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The twenty-ninth day : accommodating human needs and numbers to the earth's resources

Title
  1. The twenty-ninth day : accommodating human needs and numbers to the earth's resources / Lester R. Brown.
Published by
  1. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [1978]
  2. ©1978
Author
  1. Brown, Lester R. (Lester Russell), 1934-

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Description
  1. xiii, 363 pages; 22 cm
Summary
  1. Monograph analysing global ecologyal consequences and economic implications of trends in increasing demand of natural resources resulting from population growth - discusses ecological stress with regard to fishing, forests, grazing and the agricultural sector, (incl. Crop yield and green revolution), etc., considers energy shortage (esp. Petroleum), and examines problems of inflation, unemployment, wealth and income distribution, etc., with a view to long term resources conservation planning.
Series statement
  1. A Worldwatch Institute book
Alternative title
  1. Accommodating human needs and numbers to the earth's resources
Subject
  1. Human ecology
  2. Natural resources
  3. Population
  4. Environmental policy
  5. Ecology
  6. Conservation of natural resources
  7. Pollution
  8. Ecology
  9. Conservation of Natural Resources
  10. Population
  11. Environmental Pollution
  12. human ecology
  13. natural resources
  14. environmental policy
  15. ecology
  16. population
  17. chemical pollution
  18. pollution
  19. 42.90 ecology: general
  20. Pollution
  21. Conservation of natural resources
  22. Environmental policy
  23. Human ecology
  24. Natural resources
  25. Bevolkingsgroei
  26. Ecologie
  27. Milieubeleid
  28. economic implication
  29. trend
  30. demand
  31. population growth
  32. fishing
  33. forest
  34. grazing
  35. agricultural sector
  36. crop yield
  37. green revolution
  38. energy
  39. petroleum
  40. inflation
  41. unemployment
  42. wealth
  43. income distribution
  44. long term
  45. resources conservation
  46. écologie
  47. conséquences économiques
  48. tendance
  49. demande
  50. ressources naturelles
  51. croissance démographique
  52. pratique de la pêche
  53. forêt
  54. pâturage
  55. secteur agricole
  56. rendement des cultures
  57. révolution verte
  58. énergie
  59. pétrole
  60. chômage
  61. richesse
  62. répartition du revenu
  63. long terme
  64. conservation des ressources
  65. ecología
  66. consecuencias económicas
  67. tendencia
  68. demanda
  69. recursos naturales
  70. crecimiento demográfico
  71. pesca
  72. bosque
  73. apacentamiento
  74. sector agrícola
  75. rendimiento de la cosecha
  76. revolución verde
  77. energía
  78. petróleo
  79. inflación
  80. desempleo
  81. riqueza
  82. distribución del ingreso
  83. largo plazo
  84. conservación de los recursos
Contents
  1. Introduction -- Ecological Stresses I: The Dimensions -- Ecological Stresses II: The Consequences -- Population: Understanding the Threat -- Energy: The Coming Transition -- The Food Prospect -- Economic Stresses -- Wealth Among Societies -- Wealth within Societies -- The Inevitable Accommodation -- The Elements of Accommodation -- The Means of Accommodation.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. "A Worldwatch Institute book."
  2. Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. [345]-350.