2000-2001: Malthus and the Third Millennium
Ward Chesworth, Michael R. Moss, Vernon G. Thomas, Editors
The third millennium has begun with a global population well over 6 billion people, widespread human conflict, bouts of famine, an ever-widening gap between the quality of life in the well-developed and the developing nations, and a rapid depletion of natural resources. Some view this situation with grave concern because of its intrinsic unsustainability. Others, however, confidently expect the human population of planet Earth to exceed 12 billion, and they regard human population growth as the factor that selects for a myriad changes that sustain it. This latter group points to the agricultural and industrial revolutions, modern chemical and energy-intensive agriculutre, and new genetic engineering applications that have, collectively, pushed back the limits to human growth, rather than be constrained by them.
ISBN 0-88955-513-3
Table of Contents
Opening Remarks
Alastair Summerlee
Introduction to the Lecture Series
Ward Chesworth, Michael R. Moss and Vernon G. Thomas
Part 1 - The Lectures
Politics, Resources and the Environment: A Witches Brew?
Stephen Lewis
Needed New Systems for Truly Sustainable Life Support and a Positive Planetary Experience for ALL People.
William S. Fyfe
Water, Population, and Environment: Challenges for the 21st Century.
Sandra Postel
Earthworms and the Formation of Environmental Ethics and Other Mythologies: A Darwinian Perspective.
Ronald J. Brooks
Part 2 - Commentaries and Perspectives
The Political Perspective: Democratic Consolidation and Neoliberalism in Latin America. Insurmountable Obstacles to Environmental Reforms?
Jean F. Mayer
The Economic Perspective: Resources and Environment in the New Millennium.
John Livernois
The Agricultural Perspective: Agriculture: Healthy, Sick or Left in the Waiting Room?
David R. Clements and Clarence J. Swanton
The Development Perspective: Can we Predict Our Use of Environmental Resources In the Next Millennium?
Harry Cummings
The Ethical Perspective: Environmental Ethics in the Era of Science and Technology.
David Castle
Malthus and Sustainability: A Codicil.
Ward Chesworth, Michael R. Moss and Vernon G. Thomas