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The twenty-ninth day : accommodating human needs and numbers to the earth's resources
- Title
- The twenty-ninth day : accommodating human needs and numbers to the earth's resources / Lester R. Brown.
- Author
- Brown, Lester R. (Lester Russell), 1934-
- Publication
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [1978]
- ©1978
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 363 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- Monograph analysing global ecologyal consequences and economic implications of trends in increasing demand of natural resources resulting from population growth - discusses ecological stress with regard to fishing, forests, grazing and the agricultural sector, (incl. Crop yield and green revolution), etc., considers energy shortage (esp. Petroleum), and examines problems of inflation, unemployment, wealth and income distribution, etc., with a view to long term resources conservation planning.
- Series Statement
- A Worldwatch Institute book
- Alternative Title
- Accommodating human needs and numbers to the earth's resources
- Subject
- Human ecology
- Natural resources
- Population
- Environmental policy
- Ecology
- Conservation of natural resources
- Pollution
- Ecology
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- Population
- Environmental Pollution
- human ecology
- natural resources
- environmental policy
- ecology
- population
- chemical pollution
- pollution
- 42.90 ecology: general
- Pollution
- Conservation of natural resources
- Environmental policy
- Human ecology
- Natural resources
- Bevolkingsgroei
- Ecologie
- Milieubeleid
- economic implication
- trend
- demand
- population growth
- fishing
- forest
- grazing
- agricultural sector
- crop yield
- green revolution
- energy
- petroleum
- inflation
- unemployment
- wealth
- income distribution
- long term
- resources conservation
- écologie
- conséquences économiques
- tendance
- demande
- ressources naturelles
- croissance démographique
- pratique de la pêche
- forêt
- pâturage
- secteur agricole
- rendement des cultures
- révolution verte
- énergie
- pétrole
- chômage
- richesse
- répartition du revenu
- long terme
- conservation des ressources
- ecología
- consecuencias económicas
- tendencia
- demanda
- recursos naturales
- crecimiento demográfico
- pesca
- bosque
- apacentamiento
- sector agrícola
- rendimiento de la cosecha
- revolución verde
- energía
- petróleo
- inflación
- desempleo
- riqueza
- distribución del ingreso
- largo plazo
- conservación de los recursos
- Note
- "A Worldwatch Institute book."
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [345]-350.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Ecological Stresses I: The Dimensions -- Ecological Stresses II: The Consequences -- Population: Understanding the Threat -- Energy: The Coming Transition -- The Food Prospect -- Economic Stresses -- Wealth Among Societies -- Wealth within Societies -- The Inevitable Accommodation -- The Elements of Accommodation -- The Means of Accommodation.
- ISBN
- 0393056643
- 9780393056648
- 0393056732
- 9780393056730
- LCCN
- 77027823
- OCLC
- ocm03609725
- 3609725
- SCSB-150389
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library