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050			_aHB 871 .B76 1974
100			_aBrown, Lester Russell _eauthor
245		0	_aIn the human interest : _ba strategy to stabilize world population / _cLester Russell Brown
250			_aFirst edition
260			_aNew York : _bNorton & Company, _cc1974
300			_a190 pages ; _c21 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_a1. Introduction: a conceptual overview -- Part I. The demographic backdrop -- 2. Evolution of the population problem -- Part II. Population growth on a finite planet -- 3. Population, affluence, and economic growth -- 4. Growing pressure on world food resources -- 5. Population growth and environmental stress -- Part III. Common dependence on scarce resources -- 6. Dependence on common global resources -- 7. The global politics of resource scarcity -- Part IV. Population growth and social conditions -- 8. Population growth and the human condition -- 9. The human condition and population growth -- Part V. Confronting the population threat -- 10. Evolution of population policies -- 11. Growing awareness of the population threat -- 12. Population strategy for a finite planet -- 13. Only one option.
520			_aIn an increasingly interdependent world the consequences of continuing population growth affect everyone, regardless of where the growth actually occurs. Each person added to the world's population, however poor, exerts an additional claim on the earth's food, energy, and other resources. Expanding food production requires either fossil fuels or animal draft power. It also demands growing quantities of fresh water. Land is required for living space as well as for food production. Even minimal needs for clothing and shelter exert additional claims on the earth's resources.
650			_aPOPULATION
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