"'Getting Rich Is Glorious': Environmental Values in the People's Republic of China"
Paul G. Harris analyzes the reasons for pollution and overuse of resources in China which have profound implications for the Chinese people and the world.
Paul G. Harris analyzes the reasons for pollution and overuse of resources in China which have profound implications for the Chinese people and the world.
This appraisal of Carol A. Kates’ “Reproductive Liberty and Overpopulation” challenges her call for world-wide population control measures—using compulsory methods if necessary—to save the world’s environment.
Wild Earth 7, no. 4 features provocative essays on population extinction and the biodiversity crisis, how immigration threatens America’s natural environment, the costs of affluence and consumption, and a technological imperative.
This study draws on economic and environmental historical approaches to explore the consumption-conservation nexus in the use of African natural resources. It explores environmental changes resulting from a range of interactive factors, including climate, population, disease, vegetation and technology.