Life on the Brink - Environmentalists Confront Overpopulation

Informationen zum Autor Philip Cafaro (Editor) > Eileen Crist (Editor) EILEEN CRIST is an associate professor in the Department of Science and Technology in Society at Virginia Tech. Her books include Gaia in Turmoil: Climate Change, Biodepletion, and Earth Ethics in an Age of Crisis . Klappentext This aspires to reignite a robust discussion of population issues among environmentalists, environmental studies scholars, policy makers, and the general public. Some of the leading voices in the American environmental movement restate the case that population growth is a major force behind many of our most serious ecological problems, including global climate change, habitat loss and species extinction's, air and water pollution, and food and water scarcity.

Product details

• Authors: Philip (EDT)/ Crist Cafaro
• Assisted by: Philip Cafaro (Editor), Eileen Crist (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2012
• EAN: 9780820343853
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-4385-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Humangeographie, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Umweltpolitik und Umweltrecht, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Environmental Studies