Full House : Reassessing the Earth's Population Carrying Capacity (Routledge Library Editions: Demography)

Brown, Lester R./ Kane, Hal

Routledge（2025/10発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 262 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781032548418
• DDC分類 363.9

Full Description

Originally published in 1995, after decades of steady growth, this book was written at a time when the world's food supply was no longer keeping up with population increases. This book examines the causes of the imbalance in the food/population equation and suggests ways in which Malthusian checks can be countered. It calls for an international strategy to restore global security, and a budget to implement it, with a massive redirection of the world's financial resources. On one side of the argument the authors advocate increased expenditure on family planning services, education, and women's rights. On the other, they stress the environmental importance of reforestation and soil conservation schemes to halt the deterioration of the agricultural resource base.

Contents

1. Entering a New Era Part 1: Reading the Trends 2. Food Insecurity 3. Ninety Million More 4. Climbing the Food Chain Part 2: The Three Food Systems 5. Overharvesting the Oceans 6. Overgrazing Rangelands 7. Limits of the Plow Part 3: Losing Momentum 8. Spreading Water Scarcity 9. The Fertilizer Falloff 10. Struggling to Raise Yields 11. Environmental Deductions Part 4: Looking Ahead 12. Carrying Capacity: The Big Four 13. Carrying Capacity: The Next Nine 14. The Growing Imbalance Part 5: Taking Charge 15. Reassessing Population Policy 16. Turning the Tide.