How Many People Can the Earth Support?
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A compelling new analysis of world population issues and what the numbers tell us. . . . Publishers Weekly Biologist Cohen investigates the Earth's human carrying capacity. (Sept.)
Pt. 1Introduction31Between Choices and Constraints5Pt. 2Past Human Population Growth232Four Evolutions in Population Growth253People Control the Growth of Nonhuman Populations324People Control the Growth of Human Populations465Human Population History in Numbers and Graphs766The Uniqueness of the Present Relative to the Past97Pt. 3Future Human Population Growth1077Projection Methods: The Hazy Crystal Ball1098Mathematical cartoons of human population size and carrying capacityNotes447Bibliography481Acknowledgments505Index507
