Download or read book Population Resources and the Environment written by Norman Myers and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Population Environment and the Quality of Life written by Parker G. Marden and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Population Resources Environment and Quality of Life written by R. C. Sharma and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Population Resources and the Environment written by Ronald Gene Ridker and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Our People Our Resources written by Thomas George Barton and published by IUCN. This book was released on 1997 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook illustrates concepts, methods and tools for "primary environmental care", an approach that seeks to empower communities to meet basic needs while protecting the environment. In particular, it focuses on how population size, structure, growth (or decline) and movements relate to the quality of the environment and the quality of life. Emphasis is placed on a community-led process of participatory action research in which local knowledge and skills are fully utilized. A main purpose is to promote the effective, integrated management of environment and population dynamics for the benefit of local people. As a collection of tools for action, it is designed for professionals in conservation and natural resource management, development, population and public health who wish to promote and assist participatory action research in rural communities.
Download or read book Population Resources and the Quality of Life written by J. P. Duguid and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Population Resources and the Quality of Life written by J. P. Duguid and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Future of the Public s Health in the 21st Century written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-02-01 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The anthrax incidents following the 9/11 terrorist attacks put the spotlight on the nation's public health agencies, placing it under an unprecedented scrutiny that added new dimensions to the complex issues considered in this report. The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century reaffirms the vision of Healthy People 2010, and outlines a systems approach to assuring the nation's health in practice, research, and policy. This approach focuses on joining the unique resources and perspectives of diverse sectors and entities and challenges these groups to work in a concerted, strategic way to promote and protect the public's health. Focusing on diverse partnerships as the framework for public health, the book discusses: The need for a shift from an individual to a population-based approach in practice, research, policy, and community engagement. The status of the governmental public health infrastructure and what needs to be improved, including its interface with the health care delivery system. The roles nongovernment actors, such as academia, business, local communities and the media can play in creating a healthy nation. Providing an accessible analysis, this book will be important to public health policy-makers and practitioners, business and community leaders, health advocates, educators and journalists.
Download or read book Population Resources Environment written by Paul R. Ehrlich and published by San Francisco : W. H. Freeman. This book was released on 1970 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numbers of peoples. Population structure and projection. The limits of the earth. Food production. Environmental threats to man. Ecosystems in jeopardy. Optimum population and human biology. Birth control. Fa, ily planning and population control. Social, political, and economic changes. The international scene.
Download or read book U S Health in International Perspective written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-04-12 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United States have improved dramatically over the past century, Americans live shorter lives and experience more injuries and illnesses than people in other high-income countries. The U.S. health disadvantage cannot be attributed solely to the adverse health status of racial or ethnic minorities or poor people: even highly advantaged Americans are in worse health than their counterparts in other, "peer" countries. In light of the new and growing evidence about the U.S. health disadvantage, the National Institutes of Health asked the National Research Council (NRC) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to convene a panel of experts to study the issue. The Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries examined whether the U.S. health disadvantage exists across the life span, considered potential explanations, and assessed the larger implications of the findings. U.S. Health in International Perspective presents detailed evidence on the issue, explores the possible explanations for the shorter and less healthy lives of Americans than those of people in comparable countries, and recommends actions by both government and nongovernment agencies and organizations to address the U.S. health disadvantage.
Download or read book Integration of Population Resources Environment and Development written by United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Socioeconomic development, the ultimate goal of which is a better quality of life, depends on many factors, including population, resources and environment. The relationship between population, resources, environment and development is complex and its many facets often interact amplifying each other. UN definitions of these 4 terms are used in this paper. Integration refers to the bringing together of specialized and differential units or activities into a single or more coordinated whole set of activities; it implies interdependence and interactivity of population and development programs. Despite the great contribution of the international conferences of the 1970s, integration has been a slow process in the ESCAP region. The present situation is not encouraging--great majority of countries consider current population growth rates a serious challenge to their socioeconomic development. Major problems are poverty and shortage of resources. The very low domestic food supply is causing a considerable proportion of the population to be underfed. Lack of sufficient energy resources, especially petroleum, and the increasing prices in the world market pose a serious threat. Under development is itself an environmental problem. The most common problem of population units or higher level committees attempts for integration is the lack of adequately trained manpower, particularly in demographic analysis and development planning. In some countries, however, no deliberate attempts to make use of available trained manpower have been effected. The structure of the units lacks the necessary power to influence overall planning. The authority over the budgetary provisions of other ministeries is unsatisfactory. Available knowledge on population development interrelationships is not consistent and does not significantly contribute to integrated development planning. Qualitative data and good research are essential. Although development plans and policies give the impression that population, resources, environment and development are successfully integrated, operationally, this is not so. Adequately trained manpower and carefully designed research are crucial to development planning.
