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Ecology and the Crisis of Overpopulation : Future Prospects for Global Sustainability

By: Anup Shah

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Hardcover | 1 January 1998

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This work offers an explanation of trends in the growth of the global population and its ecological consequences, by blending the insights of analytical economics and behavioural ecology. Reproduction issues in the family are examined and the welfare effect of decisions is considered.

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List of figures and table
Preface
Introduction	p. 1
Ecological Analysis
The ecological foundations of fertility	p. 11
Moving down the Eltonian Pyramid	p. 21
Economic Analysis
Malthusian economics versus the demographic transition	p. 37
The demographic transition to smaller families	p. 49
The third world couple	p. 63
Normative Analysis
Overpopulation	p. 75
Self-regulation of family size in a community	p. 93
Indirect intervention	p. 109
Direct intervention	p. 120
Wherein Lies the Future?
An urban future	p. 135
Conclusions	p. 144
References	p. 161
Index	p. 169
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