Beyond the Numbers
eBook - ePub

Beyond the Numbers

A Reader on Population, Consumption and the Environment

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Beyond the Numbers

A Reader on Population, Consumption and the Environment

About this book

Beyond the Numbers presents a thought-provoking series of essays by leading authorities on issues of population and consumption. The essays both define the poles of debate and explore common ground beyond the polarized rhetoric.

Specific chapters consider each of the broad topics addressed at the International Conference on Population and Development held in September 1994 in Cairo, Egypt. The essays are supplemented by sidebars and short articles featuring more-impassioned voices that highlight issues of interest not fully explored in the overviews.

As well as providing a sense of the difficulties involved in dealing with these issues, the essays make clear that constructive action is possible.

Topics covered include:

  • the interrelationships between population, economic growth, consumption, and development
  • the history of population and family planning efforts
  • gender equality and the empowerment of women
  • reproductive rights, reproductive health, family planning, health and mortality

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Table of contents

  1. About Island Press
  2. Dedication
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Editor’s Addendum
  7. Table of Contents
  8. Foreword
  9. Beyond the Numbers: An Introduction and Overview
  10. SECTION I - Population, Consumption, Development, and the Environment
  11. SECTION II - Population Growth and Structure
  12. SECTION III - History and Analysis of Population and Family Planning Programs
  13. SECTION IV - Populations Policy, Reproductive Health, and Reproductive Rights
  14. SECTION V - Population, Gender, and Culture
  15. SECTION VI - Population and Religion
  16. SECTION VII - Population Distribution: Urbanization and International Migration
  17. SECTION VIII - Population and National Security
  18. Endnotes
  19. Index
  20. Island Press Board of Directors