Population, Resources, Environment: Issues In Human Ecology

by Paul R. Ehrlich

Contents ~ 1 The Crisis 2 Numbers of People 3 Population Structure and Projection 4 The Limits of the Earth 5 Food Production 6 Environmental Threats to Man 7 Ecosystems in Jeopardy 8 Optimum Population and Human Biology 9 Birth Control 10 Family Planning and Population Control 11 Social, Political, and Economic Change 12 The International Scene 13 Conclusions About This Book ACKNOWELDGEMENTS APPENDIXES GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS INDEX

383 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1970

About the author

Paul Ralph Ehrlich is an American biologist and educator who is the Bing Professor of Population Studies in the department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University and president of Stanford's Center for Conservation Biology. By training he is an entomologist specializing in Lepidoptera (butterflies), but he is better known as an ecologist and a demographer, specifically for his warnings about unchecked population growth and limited resources. Ehrlich became a household name after publication of his controversial 1968 book The Population Bomb.

Reviews

[Hank Rhoden · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting read as far as 1970s science propaganda and fear mongering goes. Worthless as far as real science and population have progressed. Reminds me of all of the "Climate Change" propaganda of today, with all of its insanity and date setting for the end of the world. Neither Ehrilch nor today's hysteria has come true. Interesting read from a historical standpoint, considering science and cultural ideas of that time. Shows that science can, though claiming god-like abilities, can really miss the mark.