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Beyond the Numbers: A Reader on Population, Consumption and the Environment
By J. Boutwell, G. Rathjens, Judy Norsigian and
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Beyond the Numbers presents a thought-provoking series of essays by leading authorities on issues of population and consumption. The essays both define the poles of debate and explore common ground beyond the polarized rhetoric.Specific chapters consider each of the broad topics addressed at the International Conference on Population and Developmheld in September 1994 in Cairo, Egypt. The essays are supplemented by sidebars and short articles featuring more-impassioned voices that highlight issues of interest not fully explored in the overviews.As well as providing a sense of the difficulties involved in dealing with these issues, the essays make clear that constructive action is possible.Topics covered include: the interrelationships between population, economic growth, consumption, and developmthe history of population and family planning efforts gender equality and the empowermof women reproductive rights, reproductive health, family planning, health and mortality
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An excellent overview of the history of water conflicts in the Great Lakes region.