additional References 173
- Section II Population and Renewable Resources 177
- Chapter 5 the History and Future of the Human Population 181
- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Preface xiii
- A Note on Documentation xv
- Chapter 1: Population, Resources, Environment 1
- Section I Natural Processes and Human Well-Being 7
- Chapter 2 the Physical World 11
- Recommended for Further Reading 63
- Additional References 64
- Chapter 3 Nutrient Cycles 67
- Recommended for Further Reading 94
- Additional References 94
- Recommended for Further Reading 172
- Additional References 173
- Section II Population and Renewable Resources 177
- Chapter 5 the History and Future of the Human Population 181
- Recommended for Further Reading 244
- Additional References 244
- Chapter 6 - Land, Water, and Forests 247
- Recommended for Further Reading 279
- Additional References 279
- Chapter 7: A Hungry World 283
- Section III Energy and Materials 387
- Chapter 8 Energy 391
- Recommended for Further Reading 499
- Additional References 500
- Chapter 9: Materials 515
- Conclusions 532
- Section IV Understanding Environmental Disruption 535
- Chapter 10 Direct Assaults on Well-Being 541
- Recommended for Further Reading 609
- Additional References 610
- Chapter 11: Disruption of Ecological Systems 621
- Section V the Human Predicament: Finding a Way Out 711
- Chapter 12 Humanity at the Crossroads 715
- Recommended for Further Reading 734
- Additional References 735
- Chapter 13 Population Policies 737
- Recommended for Further Reading 796
- Additional References 797
- Chapter 14 Changing American Institutions 805
- Recommended for Further Reading 876
- Additional References 877
- Chapter 15 Rich Nations, Poor Nations, and International Conflict 885
- Recommended for Further Reading 945
- Additional References 946
- Chapter 16: Summary 953
- Appendix 1 World Demography 959
- Appendix 2 Food and Nutrition 967
- Appendix 3 Pesticides 979
- Appendix 4 Reproduction and Birth Control 988
- Acknowledgments 1001
- Index of Subjects 1005
- Index of Names 1029
- Abbreviations and Acronyms 1052