Human population and the environmental crisis: [papers presented at a symposium held at the University of California, Los Angeles, on Oct. 29, 1993]
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
PREFACE vii
HOW MANY ANGELS CAN DANCE ON THE HEAD OF A PIN? ix
BIOGRAPHIES xi
CHAPTER 1 POPULATION: CHALLENGE TO BIOSPHERE
AND BEHAVIOR 1
Jean Michel Cousteau
INTRODUCTION 1
THE PATH OF LEAST PRECAUTION 2
CONSUMING THE FUTURE 5
THE EVOLUTIONARY CHALLENGE 6
REFERENCES 7
CHAPTER 2 THE GLOBAL WARMING DEBATE: ARE THERE PUBLIC
POLICY IMPLICATIONS? 9
Stephen H. Schneider
THE MEDIA DEBATE 9
WHAT DOES COMPRISE A CONSENSUS ON GLOBAL WARMING? 10
WHAT IS KNOWN WITH SOME RELIABILITY 13
WHAT IS HIGHLY SPECULATIVE? 16
ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS: THE POTENTIALLY MOST SERIOUS
CONSEQUENCE 16
A NEW ASSESSMENT PARADIGM: INTERACTIONS AND SURPRISES 18
IS IT TOO EXPENSIVE TO ACT NOW? 22
CAN CO2 EMISSION RATES BE CUT 20 PERCENT? 22
CLIMATIC INSURANCE 24
REFERENCES 25
iii
iv CONTENTS
CHAPTER 3 ON THE SUSTAINABILITY OF RESOURCE USE: POPULATION
AS A DYNAMIC FACTOR 29
John Harte
INTRODUCTION 29
PART I: THE SUSTAINABILITY OF CURRENT PRACTICES OF
RESOURCE USE 30
Energy 30
Soil 32
Water 34
PART II: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND THE SYNERGISTIC ROLE
OF POPULATION SIZE 34
Energy, Climate Change, Water, and Population 36
Soil and Population 38
Water and Population 40
Feedback Processes and Population Size 42
Summary of Part II 44
CONCLUSION 44
REFERENCES 46
CHAPTER 4 BIODIVERSITY: WHERE HAVE ALL THE SPECIES GONE? 47
Mildred E. Malhias
IMPORTANCE OF BIODIVERSITY 47
EARLY HUMAN CAUSED EXTINCTIONS 49
CURRENT RATES OF EXTINCTION 49
POPULATION EXTINCTION AND GENETIC DIVERSITY 51
HUMAN MEGA DESTRUCTION 51
HUMAN DIVERSITY 57
CONCLUSION 58
REFERENCES 58
CHAPTER 5 GENDER BIAS AND THE SEARCH FOR A SUSTAINABLE
FUTURE 61
Jodi L. Jacobson
INTRODUCTION 61
THE DIMENSIONS OF GENDER BIAS 62
SUSTENANCE FROM THE COMMONS 66
CASH CROPS VERSUS FOOD SECURITY 68
THE LOSS OF FOREST RESOURCES 71
FEMALE POVERTY AND THE POPULATION TRAP 73
CONTENTS v
TOWARD A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPMENT 74
REFERENCES 77
CHAPTER 6 POLITICS AND SOCIETY: POLITICAL CHALLENGES OF
CONFRONTING POPULATION GROWTH 81
Anthony C. Beilenson
INTRODUCTION 81
POPULATION GROWTH RATE 81
GLOBAL IMPACT OF POPULATION GROWTH 82
DOMESTIC IMPACT OF OVERPOPULATION 83
WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS? 84
POPULATION POLITICS 86
POLITICAL PROBLEMS IN ADDRESSING POPULATION GROWTH 88
CONCLUSION 91
REFERENCES 91
CHAPTER 7 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING: PROSPECTS
AND PITFALLS 93
Richard P. Turco
INTRODUCTION 93
WHAT IS GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING? 94
Living Thermostats—Natural Compensation 94
The Scale of Natural Systems 95
Carbon Dioxide 96
Chlorofluorocarbons 97
TECHNOLOGICAL CURES 97
Cooling Down the Greenhouse 97
The Albedo Effect—Smoke and Mirrors 97
Sulfate Aerosols 100
The Three Percent Solution 102
Fourth of July 104
Sunshades, Balloons, and Boogie Boards 105
Fixing the Ozone Shield 106
Lasers against CFCs 107
Charging Up the Stratosphere 108
Filling the Antarctic Ozone Hole 109
A RATIONAL APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 111
REFERENCES 112
INDEX 115
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