Download or read book Population Matters written by Julian Lincoln Simon and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1970, Julian Simon has been challenging the doomsayers and their conventional beliefs in a series of controversial popular essays based upon his technical scholarly research. These have been his central message: Raw materials and energy are getting less scarce. The world's food supply is improving. Pollution in the United States has been decreasing. Population growth has long-term benefits, even though added people are a burden in the short run. The United States needs more immigrants. These essays are the core of Population Matters. The central vision is of human being who, on balance, create more than they destroy, if they have adequate incentive to create and guarantee protection of the fruits of their labors. The debate on these questions concerns the effect of the number of people on the standard of living. Simon sees the following mechanism at work: Population growth and increased income expand demand, and prices of natural resources are forced up, triggering the search for new supplies. Eventually new sources and substitutes are found, and humanity is better off. How quickly this happens is critical; and here the presence of economic liberty and respect for property are of central importance. There is no doubt that Julian Simon has influenced the professional consensus on these questions. But he does not preach complacency, nor does he think that new resources and economic advances are inevitable. He reminds us that institutions that protect property and reward initiative must be protected. Above all, we must remember that the ultimate resource is people, whose exercise of will and imagination for their own benefit inevitably benefits us all. Those who have read and enjoyed Simon's other books or his writings in the popular media will find this a spirited examination of the compelling issues of our day. Some of the most provocative essays in the volume have never before been published. Social and physical scientists may be stimulated to rethink some of their assumptions, and the general reader will be engaged by the force and style of his arguments.
Download or read book Ecology World Resources and the Quality of Social Life written by William V. D'Antonio and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-10-31 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twelve contributors to this volume, from ten different nations, are world-renowned sociologists who examine problems of ecology and world resources as they affect the quality of social life. Three different perspectives are employed: high technology, industrialization, and the problems of development; restructuring and alternatives of developme
Download or read book Community and Quality of Life written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-07-09 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Quality of life"..."livability"..."sense of place." Communities across America are striving to define these terms and to bring them to life, as they make decisions about transportation systems and other aspects of planning and development. Community and Quality of Life discusses important concepts that undergird community life and offers recommendations for collaborative planning across space and time. The book explores: Livability as an ensemble concept, embracing notions such as quality of place and sustainability. It discusses how to measure the "three legs" of livability (social, economic, ecological) while accounting for politics and personal values. And the book examines how to translate broad ideas about livability into guidelines for policymaking Place as more than location, including the natural, human-built, and social environments. The book discusses the impact of population changes over time, the links between regional and local identity, and other issues Tools for decision making in transportation and community planning. It reviews a variety of decision models and tools such as geographic information systems (GIS)â€"as well as public and private sources of relevant data. Including several case examples, this book will be important to planners, planning decision makers, planning educators and students, social scientists, community activists, and interested individuals.
Download or read book Is There an Optimum Level of Population written by American Association for the Advancement of Science and published by New York : McGraw-Hill. This book was released on 1971 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Population Bomb written by Paul R. Ehrlich and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ecology Society and the Quality of Social Life written by William Vincent D'Antonio and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twelve contributors to this volume, from ten different nations, are world-renowned sociologists who examine problems of ecology and world resources as they affect the quality of social life. Three different perspectives are employed: high technology, industrialization, and the problems of development; restructuring and alternatives of development; and social movements and social policies.
