| Description |
xi, 330 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Cassandra's role in the population wrangle / Garrett Hardin -- Climate and food : signs of hope, despair, and opportunity / Stephen H. Schneider -- Industrialized agriculture and natural resources / David Pimentel -- Development and agriculture / Anne H. Ehrlich -- Energy and material resources / Daniel B. Luten -- What the fate of the rain forests means to us / Peter H. Raven -- Acid rain / John Harte -- Toxic substances : a cause for concern? / Cheryl E. Holdren -- Biotic services and the human estate : a scheme to avoid hidden taxes / George M. Woodwell -- The ecology of nuclear war / Paul R. Ehrlich -- Backing away from the brink : what could and should be done to reduce the danger of nuclear war / John P. Holdren |
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World economic modeling / Kenneth E.F. Watt, Paul Craig, and Jill Shore Auburn -- The limits to growth revisited / Donella H. Meadows -- Moving to a steady-state economy / Herman E. Daly -- How can we improve our chances? / Donella H. Meadows -- Romance and resources / Violetta Burke Cook and Earl Cook |
| Notes |
Sponsored by and held at Texas A&M University, May 6-7, 1985 to honor Earl Cook's memory |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Subject |
Human ecology -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Cook, Earl Ferguson, 1920-
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Ehrlich, Paul R.
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Holdren, John P.
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Texas A & M University.
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| LC no. |
86023070 |
| ISBN |
0890962952 (alk. paper) |
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089096369X (paperback: alk. paper) |
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