Population and the Environment: The Linacre Lectures 1993-4 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198548427 ISBN 13: 9780198548423

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 1995

Synopsis

Is the human carrying capacity of our planet a matter of debate? In this book, it is. Viewpoints arising out of social concern, scientific investigation, and religious belief are brought together here to explore population issues in the twenty-first century. Topics include women as a factor in sustainable development, the roles of genetic engineering, the potential effects of climate change on food supply, the differing views of two bishops on birth control, and population and environmental crises in the former Soviet Union.

This thought-provoking book opens up a subject that too often simply goes unmentioned: human population growth as a pressing environmental issue.

About this title

About the Author

Bryan Cartledge is the Principal of Linacre College, Oxford and former British Ambassador to the Soviet Union.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198548427
• ISBN 13: 9780198548423
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Cartledge Sir Bryan