Population and the Environment: The Linacre Lectures 1993-4 - Rilegato

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0198548427 ISBN 13: 9780198548423

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 1995

Riassunto

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.

Su questo libro

L'autore

Bryan Cartledge is the Principal of Linacre College, Oxford and former British Ambassador to the Soviet Union.

Contenuti

• Introduction
• 1: Population and the environment: complex interrelationships
• 2: Population and environment—our nature and our fate: an evolutionary perspective
• 3: Genetic engineering: progress, promises, and precepts
• 4: The potential effects of climate change on world food supply
• 5: Women: the neglected factor in sustainable development
• 6: Population and birth control: an Anglican perspective
• 7: Mankind: master of this creation but servant of the creator
• 8: Population, health, and environmental crises in the former Soviet Union
• Index

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0198548427
• ISBN 13: 9780198548423
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 208
• Redattore: Cartledge Sir Bryan