A Pivotal Moment: Population, Justice, and the Environmental Challenge (Hardcover)
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Description
With contributions by leading demographers, environmentalists, and reproductive health advocates, "A Pivotal Moment" offers a new perspective on the complex connection between population dynamics and environmental quality. It presents the latest research on the relationship between population growth and climate change, ecosystem health, and other environmental issues. It surveys the new demographic landscape--in which population growth rates have fallen, but human numbers continue to increase. It looks back at the lessons of the last half century while looking forward to population policies that are sustainable and just. "A Pivotal Moment" embraces the concept of "population justice," which holds that inequality is a root cause of both rapid population growth and environmental degradation. By addressing inequality--both gender and economic--we can reduce growth rates and build a sustainable future.
About the Author
Editor Laurie Mazur is an independent writer and consultant to nonprofit organizations. She is the editor of Beyond the Numbers: A Reader on Population, Consumption, and the Environment (Island Press, 1994) and co-author of Marketing Madness: A Survival Guide for a Consumer Society (Westview, 1995).
Praise for A Pivotal Moment: Population, Justice, and the Environmental Challenge…
“Here''s the book on population we''ve been waiting for—not a nativist screed that lays the blame for our environmental woes on overbreeding others, but a clearheaded and smart look at the ways that justice, anti-materialism, and women''s rights can help limit both our numbers and their impact.”
-Bill McKibben
