Research Catalog

Title

Is the planet full? / edited by Ian Goldin.

Publication

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

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Additional Authors

Goldin, Ian, 1955-

Description

xiii, 245 pages : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm

Summary

Can our planet support the demands of the ten billion people anticipated to be the world's population by the middle of this century? This book explores the contexts, costs, and benefits of a burgeoning population on our economic, social, and environmental systems.

Uniform Title

University press scholarship online.

Subject

• Population > Environmental aspects
• Overpopulation
• Population Density
• Population Dynamics
• Demography
• Crowding

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction / Ian Goldin -- 2. Optimum Population, Welfare Economics, and Inequality / Anthony B. Atkinson -- 3. Overpopulation or Underpopulation? / Toby Ord -- 4. Demographic and Environmental Transitions / Sarah Harper -- 5. Towards a Contemporary Understanding of The Limits to Growth / Ian Johnson -- 6. How can 9 -- 10 Billion People be Fed Sustainably and Equitably by 2050? / H. Charles J. Godfray -- 7. Water Scarcity on a Blue Planet / Mark New -- 8. The Metabolism of a Human-Dominated Planet / Yadvinder Malhi -- 9. Safe, Effective, and Affordable Health Care for a Bulging Population / Robyn Norton -- 10. Sourcing Mineral Resources-- Problems and Solutions / Anthony Hartwell -- 11. Governance Matters Most / Ian Goldin.

ISBN

• 9780199677771 (hardback)
• 0199677778 (hardback)

OCLC

883422598

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library