CONTENTS
- The Earth and Its People
- Pollution and Health Risks
- Feeding a Future World
- Freshwater: Lifeblood of the Planet
- Oceans in Decline
- Forests: The Earth's Lungs
- Endangered Biodiversity
- Toward a Livable Future
HIGHLIGHTS
- Can development be sustained?
- Scientists point to environmental distress syndrome
- Cities grow ever larger
- Global temperatures rising
- Are we setting the stage for our own extinction?
- World population must stabilize
Population Reports is published by the Population Information Program, Center for Communication Programs, The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 111 Market Place, Suite 310, Baltimore, Maryland 21202-4012, USA
Fall 2000
Series M, Number 15
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This report was prepared by Don Hinrichsen and Bryant Robey. Jacqueline A. Cunkelman, M.P.H., and Vidya Setty, M.P.H., provided research assistance. Bryant Robey, Editor. Stephen M. Goldstein, Managing Editor. Vera M. Zlidar, Research Analyst. Design by Linda D. Sadler. Production by John R. Fiege, Merridy Gottlieb, Peter Hammerer, and Deborah Maenner.
The assistance of the following reviewers is appreciated: Anil Agarwal, Danielle Arigoni, John H. Austin, Robert Engelman, Hazel Henderson, Matthew Lynch, Fred Pearce, Malcolm Potts, Jens Sorensen, and J. Joseph Speidel.
Suggested citation: Hinrichsen, D. and Robey, B. Population and the Environment: The Global Challenge, Population Reports, Series M, No. 15. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Population Information Program, Fall 2000.
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