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Page xi
... present decline , 3 billion people will be added to the global population over the next 30 years . Is this a cause for concern ? For many , the answer is not immediately clear . In spite of the increase of 2 billion in the last quarter ...
... present decline , 3 billion people will be added to the global population over the next 30 years . Is this a cause for concern ? For many , the answer is not immediately clear . In spite of the increase of 2 billion in the last quarter ...
Page xii
... present paths of economic development — in industrial and developing countries alike — are unsustainable and risk the destruction of the earth's physical environment . Given the severity of the environmental and poverty problems facing ...
... present paths of economic development — in industrial and developing countries alike — are unsustainable and risk the destruction of the earth's physical environment . Given the severity of the environmental and poverty problems facing ...
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... present size could live on existing natural resources — albeit at a very modest level . Two population groups are responsible for a large part of the current destruction of the environment : the wealthiest billion people , with their ...
... present size could live on existing natural resources — albeit at a very modest level . Two population groups are responsible for a large part of the current destruction of the environment : the wealthiest billion people , with their ...
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... present and future generations . Indispensable for a lasting economic as well as a socially and environmen- tally sound development are peace , respect for human rights , and the preserva- tion of human dignity . This , in turn , makes ...
... present and future generations . Indispensable for a lasting economic as well as a socially and environmen- tally sound development are peace , respect for human rights , and the preserva- tion of human dignity . This , in turn , makes ...
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... present needs . " 26 The commission added that a standard of living that goes beyond elementary basic needs can be sustained only if consumption takes long - term carrying capacity into account . Most people in industrial countries have ...
... present needs . " 26 The commission added that a standard of living that goes beyond elementary basic needs can be sustained only if consumption takes long - term carrying capacity into account . Most people in industrial countries have ...
Contents
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Population in Industrial and Developing Countries | 22 |
Urbanization | 31 |
Socioeconomic Determinants of High Fertility | 38 |
Population Growth | 46 |
The Negative Effects of Rapid Population Growth | 55 |
Rapid Population Growth Impedes Sustainable | 96 |
An Evaluation of Various Programs for Controlling | 125 |
Social Change | 136 |
Economic Prerequisites | 152 |
Prerequisites of Social Policy | 162 |
The Role of Birth Control Techniques and Technology | 185 |
Overview and Conclusion | 191 |
Population Policy with a Human Face | 192 |
Bibliography | 233 |
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Page 123 - ... arrangement may work reasonably satisfactorily for centuries because tribal wars, poaching, and disease keep the numbers of both man and beast well below the carrying capacity of the land. Finally, however, comes the day of reckoning, that is, the day when the long-desired goal of social stability becomes a reality. At this point, the inherent logic of the commons remorselessly generates tragedy.
Page 15 - Future defined sustainable development as: development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. . . . Sustainable development is a process of change in which the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development, and institutional change are all in harmony and enhance both current and future potential to meet human needs and aspirations.
Page 85 - The Parties should take precautionary measures to anticipate, prevent or minimize the causes of climate change and mitigate its adverse effects, where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing such measures...
Page 123 - The tragedy of the commons develops in this way. Picture a pasture open to all. It is to be expected that each herdsman will try to keep as many cattle as possible on the commons.
Page 124 - Therein is the tragedy. Each man is locked into a system that compels him to increase his herd without limit — in a world that is limited. Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons. Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.
Page 47 - Under this head, therefore, may be enumerated all unwholesome occupations, severe labour and exposure to the seasons, extreme poverty, bad nursing of children, great towns, excesses of all kinds, the whole train of common diseases and epidemics, wars, plague, and famine.
Page 124 - Adding together the component partial utilities, the rational herdsman concludes that the only sensible course for him to pursue is to add another animal to his herd. And another ... But this is the conclusion reached by each and every rational herdsman sharing a commons. Therein is the tragedy. Each man is locked into a system that compels him to increase his herd without limit - in a world that is limited.
Page 47 - Promiscuous intercourse, unnatural passions, violations of the marriage bed, and improper arts to conceal the consequences of irregular connexions, are preventive checks that clearly come under the head of vice.
Page 124 - The individual benefits as an individual from his ability to deny the truth even though society as a whole, of which he is a part, suffers. Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed.