Synopses & Reviews
This book explores the issues of overpopulation and the resulting depletion of natural resources. The main focus is on the impact that developments in one part of the world have upon people's lifestyles, and the forms of inequality dictated by the relationship between rich and poor countries. The study of wilderness and the notion of empty space are used to introduce questions of national resources, sustainability, and ecology. Sustainability provides the framework for discussion of population change, mortality and fertility and the questions of energy resources and environmental degradation. An Overcrowded World demonstrates how uneven development worsens ecological problems in certain areas and prevents a unified global response.
Synopsis
An Overcrowded World? shows that uneven development both worsens problems in particular areas and prevents a unified global response. As a result of geography, unsustainable lifestyles continue and are being extended to larger numbers of people. In that respect, the world is truly overcrowded. Because of the approachable way in which this book has been prepared, it will appeal to anyone who is keen to understand the vital issues it addresses. However, it will be particularly appropriate to both sixth-formers and undergraduates following courses in human geography and environmental studies.
Table of Contents
PREFACE INTRODUCTION Philip Sarre and John Blunden
1. Paradise lost, or the conquest of the wilderness, Philip Sarre
2. Population and environmental change: the case of Africa, Matthew Lockwood
3. Stabilizing population growth: the European experience, Ray Hall
4. Sustainable resources?, John Blunden
5. Trade globally, pollute locally, John Blunden
6. Uneven development and sustainability, Philip Sarre
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INDEX