A Pivotal Moment Population, Justice, and the Environmental Challenge

• Main Authors: Mazur, Laurie Ann, Farnsworth Riche, Martha, Sinding, Steve, Wirth, Tim, Cohen, Tim, Gibbs, Susan, O'Neill, Brian, Engelman, Robert, Malone, Elizabeth, Madsen, Elizabeth Leahy
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D. C Island Press 2009
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Environment; Environmental management; Environmental policy; Environmental protection; Justice; Population; Population-Environmental aspects; Social justice; Social responsibility; Sustainable development

With contributions by leading demographer.

Table of Contents:

• Intro -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I: The Numbers -- Ch. 1: Human Population Grows Up, Joel E. Cohen -- Ch. 2: The Largest Generation Comes of Age, Martha Farnsworth Riche -- Ch. 3: People on the Move: Population, Migration, and the Environment, Susan Gibbs -- Ch. 4: The Urban Milennium -- Part II: The Impact -- Ch. 5: Climate Change and Population Growth, Brian C. O'Neill -- Ch. 6: Fair Weather, Lasting World, Robert Engelman -- Ch. 7: Adapting to Climate Change: The Role of Reproductive Health, Malea Hoeph Young, Elizabeth Malone, Elizabeth Leahy Madsen, and Amy Coen -- Ch. 8: Population Growth, Ecosystem Services, and Human Well-Being, Lynne Gaffikin -- Ch. 9: Numbers Matter: Human Population as a Dynamic Factor in Environmental Degradation, John Harte -- Ch. 10: Environmental Justice in an Urbanizing World, Gordon McGranahan -- Ch. 11: The New Economics of Population Change, Rachel Nugent -- Ch. 12: Food: Will There Be Enough? Lester R. Brown -- Ch. 13: Understanding the Global Food Crisis: Malthusian Nightmare or Free-Trade Fiasco? Walden Bello -- Ch. 14: How Much Is Left? An Overview of the Water Crisis, Eleanor Sterling and Erin Vintinner -- Ch. 15: The Biggest Footprint: Population and Consumption in the United States, Vicky Markham -- Ch. 16: Population Growth, Reproductive Health, and the Future of Africa, Dr. Fred T. Sai -- Ch. 17: Cancún: Paradise Lost, Adriana Varillas -- Ch. 18: The Flip Side: How the Environment Impacts Our Reproductive Health, Charlotte Brody and Julia Varshavsky -- Part III: Looking Back, Moving Forward -- Ch. 19: Cairo: The Unfinished Revolution, Camen Barroso and Steven W. Sinding -- Ch. 20: The New Population Challenge, Judith Bruce and John Bongaarts -- Ch. 21: Rethinking U.S. Population Policy, Suzanne Petroni
• Ch. 22: Going to Extremes: Population Politics and Reproductive Rights in Peru, Susana Chávez Alvarado, with Jacqueline Nolley Echegaray -- Ch. 23: Mobilizing Constituencies: Achieving Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights for All, Adrienne Germain -- Ch. 24: Women at the Center, Ellen Chesler -- Ch. 25: Taking Stock, Linking Population, Health, and the Environment, Roger Mark De Souza -- Ch. 26: From Crisis to Sustainability, James Gustave Speth -- Part IV: Thoughts for the Journey -- Ch. 27: Reproductive Rights Are Human Rights, Jacqueline Nolley Echegaray and Shira Saperstein -- Ch. 28: Over-Breeders and the Population Bomb: The Reemergence of Nativism and Population Control in Anti-Immigration Policies, Priscilla Huang -- Ch. 29: Christian Perspectives on Population Issues, Rev. Dr. James B. Martin-Schramm -- Ch. 30: Ecomorality: Toward and Ethic of Sustainability, Ursula Goodenough -- Ch. 31: Reconciling Differences: Population, Reproductive Rights, and the Environment, Frances Kissling -- Afterword: Work for Justice, Laurie Mazur and Shira Saperstein -- Index