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Human Population and the Environmental Crisis

Author(s): Ben Zuckerman, University of California, Los Angeles, California
David Jefferson, Editor, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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  • ISBN-13: 9780867209662
  • ISBN-10:0867209666
  • Paperback    136 pages      © 1996
Price: International Sales $97.95 US List
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Overview

This book is a result of a public symposium on “Human Population and the Environmental Crisis” at UCLA in October 1993, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origins of Life (CSEOL). Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of the population-environmental problem. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of this work, it should serve in a variety of college courses dealing with the problems and concerns of world over-population and the questions it raises about the environmental consequences for planet Earth.

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1. Population: Challenge to Biosphere and Behavior, Jean-Michel Cousteau
2. The Global Warming Debate: Are There Public Policy Implications?, Stephen H. Schneider
3. On the Sustainability of Resource Use: Population as a Dynamic Factor, John Harte
4. Biodiversity: Where Have All the Species Gone?, Mildred E. Mathias
5. Gender Bias and the Search For a Sustainable Future, Jodi L. Jacobson
6. Politics and Society: Political Challenges of Confronting Population Growth, Anthony C. Beilenson
7. Global Environmental Engineering: Prospects and Pitfalls, Richard P. Turco
Subject Index
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Ben Zuckerman-University of California, Los Angeles, California

Ben Zuckerman, University of California, Los Angeles Convenor of The Seventh CSEOL Symposium, is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at UCLA. He received his Ph.D. in 1968 from Harvard University. Dr. Zuckerman has co-edited several books and other volumes in the CSEOL series.

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David Jefferson, Editor-University of California, Los Angeles, California

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