Research Catalog

Title

Resources and population : natural, institutional, and demographic dimsensions of development / edited by Bernardo Colombo, Paul Demeny, Max F. Perutz.

Author

Study Week on "Resources and Population" (1991 : Pontifical Academy of Sciences)

Publication

New York : Clarendon Press, 1996.

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Additional Authors

• Colombo, Bernardo.
• Demeny, Paul George, 1932-
• Perutz, Max F.

Description

xxiv, 338 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

• The contributions to this volume examine the relationship between physical and human resources and population within this context of poverty and underdevelopment, historically unprecedented population growth, and environmental issues. Attention is focussed on those resources most critical for human well-being, including soil, water, and energy, on the one hand, and education, social organization, and economic management, on the other.
• The discussion is framed by a broad subdivision and global population prospects, the relationships between population and physical, biological, and human resources, human health, and human settlements. Introductory statements, including an address by Pope John Paul II, and concluding remarks draw out the common threads and point the way towards future action and research.
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• This book originated in a study week organized by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences to bring the best available scientific evidence to bear on this complex and still inadequately explored topic. The study week brought together experts in demography and from the physical, biological, political, economic, anthropological, religious, cultural, and health sciences, to investigate past experience and observed trends.
• Through this multidisciplinary analysis, a reference base was assembled that is factual, amply documented, and as scientifically sound as possible.

Series Statement

Pontificiae Academiae Scientiarum scripta varia ; 20

Uniform Title

Pontificiae Academiae Scientiarum scripta varia ; 20.

Subjects

• Natural resources > Congresses
• Economic development > Congresses
• Population > Economic aspects > Congresses

Note

• "Based on the Study Week on "Resources and Population," 17-22 November 1991, Pontifical Academy of Sciences."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Foreword / Giovanni Battista Marini-Bettolo -- Address of His Holiness Pope John Paul II -- I. History and Prospects. 1. Introduction / Bernardo Colombo. 2. A Historical Perspective on Population and Resources / E. A. Wrigley. 3. World Population Growth: Trends and Prospects, 1960-2020 / Paul Demeny -- II. Population and Physical Resources. 4. Introduction / Andre Blanc-Lapierre. 5. Energy Resources and Population / Umberto Colombo. 6. Materials and Mineral Resources / Ugo Farinelli. 7. Approaching the Ultimate Constraint: Water Shortage in the Third World / Malin Falkenmark -- III. Population and Biological Resources. 8. Introduction / Leslie Fowden. 9. Population and Agricultural Resources in the Developing Countries / Amir Muhammed. 10. Nutritional Constraints on Human Resources / J. C. Waterlow -- IV. Population and Human Resources and Institutions. 11. The Impact of Technological Changes on Resources for Growing Populations / Nathan Rosenberg.
• 12. The Evolution of Economic Organization in Contemporary Societies / Romano Prodi. 13. Growth and Productive Structure: A Medium-Term Perspective / Alberto Quadrio Curzio and Marco Fortis. 14. Population Change: The Status and Roles of Women / Christine Oppong. 15. Population Change, Social Security, and the Family in Sub-Saharan Africa / Paul Trappe -- V. Human Health and Potential. 16. Introduction / Giovanni Battista Marini-Bettolo. 17. Strategies to Maximize Health and Functioning and Increase Life Expectancy / Kenneth G. Manton and Eric Stallard. 18. The State of Children's Health in the Developing World / Lars A. Hanson. 19. Malnutrition and Human Development / S. Grantham-McGregor -- VI. Space and Settlement. 20. Introduction / Massimo Livi-Bacci. 21. The Impact of Population Change on Environment: An Overview / John I. Clarke. 22. Internal Migration and Urbanization / Nathan Keyfitz.
• 23. International Population Movements: Imbalances and Integration / Antonio Golini -- VII. Summations and Recommendations of Participants in the Study Week on Resources and Population -- Report of Group 1: Population Problems -- Report of Group 2: Health Issues -- Report of Group 3: Resources -- Report of Group 4: Economic Issues.

ISBN

0198289189

LCCN

95038883

OCLC

• 503777704
• ocn503777704

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Columbia University Libraries